So a lot has happened since I wrote last. It's been a party! Transfers happened and I found out that I'm going to be ending my mission in Pascagoula and staying with Sister Nelson! This is by far the longest I've ever stayed in an area (7 months to be exact) and it's crazy to see how many amazing relationships I have with the people here. I wouldn't want to die (or end my mission lol) in any other place!
The work here in Goula has started to pick up so much and it has me super excited to end my mission working hard! We have been able to see so many miracles with the people that we're meeting, the people we are teaching and the attitude we are having!
So I was able to check something off my mission bucket list this week and do a church swap with one of the sweet ladies we are teaching right now! Her name is Georgia and she is such a gem, we love her! We have been trying to get her to church for months and we finally got her to come and then we went to her church. Man, did we stick out like a sore thumb though! Haha we were definitely the only white people there AND we were wearing the name tag haha. But it was so fun. I really loved being able to see how other people worship and show God how much they love Him, but it also made me so grateful for the restored gospel of Jesus Christ! They even had me saying "mmmmhmmmm" by the end of the sermon and I fit right in ;)
So I mentioned meeting a Baptist preacher in my last email who wanted to learn more about us and our church. Well we got to have dinner with him and his family! It was so awesome. First off, they took us to cracker barrel and they while time they just asked about us, our family, our church, everything! They just wanted to know more about us. It was soooo cool! A lot people in the South grow up being taught in church that we aren't christian and that we aren't good people, including him! But at dinner, he told us how he read the pamphlet about Joseph Smith that we gave him and he said "y'all are good." They're pretty good too lol. They even showed us their church and sang us some of their hymns and it was just so cool. The same thought kept coming to my mind the whole night saying "we aren't God's only people". How true is that?! God works through everyone to make His work move forward and I'm grateful I was able to feel that. We are doing another church swap with them this Sunday and I'm so excited!
I've been thinking a lot about giving it all to the Lord. People like Georgia and Preacher Dan teach me so much about what it means to surrender their life over to God and to do His will. I'm so grateful to be in a place with people who love the Lord as much as me. I was reading Alma 39:13 and it taught "...turn to the Lord with all your might, mind and strength." The people down South are an amazing example of that! I'm trying more and more everyday to keep turning to Christ and to keep becoming better. I know the Lord is there everytime we turn to Him and He is ready to help us become better.
I love yall so much! Have a great week and turn to the Lord :D
Love, Sister Crouch
^please give this a watch if you want a good laugh. My town Goula even gets a shoutout!
1. Georgia and her sister at their church!
2. I also got to see the Waldrops last week! They came to see me on the coast
3. We went bowling as a district for our last pday together and celebrated 2 elders' birthdays!
4. I BROKE 100 FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER
5. The sweet sisters we do extra studies with for our trainings
6. Our friend that we see on the beach! Sweetest guy you'll ever meet
7. We got a picture with BB8
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