Well i hope you all had a great pioneer day! been reading dads books and it has made me think a little bit more about the sacrifice that our 43 ancestors made for us to get to the salt lake valley. be thankful for what you have!
so this week has been eventufull.. i didnt get changed neither did my companion. i have mixed feelings about it. but we will see how things work out really. im having a great time out here and getting along with the members more as the days go by. we have this one family who takes us in when ever and they feed us. they have a little cute girl who were good friends, and always is asking her mom when im coming over.. funny stuff... this week not a whole lot happend. ellections are going on here. so everyone is all in a uproar for that. here is a little diffrent. there are 8 political parties all going for the spot of president. weird but yeah. they bribe people like no other like go around giving food out and t-shirts and what not. i guess if it works then ya do it.
had the oportunity yesterday to go out on divisions with a member to get to know more of the members in the other area. was a good expirence and we had a good lesson. i enjoyed after talking to him about his mission and how people are. we have come to realize the more dissobedient missionaries tend to baptize more.. interesting stuff. not saying im going to pull a 180 and change or anything but was interesting.
were on the hunt out here for more people to teach. everyday were learning new ways to contact people. for example random house... ''comp give me a random name!, ummm rodrigo. we then follow with knocking on the door and asking if they know anyone with the name we give eachother then start small talk with them. eventually tie it in to the gospel and what were doing a long way from our houses. its really funny to see what people do and how they react. we gave a name and a person actually knew some one by that name... uhhhh. yeah was aquard.
so other than that nothing really is going on here. im enjoying this time i have here in this area. love my mission! we have interviews with president this week and that should be cool to see him. i havnt seen him in about a month now..
year mark this week. thats cool. i talked members into making me something for that day. i think a cake or something. but i have to make a cake for the sister for her birthday on the 5th. so we will see what goes down. im afraid for this next year. i hear time goes by faster your second year... this year went by super fast... and now its going to be faster. i gotta get my rear in gear and work harder. ill have time to rest when i get home...
thanks for the letters and emails!! i love you guys!
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Elder Ryan Crockett
Monday, July 25, 2011
July 18th
well this week was a good week. we are finding many people to teach. many positive things are happening out here. so lets start off...
termites in the house.... thousands of them randomly one morning decided to come in to our house for a snack. it was gross... does my comp want to tell our landlord.. no... they havnt come back yet. so we will see. if my comp has a change im going to speak with him.but yeah.
yesterday church was alright. i was following with my duties of rounding up the kids for primary and such. its really hard work and they do what ever the freak they want. church here is really different. kids run like wild animals.
my ´´calling´´ primary. i sit in and make sure things are going smoothly and such. this one kid was punching me and kicking me and laying on my lap... it was ANNOYING and i almost got to the point of snapping but held back. other than that church was alright it was good for the most part.
so yesterday also we got to a members house . when we got there she got a call.. apparently we walked past a body in three black trash bags... umm yeah this area is fairly safe for that matter. umm yeah i feel safe here.
also this week it rained big time.... we stayed at our lunch appointment for 3 hours because the streets have 6 inches of watter... sucked walking home. but we eventually made it home in a pause of the rain.
so also in this week is changes i find out that if i have the opportuninty to have changes or not. its a little scarry but im alright if i stay. im planning on it really. things here are great and wouldnt like to leave this area. although there is someone i would like to have a change... my comp. hes been a little difficult to live with for the past 3 weeks. everything good with us but there are always the little things that eat me up... dirty dishes for instance.
today im making rice crispy treats for some members so that will be a little happiness for today. im also playing soccer with the little kids today. so that should be fun. i have cleats so it was a great success. 2 goals! haha.
looking forward to this next week though. were working hard. and going to keep up the pace really!
well thats my week in a nutshell... i love you guys send me a box! candy!! i want candy peanutbutter peanutbutter M&MS!!!! or the PRETZLE M&MS go for it friends and family
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Elder Ryan Crockett
termites in the house.... thousands of them randomly one morning decided to come in to our house for a snack. it was gross... does my comp want to tell our landlord.. no... they havnt come back yet. so we will see. if my comp has a change im going to speak with him.but yeah.
yesterday church was alright. i was following with my duties of rounding up the kids for primary and such. its really hard work and they do what ever the freak they want. church here is really different. kids run like wild animals.
my ´´calling´´ primary. i sit in and make sure things are going smoothly and such. this one kid was punching me and kicking me and laying on my lap... it was ANNOYING and i almost got to the point of snapping but held back. other than that church was alright it was good for the most part.
so yesterday also we got to a members house . when we got there she got a call.. apparently we walked past a body in three black trash bags... umm yeah this area is fairly safe for that matter. umm yeah i feel safe here.
also this week it rained big time.... we stayed at our lunch appointment for 3 hours because the streets have 6 inches of watter... sucked walking home. but we eventually made it home in a pause of the rain.
so also in this week is changes i find out that if i have the opportuninty to have changes or not. its a little scarry but im alright if i stay. im planning on it really. things here are great and wouldnt like to leave this area. although there is someone i would like to have a change... my comp. hes been a little difficult to live with for the past 3 weeks. everything good with us but there are always the little things that eat me up... dirty dishes for instance.
today im making rice crispy treats for some members so that will be a little happiness for today. im also playing soccer with the little kids today. so that should be fun. i have cleats so it was a great success. 2 goals! haha.
looking forward to this next week though. were working hard. and going to keep up the pace really!
well thats my week in a nutshell... i love you guys send me a box! candy!! i want candy peanutbutter peanutbutter M&MS!!!! or the PRETZLE M&MS go for it friends and family
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Elder Ryan Crockett
July 11th
well things were alright this week... things are going alright here. i got nothing from anyone this week!! whats the deal fam.. have to much fun on the 4th to tell me whats going on?? thanks family!
well this week we had a baptism!! yay progressing in the mission... our investigator, Vilma, has been going to church for the last 2 months and hadnt have the desire to get baptised.... well i came into the area and bam here we are 3 weeks after i get into this area.. baptism. but for now we are going and searching for more chosen souls!...
i was chosen to teach my favorite class... primary.. the freaking kids are worse then in the states! sucked. i scolded them for going to buy food from a tienda. or store... it was a good expirence but will they change their minds... no.. and there still little brats... so what else happend...
we had an activity this week. we had a paca gratis... we got not refernces and such... it tanked this week... but thats whats up.. win some and loose some!!
so yesterday we had a bomb lesson with this teenager that we re activated!!! this kid is really getting into the church and is preparing to go on a mission. he wants to bring in his friends to the church! so were hoping for that too! more progression... well that was my week not much happend.. that was it.
well hope all is well going on at home! i love and miss you guys...
oh and just to ONE UP EVERYONE!! i READ one of dads books yeah....
