Okay so miracle! We had the best phone lesson of my entire life! So we are working with someone named Kevin and he is so awesome and so ready for the gospel. He was taught about a year ago and didn't progress but now he really wants to! So we were teaching him the Gospel of Jesus Christ and talking about repentance when he said "I just feel like I'm meant to do something big, like something big is going to happen to me." Uhhhh....baptism?! So I had this prayer in my heart, asking that Heavenly Father would help me know how to bring up baptism to him in that moment. So I opened my mouth and words just came out! It was so awesome! I don't even know what I said but the Spirit was so strong! One of my favorite things about being a missionary is being able to really be an instrument to the Lord and feeling Him work through ME to bring His children back. It's so cool! Basically, he's on date to be baptized now! Hopefully he'll be baptized July 31st if all goes well! I am so excited to keep on working with him this next transfer!
I got to meet my new mission president and companion! President and Sister Amos are the most cajun people I have talked to in a while! They're hilarious!!!!! President is from Opelousas, LA and Sister Amos is from Baton Rouge so she's 20 mins from home! They just made us roll on the ground we are were laughing so hard!!! I am super excited to work with them as an STL! It will be really fun to get to know them more. They were definitely called of God and that's what I got out of our meeting Friday! He's the man for the job!
The 4th was seriously so much fun! We had this idea as a companionship to bake like 10 dozen patriotic cookies and take them to the boardwalk and pass out to just get the badge out. We got to wave to so many people and serve so many people! We wore our red, white and blue and just had a blast! It was so fun to just feel normal! We then had some amazing BBQ with the cutest memebers ever! My favorite holiday was well spent, that's for sure!
I was in a lesson this week with this guy who is so in tune to the Spirit and doesn't even know it! Its wild! But basically, we were having a lesson on faith and he said something that really stood out to me. He said "faith is just letting go." I was shook. Alma 32: 21 says faith is not having a perfect knowledge, but to hope for what we can't see. Basically, this guy was saying faith is all about letting go of the "what ifs" and just going forward and hoping that God's got this. Faith is about letting go of our sins and turning to our Savior and hoping He can help us overcome our weaknesses. Faith is letting go of our doubts and insecurities and seeing what God sees. Faith is literally that simple! I loved his insight so much I wrote it next to that scripture. Faith really is just letting go. Pray and ask what you can let go of to strengthen your faith in Jesus Christ and Heavenly Father and He will help you let go of it and grow closer to Him!
I love this gospel and I love being able to share it. Being a missionary is the absolute best. God is good and cares about each one of us. Jesus Christ sees great worth in us! He loves us so much! I love Him and I'm grateful to bring others closer to Him! Turn to Him this week! I love yall, have a blessed week
Love, Sister Crouch
1. Cheers to month 13!
2. Happy 4th!
3. I love Goula and I love the beach.
4. Our socially distant district pday lol
5. The district!
6. "Mosquitoes: the unofficial state bird of LA." -President Amos. I'm adding MS in there because I got 20 bites in 30 mins! #happysummer
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