Un Feliz Diciembre

Hello All!

Happy December!  Things are great here!  A little chilly, but that just means we get more hot chocolate out of pity.  Especially when we're on bikes.  I'll just give you a little rundown from this past week...

Wednesday- We drove down to Highland Falls to visit a less active family down there- they've made a ton of progress and are super excited about the Gospel- it's great to see God guiding people to the truth like that.  Things took a lot longer than we had anticipated there, so that was it for the night.

Thursday- we normally do weekly planning Thursday so that's what we did for the first chunk of the day after which we took off to have Thanksgiving dinner at an active member's house down in Monroe, towards the southern part of our area.  It was a great dinner!  They had family over from all around, and actually they had a cousin that lives in Norcross, GA (they're all originally from Ecuador).  Anyways, some of the relatives were super good cooks, so we were treated with a delightful meal.  We went to another member's house after that who ended up feeding us as well- another good meal.  That family is Mexican and so I got to eat jalapenos with my mashed potatoes- not too shabby!  Haha it was a good day all in all.

Friday- I had to go to a meeting down in Scarsdale- it was good- we talked a lot about how things are going with the iPads, they had some announcements and things, and good training on being good leaders and stuff.  I think I got out of it that we should always strive to be an answer to someone's prayers as we listen to the Holy Ghost, as we love those around us and as we teach true doctrine in what we say and do.  I know that we can make the difference for somebody else as we do those things consistently.  After that, we had a couple good lessons with some less active members and went home for the night!

Saturday- We decided to take a break from the iPads and just get out and look people up and talk to people on the streets and stuff, so that's what we did!  We had some good success in finding a new investigator and setting up some other good stuff.  It was just nice taking that break from the iPads- they can be a little draining.  At night, we went to Paul's house and had a good dinner and a good time there.

Sunday- Church!  It was great- it always fills me up seeing all the people there that I love.  We had a good turn out.  Afterwards we went to a late Thanksgiving dinner with a member to which they brought some friends that we started teaching- they seemed to appreciate the message and we got a return appointment for the coming week.  Afterwards, we went around looking for people- we had another lesson with an investigator and then wrapped up the night, riding our bikes home and having the zone leaders come up behind us in their car, taking pictures and videos of us.

Monday- Zone meeting followed by an exchange with the West Point branch missionaries- I went there and it was great!  The members over there are solid and supportive, and it's fun going to be in the English program for a day.  I liked that and had a good time.

Tuesday- We unsplit in the middle of the day and cranked out some lessons.  We went knocking as a district (not all together- just in the same neighborhood) and then we had a good night of more lessons.  Nothing too crazy happened, but things are going well!

Today- We're just having a relaxed day- Elder Wagner is in the choir for a mission devotional we have this week, so he actually had to go to a rehearsal there, so I'm with Elder Picoli whose companion is doing the same.  We're just emailing, then maybe playing some basketball or something.  We'll see.  And then we have a good night planned for tonight!

Things are well!  Thanks for the love and support!  I hope you have a great week!

-Elder Griffiths