We've got only two weeks left in the cycle- crazy! Time has been flying
and soon enough we'll be in the next cycle and things will be warming up and so
on.
This past week was pretty uneventful. We started teaching a couple of
people last night and we're excited to see how that goes. Knocking doors we've
been offering to give a blessing on their home and help them rather than saying
we have a message or we want to talk about Jesus Christ or whatever we used to
say. We've gotten a lot better reactions from that, or at the very least, we
don't get rejected too hard too often anymore- people are a little more
polite.
Here's a fun little cultural tidbit from the city- riding the subway is
always an adventure. A lot of times you get people announcing to your whole car
that they're in need of money for reason a, b, or c (you can sort out the people
who are really in need based on whether or not they accept a granola bar).
Other times you see skinny Chinese guys walking from car to car with a handful
of plastic CD protectors- bootleg DVDs. Everybody understands what they're
doing so if you want their services, you have to get their attention as they
briskly walk by. You get a lot of people selling candy, more so in the Bronx it
seems. Then you've got mini performances, from singing to playing weird
plastic saxophones to drums and so on. Those all keep things exciting.
This week I've been learning a lot about having a good attitude. We should
always strive to make the best of the circumstances we're given. The Lord
doesn't give us anything we can't handle and doesn't give us anything that's not
for our benefit. We should always be looking for the good in everything around
us and always be studying out how to better ourselves. Taking things with an
attitude of gratitude is the best things that we can do. Doctrine and Covenants
78:19 really puts things into perspective and has helped me to have better
thoughts and stuff. So yep, hope that's uplifting!
Thanks for all the support! I hope that everything is continuing to go
well at home!
-Elder Griffiths
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