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Elder Ryan Crockett
well this week we had a baptism!! yay progressing in the mission... our investigator, Vilma, has been going to church for the last 2 months and hadnt have the desire to get baptised.... well i came into the area and bam here we are 3 weeks after i get into this area.. baptism. but for now we are going and searching for more chosen souls!...
i was chosen to teach my favorite class... primary.. the freaking kids are worse then in the states! sucked. i scolded them for going to buy food from a tienda. or store... it was a good expirence but will they change their minds... no.. and there still little brats... so what else happend...
we had an activity this week. we had a paca gratis... we got not refernces and such... it tanked this week... but thats whats up.. win some and loose some!!
so yesterday we had a bomb lesson with this teenager that we re activated!!! this kid is really getting into the church and is preparing to go on a mission. he wants to bring in his friends to the church! so were hoping for that too! more progression... well that was my week not much happend.. that was it.
well hope all is well going on at home! i love and miss you guys...
oh and just to ONE UP EVERYONE!! i READ one of dads books yeah....
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Elder Ryan Crockett
July 4th
well this week was really just a normal week. sorry nothing really good went down. we had a bat enter our house. and at 1030 my comp came in right as i was falling asleep and said hey there is a bat. so i killed it with a broom and swept it out before going to bed. never herd a latino scream like a little girl before. ha ha...
after that the day after another time of hearing him scream like a little girl. we were leaving the capilla. church, and an iguana fell off the roof. and our branch president. a heavier guy, ran after it. well we caught it tapped the mouth shut and then he took it home. free lunch. and mana from god. what a blessing!! well it was a good time out here.
this week we possibly have the oportunity to baptize an investigator! im hoping for it! so we will see on sunday. hope everything goes through... sorry for this weeks eamil... sucks...
today we played sports and had brown dowgs for breakfast out here in honnor of the 4 of july! we sang o beautiful and the national anthem. the latinos thought we were crazy! but its what ever really. things out here are alright im enjoying life. question. how many boxes should i be getting i got another one with the insouls and candy which is a blessing from above!! is there a 3rd? that would be cool if yeah and if not im good. you can always send over some more stuff like BLUEBERRY MUFFIN MIXES! or stuff like that. candy and what not!
well have a great 4 of july!
Crockett
after that the day after another time of hearing him scream like a little girl. we were leaving the capilla. church, and an iguana fell off the roof. and our branch president. a heavier guy, ran after it. well we caught it tapped the mouth shut and then he took it home. free lunch. and mana from god. what a blessing!! well it was a good time out here.
this week we possibly have the oportunity to baptize an investigator! im hoping for it! so we will see on sunday. hope everything goes through... sorry for this weeks eamil... sucks...
today we played sports and had brown dowgs for breakfast out here in honnor of the 4 of july! we sang o beautiful and the national anthem. the latinos thought we were crazy! but its what ever really. things out here are alright im enjoying life. question. how many boxes should i be getting i got another one with the insouls and candy which is a blessing from above!! is there a 3rd? that would be cool if yeah and if not im good. you can always send over some more stuff like BLUEBERRY MUFFIN MIXES! or stuff like that. candy and what not!
well have a great 4 of july!
Crockett
June 27th part 2
well the power did go out here... but i had just enough time in my generator box to send off the first email.
so as i said not to much happend this week... im half way through the change wow how fast does time go out here. im at 11 months now tormorrow. (not counting down) and things are going good. me and my comp have been finding familys this last week we contacted about 4 familys boosting our stats up! were hoping to have a little bit of success with that this month of july.
so i hear summer is starting up there and that all is going well... i was sick for a day but things are looking out for me here! so our house is infront of a mom and pop resturant. or here they say comedor. so every day what to i eat??? STEAK! dont know if its the best thing for me to be eating but its delicious!! im not gaining weight. maybe i need the protien out here. but its awesome!
hmmmm not alot more happened or that i can think of to write. sorry for a lame week. this week were travling for a 2 zone conference. so that should be sum what cool. i love hearing from my mission president! hes a really cool guy! well thats all for now love ya guys
be sure to email me this week!!
Elder Crockett
so as i said not to much happend this week... im half way through the change wow how fast does time go out here. im at 11 months now tormorrow. (not counting down) and things are going good. me and my comp have been finding familys this last week we contacted about 4 familys boosting our stats up! were hoping to have a little bit of success with that this month of july.
so i hear summer is starting up there and that all is going well... i was sick for a day but things are looking out for me here! so our house is infront of a mom and pop resturant. or here they say comedor. so every day what to i eat??? STEAK! dont know if its the best thing for me to be eating but its delicious!! im not gaining weight. maybe i need the protien out here. but its awesome!
hmmmm not alot more happened or that i can think of to write. sorry for a lame week. this week were travling for a 2 zone conference. so that should be sum what cool. i love hearing from my mission president! hes a really cool guy! well thats all for now love ya guys
be sure to email me this week!!
Elder Crockett
June 27th part 1
well this week not to much happend... im kinda lame out here in the mission and not have a who lot to tell this week.... our power just went out so this may be a 2part email this week to get something out before im out of power.
so story for the week. yesterday we had district conferance (like stake conference) at had an area 70 come!Elder Martino. hes from texas. it was really cool what he talked about. first about baptism, how christ is at the door at times and we need to let him in to our lives. then he talked about NOE. what does that stand for noe is noah in spanish but also
N- noche de hogar or family home evening
O- Orar family prayers
E- Escrituras or Scriptures
and Diezmo or tithing but that doesnt work with this acronym... ha ha
with these three things we can strengthen our family and live a better life. he also touched basis on missionary work! how every member is a missionary and its our duty to share our happiness or gospel with others. really was a great talk wish you could of herd it.surely opened my eyes to more things on life and such!
well ill gotta go write more later
so story for the week. yesterday we had district conferance (like stake conference) at had an area 70 come!Elder Martino. hes from texas. it was really cool what he talked about. first about baptism, how christ is at the door at times and we need to let him in to our lives. then he talked about NOE. what does that stand for noe is noah in spanish but also
N- noche de hogar or family home evening
O- Orar family prayers
E- Escrituras or Scriptures
and Diezmo or tithing but that doesnt work with this acronym... ha ha
with these three things we can strengthen our family and live a better life. he also touched basis on missionary work! how every member is a missionary and its our duty to share our happiness or gospel with others. really was a great talk wish you could of herd it.surely opened my eyes to more things on life and such!
well ill gotta go write more later
June 20th
well... this week was a little more eventfull than the last week. what happend here. welll we started off with a tri-zone confrence where our mission president gave us constructive critsism. it was cool i guess. just like those Jeffery R holland mtc talks. he came out with a new and improved one ha ha... but yeah. things are great here...
