Hello all!

Good week!  Seems like it wasn't terribly eventful, but I bet as I get more into, I'll remember some of the better details of such.  I guess I'll break it down day by day.

Wednesday-  Went with Elder Warner and Elder Nelson (other Spanish Elders with whom we share a car) to a dinner appointment with an investigator.  It ran long, so we only had time to bike over to one of the members that lives in our area to ask if she could come with us to a lesson the next day, and then we biked home.

Thursday- Weekly Planning.  We got in with Julia and had a short and sweet lesson with her and the member we stopped by on Wednesday- Hermana Landaburu.  The members always save the day- Hermana Landaburu was able to build Julia's faith and help her to find out some answers to some of her questions.  Afterwards we went around to some people that we thought would be home, but people have just been flaky in this area so far.  We knocked into a guy who talked to us for a little while.  He gave us cookies and took The Book of Mormon, so that was good.

Friday- Exchange!  Well first we went to la familia Tantao.  They're Puerto Rican (Boricuas) and she feeds a lot, so we got hit hard with rice and some beef stew and tostones (fried plantains- good stuff!).  Afterwards we went down to Highland Falls so that we could switch up for an exchange.  I went with Elder Wangsgard (who is from Logan area- Mendon I think...) in the West Point area.  That area covers Highland Falls, Fort Montgomery and of course West Point Military Acadamy.  It's a cool area and we had a good split!  Having a good old American Dinner again was nice.  But I do love the Spanish food I get.

Saturday-  Baptism!  The other guys had a baptism for Josh.  I got to perform the baptism, but they finished up teaching him and stuff (so we're still looking to get one this month- keep praying for us!).  It was a good service and he said some good inspiring things that only a kid could say.  Later we went to our progressing less active's house Mery and Carlos!  They're great and they want to go to the temple, so going there is always uplifting.

Sunday-  We had a good day at church after which we went to a couple appointments.  We felt an impression to go drop by the house of somebody who is on the ward list that we haven't met yet.  We dropped by and found that that person had moved, but the person's mom who isn't a member had a sister who passed away so we were able to help her find comfort from The Book of Mormon.  that was a miracle and we hope to get back over there soon!

Monday- We had zone meeting in Middletown after which we went and tried doing service for a less active.  She wasn't there so we came back after talking to a couple of people that were around.  We tried visiting Julia with Hna again, but she was busy so we taught Hna instead.  Later we dropped by another member's house and had a great lesson with them.

Tuesday- Lots of service!  We went and did service for an active member, the only Domincan in the ward, Marino.  Then we went and helped the less active prepare and paint some stuff.  That took up a ton of time, but it was still good.  Afterwards we had dinner at la familia Hernandez and then went to Mery and Carlos's house.  We had good lessons with both of them and then came home tired.

Today- We've got a zone activity planned- that'll be fun!  That's about it out of the ordinary.

Things are going well!  I'm still loving the mission and looking forward to another great week! 

Thanks for everything and have a good week!

-Elder Griffiths