6.15.15
The first week of the transfer went pretty well. It was sad to
say goodbye to elder Mohrmann, but I know that he will do just fine where ever
he is sent. My new companion elder Fullmer is quite the character. He always
keeps me on my toes and constantly is making me laugh. Whenever he is tired he
always makes talks in these ridiculous voices that always make me smile. He is
a huge comic book fan and is a pretty big gamer. He also loves technology,
which is good because I am struggling trying to figure out this whole i Pad
thing:) He is also very obedient and is willing to work hard, which I am very
grateful for! It should be a pretty good transfer.
We started out this week by going and visiting this
part-member family. The guy we are teaching is named Grady and his fiancee is
Carla. They are both in their early 20's and are super cool! We went over
Monday and they feed us the most amazing chicken enchiladas I have ever had!
Following that we taught them the Restoration and the lesson was awesome! At
the end we showed this short video about the Book of Mormon, where elder
Holland explains what the Book of Mormon is how it can bless your life. It
brought the spirit pretty strong. I am excited to continue to teach them, they
are both very humble and have a great desire to know what is right. We had
biked over to their house and it was getting pretty late, so they offered us a
ride home. Well after getting the bikes in the car their was only one seat, and
so I found a small spot in the trunk to squeeze in. It was an interesting car
ride home:) Also this week we where able to meet with Kaven again. He is so
cool, we where teaching out of the Book of Mormon a lot, and showing him all of
the scriptures that testified and prophesied about Christ. He was eating it up,
and was so amazed that their was another ancient record that testify and
prophesied of Christ. He got so excited, it was fun to see him light up as
truth was entering his mind. After our meeting with him, he totally opened up his
kitchen to us and told us we could eat anything we wanted to. He is the kindest
man and has a deep desire to learn all he can. The only down side to that is
that he loves all of the deep question. The latest one he asked us is
"Where does evil originate?" Hopefully we can keep him focused on the
important doctrine:) I love teaching and meeting with him and pray his heart is
soft enough to accept a baptismal invitation. So far these are the only two
people we are actually teaching, but we have been trying to find more people to
teach like crazy:) There are so many potential investigators/part member
families that I know would let us teach them, it is just a matter of good
timing. I do believe that God can do all things, and so we will continue to be
patient and keep doing the best we can. It gets me excited to know that there
are people in this are who are ready to accept the gospel, all we have to do is
find them. It is definitely a big motivating factor.
We have also been trying to start up youth lessons
in this ward and where able to have our first one this Friday. The youth we
taught is named Tyler. Him and his family are super cool. We taught him the
Restoration as well as his two sisters and dad. They all gave great answers and
were really fun to teach. At the end of the lesson we had a mini testimony
meeting, where we had everyone share their testimony of the Book of Mormon. It
was pretty cool, they all had strong testimonies of it. One of the girls even
shared a missionary experience she had where she shared a Book of Mormon with
her friend. What a great family!
Have a great week! Enjoy the sun and keep safe:)
Elder
Griffin
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