A few of you, I just got your emails from Wendy, others of you I snuck onto my gmail account to pilfer some addresses. . . (don't tell President Beck. ^.~) I wanted to send this out to you just to let you know how it's going, that I'm still alive out here in the field. . .
Today is the second day of my FOURTH MONTH in the mission! Times flies when you're having fun. . . Everything is pretty much awesome. I'm finally learning why it is that people say you work the hardest you ever had as a missionary. On the other hand, it's really easy to do it because it's so well organized, and you really want to do it. I've seen enough miracles for that.
I've already participated in two baptisms, and we're looking forward to sheduling two more for the end of this month. Who knows, maybe more than that. . . We're hoping.
I've been learning Spanish as well--and yesterday in church was kind of like a break through for me. When it comes to talking about the gospel, I can actually understand it pretty well! Which is pretty dang exciting for me. I try to study it every day like they tell us--which I'm learning it's pretty important to do what you're told. Especially since on the days that I do study for an hour in the morning, my ability to understand the language is tons better than days that I don't. Something about the Spirit of God and the Gift of Tongues. . . I don't know.
Umm, what else do you need to know? Well, I love it here. Oh, I figured you'd get a kick out of this email I just sent to my mission president--kinda sums up the week:
"Dear President Beck,
We got goal again! [[FYI: The weekly "goal" here in Phoenix is 20 lessons, 10 hours of tracting, and 2 lessons with less active or recent convert members]] I was pretty excited about that. And we worked so hard this week--which was evident in the fact that we had SEVEN people in church on Sunday! It was the most stressful Sunday of my life, but incredibly rewarding. :D
I'm glad you enjoy these emails--I enjoy writing them, because there's always something good to say! We now have 7 progressing investigators--building up to 9 or 10 by next week, we hope. The ward is good--but we're still working on getting more member-missionary effort together. If we can just get that going, the work here will explode. We need more referrals from the ward members, because I know that it will increase the chance of the investigator making it to baptism by a ton.
So that's where we're at right now. Slowly improving ourselves--purifying the messenger I guess--and seeing the blessings that are coming from working as hard as we can. The thing about working as hard as you can is, well, you get stronger, and can work harder! What we need now is to work more effectively. It's looking pretty good so far.
That's my report for today, I really hope you and Sister Beck are well. Did you tell everybody hi for me? Well, hi again to everyone in the office! This is going to be a good week.
Sincerely,
Hna. Crowley"
That's pretty much it--being a missionary is AWESOME! I love my companion too--Hermana Corless is my trainer, and I couldn't ask for better. Last night, we gave ourselves French manicures. Very fashionable, I must say. We get along really well, and have a lot of fun. We laugh a lot. It's awesome.
Soon I'll send pictures of what we did for Halloween, which was pretty intense as well. Imagine a sister missionary in a Jody dress and dredlocks. . .
Gotta go--I'm out of time! I love you all, and hope you enjoyed this little update. If you have any questions, just email me: caryn.d.crowley.apm@myldsmail.
Hermana Caryn Delayn Crowley
Arizona Phoenix Mission
18001 N 79th Ave. Bldg. C Ste. 50
Glendale, AZ 85308
And, if you want my mom to add you to the group that she forwards to every week, just send her a little note--origional@hotmail.com--
and she'll put you on the list. :D Otherwise, just know that I love you and I'm excited to see you again! God be with you.
Love,
Hna. Crowley
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