Hi Mom!!!!

  You had a very busy week! That's awesome that Elizabeth and Ammon were able to sing together and that Megan played for them. Did you have the family over for Father's day or did you just spend time with the Barnes?

  This week has been good. President and Sister Stoker came to our church yesterday. They spoke on Fathers. They did a really good job. President Stoker talked about things that Father's can teach us. It made me think of how dad was a great example of a hard worker. I started thinking of the things that dad and you have taught me. It was a tender moment for me. President Stoker also did the lesson during Relief Society. They combined the last meeting since President Stoker was there. It was awesome! He talked about how much more productive missionary work is when the members are helping us. The ward was very involved in the discussion. The ward here is wonderful at getting to know us missionaries. President Stoker told me that my exit interview is going to be the week before I leave. He is doing zone interviews for our zone on the 24th and he decided that he wants to do my exit interview then. It will be weird to have it then but that's ok.

  We taught Kathey this week. She had decided to take a break from meeting with us but now she wants to meet with us again. She was going to a Baptist church recently but she doesn't feel the same Spirit there that she feels at our meetings. We started teaching her the Restoration this week and we ended up talking more about truth. When we first started meeting with her she would tell us that she was starving for truth we asked her if she still felt like she was feeling that way. She said, "No, I'm not starving for it like I was." We then shared with her John 4 about the living water. After reading that to her, I looked at her and said, " You found the truth Kathey." She said, "Maybe I have." She then opened up a lot more. She knows the truth now she just needs to act on her feelings.

  So funny story this week...Sister Tarawhiti and I go running every morning and on Friday morning we did the usually got ready to go running. I grabbed the keys and we headed out the door. Not even 50 feet from our apartment I realize that I grabbed the car key instead of the apartment key. We were locked out. It was sprinkling. We used our neighbors phone to call the manager and they wanted to charge us 100 bucks to have them come open the door because no one was in the office yet. We decided to wait until 9am for someone to get into the office. We decided to run 2 miles to our ward mission leaders house so we could get showered and be ready to go. We had an appointment planned with them at 10 and they were supposed to pick us up at 9:30 anyways. Let's just say they were surprised to see us there. It was an experience that I don't want to repeat.

  This week I have been studying about how simple the message of the Restoration is. We have truth again. God has always revealed the truth to His children. He has shown that pattern of love and concern for us. He loves us and so He has revealed truth to us! I love how simple the gospel is!! It is so true!! I love you so much!!! Have a wonderful week!!!

 Love,

   Sister Griffin

Picture 1-Sister Tarawhiti, Sibel, and me

Picture 2- Sister Tarawhiti, Ashley, and me. Enjoy!!!