Monday, September 10, 2012

September 10,2012

Hey my fellow Family members!
Well this week has flown by, I still don't understand the concept of time. It goes way to fast that is for sure! Maybe when I'm in Heaven time won't matter right!!

This week I have been thinking allot about sacrifice, just because it really stuck out to me during Presidents training in Zone Conference last week. I was just thinking about myself and of the things I have sacrificed to serve a mission... and yes its been allot and not easy! but the Lord promises us a greater reward in heaven and its just been on my mind lately. 
I have found that the reward is not here in this life but in the life to come and I wouldn't trade anything in this world for the experiences I have gone through and for this opportunity to get closer to my Father in Heaven and to serve my brother's and sister's by giving them the most important message they could ever hear! 
I was reading in the Jesus the Christ book by James E. Talmage (yes mom its surprising I know.. I'm reading ha ha) but he talks about sacrifice and it says that for us to receive the kingdom of God, God requires sacrifice and there is no progression in life without sacrifice. Its been great learning more about this gospel and gaining a stronger relationship with my Father in Heaven. 

This week I went on exchanges with my District Leader. He came here to Minneapolis and it was a great exchange. I really love him! He is from Las Vegas, Nevada and he speaks Karin so it's pretty cool. I learned allot from him and we had a great time here in my area. 
I feel like this transfer I have grown the most as a person and as a missionary, I have found and sought for the spirit more and I have changed by becoming more bold in my actions and words. If your a representative of Jesus Christ we have to be bold! just like the wonderful apostle Elder Holland, I have become a man and not a boy, I have found my strengths and definitely my weaknesses but with God my weaknesses have been vanished but are there to humble me. 

 This week we taught the 20 year old lady who we have a baptismal date with. She is so awesome and prepared!! she understands allot she is always 1 step ahead of us and she asks deep doctrine questions and we are like, "you don't need to know that right now lets get you prepared for baptism". Its been great! We went to the YSA fireside with her it was the CES broadcast that Elder Holland spoke to the YSA. It was a great fireside and great words of wisdom. I have learned to love the people I'm teaching and the people I meet everyday so much!! Its been a wonderful experience....I have never loved so much in my life... its been great.

One of the members in the ward, they have a little girls who is 3 and she is the cutest girl ever! She is so hyper... its funny.. she is in one of those pictures I sent home last week, she is the far left one of the three little girls. Every time she sees me she gives me a hug, its so funny she is just so cute! I love little hmong kids! I'm going to adopt one lol!!

Anyway, that was it for my week! I hope you all have a great week.

Love you all! 
Elder Crandall

P.S. Congrats Cami! You should have named her after me!! but that's okay cause Courtnie will pull threw for me lol!! 

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