Serving in San Antonio Texas: Week 3... March 1, 2019

This week has just been an absolute roller coaster!! I pretty much feel like I've done nothing and accomplished nothing because I've been stuck in my room all week! Monday my companion was sick so I had to sit in our casa all day but I couldn't sleep or anything because that's not allowed, Tuesday we both barely made it through the day of class and our devotional, Wednesday I was told to stay in bed because I strained a muscle in my chest from playing volleyball too much and it hurts to breathe, so I literally slept for like 5 hours that day, Thursday was crazy day full of classes and teaching, and today we got to go to the temple again!! So literally a roller coaster, but it's been great!

I had to talk in church this Sunday and that was alright hahah everyone told me my Spanish sounds amazing so that was cool I guess! I really wasn't expecting to have it be me, but they called my name and I swear I was as red as a tomato but oh well!

Tuesday we had a devotional and got to listen to D. Todd Christofferson bring broadcast from Provo and that was pretty sweet! He talked to us a lot about being ready to be the mouthpieces of Heavenly Father and I have never felt so ready or excited in my life! The elders in our district also sang during the devotional so that was cool! We might sing the song that our district always sings in the devotional the last week we are here so that would be fun!

Wednesday we did an English fast, and it was rough haha but like I said I was in my room most the day on Wednesday sleeping so it actually wasn't too bad for me! My comp and I did have to wake up at 6:30 and go outside our house to meet the elders to start our English fast together, so we literally rolled out of bed, I wrapped myself in a blanket, walked outside to listen to a scripture from one of our elders and then another elder said the prayer to start our fast, and then walked back into our room and went back to bed. I got up an hour later though and went to the enfermeria and received a blessing from our elders, and that's when the doctor told me I strained a muscle in my chest and can't play volleyball for the next week so that's sad :( but my chest isn't hurting as bad today so its totally getting better!

My companion and I are so much alike it's pretty scary! We found our new favorite thing to do during companionship study (because it's at 8 pm) which is going star gazing, it's so much fun and we just talk about life and just everything going on and it's so awesome, we are seriously best friends and I love it.

I just want to give a quick shout out to all of my friends who are thinking about serving a mission! I promise you it's the best decision you could ever make for yourself and will bless you for the rest of your life! I love it and coming closer to Heavenly Father and my Savior, Jesus Christ is the absolute best feeling in the world! My scripture is for you guys, it's D&C 80:3-5. I promise you that if you follow the promptings of the Holy Ghost, you can all be missionaries in your own way. You don't have to be wearing a nametag to be a missionary, as I have come to learn from all of you at home who blessed my life in more ways than you could know.

I love you all so much!! Thank you for the constant love and support!! I will be hitting my 1 month mark next week and it's so crazy how fast it's gone but I have loved it!! I get to go to Texas in less than three weeks and I could not be more excited for 3 THINGS- ICE, COKE & ANDES MINTS (I'm dying here) pero está bien!!

Stay happy & have a great week y'all!

Love Hermana Griffin

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