Hey Everyone so There was Just a Change in the Mission Rules, and i am
now aloud to write emails to my friends too, if you want to tell me
something feel free to do so! And i can write you an actual email
instead of just throwing out a ´´i will write you a letter answering you
so you can expect to hear back from me in another 4 months´´ haha
So i got a call last night saying that i am getting a new Companion.
His Name is Elder Abarca. And i know Absolutely nothing about him
hahahaha. Neither does my district leader, or either of my Zone Leaders.
So i have no idea what to expect hahaha But i am going to go to Osorno
Again this Wednesday to Pick him up so i´m sure i´ll find out pretty soon
So I was with Elder Spriggs this Last week on an Intercambio, and it
was hilarious!!!! He made the Surprise Box Remark. But before we met up i
was thinking to myself ´´I already know i cant speak English, and i am
going to be running around with a Gringo, and so this is going to be a
perfect opportunity to Practice´´ But then i started thinking about
every single return missionary i know who served a spanish speaking
mission, how they all come home with just ridiculous accents, and i
thought to myself ´´I do not want to go home sounding like a Chilean, i
would much rather come home sounding awesome like Josh Turner´´ and then
i got hit with a brilliant idea I decided, that i was only going to
speak in a country accent when i speak in English, that way when i get
home in a couple years i will just be used to only speaking English with a
country accent so i will just sound Legit!
And so i did hahahahahahaha
And it was so funny!!!! I sounded
so good though hahahaha But it was awesome i would be going around with
Elder Spriggs, speaking all awesome, and then we would talk to someone
on the street and suddenly my country accent goes away and i use my
spanish voice, aka my normal, which probably by now has some weird mix
between a Mexican Accent and A Chilean Accent because i´ve been running
around with A mexican In Chile for the Last 3 months. But Elder Spriggs
said ´´You speak awesome spanish, and you have a great spanish accent
too, but your spanish voice, doesn´t sound anything like your English
voice´´ Little does he know, that my super attractive country accent, is
totally fake hahahahahahahahaha And i think its so funny to think that
half of the reason i´m doing this is so i can use the word Y´all without
sounding like an idiot hahahahahahaha For real English needs to invent a
better pronoun for Ustedes haha
But at one point we got called by the zone leaders, and both of them
know me, and know i don´t have a country accent, but they and Elder
Spriggs told them ´´I really like having Elder Crockett as a companion,
he has a really nice country accent, and i havent heard one of those in
a long time´´ And the zone leaders totally went along with it!!!!! They
totally pretended that they always loved talking to me because of my
country accent hahaha WIN!!
But i´m totally bummed about something, with the new companions, i
am getting moved to a different District (i´ll still work in Lago
Ranco) and so i wont have any more intercambios with Elder Spriggs, so
i´ll just have to hit him up with my super awesome accent when we have
Zone Capacitations (P.S. i dont even know if thats a word in English the
word in Spanish is Capacitación so i just gringoized it and i hope its a
word hahaha. I am going to have so much problems with Speaking English
when i get home haha)
So mom, what you told me about Truman, and a decision he decided to
make, I totally made the same decision a couple of years ago, and it was
really hard, but looking back i know it was what God Wanted me to do.
If you could i would really appreciate it if you could ask him to write
me an Email telling me about it, and next week i will totally give him
some support. I would write him write now but i dont have his Email
Address, so just ask him to email me please :)
Welp i love You all! I look forward to hearing how you´re all doing!
Ella, you´re such a girl
Love you!!!!!
Monday, August 26, 2013
Monday, August 19, 2013
Superman Socks
Jocee! Happy Birthday!!!! So I had some of the funnies experiences ever
on the 17th. I´ll have to tell you about them the next time i write you
back
So I am not going to lie i have absolutely no idea what i am going to write about today, because today i literally wrote a letter to every single person in our family, and so there is literally nothing on my mind that i can throw out at you.
Oh ok i thought of something!
So the other day i overheard a conversation between two missionaries who were talking about me, it was my Companion And My friend Elder Spriggs, i pretended that i didnt hear them, but Elder Spriggs was telling my companion about something that i Did with his Companion while i was on a intercambio with him, and it was probably the most accurate description of me that i have ever heard in my life. He said ´´Elder Crockett is a lot like a Box Full of Surprises. You never know what you are going to get from him. When he walks into the room you know know if he is going to be serious or the biggest goof ball ever. The only thing that you can know for sure about Elder Crockett is that when he walks into the room, he is going to change the lives of every single person he meets there.´´ (OK, I love this description of my son. It really is perfect.)
He Then proceeded to tell my companion a couple of things that happened due to my intercambio with Another missionary. But i Pretended that i didnt hear anything. But i looked back on the little time that i have been friends with Elder Spriggs and i thought to myself ´´you have only known me for a month and a half, and you just described me better than i think anyone has ever with the whole surprise box thing. And just so you all know where he is getting this information from i am going to give you a brief history of the last month.
