4.25.16
This week we were able to go on 3 exchanges! Two with our
district
leaders and one with the assistants. I loved each one of them
and was
able to learn a lot! I want to share a couple of experiences I
had
while on these exchanges. The first one was on exchange with
elder
Nielson. We had an awkward amount of time before one of their
appointments. I told elder Neilson that we should go out and try
to
place a copy of the Book of Mormon. He said a prayer, and during
his
prayer I felt the spirit and was confident that we would be able
to
find someone to give the Book of Mormon to. We started biking.
Elder
Nielson turned into a neighborhood and headed towards an open
garage.
We started talking to a really nice man named Chad. He was
working on
some sort of race car used for drag racing. We talked to him
about his
hobby and then were able to share a Book of Mormon and a brief
Restoration lesson. It was a cool faith building experience. We
had
expressed our desire in prayer that we wanted to place a Book of
Mormon, we then took action and God provided us with someone to
teach.
The second experience I had was on exchange with elder Fowels.
We went
to dinner at Subway, because I had been given a gift card (thank
you
mom!) and our dinner had canceled. As we got in line to order
our
sandwiches, I started making friendly conversation with one of
the
workers, his name ways Zay. We eventually got talking about what
we
did as missionaries. He were able to share a little bit about
Joseph
Smith and the Book of Mormon with him and his co worker. Before
we
left we shared a Book of Mormon with both of them and got down
Zay's
information. It was a really neat experience and it taught me
the
importance of being a full time missionary. That same day we
were able
to give 3 more people Book of Mormons. One of the people we gave
a
Book of Mormon to was a lady named Maria. She was a referral we
received. She was the most amazing lady! She bore her testimony
about
the power of the Atonement and how Christ had changed her life.
She
then shared several experiences where she had been a missionary
to
those around her. She is also going to visit her brother soon
who was
deported our of America into Mexico, due to drugs. She is going
to go
and teach her bother about Jesus Christ, so that he to can
experience
the change she went through. We gave her another Book of Mormon
to
take to her brother as well as a Restoration and Plan of
Salvation
pamphlet. She was so thankful. We are going to try and set up a
time
to teach her when she gets back from visiting her brother:)
Elder
Fowels was an amazing example to me during our exchange of being
real
with people as well as being creative in our contact approaches.
I was
very grateful for these exchanges. I always love to learn from
other
missionaries and get new ideas!
We were also able to go to a special
leadership training this
Saturday that was lead by elder Foster of the seventy. As we
were
shaking elder and sister Fosters hands, sister Foster recognized
my
last name and asked if I knew any Griffins in Texas. I told her
I had
and uncle named Gary and his wife Debbie. She got excited and
told me
that they were Gary's mission President and wife! It was pretty
sweet!
The training was amazing. He talked to us about what makes a
leader,
and the importance of having a vision. I will share a cool chart
he
shared with us. It was so inspiring to be able to be trained by
him!
It really was an amazing week that I will never
forget! I love you
all and hope you are all doing the little things every day to
get
closer to the Savior and to halved the spirit more abundantly in
your
lives.
Love,
Elder
Griffin
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