Monday we were able to get in contact with Felisha again and set up a time to go and drop off a Book of Mormon at her house, so that was exciting!
I made a new meal plan that I followed this past week and it was really simple : Oatmeal for breakfast, plain salad for lunch, and chicken & asparagus for dinner. It was good and easy the first few days but as you can tell in the picture I attached, we had a splurge moment and made a blizzard run. It was a fun week with food haha. We were able to have our mission call that night as well and it's always nice and uplifting to hear from our President and his wife!
Tuesday we went to Ms B's house and sat outside and did some more of paperwork for service so that was fun, and it was luckily nice weather and not 115 degrees like most other days haha.
That night we had a Sister Training Leader call with President and Sister Tveten and that was something we haven't done before so it was nice to have them hear out our thoughts too! It's crazy because since our mission split, there were very few Sister Training Leaders and it's a weird transition haha.
Wednesday felt like a longer day or more lazy even though we still got a ton done haha. My companion was super sick all day because her stomach was hurting, but we still got to have a video call with all of the sisters in my stewardship and that was fun! We told them of the topics we discussed in Mission Leadership Council a couple weeks ago, and that was good! Our sisters are seriously so amazing and I've been blessed to be able to know them and work with them!
That night we had a lesson with Phillip and it was so amazing! We are doing his after-baptism lessons of reviewing everything and he is seriously just so solid and is going to help this area grow a ton!
We also had another lesson with Jose and he is also pushing forward and working with his family to be baptized! I'm not sure if I have talked about Jose much, but he is married to a less active member of ours, and her whole family are members so his inlaws are members but they haven't been super supportive of him and his decision so he is continually talking with them about it so we hope to see a miracle happen soon with that family!
Thursday I received an amazing message from Xiomara and she told me that her and her family (they are my recent converts from my first area of Balcones Branch) are recovering from the virus and are doing better and that made me so happy to hear!! They're so sweet and I've been praying so much for them. God hears your prayers!!!
That afternoon I was able to make some quotes/notes for the sisters in our stewardship! There was a quote we shared in our sisters call and they all loved it so I made notes with their favorite colors and sent them to them! It helps me feel better about being in touch with the sisters when I am able to serve them in any way :)
We found a couple people through Facebook and have also tried contacing Eric and Jason but they haven't been too responsive this past week so that has been a bummer.
Friday we went to Ms B's again and finished the other paperwork she needed done.
We were also able to have Jimmy reply and we set up a lesson which actually ended up happening!! He is always super busy with work or sleeping and has also been moving out of his apartment the past couple weeks so communication has been difficult haha.
We had a lesson with Kathy that night and got to review how she is doing with her reading and that was good!
We had our Facebook Live study on Adam and why he is so important! If you missed it, you should go check it out!
We got to have another video call with Phillip and he didn't remember much of the Plan of Salvation so that lesson took a little longer haha. I always love lessons with Phillip though because with most people I've met on my mission, they usually understand or at least don't ask too many personal questions, but with Phillip, he always gets deep down in our testimonies and always starts his questions with "ok but do you truly believe..." or "how do you..." and it definitely makes us think and dig down in our own beliefs too haha. It's always a good thing though!
Saturday we had our first district council as the Cotulla district and we just had it over video call, but it was good! We got to know the elders a little bit better, Elder Caldwell and Elder Waite! They were both previously zone leaders and now are opening up a new area, so it's something new to them both but they are getting the hang of it haha.
I got to have an exchange with Sister Wicks and she is super sweet! It was fun getting to know her!
We also got to go to the church and schedule our FB posts which went well! We got to see some of the brothers that were at the church, and why were they there??? WELL LET ME TELL YA!!! Brother Sanchez was receiving the Melchizedek Priesthood! Amazing huh?!
That night we wrote our weekly progress report of our people we are teaching and then the Cotulla elders called us and asked us to send them the people in area book that is in their area, and so that took a while but we finally finished it!
Sunday was Makells birthday!! Yay!!
We also got to have online church which went well! We then went and stood outside the Sanchez home as he gave us the sacrament! We love that family and I can't wait for the day that I hear that they are getting sealed as a family! What a glorious day that will be.
Last night we had lots of lessons, but we got to have another video call with Jimmy and he is super solid! We talked about all of the commandments and when we brought up the Word of Wisdom he was like "oh I'm already living all of them. I was always the odd one out in highschool because I never did any of that stuff" so that was crazy but we are pumped! He is coming into town next weekend and then will be getting baptized on the 28th and we were even able to set a time and talk about how his service will go a little bit! We are super excited for him! It is a little sad though because since he is on the airforce base, he won't be able to stay so we will have to send his records to where he lives haha but just like I did when Amanda moved out of the branch, I have to remind myself that I'm helping to build the kingdom everywhere, not just here in Carrizo haha.
This week we will be having a great time! Tomorrow we are headed to Eagle Pass to help at the food bank again, and Friday we have zone conference which will be awesome!
TIME IS MOVING WAY TOO FAST!!!
I love you all and hope you have the most amazing week ever!!
con amor,
hermana griffin :)
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