I will try to send the pictures later.  Sorry, 

                                                                Lauren

Mom,

 It sounds like you enjoyed Women's Conference. Do you have to serve at the Conference Center this week?  I'm thinking for Mother's Day I'll call around 6:30pm my time and 4:30pm your time. Does that work? Let me know if I need to call later than that. I don't need a phone card. I'm so excited to talk to you! I'll give you my password for facebook when I talk to you next Sunday. Your package is on it's way!! 

 It is transfers this week. I'm being transferred. I don't know where I'm going but I'm opening a new area and I'm going to be training a new missionary. I'm so nervous! My companion is going to be training a new missionary but she is staying in Topsham. President Wilkey decided to give our transfer call at the Stake Women's Conference in front of the whole stake. We we so surprised when he did that. He talked about how prepared we were when we came out. He told the whole stake that I trained after only being out 5 weeks. It was embarrassing. It has been really hard to say good-bye to people in the ward and my investigators. I have come to love these people so much. The people here are so wonderful and I'm sure the new area I'm going to will have wonderful people in it too. Sister Waite and I were wanting to have another transfer together. We have definitely built a lasting friendship! The Stake Women's Conference was amazing. Sister Wilkey and President Wilkey were the guest speakers. I love hear them speak. President Wilkey talked a little bit on how members can help the missionaries more by being missionaries to their friends. He talked about how to share the gospel with technology. It was a wonderful conference. 

 One of the investigators that the Elders were teaching got baptized yesterday. Sister Waite and I were able to help her get ready for her baptism. She has been waiting for this day for a long time and so has her husband. It was so neat to see her take that step to help her come closer to Christ. We did a lot of service this week for people. Now that the weather has been nicer everyone is working in their yards. We helped a member's neighbor clean up her yard. We talked to her about family history and why it is important while we were helping her. She has been wanting to learn how to do family history. We are going to help her get started. We had an amazing lesson with one of our investigators yesterday. He has been investigating the church for a long long time. We talked about the blessings of going to church with him. He comes to church every week. I told him before we left that I want to hear from him when he receives his answer about the Gospel. He told me he would let me know. I'm going to miss teaching him. His wife has been a member for 5 years now and she is amazing! She has such a strong testimony. 

  One of the members saw us walking the other day and she stopped to talk to us and asked us to go to dinner with her. It was so fun! She took us out for Mexican food. It was delicious. She served a mission in Las Vegas. She was telling us about some friends that she wants to introduce them to the Gospel. I'm excited to hear how it will turn out. I love being a missionary!!! The Lord has blessed me in so many ways! I know that through Faith in Jesus Christ we can do anything. Have a great week!! I love you so much!!!

   Love,

    Sister Griffin

The first picture is of a bridge not too far from our apartment. We run to it for our exercise in the morning. This morning there was a lot of fog and I just love the way this picture looks.

The second picture is of June and her husband before her baptism. June is awesome!! This is the lady that they Elders were teaching.