One day i was making cooking with Elder Spriggs, and he could not stop laughing at what i was doing. First of all i was wearing a pair of Capris (short pants) that i have, and wearing the Superman Socks that you sent me just to be funny, and the whole time i was just acting ridiculous, walking around like i was a girl, doing my dramatic model turn around blue steel pose every single time i turned around to look at someone, and a million more just super funny crazy person things that i wont even explain, just use your imagination hahaha
But the very next day, after i had just spent all day Goofing around, i had an intercambio in his town where they have not had anyone with a baptismal date in months and months, and even less of them actually making it to be baptized, and i set three different people with a baptismal date, and from what he tells me they are still going strong. And then another time when i decided to get off of a bus in the middle of nowhere, i wont say why, but i wrote a letter to miya talking about it, but its super funny, but he was almost crying he thought it was so funny when i told him the story.
But i just found out last night that tomorrow i have to Go to San Pable (his town) again tomorrow for another Intercambio, but i am going to be working with him tomorrow, and i am pretty excited for it, because not only am i positive that i´ll have an excuse to be myself all day long haha, i know that now there is alot of work that needs to get done in San Pablo, and i am so excited to do it. But i was thinking about it the other day, in my emails Home i dont think i talk about any of the super awesome experiences that i have in Lago Ranco. not in my letters home that i wrote today i talked all about experiences that i had in LAgo Ranco, but they are all me being Serious. Mas o Menos.
And so i am going to tell yall about a funny one that i had just the other day. I was teaching a couple of my investigators that i have (who are getting baptized in a couple weeks!!!) How to make Tortillas from scratch (P.s. I totally know how to haha) because they wanted to eat Tacos. So after i taught them how to make it, my companion takes a little bit of flour, and throws it at me, so i take some flour, and i faked threw it at my companion, and threw it at one of my investigators. And well little by little it turned into a full blown Flour fight, and by the end i was literally all white, my companion looked like an old man, because his black hair was filled with flour, so it looked like it was going grey, and my investigators Shirt which used to be a solid Red, was a light pink. It was Super Fun.
Hey Real quick Sorry for not using the names of any of the people i teach, we are asked not to. but in my letters home i think i used names. But After the fight, we could not even walk around the house because everything was cover in flour so we were slipping around the whole time, it was super funny. But after we helped clean up. And then i we taught them about baptism, and the spirit was pretty strong a couple of times in the lesson, and in the End I put both of our investigators in this family with Baptism dates. And it was awesome. I sent the whole story to Miya.
Actually i also sent the aforementioned bus story to Miya too. The 3 people getting baptized in San Pablo I sent that one to Truman. I hope you get the letter soon. Thats too bad that there is a Post Office Strike going on over there in The States, I hope they get everything fixed up good soon so yall can write me more hahahaha.
P.S. I hate English they dont have a conjugation for Uds. That works well, all i have is Yall, and i sound like a red neck. I guess i could say Ye and stuff like like, but i dont use vosotros en Español tampoco, in fact i dont think i even understood how to use Ye and all those Biblical Pronouns until i learned Spanish hahaha. Love You all.
P.S. I havent turned into a Red Neck just so yall know hahaha Love you!!!!!!!
So I am not going to lie i have absolutely no idea what i am going to write about today, because today i literally wrote a letter to every single person in our family, and so there is literally nothing on my mind that i can throw out at you.
Oh ok i thought of something!
So the other day i overheard a conversation between two missionaries who were talking about me, it was my Companion And My friend Elder Spriggs, i pretended that i didnt hear them, but Elder Spriggs was telling my companion about something that i Did with his Companion while i was on a intercambio with him, and it was probably the most accurate description of me that i have ever heard in my life. He said ´´Elder Crockett is a lot like a Box Full of Surprises. You never know what you are going to get from him. When he walks into the room you know know if he is going to be serious or the biggest goof ball ever. The only thing that you can know for sure about Elder Crockett is that when he walks into the room, he is going to change the lives of every single person he meets there.´´ (OK, I love this description of my son. It really is perfect.)
He Then proceeded to tell my companion a couple of things that happened due to my intercambio with Another missionary. But i Pretended that i didnt hear anything. But i looked back on the little time that i have been friends with Elder Spriggs and i thought to myself ´´you have only known me for a month and a half, and you just described me better than i think anyone has ever with the whole surprise box thing. And just so you all know where he is getting this information from i am going to give you a brief history of the last month.
One day i was making cooking with Elder Spriggs, and he could not stop laughing at what i was doing. First of all i was wearing a pair of Capris (short pants) that i have, and wearing the Superman Socks that you sent me just to be funny, and the whole time i was just acting ridiculous, walking around like i was a girl, doing my dramatic model turn around blue steel pose every single time i turned around to look at someone, and a million more just super funny crazy person things that i wont even explain, just use your imagination hahaha
But the very next day, after i had just spent all day Goofing around, i had an intercambio in his town where they have not had anyone with a baptismal date in months and months, and even less of them actually making it to be baptized, and i set three different people with a baptismal date, and from what he tells me they are still going strong. And then another time when i decided to get off of a bus in the middle of nowhere, i wont say why, but i wrote a letter to miya talking about it, but its super funny, but he was almost crying he thought it was so funny when i told him the story.
