Hey Mom! 

 How are you doing? It sounds like you had a busy week. You had a meeting for new Sunday School Curriculum???? What is changing with Sunday School? That's awesome that Sister Miller wrote you. Her name is Chelsea.

 This week has been a good one. You talked about the Honeymoon stage for companions...Sister Tarawhiti and I have been ourselves from the beginning. We feel like we have known each other for a long time. It is great! There wasn't any walking on egg shells for us. 
  We met with Kathey a few times this week. She is doing pretty good. We took her up to the Joseph Smith Memorial in Vermont on Saturday. We were hoping it would have been a spiritual "ah-ha" moment for her but it wasn't as powerful as we had hoped. She liked it but she just didn't seem very interested in it. It was amazing to be able to go where the prophet Joseph Smith was born. I will try to send pictures. We watched the Restoration that is narrated by Lucy Mack. It was amazing!!! She talks about going through the refiner's fire. After the movie we talked to Kathey about how we all go through rough times and how those times are making us grow and learn. Christ is the Refiner and He knows when we are the people that He needs us to be. He knows that we are done or finished when He can see His image in us. I took a lot more pictures then I am going to send but I'm hoping the pictures will work. 

  We met with a less active family this week, the Cathcarts. Sister Cathcart wants to come back to church but she really wants her husband to come back too. We were able to talk with her husband before we left. He started talking about the spiritual experiences he had when he was active in the church. It is amazing the Spirit that comes into the lessons when people start talking about their past experiences with the Spirit. Brother and Sister Cathcart helped the missionaries a lot when they were active. They still have a lot of fire in them. We are hoping to help them feel that fire again. 

  As I was pondering at the Joseph Smith Memorial I could feel the Spirit so strong. It was reaffirming my testimony of the truthfulness of the Restoration. The Spirit there is so strong. It is definitely scared ground! There is a wonderful talk that I have been studying this week. It was given by Elder Tad R. Callister at the CES Devotional in January of this year. It is about the Blueprint of Christ's church and how the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the same church. It is powerful. Everything that was in Christ's church is in this church today and he backs it up with scriptures! It is a powerful talk. If you get the chance you should read it. I know that this is Christ's church on the earth today and that we have a living prophet today! I love you!!! Have a great week!!!!!

  Love,

    Sister Griffin

Picture 1- Sister Tarawhiti, Kathey, Me, and Sibel(the member that took us up)

Picture 2-The monument! Isn't it beautiful???!!!!!

Picture 3-Sister Tarawhiti and me. This statue is the accurate height and weight of Joseph Smith.