Today we are going to the beach! I’m so stoked to see the ocean! Of course we can’t go swimming or anything like that sadly, but, we can go to the beach, not for too much longer tho cuz as soon as it gets warm, we are not allowed anywhere NEAR the beach. Cuz everyone is....can you guess it? It’s Europe, yup...they are all naked so we have to stay away. I’m glad we are going today while we still can so I can see the beach!

This week just flew by! I really feel like it was 2 days ago that I was just writing a letter. I think that’s a good thing right? But we had a really good week. Not much success, but it was still good. We are still teaching Elizabete and her son. Last night we talked about her testimony and how she feels about baptism, well she is still pretty hesitant so we have to keep working with her. She is only so skeptical about it tho cuz of living with her boyfriend. That is a big problem and I am sure it would be way hard. But we told her to keep praying about it and we also told her we would like to fast with her, if she wants. I was really suprised that she was pretty open to the fast idea, when before a few weeks ago we taught about fasting and she was like WHAT! Are you crazy? I have to eat! So it was really cool last night when I got too see a bit of an attitude change in her showing me that she does care and we are not just wasting time. When I talked to her about fasting I feel like the spirit just took me away. I know that I said just exactly what it is that she needs to hear. Not anything we had planned.

I know that the spirit works thru us. We didn’t even plan on talking to her about fasting at all. But the spirit told me the time was now to talk to her about it. So I did and I am so glad I recognized the spirit and followed the spirit. Sometimes it’s hard to follow the exact promptings of the spirit, but when you do and recognize it, it’s an amazing experience that I love!

This week I just realized for the first time how hard it is for some people to pray. It struck me strange, cuz its never been hard for me. I went on divisions this week to another area and we taught a new lady and we asked her to pray and she said “what? I can’t pray!” Then we explained the process of prayer and how you just speak from your heart. Speak from your heart. Speak from your heart. Is that really hard to do? It just amazes me when someone has never really prayed. But she did pray and it turned out just great. The only challenge is to get her to do it on her own now!

Well, thank you all for all you do for me! I appreciate even just those little tiny letters! I love them! I am so grateful for the wonderful friends and family I have. I am blessed beyond belief! So that’s why I’m here giving some back to who gave me ALL.I love you all so much. Thank You!

Love Elder Gray