But i just found out last night that tomorrow i have to Go to San Pable (his town) again tomorrow for another Intercambio, but i am going to be working with him tomorrow, and i am pretty excited for it, because not only am i positive that i´ll have an excuse to be myself all day long haha, i know that now there is alot of work that needs to get done in San Pablo, and i am so excited to do it. But i was thinking about it the other day, in my emails Home i dont think i talk about any of the super awesome experiences that i have in Lago Ranco. not in my letters home that i wrote today i talked all about experiences that i had in LAgo Ranco, but they are all me being Serious. Mas o Menos.
And so i am going to tell yall about a funny one that i had just the other day. I was teaching a couple of my investigators that i have (who are getting baptized in a couple weeks!!!) How to make Tortillas from scratch (P.s. I totally know how to haha) because they wanted to eat Tacos. So after i taught them how to make it, my companion takes a little bit of flour, and throws it at me, so i take some flour, and i faked threw it at my companion, and threw it at one of my investigators. And well little by little it turned into a full blown Flour fight, and by the end i was literally all white, my companion looked like an old man, because his black hair was filled with flour, so it looked like it was going grey, and my investigators Shirt which used to be a solid Red, was a light pink. It was Super Fun.
Hey Real quick Sorry for not using the names of any of the people i teach, we are asked not to. but in my letters home i think i used names. But After the fight, we could not even walk around the house because everything was cover in flour so we were slipping around the whole time, it was super funny. But after we helped clean up. And then i we taught them about baptism, and the spirit was pretty strong a couple of times in the lesson, and in the End I put both of our investigators in this family with Baptism dates. And it was awesome. I sent the whole story to Miya.
Actually i also sent the aforementioned bus story to Miya too. The 3 people getting baptized in San Pablo I sent that one to Truman. I hope you get the letter soon. Thats too bad that there is a Post Office Strike going on over there in The States, I hope they get everything fixed up good soon so yall can write me more hahahaha.
P.S. I hate English they dont have a conjugation for Uds. That works well, all i have is Yall, and i sound like a red neck. I guess i could say Ye and stuff like like, but i dont use vosotros en Español tampoco, in fact i dont think i even understood how to use Ye and all those Biblical Pronouns until i learned Spanish hahaha. Love You all.
P.S. I havent turned into a Red Neck just so yall know hahaha Love you!!!!!!!
Monday, August 12, 2013
La Verdad
Kyle I totally was singing that song to wake my companion up in the morning haha
Mom something super important i just sent a package home, but i may have accidentally sent it to the old houses address. So you may need to tell the post office that, any maybe the new home owners too in a couple of weeks. And for a package i want more pictures, but other than that i cant think of anything that i absolutely need. Thanks mom! Love you
Dad mom sent me the pictures of the lake, and it looks just like Chile. And as you were describing the hike and the rain, that sounded just like Chile too hahaha You´ll have to take me there some day, i´m sure i´ll feel right at home haha.
Nick And Truman I got your letters this week. I´ll have something on you way in the mail in just a little bit.
So quote from this week. A missionary asked me how i have such a good spanish accent, and how i speak spanish so well and i said ´´Have you ever seen the movie Nacho Libre?´´ He then told me yes and i reply ´´If you can apply this movie to your life, you will never have any problems with speaking spanish. Ever´´ hahahahahaha And it is so funny how true that is hahaha
So story from this week. I was in a town called San Pablo. Visiting a less active family. And the missionary i was with was going to share a scripture with them. So when they did not pull out their own Scriptures i decided that i would let them use some of the books of Mormon that i had with me me. So i set a couple of them down on the Table, and they just left them there. My companion then shared a scripture from the book of mormon, and they didnt open it up or anything, and after my companion shared a scripture he asked me if i wanted to share something and i thought ´´Yup i sure do, because anybody who does not accept a copy of the book of mormon, and does not excitedly open it to read it, does not have a testimony of the book of Mormon´´
So I started pretty bold. I started by Asking them ´´When was the last time you read in the Book of Mormon?´´ And then could not remember the last time. Honestly i wasnt surprised. And so i said ´´Ok we are going to read a part of the introduction together´´ And then i asked them to open up the books, and read a couple of the paragraphs there. And there is one Paragraph that says´´ We invite all people everywhere, both male, and female, to read the Book of Mormon, Ponder its message in your heart, and pray to know if its true´´ So we read that and i said ´´I really like how this paragraph says all people everywhere. It doesnt say, we invite all people investigating the church to read it. It says we invite all people everywhere to read it. It says that this book has written by prophets of God So that all people, Active members of the church, investigators, missionaries, less active members, All people everywhere can read it and ponder in their hearts, and pray about to know if its true.
