Hi Mom!

  How are you? It sounds like you had a busy week. I'm sure you will enjoy your conference party. What other games have you played at your game nights? Do you play yahtzee? I didn't know Briana Barfuss was getting married. That's crazy!! That is so cool about Michaela Wilson greeting Ashley at the curb at the MTC. How did family home evening go? Did you send that package that you were talking about sending? I'm going to get a new blazer because the one I have is too big. I can't believe that Mary Broadbent gets home in about a week. That is crazy!!

  This week has been great!!! We don't have any investigators yet but we might have a couple by the end of this week. We talked to a guy yesterday that is from Sudan. We talked to him about the Plan of Salvation for a little while. He called us this morning and we are going to meet with him on Wednesday. There are so many refugees here from Africa. They all speak French and so we are hoping to start teaching an English Class for them. They are such amazing people. They are all so happy!!! We met with a less active woman this week and the lesson we taught her was amazing!!! The Spirit was definitely the one that was guiding the lesson. We had planned in the morning to share some scriptures with her about hope and the Atonement. Everything she talked about led us to the next part of the lesson. It was wonderful!! She said that it was the comfort that she needed. I love being a missionary!!! I am here to help people come to Christ and I am seeing this more and more every day. I love it!! We went on exchanges this week. Sister Caffall came to Portland to spend the day with me. It was great!! She is a great missionary. I always feel like I learn so much when we go in exchanges. It was wonderful to be with a missionary that had been out for over a year. I'm glad to have my companion back though.

  I ate salmon this week. Can you believe it??!! It wasn't horrible but I wouldn't ask for it again. I really haven't eaten fish very much, which I'm totally ok with. We have zone conference this week. This will be our first Zone Conference with President Stoker. It should be great! Sorry my thoughts are kind of scattered today. I found out this week that Kyong wants to get baptized August 28. I'm so excited for her. I won't be able to go to it but I am so happy that she is making the decision to "become a Mormon" as she says it. I am just happy that she is taking the steps to help her get closer to going to the temple. She wants to be sealed to her husband so bad. I have been studying a lot about prophets this week. Why do we have prophets? It is so important for us to heed the prophet because what he says will make our faith in Christ become unshaken. Jacob 4:4,6. I have had a lot of people ask me how we know when a man is a prophet. We can only know by asking God if he is a prophet and also by living his counsel. We are so blessed to have a prophet on the earth. God loves us so much!! Have a great week!! I love you!!

   Love,

     Sister Griffin