Hello Mom!!!
  How are you? It sounds like your week was really busy. That's
awesome that you had such a good turnout for the Christmas Party. We
were able to watch the Christmas Devotional. It was very different
because we only heard from President Monson. The other members of the
First Presidency didn't speak. I loved all of the music though. I
can't believe that it is already December 9...time just keeps flying
by. How did your lesson go? I'm sure it was great! How did Family Home
Evening go?
  I got transferred to Methuen, Massachusetts. My companion and I live
in New Hampshire but the chapel and some of the towns we are over are
in Massachusetts. I'm definitely going to have to be a more aggressive
driver here. My companion is Sister Miller. She is from Clinton, Utah.
She knows Chelsie's (the Chelsie from Utah State) sister. They went to
high school together. She has been out 4 1/2 months and she has only
served in Methuen. She loves it here. The sister that just got
transferred from here was here 9 months...I can't even imagine what it
would be like to be in an area for 9 months! Sister Miller is excited
to be out serving a mission. She reminds me of Sister Beus in a lot of
ways. We enjoy laughing and having fun! We do still have a car.
  We were stopping by the members homes this week so I could get to
know them and one member had a picture of my already on her fridge. It
was the Easter Card that Sister Johnson and I sent out in March.
Sister Johnson served in Methuen and so she sent some of the ward
members down here our Easter Card. It was weird to see a picture of my
on her fridge. There are two sets of Elders and us serving in the
Methuen ward. Methuen is different than Portland. Massachusetts is
very different from Maine. There are things that I'm going to miss
about Maine but there are things that I already love about
Massachusetts. We won't need to teach English in my new area.
  We were tracting this week and we asked a lady if she would like to
hear a Christmas message and she invited us in. Her name was Joleen.
She was awesome!! She is having a baby next week so she didn't set up
a time for us to come back. She was very interested in the message of
the Restoration and the Book of Mormon. She sounded like she was very
religious and so we are hoping to go back and talk to her some more
about the gospel. She was really nice. I know that God is preparing
people for the message of the gospel. It is amazing to see how He is
touching their hearts!
  This week I have been studying Christ's names and what they mean. I
have been thinking about how He has so many names and how they all
define that He was the Anointed One. I love how it says in the Bible
Dictionary that He is the anointed one of the Father to be His
personal representative in all things pertaining to the salvation of
mankind. That is so true! He represents our Father and right now I
have the blessing and responsibility to represent Him! Christ is our
Redeemer!! He has made it possible for us to receive the promises of
eternal inheritance (Hebrews 9:15). He has made it possible for us to
seek forgiveness and one day return to Him and our Heavenly Father! I
was also thinking about the gifts that I could give Christ this season
since He gave the ultimate gift to me. What are some things that you
can give Christ to show that we are grateful for His gift to you? I
love that Christmas is so much more than focusing on Christ's birth
but also His whole life. He has showed us how we should live. It is
our choice to follow Him. I know that Jesus Christ is my Savior and
Redeemer. I know that He loves each and everyone of us and that is why
He willingly went through the Atonement! I love you so much!!! Have a
great week!! Drive safely in the snow! We finally have snow here!!! I
love it!!
  Love,
    Sister Griffin

Here is my new address:

103 Cluff Crossing Road V4
Salem, NH 03079
 I love you!!!
  Love,
   Sister Griffin