This week was absolutely insane!! So much happened that I hope I will be able to share it all, but we will see! First of all I love everybody and want to say thank you for all that you are all doing for me, sending me and keeping me happy!
Since last preparation day, we just enjoyed our last couple days in the MTC being a family and making memories! Half of our district left Monday morning, so all of the San Antonio missionaries in our district had to go two days at the MTC without half of our family and that was actually super sad, but we made it! We took all day on Tuesday to pack our room and make sure we could work everything out, and we did it! HUGE THANKS TO HERMANA CARLSON! She honestly saved me haha. She also saved me when we got to the field, but that'll come in a bit! So Wednesday we woke up at 4:30 and got ready and went to the airport! We arrived in Texas around 12, picked up the missionaries coming from Provo (in our group, there was 23 missionaries total, which is a TON) and then we went straight to the Alamo to do some street contacting! It was the weirdest thing to do everything in English! Then we had a lot of initiation classes, we got a good Texas bbq, and then got to go walk around the San Antonio temple grounds until it started pouring rain, then we left! We went to the Sister Training Leaders house and when we got there I had realized that in my overnight bag (which we needed because our big bags were locked up for the night) I had forgot an extra dress for the next day, so this is where Hermana Carlson steps up and is seriously the best friend ever. She let me borrow her dress for the next day! I was sure blessed with her!
Thursday we woke up, went to more initiation and then met our new companions and found out our first area! My mom/trainer/companion is Hermana Schellenberg, and she's from Utah as well! She is seriously awesome! We get along so well and she is just such a cute person, I am loving the time with her! I most likely have the same trainer for 2 months so I am extremely excited for our time together! We are serving in he 9th Ward/Balcones B, so we are in an english and spanish ward which is weird but also so fun! Thursday we got right to work after I met her! We went home (which isn't home anymore because we just started moving into an apartment with another companionship today) and unpacked a little, learned a little about our area, and then went and taught a lesson! It was actually really cool! Her name is Caitlin and she is about 17, a junior and she loves sports! She has been reading the Book of Mormon that her friend gave her, so she is so ready to hear our messages! The Lord has really been preparing people here! Then we passed by people that night, and met some awesome people!
Friday we had a somewhat regular day! We had some study, and then moved in more (which I shouldn't have, but at the time I didn't know whether we'd be moving or not) and then we went out to talk to people and teach some more lessons! We are finding lots of people and Hermana Schellenberg always says I'm her lucky charm because so many people are wanting to talk to us! We offered to help this older lady with her garbage and she ended up inviting us into her house, and we talked for about 40 minutes and then found out she's a Jehovah's witness, so that was crazy haha.
Saturday I had my first spanish lesson, and it was absolutely crazy haha my spanish is nowhere where I thought it was, but I am studying diligently every day and I am definitely working to get there. It's kind of hard though because I can understand actually pretty well, I just have a harder time speaking it, so in this particular lesson this man was kind of talking rude about how I haven't said anything and just asking my companion if I knew anything, and like I understand almost everything but can't exactly conjugate right or say what I am always trying to say, so my companion had to explain it was my second day and that I am still learning.
Sunday was crazy too haha I feel like all of the days here are crazy. We had our english sacrament at 9 am, and then spanish at 12 pm. Then we went tracting, and found a family of 3 who all accepted their own Book of Mormon, and then we also handed one more out that night! The work here is honestly crazy and I'm loving it!
Today has been pretty scattered! We woke up and went to Costco with a member this morning, then we went to get groceries at HEB and then to Target! We went back home and have spent most of the day packing up the house and getting ready to move into the other apartment by tomorrow! We are doing this right now because our lease is up around May and it's just a good time to do this!
I am so sorry this is so long, I didn't even put in much of what has happened so if you want to know, just talk to my family haha I don't have much more time today, but I just want to say that I am doing so good and that I am loving Texas already! I love you all and am forever thankful for my friends and family for supporting and loving me!
Until next week,
Hermana Griffin
I love my mom/trainer!
I love this work!
Our old apartment!
My old study place!
My old closet!
