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Week 58, Transfer 9 Area: Auburn (Auburn 2nd Ward & Spanish group!!!) Compañera: Hermana Griffin This week has been a wild ride. I don't have much to offer this week other than God is in the details, a short story, and a scripture. Yesterday we were going knocking. We pulled up to the street we'd previously chosen, but both felt like there was somewhere else we needed to be and like there was someone specific we needed to find. So we said a prayer for guidance and started driving. Talked to some people along the way and kept driving. Said another prayer. Talked to more people on the way. We simply drove and turned where we felt like we should. We ended up in a neighborhood at the end of a cul-de-sac and knocked around, solely finding people who spoke English and weren't super interested. We were able to have some cool conversations though and spread a little bit of light, attempted church invites, and Family History Fair flyers amidst the very kindly slammed doors with ...

Week 57, Transfer 9 Area: Auburn (Auburn 2nd Ward & Spanish group!!!) Compañera: Hermana Griffin We had a really cool interaction this week. We'll call him John. We saw John outside after trying to visit one of our friends who wasn’t home. I saw him outside, but we started walking to the car instead. Halfway to the car, I realized we needed to turn around. Long story short, John has died before. He told us that after he died, he was in a period of waiting. He basically described it as a grey/one area where he didn't know what he was waiting for, but he knew that whatever it was was so incredible that he would've waited a million years for whatever it was. John was waiting for the gospel. We were able to testify of eternal truths and of hope. He may have been skeptical that an answer could've come so easily, but we left him with a lot to consider and a pamphlet about the Plan of Salvation. As we left, hoping the Spirit and something we said touched his heart, we told...