The last time i prayed about if the book of Mormon is true or noty was just the other day, I just finished reading it again in my mission, and I know its true. And i know that when you read the Book of Mormon, and pray about, the holy ghost with testify to you that it is true, you will know that Jesus Christ lives. You will know that Joseph Smith was a prophet of God, you will know that Thomas S Monson is a living prophet of God. You will know that i Book of Mormon is True. I promise you, that if you read the Book of Mormon, you will know that it is true. I promise you this because i have done it. I know that the Book of Mormon is the Word of God. I know that the teaching that are written in this book are true.´´
I then asked ´´Will you read the Book of Mormon. And pray to know if its true´´ And right away they answered Yes. I have no Doubt that they are going to start coming to Church again when they read the book of Mormon. Because its true. But that day was a pretty good day. The Missionary work in that town has not really progressed at all over the past couple of months due to a couple of problems that previous missionaries has caused there. But i went there with the mindset that i was going to give the missionaries there alot of work to do. Because i am really good friends with one of the Elders there, and so i know that he will do a good job taking care of the work there. So that day i went to San Pablo, and i had 3 people that we had just met accept Baptism dates. And those stories are even better, but i have plans to write those in a letter to Truman. My boy Elder Spriggs has alot of work to do in San Pable hahaha.
I love you all keep me posted!!! Read the Book of Mormon. Its True
Mom something super important i just sent a package home, but i may have accidentally sent it to the old houses address. So you may need to tell the post office that, any maybe the new home owners too in a couple of weeks. And for a package i want more pictures, but other than that i cant think of anything that i absolutely need. Thanks mom! Love you
Dad mom sent me the pictures of the lake, and it looks just like Chile. And as you were describing the hike and the rain, that sounded just like Chile too hahaha You´ll have to take me there some day, i´m sure i´ll feel right at home haha.
Nick And Truman I got your letters this week. I´ll have something on you way in the mail in just a little bit.
So quote from this week. A missionary asked me how i have such a good spanish accent, and how i speak spanish so well and i said ´´Have you ever seen the movie Nacho Libre?´´ He then told me yes and i reply ´´If you can apply this movie to your life, you will never have any problems with speaking spanish. Ever´´ hahahahahaha And it is so funny how true that is hahaha
So story from this week. I was in a town called San Pablo. Visiting a less active family. And the missionary i was with was going to share a scripture with them. So when they did not pull out their own Scriptures i decided that i would let them use some of the books of Mormon that i had with me me. So i set a couple of them down on the Table, and they just left them there. My companion then shared a scripture from the book of mormon, and they didnt open it up or anything, and after my companion shared a scripture he asked me if i wanted to share something and i thought ´´Yup i sure do, because anybody who does not accept a copy of the book of mormon, and does not excitedly open it to read it, does not have a testimony of the book of Mormon´´
So I started pretty bold. I started by Asking them ´´When was the last time you read in the Book of Mormon?´´ And then could not remember the last time. Honestly i wasnt surprised. And so i said ´´Ok we are going to read a part of the introduction together´´ And then i asked them to open up the books, and read a couple of the paragraphs there. And there is one Paragraph that says´´ We invite all people everywhere, both male, and female, to read the Book of Mormon, Ponder its message in your heart, and pray to know if its true´´ So we read that and i said ´´I really like how this paragraph says all people everywhere. It doesnt say, we invite all people investigating the church to read it. It says we invite all people everywhere to read it. It says that this book has written by prophets of God So that all people, Active members of the church, investigators, missionaries, less active members, All people everywhere can read it and ponder in their hearts, and pray about to know if its true.
The last time i prayed about if the book of Mormon is true or noty was just the other day, I just finished reading it again in my mission, and I know its true. And i know that when you read the Book of Mormon, and pray about, the holy ghost with testify to you that it is true, you will know that Jesus Christ lives. You will know that Joseph Smith was a prophet of God, you will know that Thomas S Monson is a living prophet of God. You will know that i Book of Mormon is True. I promise you, that if you read the Book of Mormon, you will know that it is true. I promise you this because i have done it. I know that the Book of Mormon is the Word of God. I know that the teaching that are written in this book are true.´´
I then asked ´´Will you read the Book of Mormon. And pray to know if its true´´ And right away they answered Yes. I have no Doubt that they are going to start coming to Church again when they read the book of Mormon. Because its true. But that day was a pretty good day. The Missionary work in that town has not really progressed at all over the past couple of months due to a couple of problems that previous missionaries has caused there. But i went there with the mindset that i was going to give the missionaries there alot of work to do. Because i am really good friends with one of the Elders there, and so i know that he will do a good job taking care of the work there. So that day i went to San Pablo, and i had 3 people that we had just met accept Baptism dates. And those stories are even better, but i have plans to write those in a letter to Truman. My boy Elder Spriggs has alot of work to do in San Pable hahaha.
