Can you say change???

Hello all my Family and friends,

It sounds like its been pretty hot in your neck of the woods. Well here its about mid 80s so not to bad yet. We had a late winter and pretty much skipped spring and went to summer! But not to bad here just massive flooding I guess up north in Minnesota! But the weather is not to bad here!

Well this past week has been great! I was on exchanges again with Elder Washburn he is a New Elder that came out 6 weeks ago about but he is really a good missionary. He is quiet and to himself and reminded me of myself at the start of my mission but now I just talk and am annoying! ha ha.... but he came to Frogtown we had a great exchange. I love getting to work with all the Elders in the District but sometime I feel like I'm always gone or I never have a consistent companion but its okay I love doing it.

 

This week we helped a member move it was good to do some service and help her out! she insisted on taking us to dinner and so she took us to a buffet and I was so not hungry and I felt like puking after the buffet.... i felt so sick. 

Its been a great week we met this kid his name is Micheal he is about 21 and we taught him on his front door step and invited him to be baptized right there! he has no Christian background but before we left we gave him a Chapter to read in the Book of Mormon and he turned around and started reading it as he went inside. Then like 10 min later he texted us and asked if there was anything else that he could read in the Book so it was really awesome.

 

So something really cool is that we are getting inactive members that haven't been to church in like 6 or 7 years to come back it's so cool to see them come back! It is as much joy as a baptism that's for sure! I have so much joy as I see them coming back to church and be involved.

On Saturday President Hawton the Branch President called me and said they need 4 Elders to go help and do confirmations because the branch had a baptisms for the dead activity at the Temple on Saturday. So we got to go, it was really cool and I loved doing Temple work..... it was really cool, then we went and ate breakfast with the Branch President and his family.. They remind me allot of our family.... they're really cool and I have developed a great relationship with them. His oldest son is going on his mission in August to Salt Lake City East mission so I was like hey  I'll take you out to lunch when I get home! so its cool!

 

Well the change is this past Friday President Clements called me and Elder Moss and was like I'm going to interrupt the fun you two are having because I know your doing a great job together. He said that Elder Hardy was getting ET (emergency transferred) to Frogtown with Me and Elder Moss was going to Minneapolis because Elder Ly is going home a transfer early on July 10th.... we don't know why but it was approved by President and he has served an honorable full mission but we will miss him dearly as well!! So it's so crazy how fast things change. Elder Hardy is now with  me.... it's crazy. I'm finishing the second half of his training as well. One thing I have come to love on my mission is change.... its the best. President Clements always says when your comfortable you stop progressing and it's so true....I'm just gonna have to figure out a way to keep changing the rest of my life! Well I love you all and hope you have a great week.... stay cool! 

Oh also, we are all excited for the big Hmong tournament this Saturday. Its the j-4 tournament, its a Hmong sports tournament that allot of people go to from around the country. We are excited.... this will be my second time to that and I will send pictures of it next week.

 love you all.

       love,

               Elder Crandall