Howdy!

Well to start off...I don't really know where to.......... okay... WE HAVE A BAPTISM THIS COMING SATURDAY ON MARCH 30TH. We are so so excited her name is Mai Yang she is 24 and I told you all a little bit about her last week it was such a crazy experience how it all played out. We are excited! She will be baptized the same day another girl about her age will. The other missionaries have been teaching the other girl. We are excited for the baptism... now the only part is making sure she is prepared and everything goes smoothly, that is the worst thing about baptisms is that the week before is so stressful but we will manage to get through it!! So I got the pictures of Yer and Cindy and Elder Lo, Elder Belliston, and Elder Gettys... man it make me miss them so much! It was so awesome to get those pictures it made my week!!

 
I just want to talk about my siblings and how wonderful they are and the power and love and examples they are to me! I really enjoyed reading both their letters. I thought it was interesting about Hunters first letter, he seems like he is already an African ha ha... oh man just wait until he gets home.... we are all in for a treat!!
Markel's experiences in the MTC.... it reminds me of mine when I was there..... it is such a sweet experience and I am so grateful she has a wonderful companion.. its shows that the Lord really does know us personally and that he is always watching out for us.. I'm excited for when she gets to Houston too!! She will have a blast. The only down part is they're all in warm places.. and I'm in the freezing cold still!!! ha ha....Minnesota is crazy, the first day of Spring which was on 3/20 the temperature was -2. I mean what the doh man!!! It was so cold I thought Spring is supposed to be warm ha ha! but it's okay we got snow that day too...we are surviving the cold.. I was talking to a older gentlemen the other day and he has lived in Minnesota his whole life and he said that this March is the coldest March that Minnesota has had since 1965.... so it's really cold, but it seems like the sun is coming and the warmth. I never thought 30 degrees would be warm for me ha ha.

This week we had a specialized training from President which was really good. We learned allot. We learned how to use the Book of Mormon more in helping people with their pain and helping them by using the Book of Mormon. 

Allot of good things are happening and we are excited for them.... I hope you all are having a great week as well..I will update you all on the baptism next week.. 
          Love always,
                    Elder Crandall

P.S. enjoy the pictures.