This week has just gone by so fast, I remember when I got my call and in the MTC I thought... "man 2 years is so long"! But now it's going by to fast and its not fair.
This week has been really good, we set a date with this young lady that we met about 14 days ago. She has came to church twice now and we are super excited for her! She is really interested in the gospel and God. She doesn't know much about God because she was raised shamanism but she knows that God can help her as well. The cool thing his her baptismal date is November 3rd which indeed is my birthday!! so I'm excited for that!! We are finding new people everyday and we are teaching people everyday! and the work is going pretty well!!
So the 3 YSA girls from up here will be going to either our house or grandmas house for dinner with the family this week. They are are going to General Conference and my trainer Elder Mearns will be there as well. I'm super excited for you all to meet them and hope you have a great time!! Elder Mearns is such a awesome person. I really admire and look up to him!!
This week we went to Bloomington to the mission home for a special meeting on an upcoming event that will be happening up here. Singer Gladys Knight and the Saints Unified Voices Choir is performing at a fireside up here. It's for non members and less active members. It has been really successful from what I hear. In Texas after the fireside and because of the fireside there were 70 baptism from it. We are excited to hear some gospel music and the testimony of Gladys Knight! We have allot of investigators going. The tickets are in high demand so we feel lucky we get to go!! We have already seen the effects that it is going to have on our investigators and the people. Those who are attending are excited for it!!
This week has been a pretty normal week for us just doing the work and building our faith in God!!
Right now I'm am studying the Doctrine and Covenants and I'm am just astonished of the things that Joseph Smith received and the things that are in store for all of us faithful saints. I love reading the scriptures and finding new incites to my life trials and ways I can get through them.. The scriptures are the way for us to have happiness in this life and that's why we are all here as 2 Nephi 2:25 says Adam fell that men might be and men are that they might have joy !! Why are we here?? to have joy and to be happy as we follow Christ! and in Alma 27:18 we learn that it's the people who seek for happiness are the people who will receive it. We need to be seeking for happiness, to find joy in the small things! One thing I have learned is to celebrate the little accomplishments because to many times we celebrate the large or big ones and they don't come very often but when we celebrate the little things we accomplish how great is our joy!!
Anyway I love you all and I hope you all have the most wonderful week and stay happy!!
Love,
Elder Crandall
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