We had mission leadership council this week with our area 70
Elder Garnes. He talked about smiling. There are so many positive
things that come from smiling and it is the most simple thing to do. You
never know who's day you can make just by smiling at them. The missionary
in me is about to come out.... "Will you smile at one person a day this
week?" hopeful answer: yes..."I promise you that you will make a new
friend or help answer someone's prayer." haha
We also had a Zone Training Meeting. Elder Burke and I
felt very strongly about focusing on enjoying your mission and how you can
better work with members. We asked Sister Jacobs (one of our STL's (STL
stands for Sister Trainer Leaders) that just finished training) to give a
talk on being enthusiastic. She is from the south... so you know it was
the best talk I have ever heard. She talked about how one night she came
across one of her recent converts drunk. She started to pray that she
could talk to this man in a state he would understand and not be completely
drunk. That instant he started throwing up nonstop. Her response to
that" MMMHMMM that's right!" She said when she felt lower than
low staying positive and taking her problem immediately to God it all worked
out. Another quote that just kept me laughing was, "Ammon was so
enthusiastic he passed out!!!! Several Times!" haha Oh I wish you could
have been there to hear it. She is going to be an incredible leader and
inspirererer(don't know how that's spelled ha!) for this mission! Elder
Boy also gave a talk about enjoying your mission. He talked about how if
you repent and don't fight the change, then you will love every minute.
When we try and hold on to disobedience, girlfriends, whatever it be, then we
can't fully immerse in the mission. I loved it. The spirit was
soooo strong for the whole meeting. Also, a miracle that happened....
last month Elder Hyde and I were really emphasizing achievable goals that will
help you stretch. We set some tough but achievable goals as a zone and we
were 3 short for people at church for the month.... AND... We hit our goal
right on the money for member presents! So awesome.
Regardless of all the craziness going on. My own
personal goal this week was to make sure we had a member at our new
investigators house and that the member did the inviting to church. We
did just that and we had 5 new people come to church!! Oh my goodness I can't
tell you how excited I was. I have been trying soooo hard for so long to
get some new people to church and the answer was so simple! Brother
Williams is one of the coolest members I have met. He is a convert so his
contributions in lessons are always stellar. He picked them up for church
and gave a talk with his family in sacrament. His non member dad was
there and as he spoke about the Plan of Salvation you could just see how hard
the spirit was hitting him and how much he wanted his father to feel the same
thing. I love Brother Williams.
I am so thankful for all that I have. I would not give
my spiritual experiences for anything. I love recognizing divine help and
I love when others recognize divine help. I've heard a lot about agency
in the past week. How lucky are we that we can choose whatever we
want. We get to choose our consequence... by making that first
choice. I love the comparison of this life being a 4 minute bobsled race.
We trained for an eternity before we came to this earth... we make the
choice while we are here to stay in the bobsled and endure or to jump out and
lose everything. By reading your scriptures and praying daily you are
practically duct taping yourself up so there is no way you could even think
about hopping outside of that bobsled haha!
I love you much!
Shout out to Both my uncs. Happy birthday this week to Uncle
Greg and Uncle Rob! I am sure lucky to have your examples!
Love Elder Crandall the Vandal
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