7.4.16
So far the 4th of July has been pretty awesome. A member invited
us
to go do a color run with them this morning on Fort Hood. It was
so
fun! We were literally covered in different colored chalk:) When
we
got done we helped hand water out to all of the runners
finishing. We
also ran into a less-active YSA member who was playing in the
army
band, he plays the trumpet like a boss! He was super cool and
told us
he has been thinking about coming back to church. We got down
his
number and will be inviting him to all of YSA activities:) We
also
meet this cool lady who handed out water bottles with us, she
said she
could help us get involved with more service actives. It was a
very
productive Color Run! We also got to go to a BBQ, that was put
on by a
member in one o f the wards in our stake. They feed missionaries
every
4th of July. They had really good food, my favorite was the
homemade
brisket.
This week we had some awesome
lessons. We got to go and teach Cameron
again with the priest in our ward. We taught the Pre-mortal life
and
showed this sweet video that brings the spirit every time. It's
actually from the children's New Testament. I love it, because
it's so
simple and testifies that we really did live with our Heavenly
Father.
We also had a really good exchange with our YSA elders quorum
president. We first went to went to try and visit a less-active
member
and ended up running into another YSA aged dude that just moved
here.
We started talking to him and found out that he was really in to
basketball. He used to be really good and was even going to play
for
Duke! He was a little shorter then me and he told us that he
could
dunk! His vertical was over 35 inches!! He said he was looking
for a
church, we love when people say that, so we gave him a Book of
Mormon
and invited him to the YSA pool party. We also have an
appointment
this week to go and teach him! Then that evening we went to
Central
Texas College, to and teach Aaron's class mate. His name is
John. We
decided to teach him the Plan of Salvation, because his grandma
had
past away. There was also this blind guy that decided to join in
the
lessons. He was a really cool guys, but was made a lot of
comments and
was pretty distracting. He was also super touchy and feely and
kept
grabbing and rubbing elder Mohrmann's arm. It was super awkward,
Elder
Mohrmann is a very patient person:) We taught about the spirit
world
and told him where his grandmas was. We also talked about the
judgment
and the 3 kingdoms. He agreed with almost everything we taught.
He
will also be coming to church this Sunday.
This week President Ames left:( He
is a wonderful man and has been a
big part of my life. I will miss him dearly! We got to meet the
new
mission President this Saturday. He is an older man from
Washington
down in Southern Utah. He is a very compassionate and tender
man. He
is also super funny! He is going to be a great mission
President. He
has been a stake President and a ward mission leader (for 7
years) so
he knows all about missionary work:) Sadly I will only get to be
with
him for a few more weeks.
I love you all and hope you have a
super fun 4th of July!! What a
blessings it is to be in this country.
Love, Elder Griffin
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