So some members gave us a gift card this last week with
quite a bit of money on it to LOGAN'S Roadhouse. All 4 of us Assistants
decided we should treat ourselves after such a busy week. Let's just say
we splurged. I definitely got shrimp and it was amazing! haha We were all
stuffed as could be when I pulled out my wallet and pulled out the gift
card. Well, little did Elder Crandall know we were at ORIGINAL Roadhouse!
haha! So I asked the waiter if she'd let it slide but to no avail. We
ended up having to cover the check with our funds... so it is safe to say I
will be eating top ramen the rest of the month! haha Except... we still have a
gift card to Logan's;) haha
R** M** was baptized on Saturday!! It was such an
amazing experience for everyone who came to support her. She was just
smiling from ear to ear the whole time with tears in her eyes. After she
was baptized she had prepared a 7 page testimony that she shared. It was
so cool to hear her talk about how God helped her find the path. The littlest
things like being broken into will lead you to end up finding the straight and
narrow. She was a referral from a vivint salesman. Her road is so
hidden and disguised that we would never have even found her street if we
weren't told to try by. She is one of the most converted people I've
seen. There is a quote in Preach My Gospel that says "you can't
convert someone beyond your own conversion," but I think we may have! haha
She made enchiladas Saturday night for a baptism get-together she threw Sunday
after church. However, she was up past midnight and couldn't taste
test it... because she knew it was Fast Sunday!
Mission Leadership Council was one of my favorites
yet! We had to drop off departing missionaries at the airport that
morning at 5. After we dropped them off, we figured we wouldn't have
time to go back to bed before we traveled to Tehachapi for the meeting... so
we went to Fabulous Burger. It is a 24 hour burger joint that feeds
missionaries for free! We all got french toast and watched the sunrise in
the back of a pick up truck just outside Fabulous Burger... It was definitely a
morning I will always remember. (Might surprise you that I'll remember it
considering how tired we were! haha). Anyways, we planned for the MLC the
night before while all the departing missionaries anxiously packed their
bags. I was surprised that morning when our notes actually made sense and
for the parts we didn't plan as well for, we just followed the spirit and it
turned out great!
We are really trying to improve our fundamentals as
missionaries. If you don't know the basics... then you won't have
confidence to do the complex. One of the commitments our whole mission
was given is to Role play every single day. I use to HATE roleplays... but
now... my day isn't complete without doing a roleplay! They can be so much fun
and revelatory if you want them to be! You only get out of something what
you are willing to put in!
I went to Elder Burke's Zone Training Meeting (I trained him
as a zone leader back when). He is such a stud. I know I will keep in
contact with him after the mission! He talked about how we need to be
BOVING (Bold & Loving) when we work with investigators. That is
something we laughed about and would say to each other when we were
companions... so to see him bring it to full light just cracked me up.
It was such a fun week... and yes... oh yes... this next
week will be another crazy one! Woot!!
Shout out to R** M**, Thank you for being such an
inspiration to me! I wish I could have learned to accept the gospel as fast as
you did!
Love, Elder Crandall the Vandal
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