Miya got a letter in the mail from Denton and the story was so amazing we're posting it.
So
there is a woman and she is what I like to call a Snake, a venomous,
cold blooded reptile thats bite causes death. Or, in other words, a
woman who tries to make missionaries fall and get sent home and she is a
really dangerous snake too. I was not present for this first part of
the story:
One day, two missionaries were leaving the Church when
they stopped to admire the beautiful lake. Well as they were looking
at the lake the neighbor girl was getting out of the shower and she
looked out the window and saw the two missionaries chillin' on the
porch, and decides that she is going to test their faith a little bit.
So
she drops her towel, opens the window and, as she is completely naked,
calls out to the missionaries. They turn around and see her and like
good little missionaries, they close their eyes and turn away. (this is
where I came into the story)
A couple of months pass by, and not
knowing the history about this woman, a visiting missionary named Elder
Crockett wants to meet the neighbors and instantly he becomes friends
with this girl and her family. Well, Elder Crockett is chillin on the
porch with the District President and the Pres tells Elder Crockett the
story of this family and how because of her, more than one missionary in
the past has had some problems in their mission. So Elder Crockett,
knowing his own weakness decided to pray about this situations.
And
he prayed, "Dear Heavenly Father, please protect the missionaries here
and please bless that another experience like this will never happen
again with this woman."
A little while later we find our
missionary in another city where he was going to meet up with a
companion who he hadn't seen in a while due to temporary transfers and
when he meets up with him, he tells him, "Elder Crockett, while you were
gone, the neighbor's house burnt down in the middle of the night."
When
Elder Crockett returns later, he visits the neighbors and learns that
due to damages to the property, they will not be able to build the house
in the same place, and they now have plans to rebuild the house on the
other end of the property, which just happens to be blocked by a wall of
the Church and a bunch of trees.
After learning this, Elder
Crockett goes to the porch of the church and gazes over to where the new
house will be built when he realized that it will be physically
impossible to see any naked women in the new house due to all the
obstacles blocking the way. He then realized that his prayer was
answered. A few days earlier he prayed that the missionaries would not
have problems with this woman again, and a few days after, the house
burns down and it's impossible to rebuild in the same place. So he says
a prayer of gratitude, thanking his Heavenly Father for answering his
prayer and even though he did not intend for his prayer to burn a house
down, he was grateful that God loved his son enough to answer his little
plea for protection.
The moral of the story is don't get naked
in front of missionaries or one day Elder Crockett might come by and
burn your house down with the fire of his faith. BAAAHAHAHAHAHAH.
Wednesday, October 30, 2013
Monday, October 28, 2013
Before I start....
I got the Fotos you sent me this week! Made me so happy! You are all awesome.
Chambers i also got you`re letter too you`ll possibly get something back in the future from me haha
Ok Story time.
Literally Moments after having that though i find
that my entire body is just overcome in pain, and the room starts
spinning, and i felt deathly sick. And i did not like moving not at all.
And apparently the was a noticeable change in my countenance because my
companion remarked ``Elder Crockett do you feel alright? Because when
you woke up you looked as stupid happy as you normally do, but you just
look like death right now`` and i respond ``Thanks Elder. Love you
too`` He then asked me if i wanted to stay home today to rest instead of
leaving to work. When the quote from Brigham Young came into my head
again saying ``I am going to do what is required of me in the gospel of
life and Salvation, or i will die trying to do it`` And so i told my
companion ``No, i think i`ll be fine to work`` Granted when i said this i
didnt even have the strength the get out of my chair, but i believe that
God will only help us if put forward our part, and so i believed that
He would only heal me if i got out of my chair and started to work.
So before we were going to leave to work my companion had to use the restroom, so while he was in the restroom i push myself out of my chair and kneel down to pray. And ask for the strength that i would need to work. I then forced myself to stand up, and me and my comp prayed before leaving, and then we left to work. And it was actually a really productive day, we taught a ton. Knocking doors sucks, well actually everything sucked hahaha but it was really good, but it was super funny, i am pretty sure that my comp thinks that i went crazy because literately all day long i was mumbling scriptures under my breath in various different languages to keep my mind off of how bad my heath was as focus on happy things like being a disciple of Jesus Christ. And then when we got home that day i went straight to bed. I didnt take the time to eat dinner, write in my journal, plan for the next day, or even change my cloths. I just threw myself down on my bed, in my shirt and tie, and actaully i was wearing that super awesome snowboarding jacket that we bought last black Friday because i was deathly cold haha. And went straight to sleep.
The next morning i sleep through my alarm, and sleep in a couple of hours. And when i wake up i still feel like death, just slightly less bad. And so i get up and take a shower to see if that would help, but nope hahaha, and so i go back to sleep for a couple of hours. And when i wake up i still feel terrible, so i decide that i was going to call the mission nurse to see if she could recommend some kind of drug to me that would make it so i could still work and not feel like death hahaha. So i call Hermana Marie, just so you know her better real quick, she is just a normal sister missionary who was a nurse before the mission, and when she got her was just assigned to still be a nurse but only works with us now. But anyways i call her and the whole time i am just joking around, because thats kind of what i do when i talk in English.
