Tue, 17 Feb 2009

Dear Fam/Friends,

Another week, another email. Aren't you glad to hear from me again? :D I didn't get to email yesterday because it was President's Day, but I'm here now, so don't you worry. I'm sure you people just live off of the juice I send you. ^.~ Heheh.

Anyway, let me tell you a little about my week. But first, I need to remember what I did. . .

This whole mission thing is beginning to blur together.

On Friday something really awesome happened: we committed a man to baptism. And he accepted. YES. Have I told you about Adan yet? He's awesome. 35-ish widower with a 4-yr-old boy. He found the church through his good friend Ammon from work. He is totally legit. Very intelligent, has a lot of questions and really feels it. So when we taught about baptism and Hna. Martinez asked him if he would follow the example of Jesus Christ and be baptized by authority he said, "Si, Senorita." It was awesome. My heart jumped ten stories. It has been a while for us, and I was beginning to get a little discouraged. But we've got a lot of work here, and the Lord is teaching me a good lesson on how to have faith.

What else to tell you . . . ?

Nothing is really popping up, except to tell you about something I forgot last week--Sister Sylvia Allred from the Relief Society General Presidency was here and had a special fireside for the Hispanic sisters in this area. We took a picture with her. She's really sweet!

And Saturday was Valentine's Day. As I get older, I am beginning to appreciate the real reasons for the day--just every once in a while you need a reminder to just tell your loved ones they are loved. So, although it is highly commercialized and some people take it too far, I have decided that I do like Valentine's Day, except as a missionary. We had nothing to do that evening because we couldn't set any appointments because everyone was out doing something. Even our widower had something to do. We were pathetic. So we ent up buying some little toys for an apartment of Elders who hadn't gotten anything from their families. They were very grateful.

I love working with these Elders. It's like having a hoard of little brothers to take care of! Lol. Kyle, believe me, none of them add up to you. You're still the best little brother. Except you punch me in the face sometimes, and they don't. Punk.

I owe some of you awesome letters. Yesterday was a full P-Day, so I only got one letter done, but you know who you are, and that you're amazing, and that you will be getting a letter soon in reply.

That's it for now. I gotta go, because it's not actually P-Day and I shouldn't be wasting time. We've got work to do, people to find, souls to save!

Be safe, and know that some little Sister missionary is out there praying for you.

Love,
Hna. Crowley