I love you all keep me posted!!! Read the Book of Mormon. Its True
Monday, August 5, 2013
El Presidente Bakan
Jace real quick, I just realized that before the mission i spoke straight up Flayte I dont know how i´ve been teaching an English class, because i did not speak english hahaha
Shelley you have the coolest jobs ever!!! Id tell you that im jealous, but i kind of like what im doing But thanks girl i´m looking forward to getting your letter, even if i am like a million years old when i get it haha Love Ya!
Miya. I am so down. Keep me posted. And i will get to go to the temple once here. And its the day before i leave. I have to drive to Santiago, and i am totally going to go through the temple before i have to go to the airport. It will be in spanish so i dont know if it will be the same but if not i plan on going to the temple every week when i get back so i´m sure ill find out
Mom no it doesnt have anything to do with you apostate prophecy. P:S. if you were talking about the really tall red head from mesa, she doesnt speak english either hahahaha
Dad, DOnt even worry about it i literally got your email as soon as i opened up my email so there wasnt any problem. You´ll have to take me there to Colorado, im so down for a man trip there
So a quotes from this week
´´Elder Crockett, That was an inspired idea. Either that or your just freaking crazy´´ OK before continuing every single one of my companions have said something like that haha
So i LOVE my new Branch President. His expectations of what God expects of him are almost as ridiculously high as mine!!! We are getting so much work done it is awesome! And i am hoping that we get a new chapel soon too. Because today i went to the church to Email you and i turned on the lights and sparks start flying out of one of the lights and starts burning the chapel a little.
So we cut the power and called the
district. They should be coming in tomorrow to fix it along with about a
million other things. But when we called the man said that he is going
to find out if we can get permission to build a new church, because we
dont fit there anymore.Yesterday we had even more people than we had
the week before. And the church is pretty much falling apart.
Oh other
random fact, i got a call from the APs the other day, and they told me
that the work is progressing fast enough here in Lago Ranco that
President s going to send us more missionaries!!! I am not going to lie I
am really hoping for some more Elders. More than likely it will be new
sister missionaries, but i want more Elders so bad! It would be awesome
because we could play basketball and a bunch of cool stuff that you cant
do with Hermanas haha.
So awesome story from this week. I found a women who is straight up golden. I was visiting a little town a couple of miles outside of LAgo Ranco with my branch President because he wanted to meet a less active member there. And while we were there we knocked a door. And a Lady opened the door, and so i introduce myself and say that i am a missionary from the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, And straight away she invited us in and asked us to sit down, she turned off her tv ad so was ready to share with us.
So i ask if she had ever
talked with missionaries before. And she said No. And that she had seen
missionaries in the street once in her town but other than that no. And
my first thought was ´´You just invited 3 men that you have never seen
before in your life into your house, and asked to to make themselves comfortable and stuff like that. What is up with you´´
And then i asked
her if we could share a short message with her and she said ´´Yes but it
has to be pretty quick, because i was just about to leave for work and i
have to be there in 15 mins´´ And shoot i was just blown away. That
there was someone who was literally busy had to leave but still invited
us in. But we taught her a little bit of the Restoration and gave her a
pamphlet. And she was super receptive i can hardly believe it. But she
gave us her number and told us to come by whenever we wanted and we
could teach some more. She is awesome.
Welp i am all out time. Love you all keep me posted!
Welp i am all out time. Love you all keep me posted!
Monday, July 29, 2013
New Presidency!
Matt I am so gld to hear from you!!!! My address is Elder Hamilton Crockett
Casilla 7-0
So
I am so happy with this week. I have never faced more oppisition in my
lfe, and i have been tempted like crazy recently, but i am not going to
fall. And all my fighting has totally been worth it. Because Lago Ranco
now has a local Branch President.
The First Branch President in over 5 years who hasnt been a missionary.
My
companion and I were so happy that we both literally cried. And thats
not the only amazing thing that happened yesterday. We also ordained a
man to the office of an Elder. We also had so many people in church that
there was literally was not room in the building for everyone. All the
kids had to sit in the lap of their parents. We had to stop the meeting
to prepare the sacrament a second time. Literally out of every family
that i visited this last couple weeks. Every single one of them was in
church. Although some of the people where missing, at least one person
from every single one of the families came to church. There was literally not enough room in the house we use as a chapel. When we
where getting released as the Presidency of the Branch it was something
very special.
We only got told about 10 mins before the meeting that we
were getting released. And As President Carcamo ( the first councilor
in the osorno chile mission) was releasing us it was really special. He
Said ``We would like to release Elder De Regil, and Elder Crockett as
the Branch President and First Councilor in Lago Ranco. Due to the work
that they did Lago Ranco has seen many great things.`` And he said a
bunch of other things that i am not going to share, but then the ward
all raised their right hands to show their gratitude for our service.Many of them had huge smiles on their faces. Some of them were crying
they were so happy.
