Hello Family!
Exactly one year ago (pretty much to the hour too), I touched down at the White Plains Airport here in New York. That's crazy to think about. Just don't blink because time is going faster every single day...
Anyways, things are great here in Newburgh! It's getting a little chilly, the bright leaves are fading away and thanks to day light savings, it's getting dark around 5:00/5:30. We're still in the trio, Elder Nelson, Elder Warner and myself, and it is great! I'm not going to lie, being in a trio in the MTC wasn't super easy for me, but out here it's been going great! I feel like we balance each other out pretty well, so that's been awesome.
This past week I've spent a good bit of time at West Point, and I love it there! I went on a split with Elder Berube there in the West Point brance on Friday and then with his companion Elder Holzer on Monday. On top of that, we had a tour of West Point on Wednesday and then there was a stake youth activity, a mini-Zone Conference that we went to Saturday (where I was made companions with Kevin, a West Point cadet from John's Creek- go Georgia!). Anyways, we aren't allowed to knock doors or contact people on base, so we just have to drive straight to planned appointments, so that's what we did. The branch members there are great- they come from all over and are very supportive of the Work. So yeah it was an enjoyable experience getting over there and interacting with the great people there at West Point!
Last Wednesday we had a miracle night- all four of the lessons we had planned along with the split we had planned cancelled (no worries, that's not the miracle!). We tried dropping by a couple of people and then at about 8:45, before heading home, Elder Warner felt like we should pray to see if God had anything else in mind for us before heading home. After praying, we felt as though we should drop by a less active with whom we have had very little contact. Upon knocking on the door, we were invited in to a room full of people- turns out it was this less active's birthday! We wished her a happy birthday, ate the cake that was offered to us (politely turned down the offer of coffee), and then shared a message about the importance of prayer as a family. They were all touched and expressed their appreciation. Thanks to Elder Warner being inspired and the merciful guidance of God, we were able to have that great contact.
Thursday, Halloween, we had to be in by 6:00 at the latest, so we went out and tried to do stuff during the day. We had lunch with Paul for his birthday, spent some good time working on facebook, then had a lesson with an investigators. Afterwards, we chugged through some planning then played some games with our Zone Leaders that live in the same complex as us.
The rest of the week went great! We've been having some really great lessons with people. It'll be hard for sure to leave Newburgh because the people here are so great! Hopefully I'll be here for at least another month or two. We'll see what God has planned!
Thanks for all the love and support! Hope you have a great week this week!
-Elder Griffiths
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