August 13, 2012

P Day!

Hey Family!

This last week has been so so great! We are working hard and are striving to help the people here come unto Christ.

 
SO today was Transfers calls and I'm am going to be taking my talents to Minneapolis!! :) and my companion will be Elder Abbott from Paragonah, Utah.... sorry I don't know how to spell the city ha ah oh well! He went to Parowan High School though. I'm excited to be working with him and be in a different city and a totally different environment. There is not as many Hmong people in Minneapolis they're kinda spread out so it calls for finding them!! but I'm really excited for a change but really sad leaving the people I teach!! I never thought leaving an area would be hard. I didn't understand why people said it's hard sometimes, but now I know. I have grown to love the people here in St. Paul, I have spent my whole mission here so far, so it's hard to leave them but I know I will come back sometime!! I know that without change in our lives we can't grow and develop so this will be a good thing!! 

So a little bit about the week. Well I would first like to start with a little experience I had. We always go to this hmong flea market and there is a little girl who is about 3 and we are teaching her parents and every time she sees me she comes up to me and yanks on my tie and sticks her hand out cause she wants a high five and whenever I'm not looking she likes to hit me... lol, but she is so cute sometimes I just wanna take her with me ha ha!! but the little hmong kids are so so cute.
 
We picked up a new family and it is him, his wife, their daughter, and their grand daughter. The father is about 45-50 and same with the wife and the little ones are  7 and 8. We invited them to church and they accepted, it was really cool. They came to church and the branch fellowshipped really well! I realize that it's not just spiritual conversion that someone needs to join the church, but they need a social conversion. They need people to reach out and fellowship them. We went back last night after church and the two little girls told us they want to come back to church they loved it!!!! So things are looking well with them and we are so blessed to have taught them! They were once taught by missionaries and we looked through the area book and decided to go see them so it's going to be interesting to see what happens 

Anyways.... my week is going great and I am excited for change. All of us should be excited for change!! I love you all and love all the support you give me and love you give to me.. oh one thing when I get back my English might be really bad.....I have noticed as I speak hmong everyday my English gets worse! So don't make fun of me when I get back okay? okay!!... deal!!!

Love you all.

Elder Crandall
  P.s Thank you Mother and Father Dunn for the wonderful package!!! I'm missing Dunn doggs!!! Love you too.... love always your son,missionary, and whatever else I am to ya'll..... mostly son ha ha!!!