Whaoozzers this week has gone by so quickly. I can not believe how fast it's going but its been good so far... so last week was my birthday and I had a great birthday and it was very fun!
First we went to a members house and learned how to make egg rolls... because egg rolls are the best!!!!! They also baked me a cake and we had cake as well so it was good!! also that day was the big hmong New Years celebration. It was one of two that they have. The next one is in 2 weeks and will be held in St. Paul so we are excited for that but it was really fun and cool to go to. We had some traditional hmong vests on! It was cool... I am trying to find someone who will make me some traditional hmong cloths because they're awesome! It was held at the Metro Dome where the Vikings play so we got to go on the field ha ha!! It was allot of sports and traditional hmong dancing and it was a great experience that's for sure. I'm excited to go to the next its supposed to be the biggest one so it will be fun!!!
This week we did allot of service for people. We raked allot of leaves and had fun doing it! We were at a members house raking leaves and they had so many leaves that we had a pile that was about 6 feet tall. It was crazy! I took a video of me jumping into it ha ha but it took us allot of time to rake all of their leaves and Elder Abbott lost his camera when we jumped into it and it took us about 2 hrs to find his camera. It wasn't until the next day though that we found it...
So yesterday we were tracting and we were walking up to this door and it was a young couple and they were taking in a desk and so we offered to help. As Elder Abbott was helping him take it in I was talking with the wife and she was saying how lately she has had an yearning for some kind of faith that she could rely on and at that moment I just felt Heavenly Fathers love for me and for her and I just wanted her to hear what we had to say and feel the spirit and joy from it.. so we got the desk in and all moved and the husband invited us in and we sat down and had a chance to share with them a spiritual thought it was really awesome.. After we had a very heart felt spiritual lesson with them we asked if we could come back but they didn't give a specific day and didn't give their phone number to me and it broke my heart. I just want these people to accept and learn more of the gospel! But we will not give up there!! We will be persistent and go back!! It really increased my testimony on the love of Heavenly Father and how we are all his children seeking for truth.. I felt a little bit like Alma in Alma 13:27. He describes his feelings when the people wouldn't accept the gospel.. I could relate to his feeling that night!!
Well today was transfers as well. I will be staying here in Minneapolis and Elder Abbott will be going to St.Paul. My new companion is Elder Ly from Sacramento, California. I'm excited to work with him and to stay here in Minneapolis. It's a great place to do missionary work!!
Well I hope you all have a great week! Thank you all for your birthday wishes to me and letters and packages!!
Love always,
Elder Crandall
PS- Shout out to Darci for writing me a sweet letter!! Thank you very much cousin and love you loads!
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