So i was telling her about everything that was going on, and she asked me if i could take any medications, and i told her that i know absolutely nothing about medications so i just decided to ``Man it out`` and she just starts busting up laughing, and so both of us just start making a bunch of jokes, most of which where about me dieing haha, and every time i would laugh i would have a super painful cough. And so we kept talking and she told me, ``Well based on everything you told me it just sounds like you got a bad case of (I only remember the name in Spanish, so i`ll just let you use your imagination haha)`` And then recommended a medication to me. But then told me, that she wouldnt be too concerned about my health and that in a couple days i`d be fine. but then she said, ``but there is something that i am a little worried about, and its that cough you have`` And then asked me a couple of questions about my cough, and the last one was ``About how long have you had this cough?`` And i told her ``Well actually for quiet a while, i baptized a young man in a lake about a month ago, and i`ve had it ever sense then, and its just gotten worse these last couple of days`` And she says ``Oh no...``
Now i dont know about you but when you are talking to a doctor about whats wrong with you and they say ``Oh no`` That makes a couple red flags pop up. And you start thinking things like ``OH NO? OH NO? Woman you better be saying Oh, no your fine. Or Oh no i just spilled my milk.``
But then she said something that made me realize that she didnt just spill her milk. She said ``Elder Crockett you need to go to the Emergency Room as soon as you.`` Now with this new little knife stabbed pretty deep into my soul i was scared because i`ve never had a problem before that required to to need to go to the hospital, so quickly i make a little joke to see if shes just messing with me. But she tells me ``i`m not kidding Elder Crockett, you need to go to the Hospital in Puerto Montt as soon as you have the time to.``
She then asked me ``Will be able to go there right now?`` And so i looked at my planner and saw that it was completely filled with appointments with my investigators that i set up earlier in the week. And so i told her ``If you say so i will, but i have a bunch of appointments today and i would rather not just leave them waiting for me`` And then she said ``Ok if you cant go today For Sure you need to go this Monday (today)`` I then told her that i think Monday would be a little better for me, and my investigators. She then said Ok and told me that she would call me every now and then the see how i`m doing.
Right after i ended my call with her my district leader called me telling me that this next Tuesday (tomorrow) that i had the go to Puerto Montt for some kind of special meeting with the APs. And so in my infected little brain i had the thought ``Well if i have to go to Puerto Montt on Tuesday, then there is not much of a point in wasting my time, my money, and my P-day going two days in a row`` So I called Hermana Marie again and told her that i would be in Puerto Montt on Tuesday, and asked if it was ok if i just went to the hospital that day. And she told me that if i feel ok, and that i could handle waiting that long i could.
But then she told me that she would prefer that i went right away. And her knowing me good enough i am pretty sure she knew that i was just going to wait until Tuesday, and so she told me, ``please call if there is any change in your health, and let me know when you are leaving for the hospital`` And so i responded in a normal happy sounding voice ``Alright i`ll let you know when i check into the Hospital Talk to you Later!!!`` And then said goodbye.
Now i am sure that you are all wonder what my companion thinks of all this and so after i finish the call, he asks me ``What did she say?`` (Because we talked in all English, and my companion Is from Bolivia so he doesnt speak a single word of English) So i told him ``She just recommended a drug to me, and said that i should still be fine to work``
Now when i go to Puerto Montt tomorrow after the meeting i am going to tell him something like ``Elder I have a secret to tell you. I totally lied when i told you i was fine, and i need to go to the hospital right now`` But that can totally wait for tomorrow.
But anyways my companion and I leave to go buy the medication that she recommended me for the mean while, and then got to work. And this is where the story just gets super Awesome, but unfortunately i am all out of time for my internet today. So i will End my Email by Saying Mom dont worry I feel fine now, i pretty sure the whole hospital thing is more a ``just in case`` kind of thing. But dont worry. I feel fine, and im happy. Next week you are going to have to remind me to finish the story next week just tell me something like ``Finish telling us about Saturday and Sunday`` Because the story actually gets pretty awesome, but i didnt have enough time to finish it today.
LOVE YOU ALL!!!!!!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY ELLA! So dad i realized that i will get home a couple months before she turns 16 so i will totally be able to be right there by your side fighting off those teenage zombies hahahaha
Love Yall!
Chambers i also got you`re letter too you`ll possibly get something back in the future from me haha
Ok Story time.
But before i start my story Mom i need to tell you that i am totally
fine and dont worry about anything, i feel pretty much the best that i
ever have in my entire life. honestly haha Now you have a warning my
story today is great but it is not as happy as normal.
