Our heads were spinning:)

9.7.15

This last week was the start of a new transfer, and a lot of change

has happened! So in my district there is us, the Woodland Springs 1st

ward and Trophy club. Well the night before transfers, the Woodland

Springs 1st ward got a call from the APs. They told them that there

area was being shut down, and that elder Jensen and I would be

covering our ward and theres! No once saw this coming. So with very

little notice, they tried to fill us in on all of the people they have

been working on. It was pretty stressful, and both of our heads were

spinning for the first couple of days:) We worked hard, and prayed a

lot and it has worked out so far. It has been a real blessing to be

able to have more people to teach, and more area to be able to go

contacting in. In fact one of their investigators they found a couple

weeks ago has a baptism date! We get to finish teaching her and get

her baptized. I do feel a little bit guilty that we get to get her

baptized instead of them, but we are all part of the same team and are

all working towards the same goal. Her name is Lindsey and she is

super cool. We have only got to meet her once briefly, but we have an

appointment with her this Tuesday night. Please keep her in your

prayers, satan is going to try everything he can to get her to not go

through with it. Luckily for us we have the power of the Holy Ghost on

our side:) This week we also got to teach a part-member family, Karla

and Grady. Karla is a member, but has not been to church in a couple

of years. They are really hard to set appointments with, but 2 weeks

ago we were able to get an appointment with them. Our ward mission did

a special fast for them to make help make sure the appointment didn't

fall through and it worked! We brought over a member that gets along

with them really well. We taught them the Plan of Salvation and the

lesson went really well. Brother Godfrey, the member that came with

us, shared some personal insights on the Atonement, that lead to an

awesome discussion. It was cool to see Karla and Grady developing a

greater understanding of what our Savior did. The spirit was strong

the whole lesson. Karla gave the closing prayer, and it was awesome.

She talked about her desire to get closer to God. We invited them both

to come to a fireside this coming Sunday, where two recent converts

are going to be telling their stories. From what I have heard, they

both had really cool experiences with the Book of Mormon, so it should

be pretty amazing. This week one of our member invited over this

less-active lady named Vick and her kids to have us do the 21 tips

presentation. The 21 tips is something the one of the Texas stakes

came up with. It is 21 tips to help kids get better grades. We sat

down with everyone and went over the tips and had some really good

discussions. The best part of it all was that Vicki had interaction

with members of the ward, it was so good for her!! It was also really

good for the kids. Our next goal with them is to try and teach the

kids the missionary discussions, because none of them have been

baptized. Hopefully this interaction in the members home, will open

her up to having her kids take the discussions:) Also at church we had

this part-member family come, that hadn't been to church in 10 years!

We talked to them briefly after sacrament meeting, and they are open

to learn. One of the members got their phone number and will be

getting in touch with us about having a lesson with them. I love when

miracles happen! It will be exciting to see what happens with them.

   This work is God's work, and he is gathering all of His children

back into his loving arms. I am so grateful to be part of his mighty

army of missionaries around the world. This church is so true, and we

should never be afraid to stand up an share what we know to be true. I

love you all and hope you have a safe, productive week!

Love,

Elder Griffin

Teaching a YW group.  One girl was really impacted by what he said, 

the rest probably walked away with a crush on him:)

P.S Good win for BYU!!! Go Cougars