after this confernce i had the oportunity to go on divisions with another elder. there we committed 2 people to baptism! was great.
so i did end up getting a package here. i got dads books!! yeah i know dads books what excitement... no you dont really know untill you start reading them. way to go dad with writing them. there are a few missionaries our here jealous about my dad. they say he runs 100 milers write books... what more does he do? haha but im about 100 pages into it. lets just say after my mission i want to go back to the church sites and see what i have been reading about.
so the story of the week....
we headed out to go talk to our investigators and were walking down this road about 2 miles if not more. and finally get to their house. there we talk and teach a little bit about the plan of salvation and all that jargon. cool stuff... well on the way back we get a ride from a pastor. he invited us into the truck and pretty much bashed us. telling us our religion is (a bad word) and that were of the devil. i asked him a question that he couldnt answer.. where did you get your authority? couldnt answer that question. BAM! i know where i got mine.. but thats not the story.
so the road we walked down 10 minutes after we passed or walked on this road a drive by happend. 3 people got capped.! wow imagine if we were running 10 minutes late. this big white blinding glare of a person (ME) would be a prime target. well lets just say im not going back there... scary stuff...
yesterday we herd even more gun shots. i make sure before i leave to say a prayer of saftey here... ha ha
well thats the week in a nut shell... today nothing much is going down. going to buy food. and sleep some more... thats about it. a agentine elder is making us food tonight at a members so that should be fun!! yay
welll have a good one i love you all keep sending me goodies.
send me some candy!
elder crockett
after this confernce i had the oportunity to go on divisions with another elder. there we committed 2 people to baptism! was great.
so i did end up getting a package here. i got dads books!! yeah i know dads books what excitement... no you dont really know untill you start reading them. way to go dad with writing them. there are a few missionaries our here jealous about my dad. they say he runs 100 milers write books... what more does he do? haha but im about 100 pages into it. lets just say after my mission i want to go back to the church sites and see what i have been reading about.
so the story of the week....
we headed out to go talk to our investigators and were walking down this road about 2 miles if not more. and finally get to their house. there we talk and teach a little bit about the plan of salvation and all that jargon. cool stuff... well on the way back we get a ride from a pastor. he invited us into the truck and pretty much bashed us. telling us our religion is (a bad word) and that were of the devil. i asked him a question that he couldnt answer.. where did you get your authority? couldnt answer that question. BAM! i know where i got mine.. but thats not the story.
so the road we walked down 10 minutes after we passed or walked on this road a drive by happend. 3 people got capped.! wow imagine if we were running 10 minutes late. this big white blinding glare of a person (ME) would be a prime target. well lets just say im not going back there... scary stuff...
yesterday we herd even more gun shots. i make sure before i leave to say a prayer of saftey here... ha ha
well thats the week in a nut shell... today nothing much is going down. going to buy food. and sleep some more... thats about it. a agentine elder is making us food tonight at a members so that should be fun!! yay
welll have a good one i love you all keep sending me goodies.
send me some candy!
elder crockett
June 13th
well yes i had trasfers. so this is how they do them out here. they call us up on tuesday and tell us well elder crockett you have changes pack up and be at this place at 7 in the morning to get a ride in to Reu. did just that. i have to much crap! i need to liquadate some things. so thats my goal for this next change. so i went all the way to reu about an hour1/2 drive in a small bus filled with sweaty hot missionaries! then after i got there i chatted with friends. i was out of the hot inferno zone.. well at least i thought. the meeting came and then the presitention came. they do a slide show style change. they display 2 pictures take one away then show who is going there next. well basically all the zones went by and my old zone was left. i was being sent back in the the hottest zone.
im now in nuevo conseption. its the 2and hottest area in the mission. dont know what i did to deserve this oven of an area ... but im going to be loosing weight. so we loaded up the bus again and headed out. there was one thing that made me happy. we stopped at taco bell once again. this time i was smart and bought a little extra for a future breakfast!! yeah!! so that made the trip worth it. but its a little weird being in the same zone as your last comp. but o well. i learned alot from my last 6 weeks. im guessing ill be here for another 4 months. so i will never look like i did when i left. i may come home a skinny kid. ha ha maybe.
things i have learned in this area. Hitch hiking! saves money! ha ha. this area is really cool (not temperature wise) people wise. we actually have a chapel and not a make shift building. thats a bounus!
My companion is from Honduras. his accent is awesome. they dont say there S in there words. so im trying not to pick up that habbit. its what ever though. i havnt gotten my packages. and another note for future letters to me WRITE Elder RYAN Crockett. there is another elder crockett here and i have been hearing stories how hes been getting some of my mail. that i havnt gotten them and most likely wont!! makes me mad. so write RYAN on your letter if not Ryan Robert no shame in using my middle name!!
well family i gotta head out. we have to clean our house. we found a baby snake in it last night. so were making sure there isnt a momma snake in the house. so that will be fun! yay. well write me letters send me packages!! candy!! doesnt have to be big at all! i love you guys and am working on a box of goods soon!
LOVE
Elder Ryan Crockett
im now in nuevo conseption. its the 2and hottest area in the mission. dont know what i did to deserve this oven of an area ... but im going to be loosing weight. so we loaded up the bus again and headed out. there was one thing that made me happy. we stopped at taco bell once again. this time i was smart and bought a little extra for a future breakfast!! yeah!! so that made the trip worth it. but its a little weird being in the same zone as your last comp. but o well. i learned alot from my last 6 weeks. im guessing ill be here for another 4 months. so i will never look like i did when i left. i may come home a skinny kid. ha ha maybe.
things i have learned in this area. Hitch hiking! saves money! ha ha. this area is really cool (not temperature wise) people wise. we actually have a chapel and not a make shift building. thats a bounus!
My companion is from Honduras. his accent is awesome. they dont say there S in there words. so im trying not to pick up that habbit. its what ever though. i havnt gotten my packages. and another note for future letters to me WRITE Elder RYAN Crockett. there is another elder crockett here and i have been hearing stories how hes been getting some of my mail. that i havnt gotten them and most likely wont!! makes me mad. so write RYAN on your letter if not Ryan Robert no shame in using my middle name!!
well family i gotta head out. we have to clean our house. we found a baby snake in it last night. so were making sure there isnt a momma snake in the house. so that will be fun! yay. well write me letters send me packages!! candy!! doesnt have to be big at all! i love you guys and am working on a box of goods soon!
LOVE
Elder Ryan Crockett
Sunday, June 12, 2011
June 6
well today i find out if i have changes or not.so you will all have to wait till next week to hear about that. this past week has been a good week. i have enjoyed puking again... 创wow elder your always sick!创 no freaking duh. like i didnt know. people here are really odd. but thats alright i still love them. along with me being sick and such im doing alright.we had 2 activities this week.
