J** M** was baptized and confirmed! She is one
of the sweetest ladies I've been able to teach on my whole mission. She
has known about the church for over 20 years but has finally put in the effort
and made up her mind that this is what she wants! Earlier in the week she
was about to come over to the church to have her baptismal interview. On
her phone she has a contact named "My Love" which is her nickname for
her husband who passed away 2 years previous. The contact doesn't have a
number connected to it... so whenever she misses him or wants to let him know
what she is doing in her life she will text that contact. Well, right
before she left to come to the church she decided to text that contact and let
him know that she was really excited to get baptized and hoped he was proud of
her. A couple of seconds after she hit send... in which it wouldn't send
to anywhere... her phone spoke out loud as if she was getting a text message and
it said, "Message from.. My Love" She told us about this as
soon as she got to the church! She was sooo happy to KNOW that not only is
Heavenly Father Watching out for her but, her husband is cheering her on from
the other side of the veil so they can be sealed! Why do I have to come
home?!?!?!
We had Mission Leadership Council again this week. I
think this was the 11th one I have done and sadly the last. We talked a
lot about turning our finding into baptisms. We fasted today to see the
fruits of our finding. Now comes the hard work and the plethora of
miracles!:) I was able to share my testimony at the very end and got a little
emotional as it hit me how amazing my mission has been and how much I love
being a missionary. Nothing brings the spirit stronger than testifying of
something you know to be true. Why do I have to come home?!?!?!
Wednesday night was so awesome! We went to a returning
less-actives home to try and share a message with some of the non-members in
his home. We were able to teach his 20 year old niece T**. We
shared the restoration with her and right in the middle of it she started
crying. She could feel the truth and it spoke straight to her
heart. We invited her to the Book of Mormon class that night and she
came! We met with her the next day and commited her to read and pray
about the book of mormon that night. We texted her the next day to see if
she read the chapter we left her with. She read it. We asked if she
prayed about it. She said she did and already received an answer and she
knew these things were true. She sent another text that said I have found
my new church home and I want to thank you both. She literally met us 2
days before and hadn't even been to church yet!!! She is a spiritual giant!:)
It gets better people!! She came to church and afterward we asked her 1-10 how
much did she like it... and she gave it a solid 10!:) She reminds me so
much of Tray T**. Why do I have to come home?!?!?!
The E** family is becoming even more like family.
They came to the book of mormon class as well and their kids went to
mutual. They had a blast:) We also went over on Friday night and
watched part of the prophet of the restoration movie. E** (mom) was
sharing how in just 1 week of listening to the Book of Mormon in the car as she
commutes and having us come over she can feel the difference in the peace she
has. I wish you could see how cold she was when we first met her at the
door. Now she wants to hug us everytime she sees us but gives us a
handshake with both hands instead:) haha I love them!!!! Why do I have to
come home?!?!?!
Friday Elder Houghton and I had the coolest privilege
ever! We were able to take President Wilson out with us for 3 hours in
our area! We had some really powerful lessons all in members homes!
When he teaches you can just feel the warmth from the Holy Ghost. That
was my first time ever teaching with President and all i'm gonna say is we make
a pretty great Trio! We even took him knocking for 30 minutes before one of our
lessons and we found a new investigator together! Why do I have to come
home?!?!?!
I wish I could remember all of the details of this week
because it was honestly one of the best ones of my mission. We had at
least 2 lessons everyday that were action packed with the spirit:)
Shout out to my mom.... I know I have to come home... but I
will only do it because I love you:)
Love Elder Crandall the Vandal
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