Wed, 27 Aug 2008: Week SEVEN!!!!

Crazy, right? Yeah, I leave the MTC in 12 days.

Ok, so let's get through this update. I want to get back to snail-mail writing. I'm almost completely caught up on my snail mail--the family is next. Sorry for not writing a snail-mail last week, I totally ran out of time. But I planned better today. And I got a hair-cut! I took off 4 inches. Slowly, I'm getting myself weaned off long hair. I'm thinking of getting it shorter too, but we'll see how I feel about it next week. This whole free hair-cut is addicting. . . Lol.

So what happened this week? Ummmmm. . . . Our speaker in Relief Society was Sister Elaine Dalton, from the old Young Women's General Presidency. She was awesome! And she reminded us of the YW theme, and how those first two sentences really apply to us--we are daughters of our Heavenly Father, who loves us, and we love Him. We will stand as witnesses of God. . .You know the rest. It was pretty awesome. And she extended a commitment to us as well--the 100% commitment. Goes like this: Pray every day, 100%. Read from the Book of Mormon (by yourself, family study doesn't count ^.~) at least 5 minutes every day, 100%. And last, smile every day (not necessarily ALL day, cuz then people might think you're weird) 100%. I think you guys should try that.

Ummm, what else? Just a normal week, really. We taught in Spanish, lesson 2, yesterday. It was pretty much amazing, because my companionship has been really working hard on being obedient and having the Spirit, and man it showed in our lesson! Hna. Lisiate has been behind with the Spanish because of how much time she's had to spend outside of class with physical therapy, doctor appointments, etc, but yesterday she didn't use any notes, made perfect sense, and man the Spirit was powerful. We were just going off each other, and saying things that each of us thought we should say. . .That probably didn't make sense. Anyway, it was awesome. Yeah, those of you who will be coming to the MTC, you'll love it. But I know how much you honestly enjoy it will depend on how well you follow the rules. Believe me, it makes a huge difference. And, surprise surprise, you can still have fun while keeping the rules. I think the First Presidency has got this whole missionary preparation thing down.

I gotta go, because my laundry's done and I really want time to write you all individually. Oh yeah, I think you should all get a Preach My Gospel manual. See, every speaker we've had here--including Elder Oaks--has talked about how amazing it is. And it is, when you realize the amazing stuff that they put in it! And yeah, it can totally be applied to regular members, not just full-time missionaries. Especially Kyle, since you'll probably be the next one serving. . . It's awesome, and the activities are so helpful, and it will change your life.

I love you all, and I miss you in a healthy way. I didn't get a letter from y'all yet today, but I'm pretty sure I will soon. You have no idea--well, a couple of you do--how much I appreciate the weekly letters. They really make my week.

Love,
Hna. Crowley.

P.S. Please tell Grandma Scovill thanks so much for the update, I'm praying for Alicia and her baby boy, and Amy and her little girl. And tell Grandma VanBuren that it's ok with me if she decides to move on, because I'll see her again, and we'll hang out. But I think Grandpa VanBuren has waited long enough. . . Lol.

Love you!