Week 65 - October 28th, 2019 (Santa Teresita, Philippines)

Elder Morley and I outside our church

Santa Ana

My dearest family and friends, I love you all so much. I hope you have all had as great as a week as we have here in paradisiacal Santa Teresita, Cagayan. This will be a quicker message here this afternoon, but we have seen so many wonderful miracles and found so much joy this past week- we are seeing the miracle of people continue to seek and to find the source of true and lasting joy in the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and continue to search for those who have been prepared to receive this with all their hearts. We also got a good move earlier to a new, nicer house, and some fun times mixed in with that. So much happens every day, yet the days just fly by like lightning. We are so excited for these upcoming weeks as we have some individuals and families preparing to covenant with their Heavenly Father and receive more of His grace through the sacred ordinance of baptism, this is just one way that God endlessly shows His desire to help and uplift us to become as joyous and complete and perfect as He Himself is. That being said, the other day I just watched an incredible video that came out a few years ago, in Tagalog "Dahil sa Kanya", or, in English, "Because of Him"- it has the most incredible, simple message for the whole of humanity. We are here to have joy, but life just so happens to have trials and challenges due to the nature of it all and sometimes our own follies, but we can trust in the simple and pure and full love of our Heavenly Father in that He sent His only Begotten Son in the flesh to Earth, Jesus Christ, who showed us the way to live and then suffered and died so that we might not only find peace in this life but that we might live again- and perhaps just as much, that here in our lives that we might be given a second chance. He did so through His Atonement, and through His Gospel. I testify that this is the Gospel of Second Chances, and the path to hope and everlasting happiness if we will but choose to learn and receive His grace line upon line. This is where it is found. I love you all and wish you the most wonderful of weeks- will see all of you soon.

Love,
Elder Griffitts

Pics of our new house

Shawarma King