4 Meses and still going strong!

La Familia Estoy agradecemos por cada Dia,

This week was... AWESOME! And, a little sad... But mostly awesome. We had 2 baptisms, Danny and Tony - brothers. Danny is 11 and is starting to prepare to receive the priesthood in December, Tony is nine. They are amazing. We have been teaching the whole family. Their dad and his girlfriend don´t want to get married, but the Dad knows the church is true... I know, I don´t understand it either. Their older sister, 14, decided she didn´t want to get baptized. Until she talked to Hermana Yolanda (show-landa) lol. She´s the mom of our mission leader. lol. She isn´t a member, but she wants to be. Anyway, Diana has a baptism date for the 15th of October. Super stoked!

Nothing much more happening here. A little tired.. (a lot), and I´m learning more patience then I ever wanted...
I still don´t understand half of what people are asking or saying... I understand the general idea of the conversation, but inportant information, way WAY over my head. Like, I know they are talking about temples, but if you asking me what happened... I can´t help you. Also, I´m still having trouble with my fluidity of speaking... but that just takes practice. All of this takes practice and a lot of praying... ;D with time I guess... It´s been two months, but with time. All is well, all is well.

I´m super stoked for General Conference this week! Can´t wait to hear the words of the lord, IN ENGLISH!!! This conference is for everyone and has something for all. Keep your ears open and follow the impressions you receive. With that, comes blessings.

I love you all with all of my heart. Be safe and trust in the Lord.

Your freakishly AWESOME Daughter and Sister,

Erin

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Rain, Rain, Go Away!

Hola Familia!

It´s been raining here for 3 days. Super dark clouds and a LOT of mud. My rain boots are coming in handy, and people love them. They only have dark blue and black here, so checkered black and white ones are being noticed. Even the Mission President's wife loves them.
We had stake conference this weekend. We had the President of the Asuncion, Paraguay Temple, our mission president, and Elder Foster of the Seventy. In Stake Conference, President had me stand up and said that I was the most "animada de la mission" (most excited of the mission). Also, he mentioned my boots. lol :)
Conference is coming up quick! I can´t believe it- in two weeks it will be Conference and my birthday. Man, how time flies. I´ll be 22! What? Weird...
Silvia was baptized this week and Diego´s baptism is this week - he is so excited. He is getting baptised with his friend, who lives in a different area, so we are cordinating with the Elders. This group of friends - Man, they are awesome. Alexis (boy) was baptised a couple weeks ago, and now these two are being baptized. I believe they all want to serve mini missions, and perhaps (I hope) Missions. Also, we have Danny and Tony. They are brothers, 11 and 9 years old. They are both awesome. Danny gave the prayer the other day and I was AMAZED! It was great!
Thank you for your letters. They lift me up every week. Be strong, be safe, and trust in the Lord. With patience and faith, all is possible.

Hermana Erin Griffeth

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Feliz Septiembre!

This picture is of the Sisters in my District

Things this week have been crazy.
We were able to visit with one sister for the first time in 3 weeks (She´s been in Asuncion, Paraguay). We found out that her son is some where in Asuncion, but since it´s such a big city, she wasn´t able to find him. We´re praying for her and hoping everything will turn out ok.
We're also teaching a 16 year old with the 8 month old baby girl. The day we went to teach her the Plan of Salvation was the day her Mom told her she had to leave. So the members have been working with her. She is being baptized this week! woot woot! It´s a good thing she now has the gospel. :)

We sang families can be together forever yesterday, and the investigators were laughing at me because I kept getting off on the music. AND, the fact that they weren´t even close to the tune.... man... It was difficult. But, all is well.
We had 14 investigators in the church this week. But our Baptisms are slowing down. Either parents don´t want their children baptized or the adults don´t want to get married.... Kind of saddening, but that is their choice. It happens a lot here. People live together for years, but never get married because it is so hard to get divorced here.
I also found out this week that people here get offended really easily. One of our investigators left the church early last week because Hermana Medero didn´t kiss his cheeks. He was very upset. What can you do?
nada mas esta semana... espero cada cosa es bien alli que la casa. Té amo!

Trust in the Lord in everything you do and remember who you are.

Erin

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This picture is of Hermana Schmidt, Medero y I with Hermana Yolanda y Hermano Angel. They are the parents of our Ward mission Leader. Hermana Yolanda bought me a Hat yesterday because I´m so white. LOL Love her

Primera Transfers

Things here are going grand. We gained a new companion for a couple of days. Until transfers... which are on Wednesday. Hermana Schmidt. They had an early transfer and her companion was sent to Resistencia. So she is here with us. She goes home in a couple of months. She´s 25, really cool and from Texas. She was Hermana Mederos second companion - they were together for 4 months. Hermana Medero is super excited.

The other day I was walking with my companion at night and I saw fireflies! I was so excited. I can´t even begin to tell you. I¨ve never seen them in person before and there were a lot. It was so cool!

We have awesome investigators. I don´t know if I have told you about them yet. But we have Francisco y Fransisca. He is 76 and she is 67 I believe. They have been together for 52 years, have 13 kids... and have never been married. :) We started teaching Fransica and she agreed with all of us. That sunday they came to church and the Bishop gave a talk on eternal families. After, at our next appointment, she told us she wanted to get married to have eternal families. I believe they get married on the 15th, and their baptism is the 17th. I´m so excited for them.

Then we have Diego. He is freakishly tall for an Argentinian and is 22. Everytime we teach him and ask him questions I feel like he is teaching us. He comes to church every Sunday, and is supporting his friends in their baptisms. He is going to institute. I swear, he is the perfect investigator. I´m so stoked for his baptism.

Dad was telling me about the little kids testimonies in church and...I want to tell you guys about Juan. Juan is 11 years old. He was baptised about 8 or 9 months ago along with his brother Luis (our mission leader), and his other brother Lucas. His mom and dad aren´t members, but they want to be - they come to church every Sunday. I´ll tell you their story later. Anyway, Juan is AWESOME. Yesterday at Testimony meeting, he promised our 15 investigators who were at church yesterday, that if they prayed, they would know the truth. SUPER POWERFUL. He also practices talking to everyone and goes door to door and just talks with people. He´s starting to save for a mission. This kid is going to be one awesome missionary. I tell you. Love this kid.

Nothing much more happening here. I believe my spanish is expanding, and my understanding of the language. I know what they are talking about, but not exactly what they say. Like, I know they are talking about faith, but I don´t know what they believe or what kind of faith they have. It´s hard, but all I can do is try and after that... The Lord will help me. I´m so grateful to have the gospel in my life.

I love you all so much, Be Safe!

Erin

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