5.16.16
I have
finally found out where I will be spending the last 3 months of
my mission.
After 21 months I will be leaving the metroplex and taking
a long drive
down to Killeen. It's about a 2 and a half hour drive
south of
here:)I will be serving in the Copperas Cove 1st ward and
Copperas
Cove YSA branch. It will be a whitewash, which means that
both me and
my companion will be new to the area! My new companion is
Elder
Mohrmann, who I already served with in Woodland Springs:) It
will be fun
to serve with him again. We will have lots of catching up
to do! I
have been feeling a little anxiety about transfers, but I am
very excited
at the same time. My goal is to lift these two wards and
to find as
many of God's children who are ready to hear the message of
the Restoration
of the gospel. I want to love and serve everyone we
come in
contact with. I know whitewashing will be a lot of work, but I
trust God
and know that this is where he wants me to be. It will be
sad to leave
River Trails, I have had so many good memories with
investigators
and members here. I also will really miss my zone! We
had tones of
fun together, and everyone is working so hard as well as
being
obedient. It really was a blessing to be able to serve them.
This morning we had a cool little experience. We were
leaving with my
laundry and
a man stopped us and introduced himself. He was baptized
about 5
years ago, but went less active for quite some time. He said
he has had a
pretty rough time, but has quite smoking and is looking
to come back
to church. We promised him that what he was doing was the
right thing
and that God would bless him for repenting and coming back
to him. We
also gave him a Book of Mormon and got his number. We will
be hoping to
visit him this week. It is always so amazing to see how
God puts
people's who need us in our path. I have also been on the
other end,
where God has put people in my own path when I have needed
it.
I want to share a couple highlights of my week:
1. We were
able to have family home evening with a less active family.
We shared a
short message on prophets and their role. We then played a
Mormon style
catch phrase. It was really fun. All of the kids got
involved and
had a good old time. Even one of the kids who doesn't
usually get
evolved in things had fun too! That same night we had a
good lesson
with Maddie. The lessons are going great with her. We
taught her
the Pre-mortal life and the creation. It is always such a
cool thought
to know that we lived with God before we were born! What
a priceless
truth that is.
2. Watching
Landon open his mission call!!!! That is so sweet that you
are going to
South Africa! I literally watched the video of you
opening your
call over and over again. Landon, you are going to be an
amazing
missionary and the people of South Africa will love you:) I am
so proud of
you and excited for you to join the ranks!
3. Going to
the Mission Presidents Fireside. Every month President
Ames puts on
a fireside for less active, recent converts and
investigators.
It was incredible! We brought a cool returning member
named
Brother Des Moines. I had a pretty rough day leading up the the
fireside, so
it was so refreshing to feel the spirit and listen to
President
Ames talk. He taught the doctrine of baptism, and how
important it
is to our salvation. He used several scripture stories
to
illustrate his point. He is an amazing speaker and is really good
and putting
simply, but powerfully, the gospel. There was also a
beautiful
music number. This guy sang a really cool version of Come
the Fount,
it was awesome!
I love you all so much and am grateful for all of your
examples! Have
a great
week.
Love,
Elder Griffin
Castillo Family
The Ayala Family
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