Yes, the area is doing really well, and I'm so excited to be here! I will tell you about the Visa Run in my letter, and N was baptized by Brother Y in the bishopric. :)
Wow, yah! So, we are it in CCK, and we are BUSY! And, they had to close down houses, so we stay at Newton, which is about 45 minutes from our area. So, night time is fun because we have to leave so early to get home on time. It's a little expensive, but the Zone Leaders are super concerned about us, and are doing a lot to help. They are so good! I'm so grateful for them!!!
Wow! You are really hearing all the mission news :) And yes, the mission is degrading. We will lose 8 more sisters at the end of this transfer with none coming in. It will probably get to the point that every ward only has 1 set of missionaries in SG.
Right? We just ate them at home! You just put double-stuffed oreos in pancake batter and fry it in oil. It's so yummy! Much better than Canada actually. And yes, I always think about Canada with deep fried things.
I had cake and an oreo shake on my birthday here! So that was fun!
This week was a crazy week! I had a birthday, Visa Run, transfer exchange, and now am in a whole new situation but still serving in CCK. I feel like I am still in an adjustment period, but I love life and I love seeing myself grow. I can tell you, I feel like a whole new person than when I first got here! And, maybe a lot of my actions haven't changed, but I feel my mindset about life, and everything I do changing. I love repentance. Speaking of repentance, I was able to read this week about it in my Book of Mormon study, and learned that we can't have repentance without punishment. Super interesting thought, but also very good.
As far as the work goes, miracles are happening! The biggest news on investigators is that J wants to be baptized! It was the best birthday present I could have asked for. He told us, "Sisters, I know God is there. I know the Book of Mormon is true...so, I must be baptized or else I will be going back on a promise I made with God." I was so grateful that my consistent nightly prayers for J to receive a solid answer were answered and as he consistently came to church, and read the Book of Mormon that God answered him. I think consistent follow-up on that commitment helped him have the desire to read. I'm really excited for him! Our other investigators are doing well, and we have some good RC (recent convert?) families as well as a couple less actives. We are just trying to get consistent meetings with them.
I was able to see a couple miracles this week! First of all, I had a little trouble going through immigration and so did Sister Asanuma. Going out of SG, they were talking about U-turning, and looking for a really long time at my passport. I was worried they had put something in under my name, and that I wasn't going to make it back in! However, we said a big group prayer right before coming back in to SG, and I knew that if I was supposed to be here in CCK, that Heavenly Father would help me back in. As I walked through immigration to get into SG, I didn't get one single question asked to me. I smiled, the immigration officer smiled back, and then she stamped my passport. Same for Sister Asanuma :). Prayer really works, and I know God has a perfect plan for us, our investigators, everyone!
The other miracle we had was N! We went to visit a PM (part member) family one night, and as we were hopping into the elevator, we said 'hi' to a man that happened to be going up as well. He instantly noticed our name tags and asked if we were Christian. We only had 6 floors to talk, (he skipped his floor to talk to us!) so all we really had time to do was give him a card and invited him to look at the website. After we had done that, we got an SMS about an hour later from this same man asking if we were still in the area and if we could meet. He said he had looked at the website and had some questions. Unfortunately, we had already left to go back to Newton, but we were able to meet the next night and he is super awesome! He has a cute family of a wife and two kids (not interested....yet!) and he said he is just searching for something, and that he is willing to arrange his schedule to meet us every Friday night. We are excited to teach him and help him "Come unto Christ"!
God is truly in charge of this work. He is blessing us for our efforts, and putting people in our path, and helping the ones who are already here.
Love,
Sister Crabb
P.S. MISSIONARY WORK IS THE BEST!!!
Remind me about the Visa Run and my BDAY over skype :)
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| Her district before the last transfer? |
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