November 26, 2018

Thanksgiving tacos 🦃🌮

     Happy thanksgiving y'all!! I hope that it was a good one and that you enjoyed being with family, and eating wayyyyy too much food! It was such a good week and kinda funny too. 

     We had Mission Leadership Conference and it just felt like we were receiving revelation from on high! We also got to meet with Lisette. She is from Spain and she is in high school. We actually met her when we were in Columbia. She was taught by the missionaries in Spain, and has run into them so often in the last year. She told her mom about it, who still lives in Spain, and she said "I think God is trying to tell you that this is his church for you!" She is so so cute!

     Thanksgiving was so fun. We went finding all afternoon and just saw miracles. We were walking around and talking to people about Thanksgiving, most of them didn't celebrate like we do, but they had the family all together! We also shared the Light the World videos because Christmas is upon us! It was so cool because it was a really nice day and people were outside, and they were stopping us to talk to us!! We had this group of men stop us and literally just handed us a big piece of meat in a tortilla, the next street over the sweetest lady gave us a full thanksgiving dinner to go and it was like we were food knocking. We went back a couple days later and they all sat and talked with us. Holiday milagros. We had dinner with the Vidros, it was awesome. So so awesome and yummy. 

     Friday, we had a branch temple night! We usually aren't able to go, but got it approved for us to teach Ruben in the waiting room. He usually talks a lot and he has something to say about everything, the spirit just washed over all of us! It felt like every word that was spoken was inspired and you could watch as something physically and spiritually changed in him as we taught him. I mean, could you ask for a better teaching environment? He is now praying about a baptism date and softened his heart so much!! 

     For those who have been asking about my knee, don't worry, it has gotten lots better!! My knee looks normal. This week it’s gotten exponentially better!!!!!! I was trying to keep it on the DL. On Tuesday at MLC I wore a long skirt, but still wore the brace. My mission President literally caught it through my skirt. I thought he was going to have a heart attack. Don't worry everyone. Everything is good and my knee is doing good. There was a day this week that it was kinda rough, but I think I had just overstretched it as I was working out. Not a lot of pain right now. It is still a little stiff. It doesn't feel great when I kneel on it. I have been doing the elliptical (I forgot to tell you that our apartment complex has a gym and it is so ridiculously nice. They changed the rules on us using the gym a couple months ago and I have been feeling blessed.) 

     So as Sister Trainer Leaders we are covering the West Columbia zone. We are over 7 other sisters. Hermana Bechtold and I are also on Spanish council which means we are over following up with the other 8 hermanas in the mission. There are currently 22 Spanish Missionaries in the mission. It's been really... really... busy. 

     I am so thankful for all of y'all! I know that God is blessing us and that he loves us. Have the best week and enjoy the start of Christmas. WOOT WOOT. Go watch light the world and start putting it in to action. :) 

Con amor

Hermana Crofts

Happy Thanksgiving!

The sweet lady that gave us food while we were out tracting.

Decorating the Christmas tree with Mary and the ninos

Thanksgiving with the Vidros

English class and pie

Funny story. I have really hard time in weekly planning. It is so long and it's just like AHHHH every week. We found a new method. The treadmill worked miracles!

Teaching Ruben at the temple

Mission Leadership Conference