Querida Familia,
Lo siento it snowing
yesterday and we weren't able to leave the apartment...talk about most
boring P-day ever! We were originally planning on going shopping to buy
some summery clothes. Guess it's not time yet;)
FELICIDADES to my little sister, Amelia, on her acceptance to BYU! She will be the cutest student the campus has ever seen!
This
past week has been pretty difficult, to say the least. I'm grateful for
all the learning experiences that I'm having and I hope that soon
enough I'll learn all that God has intended. As in, REALLY SOON;) In the
mean time, I'm doing my best to "be still." We're having some
companionship challenges and I'll leave it at that.
From Wednesday night to Thursday
night, Hermana Depablos and I went on an exchange with Hermana Carn to
Chesterfield, which is South of Richmond. In the space of 24 hours, we
taught 5 or 6 lessons! Milagros really do happen with the Sister
Training Leaders:) We were so busy, that we didn't have time for lunch.
But we did stop for 10 minutes to get ice cream at a Mexican ice cream
shop:) Chesterfield is kind of like Little Mexico in Virginia. Hermana
Carn finishes her mission in less than a month. She is super pulled
together, speaks great Spanish, and truly loves her investigators. She
is a perfect example of the kind of Hermana I'm working to become!
On Friday
we had Zone Meeting. One of the Sisters gave a training on hard work.
She talked about how hard work is what helps us to be happy on our
missions. She made a really profound comment: If there was any other way
to be happy, then that's what she would be teaching. Hard work is the
only thing that helps us deal with homesickness, sadness, stress,
investigators incorrectly using their agency, etc. It was all very
inspiring!
Hermana Depablos has helped me apply these principles!
She is very goal oriented! If you thought I was a goal oriented person,
you would be blown away by her. I've become much better at setting small
goals every night. For example, last night I set the goal to exercise
well in the morning to feel better during the day. I focused on my
exercise this morning, and now I feel like I have so much energy! It was
something really small, but it has made a huge difference.
Also, at Zone Meeting, I was asked to conduct the
music. I requested that we sing #307 for the opening song. Hispanics
LOVE that hymn. I suggest looking it up if you ever get the chance;)
For the month of March, I'm studying the Christlike attribute of
virtue! I've decided to read the entire Book of Mormon this month and
mark it up according to that attribute. One thing that stood out to me
in 1 Nephi is the word "desire." Lehi found the fruit of the tree of
life to be "desirous" so he "desired" that his family would partake of
it too. When the angel visited Nephi, he asked him what he most
"desired," and Nephi responded that he "desired" to experience what his
father had. One important aspect of virtue is keeping our desires in
check.
Sorry this is a shorter email, but I love all of you so
much! Thank you for your emails, letters, prayers, and constant
support! I wouldn't be able to do this without you and without the grace
of our loving Heavenly Father:)
Love, Hermana Crandall
*PS - The Zone Leaders left a nice message on our windshield this morning
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