Hi Mom!!

 How are you? It sounds like you had a really busy week! I can't take pictures with the phone. It is against mission rules to use the camera setting. That's wonderful that you were able to see more of the family at a joyous occasion rather than a sad one. Who baptized Brooks? Did Uncle Ben baptize him? Thank you for mentioning to Nancy about the checks. Did you get the picture from Sister Wilcox. We had ribs over at her house last Monday and she has all the missionaries take a picture of all the rib bones. They made me put the sauce on my face to look more messy. It was pretty funny!! I haven't gotten a raincoat yet. I'm not sure if I'm going to get one.

  This week has been great!!! We have two investigators now! We were visiting a less active and she brought a friend over to learn more about the gospel and we are going to see her this week. She seems pretty excited to learn. We also met a lady from Korea. Her name is Kyong. She has lived the the United States for a long time but she still has a very thick Korean accent. She really wants to get on the path that the Lord wants her to be on. She is hoping that we can help her. I know we can help her! Her husband passed away around 6 years ago. She misses him a lot and wants to know that she can see him again. She is excited to meet with us and read the Book of Mormon. We are going to see her again this week! I love being able to help people know how to come to Christ!!

  The weather has been so hot here and humid. We went from like the 60s to 90s in 24 hours. Everyone told us that it is unusual for Maine to get that hot now. Ususally this weather doesn't come until August. It was almost 90 degrees in our apartment and we didn't have a fan. We contacted a member in our ward to see if she had a fan left over from her yard sale that we could buy from her. Within 24 hours we had three fans and someone in the ward had an air conditioner for us. The members are great here!! They are always so willing to help us. The other day we were walking to get our car to drive to an appointment and it started to down pour!! When we left it was very sunny and hot and so we didn't take our umbrellas. We were about 10 or 15 minutes away from the car and the rain came down really hard. We got so wet. We had to change our clothes before we went to our next appointment. The rain felt really good. It cooled us off really fast! We had a stake service project this past week. There were over 230 people that showed up. We cleaned up the rivers and streams in Bangor. It was really awesome!!
 This week I've noticed the importance being obedient. I know that because Sister Taylor and I have been working hard and doing what the Lord has asked us to do we are starting to find those who are wanting to learn about the Gospel. Obedience definitely brings blessings and miracles. I know that the Lord blesses us when we do what He has commanded us to do.

 Mom, I will be praying for you and thinking about you a lot this week. I know that because of the Gospel our family can be together forever. What a blessing to have that knowledge! I love you Mom!!!! Have a great week!! 

  Love,

   Sister Griffin