1 a paca gratis. what is this. well we went to all the pacas (they sell clothes that they buy from the state by the pound) and ask for clothes. we ended up with 30 trash bags full for the zone. from there we divided it up. we basically gave all the clothes away to everyone and got about 15 refrences. so we have some work to do here. will all be good.
2. we had a good morning side by a near by river. man it was beautiful! and i wish i could of jumped in it. wasnt a dirty one either. the talks went well and we had agreat time with the members. later i became sick and tossed my lunch. sucked and i laid in bed and slept woke up and tossed my lunch again and a gain and again...
FUN STUFF THE MISSION!!! im enjoying life though.things here are not as bad as they really sound. i love it. im looking forward to this change and to be able to start over new. yay!!
well thats about it... i love you guys keep it real!
Elder crockett
1 a paca gratis. what is this. well we went to all the pacas (they sell clothes that they buy from the state by the pound) and ask for clothes. we ended up with 30 trash bags full for the zone. from there we divided it up. we basically gave all the clothes away to everyone and got about 15 refrences. so we have some work to do here. will all be good.
2. we had a good morning side by a near by river. man it was beautiful! and i wish i could of jumped in it. wasnt a dirty one either. the talks went well and we had agreat time with the members. later i became sick and tossed my lunch. sucked and i laid in bed and slept woke up and tossed my lunch again and a gain and again...
FUN STUFF THE MISSION!!! im enjoying life though.things here are not as bad as they really sound. i love it. im looking forward to this change and to be able to start over new. yay!!
well thats about it... i love you guys keep it real!
Elder crockett
May 30
hey hows it kicking? well im sad to say not much has happend here in the last little bit. were just hunting around and seeing what we can find. its a rough game but it has to be done if you want to get sucess!
this week i was out for two days with sickness... im frustraited with this! im eating healthy doing everything a person should do. drinking a ton of water. but no. i just like to be sick. the rain season has started for sure. its funny. every day at aroung 330 it starts to rain. morning never. just in the afternoon. interesting that for sure. but thats alright. my feet stay dry most days.. i have to wear my socks like ancle socks to avoid having wet feet for the afternoon. funny yes. but this rain here is nothing like utah. it poars and poars till it floods the streets. utah would flip if they had rain like this.
so whats going on in the crockett family? anything cool? didnt get anything from anyone this week. sad. oh well. thats life i guess. im doing great. i think that im getting changed this next wednesday. my knee is bugging still but oh well... life as a crockett. so big races coming up this weekend! i expect a report! ha ha
well thats about it i love you sorry for the short letter but nothing happend.
Elder crockett
mommy: things for the next box... space bags! more please!
candy always
thanks mommy!
this week i was out for two days with sickness... im frustraited with this! im eating healthy doing everything a person should do. drinking a ton of water. but no. i just like to be sick. the rain season has started for sure. its funny. every day at aroung 330 it starts to rain. morning never. just in the afternoon. interesting that for sure. but thats alright. my feet stay dry most days.. i have to wear my socks like ancle socks to avoid having wet feet for the afternoon. funny yes. but this rain here is nothing like utah. it poars and poars till it floods the streets. utah would flip if they had rain like this.
so whats going on in the crockett family? anything cool? didnt get anything from anyone this week. sad. oh well. thats life i guess. im doing great. i think that im getting changed this next wednesday. my knee is bugging still but oh well... life as a crockett. so big races coming up this weekend! i expect a report! ha ha
well thats about it i love you sorry for the short letter but nothing happend.
Elder crockett
mommy: things for the next box... space bags! more please!
candy always
thanks mommy!
May 23
hey well this week was alright. it was nothing out of the norm. i worked worked and worked. got soaked soaked and soaked by the rain. its strange every day in the afternoon it rains here. sucks! but this is life for the next what 6 ish months. my feet get wet no matter what i do. im just going to have to deal with that fact.
so i tried to make cookies for a family this week.. well they didnt quite work out that well... i was really embarresed because i was talking them up. i burnt them... and the lady was freaking out cause she doesnt know how to make cookies. and that i was making them wrong which i wasnt. i got fed up and took my dough and we went home... i put it in the fridge and what did i make for breakfast this morning in my toaster oven.... perfect cookies. i believe if the lady wouldnt of been on my back i could have produced good cookies... really stupid... but i did also realize my problems.... 1 the rack was to close to the bottom.. 2 i couldnt preheat the oven because ¨thats not how you make things in an oven¨ ugh.. really annoying!!! oh well...
what else.. sorry for this week its been really boring... umm im being blessed with the family knee problem!! how about that! this area is all hills and hills. it sucks. and is giving me pain at the end of the day. im getting changes in the next little bit.. 2 more weeks. i could of had them last week but i decided to stick it out. dont know if that was a good or bad thing to do...
but anyways... still waiting for the package... i think its in the office.. my zone is far away from the office so it will be a while. probably 2 more weeks... oh well.. hope everything is going good i love you!!
Elder crockett
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so i tried to make cookies for a family this week.. well they didnt quite work out that well... i was really embarresed because i was talking them up. i burnt them... and the lady was freaking out cause she doesnt know how to make cookies. and that i was making them wrong which i wasnt. i got fed up and took my dough and we went home... i put it in the fridge and what did i make for breakfast this morning in my toaster oven.... perfect cookies. i believe if the lady wouldnt of been on my back i could have produced good cookies... really stupid... but i did also realize my problems.... 1 the rack was to close to the bottom.. 2 i couldnt preheat the oven because ¨thats not how you make things in an oven¨ ugh.. really annoying!!! oh well...
what else.. sorry for this week its been really boring... umm im being blessed with the family knee problem!! how about that! this area is all hills and hills. it sucks. and is giving me pain at the end of the day. im getting changes in the next little bit.. 2 more weeks. i could of had them last week but i decided to stick it out. dont know if that was a good or bad thing to do...
but anyways... still waiting for the package... i think its in the office.. my zone is far away from the office so it will be a while. probably 2 more weeks... oh well.. hope everything is going good i love you!!
