Aloha!
I guess I say that because I just went on an exchange with Elder Reid Monday- he is from Hawai'i. That was a lot of fun- he has a good fun spirit so it makes for a enjoyable time. Anyways this past week was awesome. Lots of great things happened.
Friday was great- zone conference. Seems like the last few zone conferences/zone meetings, etc. have all been about the iPads, Facebook and online proselyting but this one was just a good spiritual slap. We talked about consecration and got repumped about it. I know that was good for me. I think being up here with the same companion has led me to get into some of the same routines and I have been a little stagnant in some senses. Nothing too bad, but is was a good kick to get me going again. We immediately saw the results of consecrating out all to the Lord's service as Saturday was one of the best days. We had our first lesson at 10:30 am and we were busy the whole day. We picked up five new investigators, had a couple that went inactive about five or six months ago because they got offended call us and tell us that they had read a scripture that made them want to come to church again, got a referral for, a lesson done on Facebook chat, had the nonmember husband of one our members show up at the restaurant at which we were eating and buy our food, and a great dinner at Paul's after doing service with him. Sunday was great too- the inactives mentioned above were there at church as well as another inactive family that hasn't come to church in years that we have been working with since July. Sunday always fills me up- seeing all the members that I love so much and feeling their love for me and then adding the Savior's love on to that is awesome! Afterwards we took the sacrament to some people that couldn't go to church. Had a couple visits with other people and them ended the night. We ended the week with forty seven lessons as an apartment (or as the missionaries in our branch). Last year a good week was about seventeen so once again the work keeps going forward. We are just trying to set things up to where we get sisters in that cover outside the city of Newburgh and then us elders cover the city. We feel like we could do well with that, but we'll see what president says. The work just keeps going forward!
Today we had a zone activity where we went up to Monticello (the boondocks basically) and just made a fire, roasted marshmallows, hot dogs and ice fished. We actually set up the fire on the lake so that was unique. Anyway, didn't leave me with much time to write, but maybe next week will be better. Hope you have a great week!
-Elder Griffiths
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