Monday, December 3rd, 2012

Hello Family,

 

Man, you guys are gambating really hard back home and it's so good to hear how much fun and success you guys are having.  Things are going great here, incredibly great.  So great, that I'm incredibly busy with other things.  But I squeezed some time in to email.  We have a lot a lot of investigators right now.  This past week, many of them got really sketchy and cancelled their appointments, which was very frustrating.  But we rescheduled for this week and so far it looks like all will be good.  We have a goal for 5 baptisms this month!  And we can do it for sure!  But we will need tons and tons of help and miracles from the ward and the Lord.  Not this weekend, but the next, we have pretty for sure a baptism planned!!  And then on the 29th we have another investigator for sure.  Our other 3 potentials are not 100%, but they have a lot of desire and could very well get baptized. 

 

Everyday, we are seeing crazy miracles and blessings from the Lord here.  For example, yesterday we went  grocery shopping at a super market and as we were leaving, this old guy walks up to us and asks if we are Mormon.  We very happily, yet cautiously, said yes. (sometimes people ask if we are Mormon just to chew us out, haha) Next thing I knew, he and my comp started speaking Spanish and it turns out that he is from Peru.  He told us that he met the missionaries is Okinawa and has a BOM that he has read.  He then handed us his phone and said, "Put your number in it".  We gladly did just that and he took his phone back, said, "Call me" and then walked away, haha.

 

I went on splits this week with a Japanese elder named Shimamoto and then an Australian elder named Elder Goodridge. Both of them are very old missionaries and have tons of wisdom and experience that they graciously bestowed upon me.  I went and dendoed in a very Inaka (countryside) area for the first time.  It's probably the most country side area in the whole mission.  Like, the Church building is in the middle of a rice field, haha, it's way funny.  It is very hard dendo because the people are so few, but it was relaxed and more calm out there. 

 

(to answer your question, I get letters from a few of my friends.  Only like 1 or two a transfer, but I keep in pretty good contact with my friends in other missions via email.)

 

Only 11 more days till the wedding!!!!  I'm sure it's getting crazy over there and I am praying real hard that Kelsie will get better.

 

I'm gonna send a new picture like dad requested.

 

Dad: Can I hear some cool mission stories about when you were in Chile.  I meet with a lot of people from South America and maybe if I share one of your stories in a lesson, they can relate to the situation better cause it's from their home area :)

 

I love you all so much and I want you to know my heart and prayers are always with you :) Keep praying and thank you so much for all of your effort.  I kid you not, I can feel your love every day.

 

Love,

 

Elder Crandall