22 Months

well pretty crazy about how 22 months ago today was what i still consider the longest day of my life haha. and i dont need to remind anyone how much time i have left(everyone tells me every week anyways). This week was pretty dang awesome. So on Monday we did divisions with the zone leaders, so i got to be back in tarimbaro! i was able to visit my family of converts there! they were really happy to see me, the sons of the family were especially suprised to see me haha, they thought they were seeing a ghost for a minute! so monday was awesome. Tuesday we had the district meeting, normal like usual. then i went to salvatierra to do divisions with the elders in my district. that was a pretty normal day, just spent ALOT of time traveling, i felt like i was back in san jeronimito again for how much time we spent on the bus. that day was pretty normal. came back to my area wednesday and just worked in my area. Thursday we spent most of the time planning and studying, thats all Thursdays are basically haha, but we were also able to plan for the activity on saturday. Friday we spent most of the day finalizing everything for the activity, and we were able to make a few visits. found a new investigator, David. This guy is so willing to follow God, he said he is willing to do whatever God tells him to, BUT THAT GOD TELLS HIM. so we talked alot about prayer and how he can recieve answers. Saturday was dooooooooooooope. ( i know a missionary shouldnt use that word but it applies here). at around 130pm we showed up to the church to prepare the church for the activity, around 145 all the missionaries started to show up, and at 2 we were supposed to have lunch, but the food still hadnt shown up haha. everyone was real worried but i know the ward here, the food showed up sure but late haha, it was awesome because the entire zone of 18 missionaries were stuffed after lunch! the relief society president even made a huge cake! so we were happy campers. we started the activity with a devotional, then the 18 missionaries took 18 members and split up and started working! throughout all of moroleon a powerful spirit was felt, we got so many new investigators and references from the activity. and a huge bonus, all the leftover food from the activity, we got to bring it home! (hence the picture of the refrigerator filled with bowls of food and lots of bread). and anyways yesterday the church was more full than i have ever seen here! 107 people showed up to church and 14 of them were investigators! im pretty happy here haha. this month we are looking at ALOT of potential baptisms. were going to do our part in teaching, and the spirit will testify, and then the people have to make the decision. Today my companion and i played ping pong this morning, (i still got it in case anyone wants to challenge me after;) haha. i know that this is the most important work that exists on this earth. Im so grateful for each day i have to be a missionary. i hope you all can feel Gods love, and if your struggling to feel it, ask him, i know he will help. I hope you all have a great week! Love Elder Griffin