Elder crockett
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Monday, May 16, 2011
May 16
well im still alive if anyone really cares.. ha ha jk. but thinks here are going alright. nothing like having a migraine for a couple days here ha ha. sucks and has kept me from working a little bit. its a pain but also nice to finnally get a rest once in a while. but for no i like working. i had the oportunity to go on divisions with our district leader. that was a good time and i enjoyed talking with him and working in my area. my comp is a quiet kid and with me its harder cause i want to express my feelings and let my personality show but in spanish its really getting to be a pain to try and do that. i want people to know that im not just a silent kid... so i have a little more studing to to over here.
so while we were on divisions the latino i was with is loud and funny. one of my great friends here in the mission. we went to this house were a member lives and talked and talked to their daughter who is basically done and ready for baptism but just needs to reconize what she is feeling is the spirt. so were working on her, im making them cookies for family home evening.. Snicker doodles.. im doing a test trial at my house with our toaster oven... so if they are good and are a sucess im going to make them... if not i bought a brownie package that i can make for them... but this should be a great way to gain the confidence of our members/the daughters...
so what more is going down here.. not alot. things are starting to get a little cooler here. and with that comes rain. yesterday we had a fairly good rain. i was trying to dodge the water from entering in my shoes but looked up and there was no where to walk. no dry land you could say... well with that i decided to just go for it and walk. well the water was about a foot deep... yup my feet got drentched. it was crap... but o well... what a fun expirence!! the mission is so great!
im looking in to buying a pair of rain boots. so next week i think ill buy them.. full rubber ha ha.. well that will be cool. im still doing good here. just getting used to the mountains that we have to climb. my knee is not liking the downhills.. sucks really! i had an interview with president maravilla and he said that i may get a change. so this week it my go down but i dont know.. if not it will be in 3 weeks. so next week i could be in a different area. wouldnt that be cool!! ha ha ... i kinda want out but we will see...
heath update. still have head aches alot. i dont know if it due to the sinus infection. but yeah. my congestion had been getting a bit worse. i have some cool looking green mucus.. sucks really!! but yeah. things are looking better really. keeping my head up and trying to get things done here. this area needs alot of work and im glad to be helping it out.. well.
that was my week things area going good keep praying for me!!
love Elder Crockett
so while we were on divisions the latino i was with is loud and funny. one of my great friends here in the mission. we went to this house were a member lives and talked and talked to their daughter who is basically done and ready for baptism but just needs to reconize what she is feeling is the spirt. so were working on her, im making them cookies for family home evening.. Snicker doodles.. im doing a test trial at my house with our toaster oven... so if they are good and are a sucess im going to make them... if not i bought a brownie package that i can make for them... but this should be a great way to gain the confidence of our members/the daughters...
so what more is going down here.. not alot. things are starting to get a little cooler here. and with that comes rain. yesterday we had a fairly good rain. i was trying to dodge the water from entering in my shoes but looked up and there was no where to walk. no dry land you could say... well with that i decided to just go for it and walk. well the water was about a foot deep... yup my feet got drentched. it was crap... but o well... what a fun expirence!! the mission is so great!
im looking in to buying a pair of rain boots. so next week i think ill buy them.. full rubber ha ha.. well that will be cool. im still doing good here. just getting used to the mountains that we have to climb. my knee is not liking the downhills.. sucks really! i had an interview with president maravilla and he said that i may get a change. so this week it my go down but i dont know.. if not it will be in 3 weeks. so next week i could be in a different area. wouldnt that be cool!! ha ha ... i kinda want out but we will see...
heath update. still have head aches alot. i dont know if it due to the sinus infection. but yeah. my congestion had been getting a bit worse. i have some cool looking green mucus.. sucks really!! but yeah. things are looking better really. keeping my head up and trying to get things done here. this area needs alot of work and im glad to be helping it out.. well.
that was my week things area going good keep praying for me!!
love Elder Crockett
Monday, May 9, 2011
May 9
well i havent talk to you guys in a while...
Well it was great talking-to you all yesterday! It raised my spirits. Im still really sick and bed ridden. I'm thinking it's pneumonia. My favorite sickness! YAY!! No not really freak! Yeah so not much happened this week I went to Reu for a conference returned and went to bed and have been there for the last what 4 days now. I'm a wreck. Yesterday I pushed myself out if bed to go to church. Those 2 hours were pure pain and agony for me. Yeah church was only 2 hours because everyone after Sunday school got up and left. Ha ha ok that's cool I guess. What can we do then? after we went to the cemetery to dedicate a grave. I felt like I had allergies or something I could barely open my eyes and was sneezing eyes watering. Sucked a big one. When to our branch presidents house to eat lunch. That was alright but still looked and felt like death. Chicken soup. Was good the first time and the second time when I puked it up after. Called you guys and that was about it. Spelled the rest if the day/night. Woke up to coughing up flem. Tasty yellow stuff right. I wanna say it's progressed to my lungs resulting in pneumonia.
All I can say is that I honestly hate being sick!!! Ugh.
So I for got to ask for things while on the phone. So here's the list in order of my desires. Ha ga sorry for being a "wanty" kid mom. But feel free to get another box ready for my one year mark!! :) !
1. Brown Doggs!! Brownie mixes we have an oven that can be used to make these
2.reeses candy
3.gummy bears
4.peanut butter- M&ms the pretzel ones or peanut buttery ones
5.protien bars, cliff or like snickers marathon
6.fruit snacks not just any kind though... the fruit smiley ones
7.protien powder! yum breakfast
8. vitamins- vitimin C tablets
9.letters
10. if you really want to get on my good side. a bag of malt o meal fruity pebbles. or golden smacks.
well there you have it not much that you dont know about me here... was awesome talking to you all and i enjoyed it i love you and hope you have a great week!!
Love Elder crockett
Well it was great talking-to you all yesterday! It raised my spirits. Im still really sick and bed ridden. I'm thinking it's pneumonia. My favorite sickness! YAY!! No not really freak! Yeah so not much happened this week I went to Reu for a conference returned and went to bed and have been there for the last what 4 days now. I'm a wreck. Yesterday I pushed myself out if bed to go to church. Those 2 hours were pure pain and agony for me. Yeah church was only 2 hours because everyone after Sunday school got up and left. Ha ha ok that's cool I guess. What can we do then? after we went to the cemetery to dedicate a grave. I felt like I had allergies or something I could barely open my eyes and was sneezing eyes watering. Sucked a big one. When to our branch presidents house to eat lunch. That was alright but still looked and felt like death. Chicken soup. Was good the first time and the second time when I puked it up after. Called you guys and that was about it. Spelled the rest if the day/night. Woke up to coughing up flem. Tasty yellow stuff right. I wanna say it's progressed to my lungs resulting in pneumonia.
All I can say is that I honestly hate being sick!!! Ugh.
So I for got to ask for things while on the phone. So here's the list in order of my desires. Ha ga sorry for being a "wanty" kid mom. But feel free to get another box ready for my one year mark!! :) !
1. Brown Doggs!! Brownie mixes we have an oven that can be used to make these
2.reeses candy
3.gummy bears
4.peanut butter- M&ms the pretzel ones or peanut buttery ones
5.protien bars, cliff or like snickers marathon
6.fruit snacks not just any kind though... the fruit smiley ones
7.protien powder! yum breakfast
8. vitamins- vitimin C tablets
9.letters
10. if you really want to get on my good side. a bag of malt o meal fruity pebbles. or golden smacks.
well there you have it not much that you dont know about me here... was awesome talking to you all and i enjoyed it i love you and hope you have a great week!!
