Hello there!
Oh goodness I love getting your e-mails and letters from you all! Thanks a billion! Lets see....where to begin...
The Hermanas that came last week are so fun! We have been staying up too late talking and chatting and goofing off.....probably shouldn't be doing that, but it keeps us from going insane some times:) They are great! Today we got to go to the temple and it was amazing as always. I am so glad there is a temple here so we can go to it...and I am grateful that it is open! Happy day! On our way home, we were standing at the cross walk and Lauren, from our ward and my old roommate pulled up right next to me. It was fun to see her and talk to her for a brief second :)
On Sunday, Hermana White and I went to Choir practice, and it was so great! BUT....The sister I was sitting next to took her shoes off and that was a VERY bad choice, haha. I have never smelled a worse smell in my life, it was hard to keep from gagging. And I thought that it would make you laugh...I still dislike feet with a fiery passion, haha.
On Monday something interesting happened. Hermana White forgot a belt and she really needed one.... So we went to the University Mall. A wonderful sister came and picked us up at the MTC and off we went. It was so strange to be in a car again..... We went to Maceys, and Cristy guess who I saw...Eddy from Brownstone. Haha, that was a fun little reunion. Anyway, at the mall we met a sister that is coming to the MTC next week and she was finishing up her shopping so we gave her a few pointers. It was pretty fun! After we were finished, our escort took the back way out of the mall...she drove right past Costco! That was hard. I saw everyone's car in the parking lot and even some people walking out of work and I couldn't say hi :( But it was fun to wave as I drived by!
The Devotional on Sunday was from someone named Brother Swenson. It was really good! One thing that I really liked was that the 'way we figure out the will of the Lord for us, is by going out and doing His work.' It was a good reminder that even when we aren't quite sure what we are supposed to be doing in the moment, or in life, as long as we are progressing and headed in a good direction, that Lord will show us the way. True story. And mom....you said that someone called you? Cool! Brother Swenson was Hermana Whites' neighbor for a while so we went up to chat with him for a bit after. He works in the church and has access to all the missionaries records...I just think that is neat he remembered enough about me to look up your phone number. Any way, cool story!
Spanish is coming along alright. It is hard, but most good things in life are :) During the video on Sunday night we were watching from Elder Holland, he was talking about why missions are so hard. I really liked what he said...he said something to the effect that salvation was never easy. If the one perfect Being on the face of this earth had to suffer so much for the salvation of others, if we are his servants, why in the world would we even think that a mission would be easy. I really liked it, it helped us all to see that this very well might be one of the hardest things we have ever done, but we are the Lord's servants and are acting in His name, doing what he would do if he were here. Of course that is going to be hard. :) And I am thankful that it will be!
Well I love and miss you all so very much! Hope you all know that I love and miss you! Be safe and talk to ya later!
Hermana Crawford
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