I have one friend whos name is Emily. She actually
reminds me alot of Amelia. But after the meeting she comes up to me and
asks ``Why did they release you? Dont they know how much you have done
here```And I told her that i was super happy that i did and that i was
really excited for the future of Lago Ranco. She then said to me ``What
are you going to do now that your not in charge`` And I told her ``I
just going to be a missionary again. And i am so happy about it`` And
next she said ``Wow thats disappointing`` She then walked away. I think
she was hoping i was going to be sad or something about it.
I remember
my first day here in Lago Ranco I set a goal that i was going to have a
LAgo Ranc that would be able to run itself without the help`of the
missionaries. And the ward was only about 6 members who were in church
on a regular basis. And there was absolutely no one with the higher
Priesthood. There was literally time at the beginning where it was
just me and my companion. Everyone else either just didn`t come. Or
the4y skipped out right after sacrament meeting. But yesterday after we
ordained a man to Elder. We now have 3 active Melchizedek Priesthood
holders. And a couple of potential Elders who may receive the higher
Priesthood within a year. I am so close to seeing my dream becoming a
reality.
Once i talked about the vision i had of Lgo Ranco getting a
real chapel. And how i was going to make the arrangements for it. And i
am so close. My Mission President talked to me abut it. And it may became a reality some day soon. But im not quite there yet. Although there
was more than double the number of church attendance than the branch
has ever seen. I still have more work to do. And I am Positive that
when the church is so full that the floor falls through I dont think
we`ll have any choice than to get a new church hahaha.
I have a Branch
Conference in August. I think the 16th. And i am inviting my mission president to it. I need him to see for himself how much the branch is
regrowing. And Then I may get to accomplish my dream of buying the
property to build a new Chapel. I am so excited. Although this week has
been incredibly hard. It has been awesome.
Mom so side note if you could hear about half the things the
leaders of the mission and how the other missionaries talk about me, you
would cry you would be so happy. I`ll write you a letter telling you a
little about it. But you`ll be glad to know that even though before my mission i was just a lazy bum who really didn`t really do anything, that
is not how people see me here. I have changed so much these last couple
of months. And i am so excited to see the man i am going to become in
the next Year and however many months i have left. I think its like 5
hahaha I love you all. Keep me posted
Monday, July 22, 2013
Loca
I should preface this by saying that in one of his pictures, and I'm not saying which one, I had the thought "There's Denton's wife!!" I told him about it, but not who it is. I responded to this email saying I'd tell him her name in approximately 18 months and he can speak English to her on the way to the airport, but before that he's right, he doesn't need to know. ~Jennifer
Dear Mom, i would like to remind you that i am a missionary hahahaha. When i was in Paillaco i had a experience that made me decide that i am not here on the mission to find a wife. And so i set a couple of Standards, one of which is my future wife, has to be able to speak English. Now that Hermana in the picture from the other week is from Utah so she may speak English, but i refuse to find that out for myself, and so any conversation that i have had with her has been in Spanish, so as far as i know she doesn´t speak English, so she can not qualify for my future wife. I am also only 19 years old you crazy hahaha
And, no I'm not telling if she's in any of these pics. 18 months people.
Dear Mom, i would like to remind you that i am a missionary hahahaha. When i was in Paillaco i had a experience that made me decide that i am not here on the mission to find a wife. And so i set a couple of Standards, one of which is my future wife, has to be able to speak English. Now that Hermana in the picture from the other week is from Utah so she may speak English, but i refuse to find that out for myself, and so any conversation that i have had with her has been in Spanish, so as far as i know she doesn´t speak English, so she can not qualify for my future wife. I am also only 19 years old you crazy hahaha
So this last week we had cambios. So a bunch of missionaries
where changed, and a bunch on new ones came in. But everything is the
same in LAgo Ranco (which kind of scares me, because there has never
been a companionship that has lasted here for more than 1 cambio without
the Younger Companion becoming the branch president. So i am hoping
that i will break this streak and get sent away before my companion
hahaha But anyway my Friend Elder Sosa had to go to Osorno to find his
new companion, and while he was there he calls me and Says ´´Hey Elder
There is some new gringo here running around with a photo of you saying
he knew you in High School´´ He said that his name is Elder Pugmire. I
definitely recognized the name when i heard it, but there was no face
that came to view. But the kid definitely knew me. I think he may have
graduated just this past year. But i had a crazy thought. I have
probably been in Chile Longer than he has had His Mission Call. But to
celebrate more that one Mesa High Man here I am going to send home a
picture of my first day here in Chile, and a couple more to show that
i´ve grown up a little haha. And oh my goodness i look like such a
little kid hahaha. It´s only been like 6 months haha. Oh side note I
have another friend here and she is from Mesa too. She lived just a
couple miles away from our old house. Sad thing is i cant remember her
last name, even though it is written on her nametag haha. And guess what
she doesn´t speak Enlish to my Knowledge either hahahaha.
