tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17796943591548077002024-03-06T01:10:32.042+00:00Griffiths' GossipNews and information about the mission of Gary and Laura Jo Griffiths starting July 2009Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1779694359154807700.post-9034596051298334742010-09-05T20:45:00.000+01:002010-09-05T20:45:02.694+01:00Military Tattoo The month of August is "Festival" in Edinburgh. The whole city is alive with thousands of visitors who have come to see all the unique shows and performing groups. There are literally hundreds of venues from the classic opera to the "fringe" performances featuring some pretty off the wall folks. It is a great time for street performers like this "Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1779694359154807700.post-82480334493086978452010-02-22T14:52:00.000+00:002010-02-22T14:52:09.739+00:00You can imagine our excitement when our new mission car arrived this week. We have been driving the mission van for the last 6 weeks while our car was caught in the Toyota "recall". It arrived just in time for a long day of distant meeting and lots of driving. It only had 7 miles on it when we got it. It now has well over 400, but that's not bad for 1/2 of a week. It has Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1779694359154807700.post-20992275332324008792010-02-22T14:37:00.000+00:002010-02-22T14:37:40.024+00:00Happy New Year! (Chinese, that is)
We have four wonderful Chinese speaking Elders here in Scotland. One is from Taiwan, one is from Hong Kong and the other two are American citizens, called to Scotland to speak Chinese! How would you like THAT call? Anyway, we have found great success amongst the Chinese people and have had many baptisms. As a special treat, the Chinese members in the Edinburgh Ward threw Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1779694359154807700.post-7178249944306147032010-02-21T20:17:00.000+00:002010-02-21T20:17:51.336+00:00I bee-lieve you'll like this story...This last week end we stopped at a place called Tain pottery. It is just outside of Inverness and they do all kinds of patterns. You can have dinnerware made with your family tartan, even. I chose this "wee dish" because it reminded me of my Grandma Nana's garden up in the mountains when I was a little girl. It has the hollyhocks and bluebells and of course, the scottish Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1779694359154807700.post-87068037609052527112010-02-13T18:01:00.000+00:002010-02-13T18:01:43.538+00:00 The "Sisters" heading off on their road trip! Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1779694359154807700.post-11980871524942834762010-02-13T17:53:00.000+00:002010-02-13T17:53:50.631+00:00Mammoth, California--Kate's weekly exchange locationKatelyn is now serving in sunny California. She has been transferred from North Hollywood area, up to Mammoth Ski Resort!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1779694359154807700.post-17434563612839340252010-02-13T17:19:00.002+00:002010-02-13T17:26:03.788+00:00
Here is a picture of President Griffiths making that earthshaking phone call on Feb 3, 2010 to inform the missionaries that the missionaries of Ireland and of Scotland would soon join together to form the new, dynamic, Scotland Ireland Mission. In the background of this picture you see a picture of two draft horses. This is our mission "logo" for the year. We Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1779694359154807700.post-58162659822606458082010-02-13T15:54:00.000+00:002010-02-13T15:54:19.585+00:00This is the view of Edinburgh castle looking at it from the top of Pratt's Hill. The bay that you see in the background of the Pratt's Hill pictures is off at about 2:00 or 3:00 o'clock.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1779694359154807700.post-48876812787370224412010-02-13T15:18:00.000+00:002010-02-13T15:18:52.493+00:00Out with the old, and in with the new!As the old missionaries were leaving on December 16, three new ones were arriving! Here they are with their trainers, the Assistants (those annoying guys who show up in ALL the pictures), and President. He is the one who looks like a "teenage mutant ninja turtle" from the waist up! The departing missionaries come to the mission home on a Tuesday and we hike the hill, have a niceUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1779694359154807700.post-39717040966049814442010-02-13T15:00:00.000+00:002010-02-13T15:00:02.155+00:00And This Batch Goes Home!
Here is our group who left on December 16th. They were all home for Christmas--pretty great Christmas present if you ask ask me.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1779694359154807700.post-59636847953608073382010-02-13T14:37:00.002+00:002010-02-13T14:46:08.850+00:00
Look Who Just Arrived!
Here is our new group of missionaries who arrived on January 27, 2010. They are standing atop Pratt's Hill in Edinburgh. Each new missionary is accompanied by their trainer. For privacy reasons, I can't list the names, but look to see if there is anybody there that you know.
The Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1779694359154807700.post-88269987718369731122010-01-16T21:11:00.000+00:002010-01-16T21:11:46.192+00:00Kate Enters MTC--Viva La California!
Missionary service seems to be the order of the day for the Griffiths' Family. Katelyn entered the MTC in June to begin her spanish language training. She is serving in the San Fernando Valley, California mission. She loves her mission, her Spanish is getting really good, and she has just been transferred to the most coveted area in the mission, a town called Bishop. She Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1779694359154807700.post-88832353358792373992009-10-04T12:12:00.000+01:002009-10-04T12:12:17.231+01:00Elder Bednar, Elder Teixeira, and the SEM "Army of Helaman"Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1779694359154807700.post-46695042816862234112009-10-04T10:42:00.002+01:002009-10-04T12:06:06.192+01:00Well hello everyone,Here is our initial post to this blog. It has been a wild and wonderful ride these last three months. Kind of like a roller coaster with lots of uphill climbs made worth it by the awesome "whoosh" of the downhill ride. We love being here with these amazing young people. They are all so well prepared and worthy to be here. It is truly amazing how you can just love them Unknownnoreply@blogger.com