Hi Mom,

  How are you doing? I'm not being transferred and neither is Sister Taylor. We are so excited to being staying in Hampden. There is so much work for us to do here. Yesterday for Father's Day we were able to go to a member's house for dinner. She is single lady and she has two daughters. It was fun to spend some time with them and to get to know them. I was thinking about Dad a lot yesterday but it was a great day! I did get your picture of the chairs and table!! It is adorable! I hope you get the air condtioner fixed.

  President Wilkey told us about the girl that lost her brother that is going to be coming to our mission. I asked President Wilkey for her address so I could write her a note. I sent if off last week. President Wilkey has now asked all of the sisters in our mission to write her a little note. I hope that helps her. She is supposed to be coming to our mission in July. I can't believe that it is almost July!! Time has been flying by!!!

  This week has been busy! We taught the Plan of Salvation to Kyong and she loved it!!! She mentioned that it totally makes sense to her. She mentioned that the Catholic church never talks about the pre-earth life and the Spirit World. She lost her husband many years ago and we taught her that she could see him again and be with him forever. She started to get emotional. She really wants to do what God wants her to do. She came to church yesterday and she really liked it. She is really wanting to learn. She is an amazing lady!! We also taught a man and his daughter this week about the Restoration and authority. At the beginning of the lesson he was kind of skeptical about what we were saying but by the end he was really pondering what we were teaching him. I love watching the change in people's faces when they are really pondering what is being taught.

  This week is the Wilkey's last week here. I wish you could find out when their homecoming talk is so you could go to it. They are from Lehi. It is going to be a big adjustment getting another mission president but I know that President and Sister Stoker will be wonderful as well. President Wilkey has asked us to pray for the Stokers to help them adjust and feel comfortable here.

 I have been studying a lot about how the Spirit works in our lives. It is amazing how often the Spirit is working through us and we don't even know it. The Spirit works through us in many different ways. There is a wonderful chart on pages 96-97 in Preach My Gospel. It has a lot of wonderful scriptures and how the Spirit communicates to us.  The Spirit is essential for teaching and for understanding. What a blessing the Spirit is. The Spirit can give us the promptings we need and give us the comfort that we are looking for. The Lord loves us so much that we are promised to have the Holy Ghost with us always if we are obedient. What are some things we can do to remain worthy of the Spirit???

  The Church is true!! God loves us! Christ is our Savior and Redeemer. Thomas S. Monson is our Prophet on the earth today. I love you!!! Have a great week!! You are in my thoughts and prayers!!

  Love,

    Sister Griffin

The picture is of my district!! The Elders are Elder Dudley, Elder Phillips, Elder Rogers, and Elder Hill. My district is awesome!!