I have 2 new zone leaders now. Both of them are Gringos (I actually knew them both from earlier in my mission too) But it was funny i was talking to one of them and he started to tell me some legit news from Paillaco, about a family of nine i found while i was there who are getting baptized this weekend. I would share the story of that but it´s really long. But its legit. But it was funny i was talking in English. And i realized that i am starting to pick up a spanish accent. It is so weird. Freaking Funny. But weird. But i made some remark about how i will be able to have a talking in english friend, and Hermana Zortman (the gringa from the foto the other week) says ´´You´ve always been able to speak to me in English´´ If only she knew that there is a reason i´m not speaking in english with her hahaha.
I have 2 new zone leaders now. Both of them are Gringos (I actually knew them both from earlier in my mission too) But it was funny i was talking to one of them and he started to tell me some legit news from Paillaco, about a family of nine i found while i was there who are getting baptized this weekend. I would share the story of that but it´s really long. But its legit. But it was funny i was talking in English. And i realized that i am starting to pick up a spanish accent. It is so weird. Freaking Funny. But weird. But i made some remark about how i will be able to have a talking in english friend, and Hermana Zortman (the gringa from the foto the other week) says ´´You´ve always been able to speak to me in English´´ If only she knew that there is a reason i´m not speaking in english with her hahaha.
Oh so random quote from today, my companion was worried
about falling through the 2nd floor of my house, because our house is
junk. But i said ´´Elder, the mission believes that you can make a house
out of 2 materials. Faith and Cardboard´´ hahahahahaha
Forgive that my email is all over the place. But
yesterday in church was interesting. I dont think my companion was
feeling very well. So i literally did everything. I prepared the
sacrament and set up the chairs all by myself because my companion was
in the restroom. And During church I directed the meeting. I blessed the
Sacrament. I lead the Hymns, And Thankfully i didn´t have to talk
again. I´ve talked about every other week hahaha. Just about every time
i´m not conducting. But after sacrament meeting i taught Priesthood too.
And then my companion and i did all the tithing work together. But it
was alot different that it was when i first started here in Lago Ranco. I
used to be really stressed, and didn´t really want to be in charge. But
yesterday I wasn´t stressed at all. I was actually pretty happy haha.
And before i was searching for a new branch President because i didn´t
want to be the next one. But now i am really just searching for a new
Branch president because i think that LAgo Ranco would be a much better
place if the branch president here, lived here. He would be about the
help the people much more than i would be able too. I can only do it
for a couple of weeks. Or months. But of the branch president here wasnt
a missionary he would be able to help for a lot longer. Thankfully i
think i may have found one. And he was just sustained to receive the Melchizedek Preisthood. I should be ordaining him to the office of an
elder within a week or two. And if not him. Im working on reactivating
another man who is already an elder. Honestly i will be suprised if i
will get to see LAgo RAnco with its own Branch President while i am
still here, so far my mission has been starting alot of work so that the
blessing can come further down the road. But I know that i am doing
everything i can to get LAgo Ranco o where the Lord wants it to be. I
told my Mission President about my goal i mentioned last week. And he
just said ´´There is nothing that would make me happier than to request a
bigger building in LAgo Ranco´´ I still hope i get to see that day. I´m
only starting the road there.
I love you Thanks for keeping me up to date with everything that is going on at home. Mom your Psycho hahahaha But i love you.
Love Elder Hamilton Crockett
Love Elder Hamilton Crockett
And, no I'm not telling if she's in any of these pics. 18 months people.
J
Monday, July 15, 2013
Snow Trip!!!
So this morning my zone and I got a huge van and drove up to ski resort
on one of the volcanoes and it was so much fun. I wish i could send you
some of the videos that i have because they are Legit. But ill just have
to show you them in a little less then a year and a half (I officially
passed the 6th months mark a week ago but i forgot to say something
about it. But it was so funny when we were driving up the driver we
hired was listening to the radio, and the song Hey Soul Sister Comes on
the Radio.
And my Zone leader said that he loved this song but he could never understand what it was saying. So he turn to me and says Elder Crockett, you speak English right? And i responded Ya a little bit, not enough that i would feel comfortable living in the US. My zone leader than asked me to translate the song for him. So as we were listening to the song I was translating every single word into spanish ( i had to change the phrasings a little bit so it would make more sense) (try translating untrimmed in spanish haha) But after words he said Finally i understand what this song is about, I have been wanting to know for years!
