July 16, 2012

Hello Dearest Family,
How has everyone's week gone? Thank you all for the letter you sent me here in Minnesota!
Things are going really great here. We have been seeing alot of success and we have had another big week this week! We made steam rolls this week with a members mom, it was really fun! We are pretty much professional cooks now!! :) The mom is not a member so we taught her it was great! We go see that family alot and I really love them and all the people here in Minnesota!! It has been a great experience seeing my views change and the experiences change me! The mom told me that when her daughter goes to college at BYU that I need to pick her up and take care of her for her.... it was really funny!! She wants me to marry her ha ha.... she always calls me handsome, its super funny but its been fun getting to the people here so well!

This week we had an investigator decide to got to girls camp and so were are really excited!! We know she will come back with a testimony. They're going to the University of Minnesota in Duluth which is like 3 hrs away from the Twin Cities. It's right on the shore of Lake Superior so I'm jealous!! I want to go see it!

Today we are going fishing so it should be fun. We woke up at 5am and went fishing too. We caught some white bass and some blue gill so it has been a fun day so far! Yesterday President Clements held a fireside at the Mission Home. If we got an investigator to go then we could go. We went with 2 investigators, it was such a great experience. They invite people that just recently got baptized and have them share there testimony and then he talks for a bit. It really was such a spiritual experience with alot of missionaries and investigators, probably over a 100 people in the Mission Home so it was really packed.

It has been so much fun though lately and really hot!!! 108 degree so that's not to much fun, but I'm kinda use to the humidity so its getting a little better! Elder Thao, Elder Lor and I get along really well, were like best friends! :) it has been such a great experience to work with these two Elders. The members are really great and we love being with them! We had a branch picnic and we played football. We played in our church clothes and it was so so hot but they all wanted me and Elder Abbott on their team because we are white and tall!! It was pretty funny they were amazed at how far I could throw the football.... it was really funny.

I'm learning how to cook Hmong food so all my aunts, mom and grandma don't worry I'm doing what you told me to do!! :)

Thanks for all your support and love you are the best! I'm looking forward to a great week with alot of success!!

Love always,

Elder Crandall