This week in Madison! 6/18/18

This week has been awesome!!

So I got a new companion and that's not why it's awesome haha I loved my last companion. My new companion is Elder Dean. He's really cool and he's also from Idaho. We got along really well. Once he came we went out with a youth in our branch to see some less actives and it went so well! We taught about eternal families and basically taught the plan of salvation! He is a member but his wife is not. And she's starting to become Interested in the church and he wants to like slowly come back! It was so awesome as we taught she said how she felt at home and how she felt the spirit!! It was so awesome and powerful! 

We also made a funny video for zone conference about like sharing the Gospel but making it funny!! I'll try to attach it.

We also had a great time fellowshipping with members and helping them share the gospel! The mission here is so amazing I love my mission so much! I'm now a district leader again  so that will be fun to do again. I was really surprised I was called to be a DL again but it's cool. 

Update on my leg after the MRI It turned out to be a torn ligament in my toe that connects to my knee. And so now I just need physical therapy to get my ankle strong and help heal that ligament. 

But anyways that's kinda the update nothing crazy happening here just a lot of medical runs. I hope you all have a great week!! The book is blue and the church is true! I love you all!

Love,

Elder Graham

Mom or Melissa if you could send this out on the blog. I don't have the ability yo send it in a weekly to everyone. 

My weekly recorded 6/4/18

I tried to record it and send it but it won't send! Sorry I'll figure out a way to send it for next week! 

The Gospel Continues to be sounded in every ear 5/28/18

Hey y'all!!! Alberto is here! And we are receiving some blessed rain haha. This week has been great! 

I do a lot of driving in this area since I cover two branches. Our work loud has been getting bigger and bigger. Which is good! But.... It's hard to be in two places at once. So we had to divide up our week, Monday we are in Madison for p day, Tuesday until Thursday morning we are in Perry/Tallahassee, Thursday to Sunday we are in Madison. So it takes us about an hour to get from Madison to Tallahassee and then another hour from Tallahassee to Perry and then another 45 min to an hour from Perry to Madison. So we kind do a triangle the entire week. 

Good news!! Our investigator in Perry has a baptismal date!!! Which is awesome because Perry is a lot older branch about 20 people go (maybe). And the youngest person there is probably in there 50s. Or early 60s. So our investigators are like in there 20s. So it should be interesting coming to church haha. Anyways we had an awesome lesson with her on Tuesday and then we came back on Saturday to teach her family! We taught the plan of salvation and it was so awesome!! The spirit was so strong!! I was able to testify of her true Identity as a daughter of God and we both started crying it was just very powerful! Gosh i love this work!! 

We had a member take us down for our lesson in Perry on Saturday and oh my gosh I thought I was gonna die! His AC went out in his car so we drove with the windows down, which I'm totally fine with. Except it started raining so we rolled the windows up and the car windows got extremely foggy. And also those who know southern rain. It doesn't just drizzle small drops like Vegas. When it rains here it comes down in golf ball size rain drops and they come in buckets and sheets of rain! So we couldn't see anything when he was driving. Yet we were still flying at like 70 MPH! Haha it was crazy and we like would hit pockets of puddles in the road and So the car would like dip down and it would just like freak me out haha it was a lot of fun though! I'll add pictures! 

Another highlight of the week we finally got it scheduled to get an MRI on Saturday! Wish me luck! Once we get the results back I'm sure the mission doctor will tell my mom so if you have questions about my leg and the update/ news you can ask her! 

I love you all! And I'm excited to see y'all soon! Have a great and blessed week!! 

                                         

Doctors are fun! 5/21/18

So this week has been um... interesting... Tuesday we went to district meeting in tally and then after district meeting we drove down to Perry and did some work down there. Stayed at a members house (which was super weird) and then did some more work down in Perry. It was awesome though! We found a lady and taught her about the BOM and since last week she's read the introduction and a few chapters into 1 Nephi. She said how before she reads it she prays for truth. I'm like wow this girl is awesome haha. After that we rushed to Tallahassee because I got the okay to go see a doctor in Tallahassee. So we rush up there because it closes at 6 and we got there at 5. After dealing with all the paper work and insurance I tell the lady I need to see an ankle specialist and they are like okay sounds good. Well I go see this guy who I thought was a doctor! And he takes my ankle and pushes on it and asks the dumbest question of "does this hurt?" Yes you are pushing on my ankle, I almost hit the guy it hurt so bad. He was making me so mad. He looked at my x rays and was like your bones look fine and I'm like yeah I know that we are here because we are concerned about my ligaments. He looks back at the x rays and says yeah no your bones look fine... I'm like you are killing me right now... So I tell this to sister puls the mission orthopedic surgeon and she gets sooo mad! She's like what's his name and so she looks him up... turns out he's only a PA a physicians assistant... she's like he isn't even a real doctor!! So after that we had to stay in Tallahassee because she wanted me to go back to them. So I do but they didn't open up until 10 am. Long story short the rest of the day was going from doctor offices to doctor offices. We didn't get back to Madison until 8pm on Thursday. I was so done with doctors haha but now I have to go back and get an MRI. So that was my week. Lol

Full of fun doctor visits! But the work of the Lord continues! Even with all the stuff happening with my leg he still guided us and directed us to those were needed to hear from us! #BlessedWeek!! 

I love you all!! Have a great and blessed week! 

Love,

Elder Graham 

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY!! 5/14/18

I just wanted to say happy mothers day to all the amazing mothers out there! Im gonna take a little time to brag about my momma! She is the most amazing mother I could have ever asked for! She is so loving and shows the amazing Christlike attribute of Charity. My moms life has been full of love and service to me! From listening to me vent about my life problems on the bedside, to holding me in her arms in life scariest moments. All the way to sharing laughs and making fun of each other which includes sticking our tongues out at each other! I am so deeply grateful for her! I knew there was a reason I chose you in the premortal life! ;) PS She is an AMAZING cook! The south has good food but ill always love my mommas food! Thank you for all you have done mom, I could not be the man I am today if it wasnt for you and the way you have raised me to be humble and kind, to treat others with respect and to always trust in the Lord! Im eternally grateful for you! I love you momma you will always be my mom and bestfriend and ill always be your little boy! 

Im not gonna say much about me. Ive had a great week! I Have some trials that lay ahead of me but With heavenly fathers help ill get through it! I love you all! Have a great and Blessed week! 

Love,

Elder Graham aka crutchy