Good day mates. This week has been so long. Probably just because it was the first week of the transfer. But we had an awesome week. So Monday night we had our lesson with Alex and he brought his girlfriend who is an inactive member. We had a super spiritual lesson with them talking about the Plan of Salvation. It was cool to see his girlfriend share her testimony even though she hasn’t been to church in a long time. At the end of it, we started talking about baptism. Alex accepted a baptismal date of November 23rd, two days after his birthday. He wants to start his new year of life off on the right foot. 

Tuesday, we got up early and went down to Salem to get Elder Ison over the mountain. It was cool to see Elder Robinson and Elder Woodruff because it's been 6 months since I've seen them. I love those two Elders. As the week went on, it seemed as if it would never end. We have been out tracking a lot, just knocking doors. But we saw two tender mercies come from it. 

One, we knocked a door and this girl opened and energetically asked us if we had come for her b-day party. Confused, we said no. She then proceeded to ask us if we wanted to come in and have cupcakes. We told her that we couldn’t come in, so she brought us two cupcakes. She was literally the nicest person ever.

Two, we had 20 minutes to go finding on Friday night so we decided to track. Elder McEwan chose the road and we started walking down it. We agreed to knock the right side of the road but we wanted to start on the left side with the last house. We knocked and a woman came out and literally poured her soul out to us. She told us about some past habits and addictions she had and said she really is trying to change. We taught a little bit about the Plan of Salvation and focused on the Atonement of Jesus Christ. She asked us to come in and share more, but there was no man in the house. We had a return lesson on Saturday where we were able to go teach more in depth. It was literally the biggest miracle I have seen in this area yet. She is so prepared. 

Last night, we attended a baptism for a man Elder Mcewan taught in his last area in Woodburn. I was able to see Elder Robinson again and that just made me happy. 

Love yall

Elder Graybill 

p.s.  So happy I got a pic with both of my sons