We made a meal and exercise plan this past week and I am stoooooked for some results hahah
Monday we had a super crazy day and it was packed so I apologize for all of you who received short responses, but for preparation day we went to a state park called Lost Maples State Park and went on a FIVE MILE HIKE and it was killer haha but so super fun!
We had such a solid lesson with Kino again and shared the gospel of jesus christ and he literally asked "how can I become a member?" so it was super duper awesome.
We had another amazing lesson with Amanda and we also had the Russo's join us and they were able to help us explain family history to Amanda and now she has been starting to do it and she is super amazing!
Amanda also told us that her boyfriend Joel is going to be baptized on June 13th! It's absolutely amazing that the Lord's work is still progressing here and it's so fun to see!
Tuesday we had a super sweet day! We started with service with Ms B and then we came home and had lunch with the Russo's and the Davidsons, and President Davidson is the district president (like stake president) and it was sweet because we were able to get all of our questions answered about what is going to be happening with our small branch, and I can't share much right now BUT hopefully soon I will be able to share all that is happening here! BIG THINGS!
We also had interviews with our mission president and it was super awesome! I love interviews and I'm sad it couldn't be in person again but it's ok! He told me I am "a remarkably great missionary" and that is something I have waited my whole mission to hear haha it felt great for sure.
Wednesday we got a call from the moving elders and they informed us that they were going to come by our place, and give me a NEW BED! It was funny because at transfers, we were chatting with them and they mentioned they received a shipment of a ton of memory foam beds... and I told them I need one haha but I didn't actually think I would get one... well they brought it to me! I didn't realize how bad my bed was until Sister Russo sat on it and was like "oh my goodness" and then Elder Dimond sat on it too when he brought the new bed and he also said it was bad... haah I had no idea how bad it was, I just thought all mission beds were bad.. BUT now I have a memory foam and I have been sleeping like a baby ever since!! It pays off to be friends with the moving elders haha.
We took a random trip to Cotulla because the mission office called us and asked us to go check out apartment complex's.... We don't know for sure yet and nothing is confirmed yet, BUT we think they are going to be putting missionaries in Cotulla next week!!! SO EXCITING!!
We stopped by the Jimenez family because they said they had stuff for us and they gave us sooo much cleaning stuff and it was the sweetest thing ever!!
Thursday we had district council and it was weird to have more than 4 people in it again haha but now it is us and two companionships of Elders again in Eagle Pass!
We were finally able to get in contact with Phillip again and we caught up with him AND he told us he might be moving soon.. that was a heart breaker haha we hope he doesn't leave before his baptism date on June 16th though!
We had an awesome lesson with Rick through video chat, and we shared the Restoration with him and he absolutely loved it! He said "that is amazing!" and we are super hopeful to invite him to be baptized soon!
Friday the elders from Del Rio came down because they recently got a nice camera, and so we were able to do a photoshoot and update our FB page with some good looking pictures! If you haven't checked out Church of Jesus Christ in Carrizo Springs yet, DO IT! You won't regret it haha.
We also had a bible study that night on Virtue and that was new for me haha it was something Sister Brooks was doing in her last area and she brought it here with her! It was fun!
Ashley called us back which was nice because we hadn't been able to contact her for a while, and we were able to catch up with her and she is still super interested which is awesome! It is surprising how busy people still are at this time hahah but oh well
We have daily lessons with David and he is still doing good! This last week we were able to help him make an action plan to quit the word of wisdom habits he has, and he is doing pretty good so far! He has poison ivy so that is all he wants to talk about when we call hahha
Saturday we went to Crystal and wanted to go bike riding but 1) both my tires were flat and 2) someone told us the park was closed hahah so that was a fail. Then we parked on some random road and did one of my comps kickboxing classes and that was fun too! We then helped Ms B set up their garage sale and cleaned some more of her jewelry!
My companion had a craving for pizza that night, and so I drove her to Little Ceasars (that was the hardest thing ever to smell it but not eat it haha) but we were literally just sitting in the drive through, and someone HIT US!! We were so shocked and confused haha but the guy behind us was obviously not paying attention and softly hit us, but his car went kind of underneath the truck... but luckily there was no damage hahah it was kind of funny..
We had an awesome lesson with Vicente and shared the Plan of Salvation and he really liked it! He said it made sense and we used examples from the Bible which he was familiar with and it was super awesome!
We also got a call that night from the Assistants and they asked us to give a training at zone conference.... hahah so that is fun I guess! It is going to be regarding teaching online and how to bring the Spirit, so if anyone has any recommendations, that would be awesome! We have an idea of what we are going to do hah but maybe some ideas on a role play we could include with that would be great!!
Sunday we were able to have 10 solid lessons with potential members, and also find 4 new people! As a mission this past week we had a goal of finding 200 new people to teach, and ended up finding 244! That was awesome :)
We had a solid video lesson with Phillip and he is literally so prepared and ready to receive the gospel, haha he is kind of using the excuse of him wanting to go to church first before he is baptized so he doesn't have to dive all in right now, but I felt the Spirit tell me during the lesson that even if he doesn't become a member when we want him to, it will eventually happen and that gave me a lot of comfort! I know he is a great guy and would be the most solid member and I just want him to receive all of the blessings possible!
Last night we made breakfast for dinner, and there was also a huge storm which was scary hahha but we are safe no worries :)
This week is going to be super duper loca! We have zone conference and we also have Charlies baptism on Sunday! Charlie is one of Veronicas (our recent convert) kids and is turning 8 this week and her big brother Luke (also our recent convert) will be baptizing her and it is literally going to be one of the most special moments ever! I am so excited!
Thanks again to everyone for all of your love and support! I miss and love you but don't want these 2 months to end hahah
con mucho amor,
hermana griffin
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