I know I am terrible and have said this for the past month hahah but this Monday we are also super busy so I don't know how much time I will have to reply to everyone but I would still LOVE to hear from you and I will try my best to give a good reply!!! We are headed to go on a hike today and the Russos are taking us before they head back to Utah on Wednesday, so it will be fun :)
Last Monday was a super fun preparation day! We met the 10th ward sisters and we walked around the Riverwalk and we wore masks the whole time which was weird hahah and even weirder was it was literally like a ghost town on the Riverwalk! There was nobody there and it was weird haha but it was fun to hangout with Hermana Ibarra and Hermana Thayne! We spent the day in San Antonio and went to Cheesy Jane's for dinner (Phillip recommended it) and it was good! Then we got some good fudge and a cute new San Antonio running shirt! It was a great day :)
Tuesday I was put into the first trio of the week and it was with the Sonterra sisters, Sister Broman and Sister Jacobs! It was quite the crazy day between setting up the church and sitting in on their lessons and driving around San Antonio to go to the mission office and drop off a Book of Mormon... I never had any idea how involved those sisters are with everything in the mission and how much stress they are put under constantly hah and that day I gained a LOT more respect for them than I had before that! They're amazing sisters and it was a super fun and crazy day haha and that night was even more fun!! We got back to the apartment and the departing sisters, or the sisters that were going home, came and stayed at the apartment with us! It was crazy because they didn't arrive from their meetings until 11 pm and then they had to leave by 5 am... hahah I got 5 hours of sleep that night..
Wednesday I was in a different trio and I stayed with Sister Page and Sister Dickson in Monte Vista, and we had an awesome day as well! They needed to drop off some stuff at peoples houses and they wanted to ride in the truck so we took the truck around the city haha it was fun! They are in a spanish area so I got to do some lessons in spanish again and it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be!
That morning my dear Argentine companion left and that was such a heartbreaker to see her leave :( all week she wouldn't look at me because she would start crying and then Wednesday she ended up leaving and heading back to Temple Square! It was super sad and I miss her every day but I know Sis Persia will do crazy amazing things at Temple Square!!
That night we got the brand new missionaries and awe they are just so stinkin cute!! They were all so excited and two of them went to school with my dear trainer Allison Schellenberg!! It was fun to be in that apartment and that night, Hermana Sauan sang to them and that sister is literally one of my favorite people in the whole world!
Thursday was transfers and we got to the church by 7 am (I only got 6 hours of sleep that night haha) and Sister Dickson and I drove there in the truck and then I was temporary companions with Hermana Page and Hermana Sauan and then I was thrown around between them and Hermana Chamberlain and Sister Jacobs hahaha and at one point it was Hermana Page, Hermana Chamberlain and I so we took a picture as the third trio I was in that week, it was a fun and crazy week!
My cute companion, Hermana Brooks, arrived at the church and we got all her stuff and headed out! We went to Chic fil a for lunch (because we don't have anything like that in Carrizo haha) and then made the long trip home! We got back and unpacked and hungout with the Russo's for a bit!
Hermana Brooks is from Saint George Utah and cool fact is she actually went to Dixie the same time I did! She loves to bake (that won't be good for me haha) and she plays musical instruments!
Friday we did a kickboxing class in the morning (Hermana Brooks has a bunch of cool workout videos and she is really good at kickboxing!) and that was a dang good workout haha. We went to Ms B's office and helped her with more paperwork and then we went to her house and picked up a 'fit stepper' that she is letting us borrow for a bit and I hope it helps me in my road to getting back into shape :)
That afternoon we called with Yissel and she is from the Dominican, and speaks super fast spanish and I was super nervous haha but it actually went super duper good and I understood her and she understood me! We explained that Hna Persia will still be teaching her with her companion at Temple Square and we will still be here as her local missionaries if she needs anything! We decided to do that because Yissel and Hna Persia understood each other really well so we figured it would be the best option!
That night we had awesome lessons with Vicente in which we taught the Restoration and he totally understood it! He had a little different version of who he believed God was so that is something we will continue to chat about haha. We also had a great lesson with Rey and talked a lot about Christ's Atonement and he is doing good too! Jackie texted us and told us the candy we bought like 3 months ago was finally in haha and we went over and it was kind of awkward because we couldn't say much haha but it was good to see Jackie again.
Saturday we had some photo shoots for our FB page to update it haha and then took some videos to introduce our new missionary in the area and it was pretty fun!
We finally received a message back from Kino, who is someone we messaged over a month ago and he said he has been looking for a church since he moved from Houston! We were able to set up a lesson with him for Sunday and it was awesome!
We were chatting with Amanda, and she informed us that her ex-fiance Joel actually wants to get baptized!!! We are super excited for him and continue to pray that everything goes well for him!
That night we also had some fun and had a kareoke night with the Russos! We sang so many christian songs, like The Gospel, Nobody, Jesus Take the Wheel, and many more haha.
Sunday we got to have the sacrament at home with the Russos! It was super special, and something I will always remember! We partook of the sacrament and then had a little testimony meeting and it was so sweet :)
We had our lesson with Kino and we shared the Restoration with him and he totally understood it and agreed with it and when we asked when we can call again he was like "call me again tomorrow!" so we have another lesson with him today!
We got a self referral named Ashley and we called her and introduced ourselves and she was like "wow, y'all called quickly!" and it was cool haha we dropped off a bible and book of mormon at her place and are starting to teach her too :)
Last night we had a devotional as the Eagle Pass district, and it was from the President and matron of the San Antonio Temple and it was awesome! The San Antonio Temple is going to open to Phase 1 on June 1st! It hasn't had an ordinance done since March 24th! Super crazy..
Soo... I heard a rumor last night, and we have yet to figure out if it is true or not, BUT we were talking with the elders in Eagle Pass and they told us their branch mission leader said that our branch, Carrizo Springs Branch, might be splitting into a few different groups.. They said it would probably split into the Cotulla group, the Carrizo Springs group, and Crystal City group... that is SO COOL!! It seriously made me so happy to know that this area has grown enough that they are even thinking of splitting it up even more, and it is such a testimony builder to me that the Lord's work does NOT stop!! Whether or not I'll be here when it splits into groups I have no idea, because I don't know when it will happen, but I hope it does soon! That would mean we would get more missionaries to cover those other groups as well, how awesome is that!! yay!!
I forgot to wish my awesome friends and family a happy birthday last week!! Happy birthday to Hilary (12th) and Emmee (13th) and my uncle Bick (13th) and Drue (14th) I hope you all had the most amazing birthdays ever!!
I love every one of you and I thank you from the bottom of my heart if you actually made it this far hahah
Have the best week ever!!
con mucho amor,
hermana griffin :)
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