Love Elder crockett
May 2
well im in a new area! was great talking to everyone today on email thanks! well i had changes fianally. its taking some time to get adjusted but im loving it. well heres where i have been sent. Santa Babara. its in the hottest zone in the mission. here we have a branch. really was weird going to that yesterday. my area is big with about 5 towns. kinda like a spider you could say. were living in the middle then we have to walk out to the cities. about at 2 mile walk. down hill for some. but one city is 5 miles away uphill!!! really crazy. im having the challenge here with staying hydrated. im packing my camelback with me on the long journeys and drinking up everytime i get.
My new companion is really cool. hes latino from Nicaragua. its a great time learning really how to work hard here. i havnt worked this hard in my intire mission. its awesome and i know that this is how the mission is supposed to be. im loosing weight already here which is good on my part im glad. were working hard but our challenge here is getting people to go to church. they all say they will go. out of the 10 people we challenged to go none showed up. we have a fairly big role here in this area. its great to learn more about the church and how it works too.
well this week im being blessed with the oportunity to call you guys on sunday. ill be doing a prompt call saturday in the night due to the graduation stuff. congrats mindy on that!! but were on the same time zone now. so theres no problem with that. i love you guys my times up... well ill talk to you later this week love you and be sure to be home sunday to talk!!
Elder Crockett
My new companion is really cool. hes latino from Nicaragua. its a great time learning really how to work hard here. i havnt worked this hard in my intire mission. its awesome and i know that this is how the mission is supposed to be. im loosing weight already here which is good on my part im glad. were working hard but our challenge here is getting people to go to church. they all say they will go. out of the 10 people we challenged to go none showed up. we have a fairly big role here in this area. its great to learn more about the church and how it works too.
well this week im being blessed with the oportunity to call you guys on sunday. ill be doing a prompt call saturday in the night due to the graduation stuff. congrats mindy on that!! but were on the same time zone now. so theres no problem with that. i love you guys my times up... well ill talk to you later this week love you and be sure to be home sunday to talk!!
Elder Crockett
April 25
well this week was alright... didnt do tomuch... we had semana santa. no not santa clause but yeah holy week with the catholics. we wernt alout to go into the streets thursday through saturday. we could only go out to go to the stake center. sucked and there we watched movies and ate pizza.. would i really like this... well maybe the ryan you all know and love but me right now... no.. i was really bored and tired. i would rather be working and visiting member before i go. but no... although throughout all of the comotion we didn have a baptism of one of my investigators that i have been waiting to baptise for 6 months now.. that really was awesome. i loved it and i got to go in for the dunk!
not a whole lot is going on here just chilling really and waiting for changes... thats this week. yeah!!!
well my mind is blank im sure next week ill have lots to share.. love you elder crockett
not a whole lot is going on here just chilling really and waiting for changes... thats this week. yeah!!!
well my mind is blank im sure next week ill have lots to share.. love you elder crockett
April 18
hey well this week was really awesome. some life lessons and such... why do i love my bishop? well ill get to that later. this week started off with delicious tacos that i made my self. and i discoverd a smoothie place in my area with dang good smoothies! tuesday nothing really happend. wednesday i went on divisions with our zone leaders.
that really was an expirence! i got kicked out of my area and sent to the zonies area. there me and the zone leader didnt do to much work. we went to our first appointment and that fell through.. such is life though. we then went to get photocopies of some pamphlet for the zone. ate some icecream and then went back to the house.. wow what a rough life as a zone leader. later that night we went to the stake presidents house to eat with the other missionaries who live with us. there the elders said they were going to bring investigators but came up short. the wife was said since you dont have investigators you cant eat here! the gringo elder replied well thats ok your food makes me sick anyways... yeah after that it was just funny! the wife was mad the elder too. but eventually she was telling the other missionaries how me and this togan are ´´santos´´ or holy ones! haha really was a great night felt like eating at home.
well on to why i love my bishop. the dude saved my life you could say. me beeing the awesome adventurous person i am i went in to a well to help dig and clean it out. well it was pretty deep wont say how deep for mommys sake but yeah. i got down there on a rope and all no problem... got down to work. we had a fan pumping air for me and the deal was 20 minutes then change.. well i had to set everything up and was down for about 45 minutes. yes i did have air. and who care now im alive. but back to the story. i worked and then remeberd im only a quarter of the way done. i have to climb out. well they lowerd the bucket i made my way up. alright i can do this... got a quarter of the way up. and was stuggling to get to the foot hold. i was litterally inches away but i couldnt do it i dropped back down into the abyss... what is going to happen to me am i going to die down here? Ah freak. another ´´search and rescue´´ expirence what is dad going to say.. NUTTY PUTTY CAVES??? haha well my bishop is about 5´4´´ 130lbs. he pulls up the buckett takes it off and ties a loop. he says hes going to pull my but fat body out. with the help of one other kid and my comp. well i said a silent prayer and heave hooo... they were pulling me out little by little... wow what strength! im probably playing with 200 lbs now sad to say. i need to run or something... but little by little my fat butt got out of there. i reached the serface and everyone including me was exhausted!! ugh! wow that really was rough and hard. i sat by a fan to suck in some air. my body just thrashed... really was a good life expirence. im not imortal. after this my bishop went down in to the cave... he was easier to lift out! ha ha but i didnt come out clean i recived rope burn and blisters. on my hands i have about 13-15 places where skin has been ripped off and now blisterd. PARTY!!
well that happend all yesterday. wasnt that just a great expirence. after the members put some anti-bacterial stuff on my blisters and it stung and they all laughed. sucked but i really enjoyed this expirence! sorry mom but yeah was good!
hope everyone had a great week! this week were banned from entering the streets thursday till sunday. we have to wake up early and go to the stake center. fun stuff i guess! wierd being out side of the mormon ville and living in a catholic town. ill maybe snap a foto or two. but yeah great week im still alive and working hard no need to worry.