So the other day i was reading in a book about Brigham Young. And how when he was called to serve a mission in England he and his family were deathly sick, to the point where none of his family wanted him to leave because they were afraid that either he or one of them would die when he was gone. And in a conversation that he had with his sister before he left he said ``I am going to do what is required of me in the gospel of life and Salvation, or i will die trying to do it`` (translated from spanish haha)
And so as i was sitting there in my house reading this i thought to myself ``You know i have never actually been sick on my mission, and i wonder if i would be as faithful as Brigham Young was when he left on his mission``
So the other day i was reading in a book about Brigham Young. And how when he was called to serve a mission in England he and his family were deathly sick, to the point where none of his family wanted him to leave because they were afraid that either he or one of them would die when he was gone. And in a conversation that he had with his sister before he left he said ``I am going to do what is required of me in the gospel of life and Salvation, or i will die trying to do it`` (translated from spanish haha)
And so as i was sitting there in my house reading this i thought to myself ``You know i have never actually been sick on my mission, and i wonder if i would be as faithful as Brigham Young was when he left on his mission``
So before we were going to leave to work my companion had to use the restroom, so while he was in the restroom i push myself out of my chair and kneel down to pray. And ask for the strength that i would need to work. I then forced myself to stand up, and me and my comp prayed before leaving, and then we left to work. And it was actually a really productive day, we taught a ton. Knocking doors sucks, well actually everything sucked hahaha but it was really good, but it was super funny, i am pretty sure that my comp thinks that i went crazy because literately all day long i was mumbling scriptures under my breath in various different languages to keep my mind off of how bad my heath was as focus on happy things like being a disciple of Jesus Christ. And then when we got home that day i went straight to bed. I didnt take the time to eat dinner, write in my journal, plan for the next day, or even change my cloths. I just threw myself down on my bed, in my shirt and tie, and actaully i was wearing that super awesome snowboarding jacket that we bought last black Friday because i was deathly cold haha. And went straight to sleep.
The next morning i sleep through my alarm, and sleep in a couple of hours. And when i wake up i still feel like death, just slightly less bad. And so i get up and take a shower to see if that would help, but nope hahaha, and so i go back to sleep for a couple of hours. And when i wake up i still feel terrible, so i decide that i was going to call the mission nurse to see if she could recommend some kind of drug to me that would make it so i could still work and not feel like death hahaha. So i call Hermana Marie, just so you know her better real quick, she is just a normal sister missionary who was a nurse before the mission, and when she got her was just assigned to still be a nurse but only works with us now. But anyways i call her and the whole time i am just joking around, because thats kind of what i do when i talk in English.
So i was telling her about everything that was going on, and she asked me if i could take any medications, and i told her that i know absolutely nothing about medications so i just decided to ``Man it out`` and she just starts busting up laughing, and so both of us just start making a bunch of jokes, most of which where about me dieing haha, and every time i would laugh i would have a super painful cough. And so we kept talking and she told me, ``Well based on everything you told me it just sounds like you got a bad case of (I only remember the name in Spanish, so i`ll just let you use your imagination haha)`` And then recommended a medication to me. But then told me, that she wouldnt be too concerned about my health and that in a couple days i`d be fine. but then she said, ``but there is something that i am a little worried about, and its that cough you have`` And then asked me a couple of questions about my cough, and the last one was ``About how long have you had this cough?`` And i told her ``Well actually for quiet a while, i baptized a young man in a lake about a month ago, and i`ve had it ever sense then, and its just gotten worse these last couple of days`` And she says ``Oh no...``
Now i dont know about you but when you are talking to a doctor about whats wrong with you and they say ``Oh no`` That makes a couple red flags pop up. And you start thinking things like ``OH NO? OH NO? Woman you better be saying Oh, no your fine. Or Oh no i just spilled my milk.``
But then she said something that made me realize that she didnt just spill her milk. She said ``Elder Crockett you need to go to the Emergency Room as soon as you.`` Now with this new little knife stabbed pretty deep into my soul i was scared because i`ve never had a problem before that required to to need to go to the hospital, so quickly i make a little joke to see if shes just messing with me. But she tells me ``i`m not kidding Elder Crockett, you need to go to the Hospital in Puerto Montt as soon as you have the time to.``
She then asked me ``Will be able to go there right now?`` And so i looked at my planner and saw that it was completely filled with appointments with my investigators that i set up earlier in the week. And so i told her ``If you say so i will, but i have a bunch of appointments today and i would rather not just leave them waiting for me`` And then she said ``Ok if you cant go today For Sure you need to go this Monday (today)`` I then told her that i think Monday would be a little better for me, and my investigators. She then said Ok and told me that she would call me every now and then the see how i`m doing.
Right after i ended my call with her my district leader called me telling me that this next Tuesday (tomorrow) that i had the go to Puerto Montt for some kind of special meeting with the APs. And so in my infected little brain i had the thought ``Well if i have to go to Puerto Montt on Tuesday, then there is not much of a point in wasting my time, my money, and my P-day going two days in a row`` So I called Hermana Marie again and told her that i would be in Puerto Montt on Tuesday, and asked if it was ok if i just went to the hospital that day. And she told me that if i feel ok, and that i could handle waiting that long i could.
But then she told me that she would prefer that i went right away. And her knowing me good enough i am pretty sure she knew that i was just going to wait until Tuesday, and so she told me, ``please call if there is any change in your health, and let me know when you are leaving for the hospital`` And so i responded in a normal happy sounding voice ``Alright i`ll let you know when i check into the Hospital Talk to you Later!!!`` And then said goodbye.
Now i am sure that you are all wonder what my companion thinks of all this and so after i finish the call, he asks me ``What did she say?`` (Because we talked in all English, and my companion Is from Bolivia so he doesnt speak a single word of English) So i told him ``She just recommended a drug to me, and said that i should still be fine to work``
Now when i go to Puerto Montt tomorrow after the meeting i am going to tell him something like ``Elder I have a secret to tell you. I totally lied when i told you i was fine, and i need to go to the hospital right now`` But that can totally wait for tomorrow.
