Hope this week has been wonderful for you all! We have been pretty busy over here, we are at the end of the first cycle I've had our here in the field, so my training is halfway over I suppose. This last week we had a mission tour in Laoag, it was wonderful- Elder Wakolo, a General Area Authority, came and spoke to us, he was so powerful and has such an extensive knowledge of the scriptures. He gave us some great messages about our purpose here, and about being filled with the fire of the Spirit, and the light of Christ, and if we are - we become unstoppable. And this is so true, when we have the Savior by our side what is there to be afraid of?  |
| We got to eat at McDonalds in Laoag! |
The drive to Laoag was absolutely beautiful, and it made me think of how blessed we are to live in such a beautiful world. Heavenly Father loves us so much- the mountains and the plains and the ocean all testify of this. Alma 30:44 is a really powerful scripture about this, I love Alma's testimony. But anyway, I was thinking about this, and then just how much greater He had shown His love through the sacrifice of His Son, and how much Christ loves us in doing what He did. I always find so much peace in the Atonement, when I'm feeling discouraged or inadequate the promise of Christ's sacrifice brings me hope. And I've realized how important agency is in becoming happy- it is everything to choose to have a good attitude and just work and strive for the Spirit in everything we do- and if we choose the good and happy path, the gospel of Christ, we in turn become happy and can help others to do the same. It makes life so much more pleasant in general.
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| The beautiful views on the bus to Laoag |
We have a big bagiuo (typhoon) coming in later today or tomorrow, apparently bigger than the one which hit when I was in Manila. So we may be evacuating to Laoag later today- hopefully not though, so we can get some work done this week. Even though the language is limiting, I love being able to just testify simply of Christ- it's something I strive to do through my words and actions every day of my mission, and then every day for the rest of my life. He has done so much for us, I know that He loves us, and I know He has given us a way to be so happy in our lives and to return and rest with our Heavenly Father. I'm so grateful to all of you for being examples of Him to me- and every one of you who read this have been to me, in one way or another. I love you all so much, have a wonderful week and Happy Halloween of course (no Halloween over here, haha).
Love,
Elder Griffitts