Love Elder crockett
that really was an expirence! i got kicked out of my area and sent to the zonies area. there me and the zone leader didnt do to much work. we went to our first appointment and that fell through.. such is life though. we then went to get photocopies of some pamphlet for the zone. ate some icecream and then went back to the house.. wow what a rough life as a zone leader. later that night we went to the stake presidents house to eat with the other missionaries who live with us. there the elders said they were going to bring investigators but came up short. the wife was said since you dont have investigators you cant eat here! the gringo elder replied well thats ok your food makes me sick anyways... yeah after that it was just funny! the wife was mad the elder too. but eventually she was telling the other missionaries how me and this togan are ´´santos´´ or holy ones! haha really was a great night felt like eating at home.
well on to why i love my bishop. the dude saved my life you could say. me beeing the awesome adventurous person i am i went in to a well to help dig and clean it out. well it was pretty deep wont say how deep for mommys sake but yeah. i got down there on a rope and all no problem... got down to work. we had a fan pumping air for me and the deal was 20 minutes then change.. well i had to set everything up and was down for about 45 minutes. yes i did have air. and who care now im alive. but back to the story. i worked and then remeberd im only a quarter of the way done. i have to climb out. well they lowerd the bucket i made my way up. alright i can do this... got a quarter of the way up. and was stuggling to get to the foot hold. i was litterally inches away but i couldnt do it i dropped back down into the abyss... what is going to happen to me am i going to die down here? Ah freak. another ´´search and rescue´´ expirence what is dad going to say.. NUTTY PUTTY CAVES??? haha well my bishop is about 5´4´´ 130lbs. he pulls up the buckett takes it off and ties a loop. he says hes going to pull my but fat body out. with the help of one other kid and my comp. well i said a silent prayer and heave hooo... they were pulling me out little by little... wow what strength! im probably playing with 200 lbs now sad to say. i need to run or something... but little by little my fat butt got out of there. i reached the serface and everyone including me was exhausted!! ugh! wow that really was rough and hard. i sat by a fan to suck in some air. my body just thrashed... really was a good life expirence. im not imortal. after this my bishop went down in to the cave... he was easier to lift out! ha ha but i didnt come out clean i recived rope burn and blisters. on my hands i have about 13-15 places where skin has been ripped off and now blisterd. PARTY!!
well that happend all yesterday. wasnt that just a great expirence. after the members put some anti-bacterial stuff on my blisters and it stung and they all laughed. sucked but i really enjoyed this expirence! sorry mom but yeah was good!
hope everyone had a great week! this week were banned from entering the streets thursday till sunday. we have to wake up early and go to the stake center. fun stuff i guess! wierd being out side of the mormon ville and living in a catholic town. ill maybe snap a foto or two. but yeah great week im still alive and working hard no need to worry.
Love Elder crockett
April 11
hey whats happening in the 801? here not to much this past week. you all herd about the pig we cooked, well that was delicious. maybe for my home coming ill buy one and we can cook it up! sound good mom! ill let connor kill it! well also this week i had divisions with our District leader. he is from my group and a good missionary. we started out going to our possible people and started teaching really good lessions. we found out the chanlenge of one of the my favorite investigators that i have been teaching for about 6 months now. basically all my mission. really great and im hoping for a baptism soon. things here are great im enjoying life...
well what else happend here. i went on divisions with my bishop and we had a rocking time getting to know some members and such before i leave here soon. 2 more weeks left in this change. should be a great 2 weeks. i get to be here for the santo semana... holy week. spring break. and the weekend all the catholics have there meetings and parade thing for black jesus and such. there are comercials all over the tvs about it. it will probably be a hard week of working too. but im up for the challenge.
so spanish is coming along pretty well. im studing harder and wrote up a plan for it. so i wouldnt be surprised if im speaking like a champ in 3 months. but we will see.
Health: well my Mono is back up and fighting me hard! sucks a big one. around 2 o clock i feel like i just got done with a 6000 yrd swim workout. so its a stuggle sometimes to stay awake while studing. im enjoying life though. gotta be thankful for what you have right. i could be worse off.
Members: apparently the members here love me and dont want me to go. the primary kids found out that i leave for real this time and they were a bit upset yesterday. funny stuff.. also one family wants me to move in with them when im done with my mission too... ha funny stuff there. these Baltenecos (thats what they call themselves here.) are really cool i sure do love them! they also want me to show the relief society how to make cookies because they dont know how! so next thursday were having milk and cookies! YUM!!! yes i do know how to make cookies. also this week im putting on an activity about the 2 coming of Jesus. should be awesome. i am in the process of making a movie. so maybe ill have it posted online for you all to see. or not. but yeah im excited for that!!!
well that was my week my thoughts.... write me family! and Friends! DEAR ELDERS are good to get.
well keep it real
love
Elder Crockett
well what else happend here. i went on divisions with my bishop and we had a rocking time getting to know some members and such before i leave here soon. 2 more weeks left in this change. should be a great 2 weeks. i get to be here for the santo semana... holy week. spring break. and the weekend all the catholics have there meetings and parade thing for black jesus and such. there are comercials all over the tvs about it. it will probably be a hard week of working too. but im up for the challenge.
so spanish is coming along pretty well. im studing harder and wrote up a plan for it. so i wouldnt be surprised if im speaking like a champ in 3 months. but we will see.
Health: well my Mono is back up and fighting me hard! sucks a big one. around 2 o clock i feel like i just got done with a 6000 yrd swim workout. so its a stuggle sometimes to stay awake while studing. im enjoying life though. gotta be thankful for what you have right. i could be worse off.
Members: apparently the members here love me and dont want me to go. the primary kids found out that i leave for real this time and they were a bit upset yesterday. funny stuff.. also one family wants me to move in with them when im done with my mission too... ha funny stuff there. these Baltenecos (thats what they call themselves here.) are really cool i sure do love them! they also want me to show the relief society how to make cookies because they dont know how! so next thursday were having milk and cookies! YUM!!! yes i do know how to make cookies. also this week im putting on an activity about the 2 coming of Jesus. should be awesome. i am in the process of making a movie. so maybe ill have it posted online for you all to see. or not. but yeah im excited for that!!!
well that was my week my thoughts.... write me family! and Friends! DEAR ELDERS are good to get.
well keep it real
love
Elder Crockett
Monday, April 4, 2011
April 4
what is coche? well heres a picture!
this is going to be our lunch dinner today!! im stoked,. i woke up around 5 30 this morning to help with the killing and gutting. 
well were having a few set back but thats ok. there are some dedicated elders who will help out and get things back online for it ha ha. well this week has been really filling
conference was really good with all the talks. although us missionaries dont like the sound of the prophet telling everyone to get married to our girlfriends we know its all about the plan that we have to soon acomplish. what an awesome plan we have take a second and think about it. thanks for the letters everyone who sent them they were great!(MINDY) really was cool!
but we were having bad reception through our satalite. guess who they came to to solve the problem? ME ha ha funny. the stake president was upset that we lost signal. so i told him find a lap top and use the internet?? wow thats so so hard! ha funny though. i have a feeling that this wont be the last time in the mission that i will be behind a computer helping someone out.
along with this week i have made some good friends. from utah. ha so many elders from there. i really have enjoyed my time out here. and looking forward to what this week brings me!
the mission is going good. i have had a fun time teaching my latino comp new games! what games?? SLUG BUG and PT Cruser bruiser! ha ha he enjoys them! also this week it rained really hard. so hard that our house got water inside... sucked but i didnt mind it really. really was funny. i was to tired to care! well that was my general confrence week! really enjoyed the talks and the leessons that week can learn from our loving prophet Thomas S. Monson! really a great guy!
well i love you all hope you enjoy the pictures!