But anyways my companion and I leave to go buy the medication that she recommended me for the mean while, and then got to work. And this is where the story just gets super Awesome, but unfortunately i am all out of time for my internet today. So i will End my Email by Saying Mom dont worry I feel fine now, i pretty sure the whole hospital thing is more a ``just in case`` kind of thing. But dont worry. I feel fine, and im happy. Next week you are going to have to remind me to finish the story next week just tell me something like ``Finish telling us about Saturday and Sunday`` Because the story actually gets pretty awesome, but i didnt have enough time to finish it today.
LOVE YOU ALL!!!!!!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY ELLA! So dad i realized that i will get home a couple months before she turns 16 so i will totally be able to be right there by your side fighting off those teenage zombies hahahaha
Love Yall!
Monday, October 21, 2013
Good news from last area
So this last week has really been me trying to win the confidence of the
members, and so far its been working pretty great, the bishop just
talked to me the other day and he wants to me to speak again in sacrament meeting this sunday, even though i just gave a talk when i got
here, so i am taking this as a little sign that they already trust me
and that i will be able to get to work here with the members.
But i will give you a short little run down of my relationship`with the members here. The young men and i get along awesome, after church they all came up to talk to me and wanted to hear my stories that i have in the mission, and i would make a bunch of jokes and stuff too, but they are all super excited to leave on the mission. there is one in particular that i am really good friends with that a couple of years back when he turned 19 he decided that he wasnt going to serve a mission, and actually it was his mom that was telling me about that and it was really hard for her because she spent all her life trying to raise her kids to live the gospel and serve missions and stuff like that but he decided no. And it was heartbreaking for his mom. But last night i was talking with him, and me and him already have a ton of little jokes and stuff and became friends instantly and yesterday he was asking me questions like ``When is the latest they let you leave on a mission?`` And other leaving on a mission related questions, i am not going to tell his mom anything about that though, but i really think that he is going to turn around.
Next group the High Priests. In priesthood all of the Elders Quorum was gone so i went with the High Priests, and at the beginning of the class they asked me to stand up and share about missionary work and what i needed them to do. Which was awesome. But after i talked to them for a couple of mins they started the class, and multiple times they would turn the time back over to me because they wanted to hear what i had to think about different subjects, and wanted me to share personal experiences and teach little parts. The moms in the ward are awesome too, some of them have told me that they have already talked to their daughters about staying out of my way so i can focus on the work hahaha I am actually not sure if they were just making fun of me or if it was a sincere little act of service they did so i didnt have to worry about the YSA.
So right now i am in a city called Puerto Montt, i actually went with a couple of other Elders to go to the Mall here, and it is so weird i was surrounded by things from the Real World and there was absolutely nothing that stood out to me, actually take that back, when i got to the Nike Store i fell in love and played around with the soccer balls for a while, but it was weird we were in a electronic store because one of the missionaries wanted a new camera (speaking of which everything is Super Expensive down in this part of the world, plus mall prices put on top, because everything of good quality in the world is American, so it gets imported down here, and its just ridiculously expensive) But anyway we were in the electronic store and there was a couple of missionaries who were messing around with the I Pads and there was some looking at video games and talking about games they played before the mission and some that they wanted to play after. And then there was Me and my Friend Elder Werner, the kids awesome love him to death. But we were just chillin there, talking and i realized that i dont even care about junk like that anymore.
So awesome news i just met the missionary who was in Paillaco about a month after me, and he just told me about all of the People who got baptized after i left. And it was awesome. There was one family of 9 people that i found. And that story of when i found them is cool enough, but right before i left i set them all up with Baptism Dates, but he just told me that almost all of that family got baptized. That is super exciting i cant even remember with what i was going with in my little mall talk.
So right now i have one investigator that is just straight up Golden, i gave her a book of Mormon and shes been reading it like crazy, and she read the pamphlet thing i gave her too. And the other day i went to her house to teach her, and she just had a list of questions ready for me of things she wanted to know about. She wanted to know more about priesthood authority and how it is given and who can have it, she also asked me questions about Thomas S Monson and about how does he guide the church today and if the church is really headed by Jesus Christ.
She Also asked me about how baptisms need to be done, and what we believe about the Virgin Mary, and just a million of other legitimate doctrinal questions. So i helped her find the answers to all of her questions and i taught a ton, and i also invited her to a baptism we had this weekend. She went to that, and she went to church the next day too, and she just has this huge desire to learn. She also has a baptismal date in a couple of weeks. And she is working to make sure she knows everything about this Church and if it is actually Gods Only True Church on the Earth before she decides to get baptized, But with how much work she is putting in i know for a fact that God Is going to answer her prayers and tell her that this is his only Church.
The baptism we had was a girl and i actually didnt have much time to get to know her because she was pretty set on getting baptized when i got here, but her family told her that if she got baptized that she would not be aloud to live in their house anymore. So she decided that she was just going to move out before she got kicked out so she moved to a different ward where the missionaries there did the rest of the teaching, but she invited us there because we were ``her missionaries`` even though i didnt really teach her. But it was awesome to be in her Baptism the spirit was super Strong.
