December 26, 2017

Feliz Navidad y prospero año:)

     I hope y'all had the merriest Christmas! This was such a good week! We had a Christmas Zone conference and that was just really fun!

     This week my companion and I got in a fight. There was punching and kicking and it wasn't pretty. Jk (just kidding). We just went to MMA (mixed martial arts). There's a guy the English sisters are working with that teaches self-defense and we get to go every Thursday now. It took comp inventory to a whole new level hahahahaah. It was so so fun and now I can take on the world. 

     Christmas was great because even though we aren't with our families we just get to spend it with others. Proselyting is not successful Christmas Eve and Christmas and President Innes actually has us stay in if we aren't invited places. We were lucky enough to have a lot of families have us over. 

     I loved getting to talk to my family especially because it made me realize just how much I truly love to be here. I loved getting to tell them about the people we are working with and the work here. This last week, I have reflected a lot on the last year and what it's meant to me. I absolutely love my calling. I love that I get to learn Spanish and I love that I am in South Carolina. I have felt especially loved this last week. Love from my family and friends. Love from other missionaries and ward members. But especially love from my Savior. He's just looking out for me.
     I really love Hermana Jensen! She's from Draper and has been out for 13 months. We get along great and it has been fun being comps. She's a great missionary and loves to work hard. We are just figuring out the area together and it's been great!!
     We had a Christmas miracle! The Hernandez family has been on our mind a lot. We love them but we really wanted to gain their trust and have them love us. We could tell they were just warming up to us and honestly we hadn't even had the chance to really talk to Guadalupe . This made getting to know him nearly impossible! We'd been praying that we'd be able to connect with their family and understand why we were put here right now and what we could do to help them continue to progress! They had us over for dinner on Christmas and we got in and we got to talk to Guadalupe and just get to know him. After dinner, we just talked with the whole family and told funny stories. We asked them to share 1 thing they've learned this year and 1 thing that was monumental or fun. Everyone shared something about the gospel. I asked more about their family and the story of all of their kids. They told us everything!!! Their whole story!! They really really opened up to us and we felt like we really gained their love and confidence. We were there for 4 ½ hours just with the family. On no other day but Christmas could we have just sat and talked and had the whole family there and had that type of atmosphere! We feel like that was an answer to our prayers. Also talking with Guadalupe, we realized that he just wants his daughters to learn to be good girls and love God. Thankfully, as sisters we can help them do that. We really are feeling blessed!!! 

     As the year ends I hope everyone can see all the blessings that God has given us and the strength the Savior helps us find daily. 

Have a blessed week. 

Con mucho Amor 

Hermana Crofts 

Hermana Crofts and Hermana Jensen

Thanks for the love & packages from everyone. I got lots of letters and just felt really loved!

Transfers with all of the Spanish speaking Hermanas. We have Spanish conference this upcoming week. Woot, Woot!

Transfers last week with Hermana Jensen & Abril.

Christmas Eve at the Kitchen's house

I was Mary in the Nativity play. Hahah

Message from Sister Watson in Boiling Springs Ward "These lovely ladies brought us cookies. They are very sweet. I know you spoke to them yesterday but pictures are great to have. Love, Sister Watson"