SOO this week yall has been crazy! So many different emotions have been coming my way this week. Elder Gaither went home and we said our goodbyes to him. Which was sad yet I am really happy for him! He's such a good missionary! We now have a new missionary in our 4 pad straight from the MTC. Its so weird how I have been out for almost 6 months! Looking back already a lot has happened!
This week has been so exhausting!!! Physically we have biked soo much. My legs are getting huge with like pure muscle from how much we bike! We also have some crazy work outs haha We don't have a weight bench so we just use two cases of Books of Mormon to lay on and then use two chairs to rest our bar on haha. Welcome to the FTM! Our Ward Mission leader is so awesome! He is such a spiritual man who has such a big desire to do the Lords work! He is always like pushing so hard to do everything he can to help us progress in the work! He also is building us a bench for us to use weights haha.
Now this week has also been emotionally exhausting! I am doing everything I can to know the scriptures to the best of my ability and my studies are always super great! So that has been a plus this week! What is emotionally draining is trying to get our investigators to church! We have an investigator that like has told us she cant stop thinking about The Book of Mormon but something always comes up where she cant go to church but its okay she will come next week! We are just trying so hard, continues prayer and study for our investigators to know how to help them. The people here are so awesome and I just love them! The work here is great!
WE HAD A BAPTISM THIS WEEK!!!! JOHN WHITE!!!!
This little boy is such a stud he's so funny! He loves Alabama (ROLL TIDE) so I always say (GO FSU) he gets so mad hahha He is 10 years old and he got baptized a day before his birthday and then he got confirmed on his birthday. His family was so happy! The spirit was so strong at his baptism and confirmation. His family has said how much he has changed from when we first started to teach him the lessons to now. His family is so awesome, especially his Mima! She has this like really southern accent and she's an older lady so shes just like a sweet ol southern grandma haha She is like Elder Graham, Elder Christensen yall need to come back here now after the mission. We are never gonna forget you two. Yall come back here now and visit, ya hear. Shes so sweet haha
We also had a brand new investigator come to church! It was awesome he stayed all 3 hours and he enjoyed it! It was crazy because we were on a trade off when we found him. I was taking over my area and had another Elder from a different area be my companion for the day. The lord lead us to this guy on the corner of the street and we just started talking to him. He used to take the lessons when he lived in California but now he gets to hear more from us. ;)
I ALSO GRADUATED!!!!!! hahha I GRADUATED FROM 12 WEEK!
We find the craziest names out here! (Quavion, Latrice, Latrel, LaTonda, Aquarious, Shakisha, Falisha, and Jabree) hahah gosh I love the south!
I hope yall have a blessed week! I love all of you!
Love, Elder Graham
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