Hey Everyone!
Sorry for not sending out a weekly Email last week. Was pretty rushed
on time but for this week, we had a lot of service and the ward here
in Ocean Springs made my birthday pretty awesome!
We have been trying to serve the people down here in Ocean Springs so
that they know who the missionaries are and when we approach them,
they will have a softened heart towards us. So we have been power
washing a members house, volunteering at the library and also we
helped out at the stake ran Emergency Preparedness Fair where i was
the MC. It was pretty weird being the voice of an event, especially
as a missionary but it was still fun. We have been teaching Linda,
the lady on house arrest, and she is still open and really nice and
has a lot of questions about the church and its nice having the
knowledge or sources to answer her question as well. We started
teaching a lady named Elizabeth and she has been taught before and is
still open and has a lot of questions as well. She claims to be an
atheist but still wants the "Mormon Experience" and so we will try our
best to give that to her haha. And then we are still trying to reach
out to Arty so that he can continue the lessons and eventually in the
long run, make it to the temple and be sealed to his wife.
One cool thing that i learned recently is that in Romans Chapter 8 we
learn that we are "Joint-heirs with Christ" and if we think about how
much love and care is showed to christ by his father, imagine how much
he loves each and every one of you, and so when you are having a rough
day, just know that your father in heaven loves you and will do
anything he can to help you.
Cant wait to hear back from y'all. Stay awesome!
-Elder Crouch
Hey Mama,
This week was a good one and thank you for the packages. They made my
day. The cakes were a little melted but ate and tasted the same and
so that was awesome and the GPS is really nice and makes the work a
looooot easier. I didn't tell really anyone it was my birthday and
then all of a sudden members kept telling me Happy Birthday and I was
so confused and then I figured out that the Sisters basically called
the whole ward and they all spoiled me and brought a treat or
something so I am loaded up on the sugar that is for sure. We did a
loooot of service this week as well. We did some volunteer time at
the library a few days in the week and then we helped Trystaun with
his property and then we also helped with a church ran Emergency
Preparedness fair and I was the MC and announced all the door prizes
and announcements over the Microphone. It was a little weird but I
still had fun. We tried to stay as busy as possible and then time
went by somewhat fast but it was a slower week than usual. We met a
lady named Elizabeth who has talked to missionaries before but she
says she is an Atheist and so this should be an interesting
investigator and then we had another lesson with Alana and Clint, the
couple who is just really intelligent about any religious history and
so they are looking for a logical and smart conversion rather than a
spiritual which is hard for them to grasp because the story of Joseph
Smith really is a ludicrous thing, but you can know if you pray but
they just don't feel the spirit well. We helped Arty pressure wash
his house on monday and that was a way to get him to trust us a bit
more and it was just fun using a pressure washer ahah. But thats
really all the big stuff we did this week. Other than the birthday
and the Preparedness fair, nothing too exciting. But it will be
awesome to chat and I hope you are able too. Cant wait to hear back.
Love ya
-Elder Crouch
Hey Padre,
First of, this email is attatched with a picture that I took of a
company down her that will make you laugh because it for sure made me
laugh. This week was a good one and thank you for the packages. They
made my
day. The cakes were a little melted but ate and tasted the same and
so that was awesome and the GPS is really nice and makes the work a
looooot easier. And it does not surprise me one bit that you had mom
crying over a joke like that hahaha. I didn't tell really anyone it
was my birthday and
then all of a sudden members kept telling me Happy Birthday and I was
so confused and then I figured out that the Sisters basically called
the whole ward and they all spoiled me and brought a treat or
something so I am loaded up on the sugar that is for sure. And it is
pretty crazy that the school year is almost over. That means that I
am almost at my eight month mark. The year mark is right around the
corner. We did a
loooot of service this week as well. We did some volunteer time at
the library a few days in the week and then we helped Trystaun with
his property and then we also helped with a church ran Emergency
Preparedness fair and I was the MC and announced all the door prizes
and announcements over the Microphone. It was a little weird but I
still had fun. We tried to stay as busy as possible and then time
went by somewhat fast but it was a slower week than usual. We met a
lady named Elizabeth who has talked to missionaries before but she
says she is an Atheist and so this should be an interesting
investigator and then we had another lesson with Alana and Clint, the
couple who is just really intelligent about any religious history and
so they are looking for a logical and smart conversion rather than a
spiritual which is hard for them to grasp because the story of Joseph
Smith really is a ludicrous thing, but you can know if you pray but
they just don't feel the spirit well. We helped Arty pressure wash
his house on monday and that was a way to get him to trust us a bit
more and it was just fun using a pressure washer ahah. But thats
really all the big stuff we did this week. Other than the birthday
and the Preparedness fair, nothing too exciting. But it will be
awesome to chat and I hope you are able too. Cant wait to hear back.
Love ya
Elder Crouch
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