Week #18

Dearest Family and Friends,

HAPPY NEW YEAR and welcome to 2017! I can't even believe another year has come and gone. It has been so amazing to look back on 2016 and to see how far each one of us have come. This week has been incredible. Sister Bowen and I are finally figuring out all the little bumps in the road. We have had a lot of tracting and contacting time this week. A lot of people have been out of because of the holidays. We see so many little miracles everyday. I think that is one of my favorite things about being a missionary. Tuesday evening we were contacting at Craig park. We met the Sani family. The have had a few trials come into their lives. Their oldest daughter Amira had brain surgery about a year ago and is still recovering from it. Due to the surgery she has had a lot of her peers at school make fun of her because she now has a speech impediment and is learning how to talk again. The mom Dai was almost in tears as she explained that all she wanted for her daughter was for someone to be her friend and love her. We got to teach them about the restored gospel and explained young women's. They were so excited and invited us to teach them in their home next week! We're super excited to have met the Sani family. Please keep their daughter Amira in your prayers.

Wednesday's we volunteer at a thrift shop sorting clothes. We have been helping for about 2 months now and it has been an absolute blast. Most of the workers are all volunteer. It's really cool to see people in the community come together and help those in need. Sister Bowen and I help in the back room with a lady named Gloria. She has been gone because of the holidays. Gloria isn't the best at organization so the back room is always a mess. for Christmas we all organized it and finished all the little projects she started. We're excited for her to see it!

There are too many things that happened this week but one more high light from this week. We were tracting in a neighborhood. There was a cold front that came in this last week. Not as cold as Utah. Haha I'm starting to turn into a Floridian... my blood is thinning. Anyways we were pretty cold but we still had some time left so we kept knocking. We came across a man named Robbie. We got to talk to him about the restoration and his relationship with Christ. We showed him the Because of Him video and he was in tears. He told us that he has never seen a video about the Savior that was done as well as at one. I wanted to tell him it was because it's was made by the Saviors church but we didn't! He asked if their were more videos and we gave him a card and told him to go to Mormon.org. Robbie invited us back and we are going to be teaching him this week.

New Years was quite fun! We didn't get any special privileges. Sister Bowen and I set an alarm for 11:59 so we could say happy New Years and go back to bed but.... guess who forgot to turn the sound on. Yup that's right me! Haha so we said happy New Years in the morning!:) Wow am I grateful to be a member of my Saviors church. I think it's incredible that we get the opportunity to make goals for the year. In 2017 I challenge all of you to get to know your Savior Jesus Christ. He is the reason we are all here. Get to know him through the scriptures. It is amazing how he can truly talk to each one of us. I hope you all have a fabulous week!

Love,

Sister Graham