Welps i should go i love you all i look forward to hearing from you. Sorry about such the scatter brained sounding email, a ton happened this week, but it not much of it was super excited i need to tell this to my fam kind of stuff. But Love you all!
But i will give you a short little run down of my relationship`with the members here. The young men and i get along awesome, after church they all came up to talk to me and wanted to hear my stories that i have in the mission, and i would make a bunch of jokes and stuff too, but they are all super excited to leave on the mission. there is one in particular that i am really good friends with that a couple of years back when he turned 19 he decided that he wasnt going to serve a mission, and actually it was his mom that was telling me about that and it was really hard for her because she spent all her life trying to raise her kids to live the gospel and serve missions and stuff like that but he decided no. And it was heartbreaking for his mom. But last night i was talking with him, and me and him already have a ton of little jokes and stuff and became friends instantly and yesterday he was asking me questions like ``When is the latest they let you leave on a mission?`` And other leaving on a mission related questions, i am not going to tell his mom anything about that though, but i really think that he is going to turn around.
Next group the High Priests. In priesthood all of the Elders Quorum was gone so i went with the High Priests, and at the beginning of the class they asked me to stand up and share about missionary work and what i needed them to do. Which was awesome. But after i talked to them for a couple of mins they started the class, and multiple times they would turn the time back over to me because they wanted to hear what i had to think about different subjects, and wanted me to share personal experiences and teach little parts. The moms in the ward are awesome too, some of them have told me that they have already talked to their daughters about staying out of my way so i can focus on the work hahaha I am actually not sure if they were just making fun of me or if it was a sincere little act of service they did so i didnt have to worry about the YSA.
So right now i am in a city called Puerto Montt, i actually went with a couple of other Elders to go to the Mall here, and it is so weird i was surrounded by things from the Real World and there was absolutely nothing that stood out to me, actually take that back, when i got to the Nike Store i fell in love and played around with the soccer balls for a while, but it was weird we were in a electronic store because one of the missionaries wanted a new camera (speaking of which everything is Super Expensive down in this part of the world, plus mall prices put on top, because everything of good quality in the world is American, so it gets imported down here, and its just ridiculously expensive) But anyway we were in the electronic store and there was a couple of missionaries who were messing around with the I Pads and there was some looking at video games and talking about games they played before the mission and some that they wanted to play after. And then there was Me and my Friend Elder Werner, the kids awesome love him to death. But we were just chillin there, talking and i realized that i dont even care about junk like that anymore.
So awesome news i just met the missionary who was in Paillaco about a month after me, and he just told me about all of the People who got baptized after i left. And it was awesome. There was one family of 9 people that i found. And that story of when i found them is cool enough, but right before i left i set them all up with Baptism Dates, but he just told me that almost all of that family got baptized. That is super exciting i cant even remember with what i was going with in my little mall talk.
So right now i have one investigator that is just straight up Golden, i gave her a book of Mormon and shes been reading it like crazy, and she read the pamphlet thing i gave her too. And the other day i went to her house to teach her, and she just had a list of questions ready for me of things she wanted to know about. She wanted to know more about priesthood authority and how it is given and who can have it, she also asked me questions about Thomas S Monson and about how does he guide the church today and if the church is really headed by Jesus Christ.
She Also asked me about how baptisms need to be done, and what we believe about the Virgin Mary, and just a million of other legitimate doctrinal questions. So i helped her find the answers to all of her questions and i taught a ton, and i also invited her to a baptism we had this weekend. She went to that, and she went to church the next day too, and she just has this huge desire to learn. She also has a baptismal date in a couple of weeks. And she is working to make sure she knows everything about this Church and if it is actually Gods Only True Church on the Earth before she decides to get baptized, But with how much work she is putting in i know for a fact that God Is going to answer her prayers and tell her that this is his only Church.
The baptism we had was a girl and i actually didnt have much time to get to know her because she was pretty set on getting baptized when i got here, but her family told her that if she got baptized that she would not be aloud to live in their house anymore. So she decided that she was just going to move out before she got kicked out so she moved to a different ward where the missionaries there did the rest of the teaching, but she invited us there because we were ``her missionaries`` even though i didnt really teach her. But it was awesome to be in her Baptism the spirit was super Strong.
Welps i should go i love you all i look forward to hearing from you. Sorry about such the scatter brained sounding email, a ton happened this week, but it not much of it was super excited i need to tell this to my fam kind of stuff. But Love you all!
Monday, October 14, 2013
First Week
So i want to start my email by giving you a little insight on the pre
mission life of Elder Crockett. After i received my call to serve in
Osorno Chile i was incredible excited. It was literally the exact place
that i was praying that i would get sent to. But at the same time i was
Terrified. And there was nothing that scared me more than the thought
that i was going to be living on the complete other side of the world
away from Everyone i love, speaking a language that at this time of my
life i hardly spoke at all. But one day i was super stressed out, to the
point where i felt deathly sick, and i felt the need to search online
for pictures of Osorno, and i found one there was two that just made me
feel an incredible amount of peace, and from the day i first saw those
fotos i have never forgotten them. There was one of a big red Catholic
Church over looking a city. And there was a second one of a huge
Volcano on the other side of a big lake. And when i saw those pictures i
felt at peace. And i had the thought that this is the place that God
wanted me to go. And that one day i would stand in these places and that
i would know that this is where i needed to be.
