hey everyone! so the reason i am writing on tuesday today instead of on thursday is because everyone who was in our old zone left so we got switched to a new zone yesterday, so instead of being district 4a we are now district 7c. so we got a new classroom and a new schedule and everything so yeah thats about the most exciting thing that has happened. besides that its been a pretty boring week not a whole lot going on. just learning more and more spanish every day and studying the scriptures. we watched the movie the restoration sunday night and its about joseph smiths trials and all the first members trials that were persecuted and some even killed because of their beliefs. crazy to think about. It made me think that im pretty grateful that i can do what im doing and not have to fear for my life. Also makes me think that two years of my life given to this true church is nothing in comparison. everything is going good down here! really missing everyone! weve started singing more and more christmas songs here and that doesnt really help with the homesickness but oh well haha. its pretty crazy to think that im halfway through my time here at the mtc. i leave december 14th and i cant decide if im excited for it or not haha. guess i will find out! also ive been talking with alot of guys here about hunting and what we would hunt and where wed go before we left so thats been on my mind too alot lately. I sure hope they do something for us on thursday though but i guess we will see! but yeah im doing good not much else to say. Hope everything at home is going well and everyone is doing good! i still dont think ive realized yet though that im here for two years. pretty sure my mind and body still think im supposed to go home in a few weeks. maybe once i get to the mission field itll kick in haha. love you all sending my love and prayers! Love Elder Griffin

Hey mom! so yeah suprise im actually writing today! since everyone else in our zone of 4a left we got switched to zone 7c and that changed our schedule so my p day will now be on tuedsay for the next few weeks. Thanks for all the pictures i loved them all! it made me happy to see all my friends and family. Kylee sure did look cute for her dance! im glad she had lots of fun and was being safe! tell her that i always had as much fun as possible but i was always home by 12 or 1 if i text you! i also love what you did to the living room! it sure looks alot different than i left it! makes me really miss home seeing all the stockings up, including mine. but glad to see everything at home is going well! so yes i did get the krispy kremes on friday! thank you so much! it was awesome and all the guys in the district loved them! as far as the pouch mail no i have not gotten anything! like i said everyone here has told me it takes 6 weeks for just a letter to get here so i dont know that those letters will get here before i leave. but yeah im doing good ill send pictures in a bit and the weekly email. Love Elder Griffin

Second Week Letter...

Hey! so wow this is now my second p day so i guess i only have 98 more to go! haha everything here is going great im eating plenty even though sometimes its not the best food in the world but ill survive. Sure miss some home cooking and fast food restaurants haha. This last week has been pretty okay just same old schedule of classes and excercize and stuff like that. We had our first trc last night and i dont know what it stands for but it was just teaching investigators so me and my companion prepared a lesson for  a lady and it went good and was awesome she was already gonna get baptized in 15 days anyways so we just answered questions but yeah that was good, what was scary is we all got done at the same time and my teacher said ok good switch companionships and go again! so me and isaac went and taught another lady having about 10 seconds of prep time but it all went well the next lady had been a member for 10 years so we werent worried when we found that out we just talked after that. Oh also my investigator earlier who i said was a good actor, yeah he was real good because he is now our night teacher haha. Oh well it was cool to get to teach someone. Ive gotten back into lifting here again which is great since the  last time i lifted was football season a year ago haha. oh and we went to the mexico city temple this morning!! it was so cool and so spiritual. the temple was beautiful and the celestial room was magnificent. ill send you the pictures i took in a little bit. But besides that it was a pretty normal week! nothing really is different since im a district leader except we interview everyone once a week just to make sure their ok and yeah thats basically it. im glad kylee gets to be the taxi now haha! now she might know what its like to get to be the family taxi. but good for her glad shes doing good just make sure shes safe.  And yes mom we have an awesome relationship as companions. we all basically bully each other but we couldnt be closer. Hows everyone doing and whats everyone up to this week? hows the weather and hows the pheasant hunting too? i miss home and i miss you all so much hope all is going well there because im fine down here. Love you guys have a great week! Love Elder Griffin

  

Our last email from Elder Griffin today.

Hey i got the package thank you so much! i don't think i saw it before just because it was a small slip in my mailbox. But yeah i got it! oh and i gotta go but i also wanted to let you know that me and my companion are the district leaders! we got assigned to it last Thursday so yeah that was cool too! love you thanks again! Elder Griffin