June 12, 2013
Pretty good week! Fairly eventful week! Kind of a wet week too, but the work goes on!
To start out- the game was great! In all honesty though, I didn't pay a
whole lot of attention to the game- I just socialized the whole time. [Former
Elder] Neils Topham (my trainer) showed up (his mom works for Jet Blue so he
travels for free) so I had a good time chatting with him! I also got to talk to
a bunch of people who were shipped up state that I hadn't seen for months, so
that was sweet! The other missionaries in the mission are so great and there's
so much to learn from them. Seriously- we've got over 200 missionaries about 20
years old each, so that's about 4000 years of life experience- about 2/3 of the
time people have been living life on Earth, right? Haha but anyways, I think
it's always good to take advantage of social situations, get to know people and
try to learn as much as you can from them. Anyways, that was great! Even
greater was just living about six blocks away so that we didn't have to have a
crazy routine.
The rain this week was sweet! We dropped by a farewell of a guy who is
leaving to go serve a mission in Brazil on Friday and came back and almost got
blown away- it was sweet! I'm figuring out how to work the umbrella so that it
doesn't get totally destroyed. Saturday I went an exchange with Elder Picoli
from Brazil- he's great! He serves in the English ward and so being able to
testify and preach in English is always a good confidence boost- haha. Sunday
was pretty good- I had a realization of how great the ward is! There are so
many good and loving people and I was just able to especially feel their love
that Sunday so that was a great blessing. Monday was district meeting and then
we had a couple of appointments after that. I then went on an exchange with
Elder Critchfield starting Monday night. We had a pretty good day together-
Yankee Stadium is in his area, though, and the Ireland national soccer team was
facing the Spain national soccer team in Yankee stadium, so we spent some time
people watching as we waited for a member to go to a lesson. I felt like I was
in Harry Potter seeing national the fans from two different national teams
coming together- it was great! Today we're going down to Manhattan- going to
China Town, the World Trade Center Memorial, Financial District and Battery
Park, and then to Grand Central- should be sweet! The camera is charged up and
ready to go.
This week has been great! I feel truly happy. I know that happiness comes
as we live the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Maybe things aren't always easy going,
but living the gospel was never meant to be convenient. The highs are high out
here and I'm so grateful to be a part of the work. Thanks for all of the
prayers and support- I hope you have a wonderful week!
-Elder Griffiths
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