When i arrived to Puerto Varas is was a super Rainy day. To the point where i could not see more than 20 feet in front of me. But i worked and i had a really successful day. But the next morning is a beautiful clear day. And i leave my house and the First thing i see is a huge lake, and on the other side A Giant Snow capped Volcano. Exactly as i remembered it in the picture. I think the picture i saw was actually taken by a missionary outside my house. But it was Exactly how i remembered it.
And then today i was going to play Basketball with the Elders in My Zone (random fact I met Elder Pugmire, and he definitely knew who i was. he is the cousin of MAry Wadsworth, and it turns out that we were in the same ward when we were 11. But me and him became friends instantly) But back to what i was saying, i was walking to our church (side fact number two the church is literally the most pretty church i have ever seen in my life) And i was walking with my companion when we came up over a little hill, where from the hill i saw a big red Catholic church, with a city underneath it. Also Exactly how i remembered it.
So when i was leaving for Puerto Varas i was talking to all the missionaries in Osorno, and they all thought that i was getting assigned to be the Zone Leader there. But then i told them no and that they are crazy, and that i am just going as ``Just Elder Crockett`` And then one of them said sending ``Just Elder Crockett`` to a city like that is going to make the work there just Explode there is going to be so many baptisms that they wont even know what to do with all the new members. And he said it as a Joke. As Missionaries we often make just like that about us all being super successful. But little known fact when i got here i went on a little I-am-going-to-just-invite-litterelly-every-single-person-i-meet-to-be-baptised Thing. And well it looks like God put a couple of people in my way because not only did i invite alot of people. Alot of people accepted, and were ready to start Changing their lives to be able come closer to God. And just the other day my District leader called me to see how i am doing and to ask for my numbers. And so i started to tell him. And when i told him how many Investigators i have with a baptism date scheduled, he literally laughed. And asked how many do i really have. And so i told him. Im not kidding. I really have this many. And then i named every single one of them by their full name, and then told him the day that we are planning with them. And he was just Shocked. I then finished giving him my numbers and then about 5 mins later my phone rings again, and i see its the Zone Leaders. And we talk for about a min when they Ask ``Elder Crockett, how many investigators do you have with a fecha Bautismal`` And so i told him. And then i hear him put down the phone and start talking to him companion. And then a Min later he picks up the phone again and says ``Elder Crockett. I have never heard of numbers like that in my entire mission.`` He then asked me what it is i am doing. And i told him ``This last conference the Lord really made it known how important it is that we are missionaries. And we need to be them Today.``
This last week i have had alot of incredible experiences that has helped me to know that Today is the Day. Living in the world we live in now, there is absolutely nothing that is more important right now that Living the Gospel, and sharing it so that our friends and our Families can return to live with God. The time for planting seeds is over. The field is white and ready to harvest, and we have to do it now.
When i arrived to Puerto Varas is was a super Rainy day. To the point where i could not see more than 20 feet in front of me. But i worked and i had a really successful day. But the next morning is a beautiful clear day. And i leave my house and the First thing i see is a huge lake, and on the other side A Giant Snow capped Volcano. Exactly as i remembered it in the picture. I think the picture i saw was actually taken by a missionary outside my house. But it was Exactly how i remembered it.
And then today i was going to play Basketball with the Elders in My Zone (random fact I met Elder Pugmire, and he definitely knew who i was. he is the cousin of MAry Wadsworth, and it turns out that we were in the same ward when we were 11. But me and him became friends instantly) But back to what i was saying, i was walking to our church (side fact number two the church is literally the most pretty church i have ever seen in my life) And i was walking with my companion when we came up over a little hill, where from the hill i saw a big red Catholic church, with a city underneath it. Also Exactly how i remembered it.
So when i was leaving for Puerto Varas i was talking to all the missionaries in Osorno, and they all thought that i was getting assigned to be the Zone Leader there. But then i told them no and that they are crazy, and that i am just going as ``Just Elder Crockett`` And then one of them said sending ``Just Elder Crockett`` to a city like that is going to make the work there just Explode there is going to be so many baptisms that they wont even know what to do with all the new members. And he said it as a Joke. As Missionaries we often make just like that about us all being super successful. But little known fact when i got here i went on a little I-am-going-to-just-invite-litterelly-every-single-person-i-meet-to-be-baptised Thing. And well it looks like God put a couple of people in my way because not only did i invite alot of people. Alot of people accepted, and were ready to start Changing their lives to be able come closer to God. And just the other day my District leader called me to see how i am doing and to ask for my numbers. And so i started to tell him. And when i told him how many Investigators i have with a baptism date scheduled, he literally laughed. And asked how many do i really have. And so i told him. Im not kidding. I really have this many. And then i named every single one of them by their full name, and then told him the day that we are planning with them. And he was just Shocked. I then finished giving him my numbers and then about 5 mins later my phone rings again, and i see its the Zone Leaders. And we talk for about a min when they Ask ``Elder Crockett, how many investigators do you have with a fecha Bautismal`` And so i told him. And then i hear him put down the phone and start talking to him companion. And then a Min later he picks up the phone again and says ``Elder Crockett. I have never heard of numbers like that in my entire mission.`` He then asked me what it is i am doing. And i told him ``This last conference the Lord really made it known how important it is that we are missionaries. And we need to be them Today.``
This last week i have had alot of incredible experiences that has helped me to know that Today is the Day. Living in the world we live in now, there is absolutely nothing that is more important right now that Living the Gospel, and sharing it so that our friends and our Families can return to live with God. The time for planting seeds is over. The field is white and ready to harvest, and we have to do it now.