Elder Crockett
this is going to be our lunch dinner today!! im stoked,. i woke up around 5 30 this morning to help with the killing and gutting. 
well were having a few set back but thats ok. there are some dedicated elders who will help out and get things back online for it ha ha. well this week has been really filling conference was really good with all the talks. although us missionaries dont like the sound of the prophet telling everyone to get married to our girlfriends we know its all about the plan that we have to soon acomplish. what an awesome plan we have take a second and think about it. thanks for the letters everyone who sent them they were great!(MINDY) really was cool!
but we were having bad reception through our satalite. guess who they came to to solve the problem? ME ha ha funny. the stake president was upset that we lost signal. so i told him find a lap top and use the internet?? wow thats so so hard! ha funny though. i have a feeling that this wont be the last time in the mission that i will be behind a computer helping someone out.
along with this week i have made some good friends. from utah. ha so many elders from there. i really have enjoyed my time out here. and looking forward to what this week brings me!
the mission is going good. i have had a fun time teaching my latino comp new games! what games?? SLUG BUG and PT Cruser bruiser! ha ha he enjoys them! also this week it rained really hard. so hard that our house got water inside... sucked but i didnt mind it really. really was funny. i was to tired to care! well that was my general confrence week! really enjoyed the talks and the leessons that week can learn from our loving prophet Thomas S. Monson! really a great guy!
well i love you all hope you enjoy the pictures!
Elder Crockett
Monday, March 28, 2011
March 28
well 8 down. 16 more. 33.33333333% ect. left of guatemala. wow does time move here and there...
this last week i have had an amazing expirence! made my mission. well. we started to teach a guy whos family are members and they are just waiting on him. i went on divisions with one of the Asistants. it was his previous investigator so he wanted to see what was up. we went to their house with one plan. fetcha! or baptismal date! well we went in there got to know them a little then started to teach my favorite thing! the doctorine of christ. 1. faith, repentance, baptism, gift of the holy ghost, and endure to the end.
well started going on and on we asked their 10 year old daughter what do you want your dad to do? i want you to fill the baptismal font! and then we asked what would you like for your family! before i say this i just want to bag on the states for a second. kids here mature so much faster then back home. sorry but its true. she said i want to enter into the temple and be sealed to my family for eturnity. by this time i was fighting off tears the wife was crying and the little girl was crying into her fathers shoulders.
we then asked him if he wanted to follow christ and let him in to his life and he said yes.
this has been the most spiritual expirence i have had in my mission was very grateful that i was able to have this. and its helped me everyday after that. we baptized him this past sunday. yesterday! i wish you could all of been there for it. was so special! mission is great and teaching me alot.
how are things is this area? as of right now were looking around for more people! im stoked for general conference and for all the good things that come with that.
well times up really! i love you all!!
elder crockett
this last week i have had an amazing expirence! made my mission. well. we started to teach a guy whos family are members and they are just waiting on him. i went on divisions with one of the Asistants. it was his previous investigator so he wanted to see what was up. we went to their house with one plan. fetcha! or baptismal date! well we went in there got to know them a little then started to teach my favorite thing! the doctorine of christ. 1. faith, repentance, baptism, gift of the holy ghost, and endure to the end.
well started going on and on we asked their 10 year old daughter what do you want your dad to do? i want you to fill the baptismal font! and then we asked what would you like for your family! before i say this i just want to bag on the states for a second. kids here mature so much faster then back home. sorry but its true. she said i want to enter into the temple and be sealed to my family for eturnity. by this time i was fighting off tears the wife was crying and the little girl was crying into her fathers shoulders.
we then asked him if he wanted to follow christ and let him in to his life and he said yes.
this has been the most spiritual expirence i have had in my mission was very grateful that i was able to have this. and its helped me everyday after that. we baptized him this past sunday. yesterday! i wish you could all of been there for it. was so special! mission is great and teaching me alot.
how are things is this area? as of right now were looking around for more people! im stoked for general conference and for all the good things that come with that.
well times up really! i love you all!!
elder crockett
Monday, March 21, 2011
March 21
well this past week has been a good week so far. i didnt have changes in area. 5 changes here so ill hit 7 months in this area! ugh. i really want to get out but its probably best that i am here. everything here is going great. i dont really like showing the area around for a 2nd time.
my new comp is from honduras. he has 17 months in the mission knows the doctorine and all but doesnt really know how to work. so i feel like im training. its rough. but this will probably prepare me for the time to come. hes not my favorite comp but what can you do right?
so yesterday we had a service activity. we went and chopped some wood for a family who the husbund has cancer. so us and the elders quarm went and did that for a good 2-3 hours. was great and yes i do have blisters on my hand. sucks. and after that we went to our next visit and we invited our selfs to help them load up a truck of wood and take it to their house. so yesterday was a service filled day. really felt great about it afterwords and such.
so my thoughts on this change.. well i just want to get through it. its going to be rough. dont like my comp really. but oh well. 6 more weeks i think i can pull through with it.
so march maddness is in the books. kevin told me a little bit. my bracket is in the mail. but from what i herd my bracket is messed up from the upsets... suck! but thats what happens when you have no knowlege of stats and such. but oh well. so how are things?
im just about what 7 weeks from calling home! that will be awesome and im excited for that! i miss you all and sorry for the borring email this week. this week looks a little more promising for fun!
i love you
Elder crockett
my new comp is from honduras. he has 17 months in the mission knows the doctorine and all but doesnt really know how to work. so i feel like im training. its rough. but this will probably prepare me for the time to come. hes not my favorite comp but what can you do right?
so yesterday we had a service activity. we went and chopped some wood for a family who the husbund has cancer. so us and the elders quarm went and did that for a good 2-3 hours. was great and yes i do have blisters on my hand. sucks. and after that we went to our next visit and we invited our selfs to help them load up a truck of wood and take it to their house. so yesterday was a service filled day. really felt great about it afterwords and such.
so my thoughts on this change.. well i just want to get through it. its going to be rough. dont like my comp really. but oh well. 6 more weeks i think i can pull through with it.
so march maddness is in the books. kevin told me a little bit. my bracket is in the mail. but from what i herd my bracket is messed up from the upsets... suck! but thats what happens when you have no knowlege of stats and such. but oh well. so how are things?
im just about what 7 weeks from calling home! that will be awesome and im excited for that! i miss you all and sorry for the borring email this week. this week looks a little more promising for fun!
i love you
Elder crockett
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