Hi Mom!!!! 

  I'm sorry to hear about Jack but you are right he is in a better place. Are you doing a funeral for him? Thanks for signing me up to help with the Ogden Temple Open House. Are you getting the hang of your computer yet? I'm glad that you got the quilts done. The kids are not out of school yet. Some kids are in school until June 20...I think. I haven't received any flight information yet...have you? 

  This week has been good. I missed getting your e-mails last week. I did do a painting for Relief Society. I don't know if you want to see it...I'm definitely not an artist. We were tracting the other day and there was a lady that let us in. She was so nice. She has a memory loss problem but her husband was nice too. We shared with them how the the gospel blesses our families. They told us we were welcome to come back and visit again. The Spirit was so strong. It was an awesome experience. We will definitely try to go back and see them. 

  We had an amazing lesson with Sister Cathcart. We had planned to finish teaching her another lesson that we had started the week before but the Spirit led us another way. She was really feeling down and so we talked to her about the Spirit and how it gives us comfort and peace. We shared John 14:26-27 with her. She told us that she needed that because it brought back a lot of memories of how the Spirit worked before in her life. She said it pricked her heart. I know that the Spirit is the real teacher!! We don't know what people need but I know that the Spirit knows what each person needs. 

  In my studies this week I have been studying in 3 Nephi. I was in chapter 24 and I was thinking about the Refiner's fire and Fuller's soap. I had heard of the Refiner's fire before and knew what that was but for some reason I always forget what the Fuller's soap is. In the Bible dictionary it says that the Fuller's responsibility was to clean and whiten fabrics. Christ refines us or tries and teaches us and then we become pure and clean. We can only become the people that Christ needs us to be if we allow Him to purify us! Sorry this is so short!!! I love you!!! Have a great week!!! 

 Love,

   Sister Griffin

On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 6:48 AM, griffincru@juno.com <griffincru@juno.com> wrote:

Hi Missy Callee,

 

I am having trouble getting to the point to e-mail you.  I hope I have it right this time.

 

How are you doing?  Have you had a good week?  I received your hand-written letter.  It was good to hear from you.  Sounds like you have had some good teaching moments.

 

This past week was a very busy one for me.

 

Aunt Diane, Aunt Mary, and I went to Idaho for the Romrell funerals.  It was a beautiful funeral.  Tuesday night we went to the Rexburg Temple, and on Wednesday morning we went to the Idaho Falls Temple.  I saw a lady there that used to live in the 84th Ward.  Her name is Beverly Evans.  I don't know if you remember her or not, but she worked with me in the Young Women with Shauna for a short time, then she moved out to Harrisville.  In talking with her I found out she lived in the Romrell's Ward.  This is such a small world.  It seems no matter where I go I meet people I know or knows someone I know.  We really enjoyed our overnight trip together.

 

On Friday, I got a call telling me that Jack wasn't doing very well because he had a heart attack.  After several phone calls and moving him to a different facility I got a call at church telling me that he was hours from passing away.  He was in a coma so Aunt Mary and I headed down there.  On my way I called his daughter Linda to tell her and she wanted to go with us.  We picked her up and went down there.  Diane came in her own car and met us there.  We spent several hours with him just visiting and learning about each other.  We came home around 7:30 -Jack still breathing deeply.  I got a call this morning at 4:15 telling me he had passed away.  I am sad, yet happy at the same time.  He has wanted to die for a long time.

 

"D" got your car inspected this week.  It passed with flying colors.  "D" said he is amazed that that little car hardly puts out any carbon considering how old it is.  It's been a good car. 

 

All the kids are out of school here now.  They all were very ready for school to be done.  Are the kids out of school there yet?

 

Jennifer and Lauren are enjoying Kellie Allen on Facebook.  They feel like they have a close connection to you in talking with her.  They mentioned that you painted a picture recently at Relief Society.  Save it - I would love to see it when you get home.

 

I put you on the list to help at the Ogden Temple Open House.  We are all getting excited about the temple opening soon.

 

Robyn and Holger Hansen moved out this week.  They are living in Layton for a short time until their house is finished.  A single man moved in their house - an inactive member of the church.

 

Well, I will close for now.  Take care and I love you and miss you a ton!!!!

                                                Love, Mom