I came to a sad realization that 2 years of my life, is not a
long time. Not at all. But then i came to an even sadder fact that
almost half of that short time i have is already gone. But then i had
the thought that made it a little better. That even though the Lord only
gives us the blessing to completely dedicate ourselves to full out
missionary work once in our lives. We still have the rest of our lives.
And a quick perspective from the other side of the World. Ever Single missionary Alive all wishes that they took the opportunity to share the Gospel with their friends when they had the chance too. For anyone who
is reading this i am sure that as you were reading this, the name of
someone came to your mind. I want to tell you something. That was the
Spirit telling. So do it. I wont tell you how, but the day for passive
sharing the Gospel is over. The Lord needs us to get up today. And
work.
I love you all. I cannot believe that you told my naked woman story in sacrament meeting hahahaha Granted Every single word of that story was true, and yes it shows that God Answers any prayer with faith. But thats one of those stories that i tell to Huge Groups of Missionaries so they all laugh. But Hey if the spirit told you to do it, i cant judge hahaha
Love Yall!
I love you all. I cannot believe that you told my naked woman story in sacrament meeting hahahaha Granted Every single word of that story was true, and yes it shows that God Answers any prayer with faith. But thats one of those stories that i tell to Huge Groups of Missionaries so they all laugh. But Hey if the spirit told you to do it, i cant judge hahaha
Love Yall!
Monday, October 7, 2013
Transferred !!
So about conference i did get to watch it all on Time and i was super
happy about that, Granted It was all in Spanish, but that´s ok because
i´m kind of fluent, have been for a while and so i enjoyed it quiet a
bit. There was many opportunities when the translators for the leaders of
the church said exactly when i needed to hear hahaha. Its nice that
even though i didnt get to hear the voice of the Prophet, i still got to
hear the words that God wanted me to hear.
So i was leaving a lesson, after what may have been my most productive day as a missionary ever. I set a ton of people with baptism dates. And i found a ton of new people and i just had an incredible day. And as i was walking home that night i had a strange felling i had a feeling that told me ´´You have just accomplished everything that your Heavenly Father sent you to do here in Lago Ranco´´ Pretty shortly after i got a phone call telling me that i was getting transferred.
I´m actually really sad as i am writing this email, i can literally hardly see the screen because my eyes are pretty wet right now. I have grown to love this little town and the people here, But i know that God has great plans for me. So i am really excited to go. I am going to a city called Puerto Varas. Its actually a pretty big city from what i´ve heard. I also received some awesome news today that it has a WALMART (well Líder, but its owned by walmart so its pretty much the same thing) Super excited for that. I havent had a walmart within more than a 2 hour trip sense i´ve left the states so i am pretty stoked about that hahaha.
I am going to be with an Elder Named Elder Hurtado. I think he is from Bolivia. I met him when i was in Caupulican for a couple of days. I think i may have mentioned that before. I am really excited to work there, the missionaries in my zone are all Super Jealous of me. Today we all went hiking together here in Lago Ranco, and they said ´´Psshh, your kidding right, you are going to probably one of the most beautiful places in the mission.´´ And then they would make remarks about how they were at first jealous that i was in lago ranco with is pretty dang beautiful, but then were even more so with me going to Puerto Varas.
The hike was actually SUPER FUN! One of the Elders Brought his Fútbol, and so i was running up the mountain passing a soccer ball with a couple of the Elders and one of the Sister Missionaries. I loved it so much! And goodness did i get a good little workout today haha because the hike alone is one thing. And then doing the whole thing running with a soccer ball its just a whole new game haha. I actually got kind of sun burned, which is a nice little change than freezing to death haha. My friend Elder Amone is getting Transferred too, but to Coihueique, and he has to take an airplane, so today he told me that he wants to give me his Ukulele tomorrow in our meeting. I am super Excited for that, but i am going to miss him too, he was a great friend.
So i remember that a couple of months ago when my friend ELder Kandare got sent to Osorno i made a little remark in an email about how i hope that saying goodbye to everyone never gets easier for me. Because its really hard, but i thought that it would take someone pretty Heartless to just say goodbye to everyone then know and love without being sad about it. And i am happy to report that it is still not easy for me hahahaha But i am getting alot better at it. Really its just sad for the first couple of seconds after you say Goodbye, but then i noticed something strange that i do that i notice that i have done since the day i left on my mission. Is after i say goodbye to everyone I take a big breath, and then i stick out my chest a little bit, as if i´m going into man mode and then walk away hahaha. I havent done that yet, but tomorrow i foresee that it may happen hahaha
I already have all of my bags ready. I did them really fast. I was actually pretty impressed with myself haha Im starting to get down the pick up and go at a moments notice kind of thing haha
This Wednesday i am leaving for Puerto Varas. I´m pretty excited. I love LAgo Ranco quiet a bit, it´s been my home for last 4 and a half months, and yeah even though i´ve had some of the hardest moments of my life ever as i´ve been here, i´ve also had some of my happiest.
