Hi everyone I love you so much! I
hope you all have a happy thanksgiving!:) I'm really grateful for all of
the support that you give me--your letters, prayers, emails, love. I'm
so grateful for my mission, everything that I'm learning, and for the
restored Gospel! We've been offered thanksgiving dinner about a billion
times, but we're eating with the Diaz family from Peru. (They have some
Peruvian family in Lehi that you might be familiar with.)
We
had a great week of getting members out with us! It's quite the feat in
this branch because there are four sets of missionaries and it's a
branch--so there are fewer members. We had at least one member with us
every day except Sunday. It was really great and I really love our members!
Hermana
Pina is one of my favorites. Her last name means pinneapple, so we got
her a pinneapple for her birthday yesterday! We got to help her do some
service last week in a member's home from a different ward. The member
is super rich and has a really huge house. And they are a hoarder, so it
was really interesting just digging and digging through stuff.
Another
sweet member is Hermana Reyes. She's from Guatemala and has been taking
English classes forever! But she's a little up there in years so it's
difficult for her to learn the language. She came out with us to a
lesson, and then afterwards we ate lunch in her home and helped her do
her English homework.
Hermana Juanita is also
really great. She feeds us dinner every Tuesday and then comes out with
us at least once a week. She came with us to meet Juan! Juan is doing
really well and he likes telling stories from when he was a fisherman.
He said he fell into the sea once during a storm and thought he was
going to die! And he's seen a few deaths, some of which he described in
detail :P And then I had to describe in detail to my companion
afterwards.
Elena is still doing really well!
She missed church for a dumb reason so that makes us a little nervous.
But we taught her the word of wisdom and she's willing to live it! (Juan
too! But he's a little stuck on coffee like all Hispanics.)
We
had exchanges with the Sister Training Leaders! Sister Wilson came and
stayed with me while Hermana Sprunt went with Sister Walked to Glen
Allen. It was hard having to teach without a companion, and it made me
realize how grateful I am for Hermana Sprunt and her progress! She
understands and speaks very well! She's just finishing up her second
transfer, but she speaks more as if she's in her third or fourth. I'm
really proud of her :)
We had a zone workshop
this week with President Wilson. We broke off into little groups and
took turns practicing while being filmed. Then we watched ourselves and
critiqued the videos. It was really weird to watch myself teach! I think
I have better posture than I did before my mission, but I need to smile
more! However, everyone commented that Hermana Sprunt and I teach in
unity well.
We had a little scare with our CO
detector. It went off and the reading said "280" and the instructions
say that "400" is dangerous. We're still not sure what it all means, so
we've spent the past two days with our windows open just in case. It's
been pretty chilly at night! Hopefully we can get that worked out with
the office today.
Sorry I didn't have a ton of time to write. But I love you all so much! Have a great week:)
Love, Hermanita Crandall
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