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Oh random side story. Sunday night i had a general preisthood meeting, and after we had a meeting for ll the presidents of the Districts that i had to go too. But it was in La Union and it ended late enought that there was not any busses heading for LAgo Ranco. So i ad to spend the night there. So i stayed with the Elders In Caupulican nd it was so funny. The Elders call their lndlord to tell her that i was coming, well kind of, but i wont get into that story. But after all my meetings i walk into her home and she yells. FINALLY The Mission sends me a Gringo. I have been waiting to have a gringo in my home for years and years. (There has never been very many gringos in my zone. I have a theory why but i wont share)
But She Says Boy You aint ganna be so skinny when i am done with you (If she spoke english i totally picture her talking like an old black woman) So i tell her, sorry i am only here for tonight i am leaving in the morning. She then Says ´´Well Shoot, I guess i have to fatten you up right now then.´´ And oh my goodness i dont think i have ever eaten more food in my entire life... And when i would tell her i was full she would say ´´Well too bad, you aint leaving if you dont keep eatin´´ So i kept eating... IT was incredible delicious. Probably the best food i have had here in Chile, but oh my goodness it was so much....
So much.
So on a different note i am going to talk about something a little more Elder Crockett ish While i was in the Priesthood Meeting for my Distrito of La Union I was feeling the spirit really strong. And we were talking about this program of Asignaciones that i think i´ve mentioned before. But as i was in the meeting i had a mini ´´vision´´ And i saw myself buying the property to build a really chapel. Not a casa capilla. And then i was thinking to myself about what i needed to do so that i can get a really chapel here in lago ranco.
And in my head i saw a peace of paper that i have in my desk that has the name and the address of every single member in Lago Ranco. And i remembered that there are 119 different people on this list. But we only have about 15 active members. So i had the thought that if i visited every dingle one of these members, invite every single one of them to church this week. And give them an assignment ( I really hop Ive talked about these assignments in more detail in an earlier email because they re miracle workers) That in this next cambio i will be able make the arrangement to build a new chapel.
And when all these thoughts clicked together in my head i had one of those (AH YEAH) Smiles. nd it was great the District President saw me smiling, and gave me a look that said You look like you are about to see miracles and you know it. (you know how you can have entire conversations without saying a single word. It was totally one of those moments) And all i did was i just started to nod my head. And started to smile too. I have alot of work to do this week. And i am so ready to do it.
Love you all keep me posted!!!!!
And my Zone leader said that he loved this song but he could never understand what it was saying. So he turn to me and says Elder Crockett, you speak English right? And i responded Ya a little bit, not enough that i would feel comfortable living in the US. My zone leader than asked me to translate the song for him. So as we were listening to the song I was translating every single word into spanish ( i had to change the phrasings a little bit so it would make more sense) (try translating untrimmed in spanish haha) But after words he said Finally i understand what this song is about, I have been wanting to know for years!
.JPG)
Oh random side story. Sunday night i had a general preisthood meeting, and after we had a meeting for ll the presidents of the Districts that i had to go too. But it was in La Union and it ended late enought that there was not any busses heading for LAgo Ranco. So i ad to spend the night there. So i stayed with the Elders In Caupulican nd it was so funny. The Elders call their lndlord to tell her that i was coming, well kind of, but i wont get into that story. But after all my meetings i walk into her home and she yells. FINALLY The Mission sends me a Gringo. I have been waiting to have a gringo in my home for years and years. (There has never been very many gringos in my zone. I have a theory why but i wont share)
But She Says Boy You aint ganna be so skinny when i am done with you (If she spoke english i totally picture her talking like an old black woman) So i tell her, sorry i am only here for tonight i am leaving in the morning. She then Says ´´Well Shoot, I guess i have to fatten you up right now then.´´ And oh my goodness i dont think i have ever eaten more food in my entire life... And when i would tell her i was full she would say ´´Well too bad, you aint leaving if you dont keep eatin´´ So i kept eating... IT was incredible delicious. Probably the best food i have had here in Chile, but oh my goodness it was so much....
So much.
So on a different note i am going to talk about something a little more Elder Crockett ish While i was in the Priesthood Meeting for my Distrito of La Union I was feeling the spirit really strong. And we were talking about this program of Asignaciones that i think i´ve mentioned before. But as i was in the meeting i had a mini ´´vision´´ And i saw myself buying the property to build a really chapel. Not a casa capilla. And then i was thinking to myself about what i needed to do so that i can get a really chapel here in lago ranco.
And in my head i saw a peace of paper that i have in my desk that has the name and the address of every single member in Lago Ranco. And i remembered that there are 119 different people on this list. But we only have about 15 active members. So i had the thought that if i visited every dingle one of these members, invite every single one of them to church this week. And give them an assignment ( I really hop Ive talked about these assignments in more detail in an earlier email because they re miracle workers) That in this next cambio i will be able make the arrangement to build a new chapel.
And when all these thoughts clicked together in my head i had one of those (AH YEAH) Smiles. nd it was great the District President saw me smiling, and gave me a look that said You look like you are about to see miracles and you know it. (you know how you can have entire conversations without saying a single word. It was totally one of those moments) And all i did was i just started to nod my head. And started to smile too. I have alot of work to do this week. And i am so ready to do it.
Love you all keep me posted!!!!!
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