Oh so i want to throw in something about Conference real quick. I have such a weird Eternal Perspective when it comes to receiving Revelation about my life when listening to conference. I made a little list of things that i know will have nothing to do with my mission. Things like something i´m going to have to say to one of my kids some day, and just a bunch of random things. But there was one where i actually had to fight myself about writing it down. Now i am hoping that it was just a crazy thought and not revelation but when i was telling myself that i wasnt going to write it down because i cant really picture it myself but then i had a though saying ´´You are 19 years old. You already have experience Do you really expect that there wasnt a reason why God gave you those experiences so early in your life´´ So i said to myself ´´Fine. I´ll write it down´´ hahahaha
I love you All!!!!!!!!!!! Have a great week. Have a great Time on the Pioneer trek this week!!!!
So i was leaving a lesson, after what may have been my most productive day as a missionary ever. I set a ton of people with baptism dates. And i found a ton of new people and i just had an incredible day. And as i was walking home that night i had a strange felling i had a feeling that told me ´´You have just accomplished everything that your Heavenly Father sent you to do here in Lago Ranco´´ Pretty shortly after i got a phone call telling me that i was getting transferred.
I´m actually really sad as i am writing this email, i can literally hardly see the screen because my eyes are pretty wet right now. I have grown to love this little town and the people here, But i know that God has great plans for me. So i am really excited to go. I am going to a city called Puerto Varas. Its actually a pretty big city from what i´ve heard. I also received some awesome news today that it has a WALMART (well Líder, but its owned by walmart so its pretty much the same thing) Super excited for that. I havent had a walmart within more than a 2 hour trip sense i´ve left the states so i am pretty stoked about that hahaha.
I am going to be with an Elder Named Elder Hurtado. I think he is from Bolivia. I met him when i was in Caupulican for a couple of days. I think i may have mentioned that before. I am really excited to work there, the missionaries in my zone are all Super Jealous of me. Today we all went hiking together here in Lago Ranco, and they said ´´Psshh, your kidding right, you are going to probably one of the most beautiful places in the mission.´´ And then they would make remarks about how they were at first jealous that i was in lago ranco with is pretty dang beautiful, but then were even more so with me going to Puerto Varas.
The hike was actually SUPER FUN! One of the Elders Brought his Fútbol, and so i was running up the mountain passing a soccer ball with a couple of the Elders and one of the Sister Missionaries. I loved it so much! And goodness did i get a good little workout today haha because the hike alone is one thing. And then doing the whole thing running with a soccer ball its just a whole new game haha. I actually got kind of sun burned, which is a nice little change than freezing to death haha. My friend Elder Amone is getting Transferred too, but to Coihueique, and he has to take an airplane, so today he told me that he wants to give me his Ukulele tomorrow in our meeting. I am super Excited for that, but i am going to miss him too, he was a great friend.
So i remember that a couple of months ago when my friend ELder Kandare got sent to Osorno i made a little remark in an email about how i hope that saying goodbye to everyone never gets easier for me. Because its really hard, but i thought that it would take someone pretty Heartless to just say goodbye to everyone then know and love without being sad about it. And i am happy to report that it is still not easy for me hahahaha But i am getting alot better at it. Really its just sad for the first couple of seconds after you say Goodbye, but then i noticed something strange that i do that i notice that i have done since the day i left on my mission. Is after i say goodbye to everyone I take a big breath, and then i stick out my chest a little bit, as if i´m going into man mode and then walk away hahaha. I havent done that yet, but tomorrow i foresee that it may happen hahaha
I already have all of my bags ready. I did them really fast. I was actually pretty impressed with myself haha Im starting to get down the pick up and go at a moments notice kind of thing haha
This Wednesday i am leaving for Puerto Varas. I´m pretty excited. I love LAgo Ranco quiet a bit, it´s been my home for last 4 and a half months, and yeah even though i´ve had some of the hardest moments of my life ever as i´ve been here, i´ve also had some of my happiest.
Oh so i want to throw in something about Conference real quick. I have such a weird Eternal Perspective when it comes to receiving Revelation about my life when listening to conference. I made a little list of things that i know will have nothing to do with my mission. Things like something i´m going to have to say to one of my kids some day, and just a bunch of random things. But there was one where i actually had to fight myself about writing it down. Now i am hoping that it was just a crazy thought and not revelation but when i was telling myself that i wasnt going to write it down because i cant really picture it myself but then i had a though saying ´´You are 19 years old. You already have experience Do you really expect that there wasnt a reason why God gave you those experiences so early in your life´´ So i said to myself ´´Fine. I´ll write it down´´ hahahaha
I love you All!!!!!!!!!!! Have a great week. Have a great Time on the Pioneer trek this week!!!!
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