"Pull your weight" has become the motto of my mission this week and will be the motto of my mission this next week because #Thanksgiving! We have eaten SO MUCH FOOD. Like so much. It's literally insane. I think I cooked 2/21 meals this week because of our sweet members and their kindness. Get this. So there's a restuarant called Bozos here in Goula and it's a must go while here. Some members called us this week and invited us to go on them and get anything we wanted. So Sister Nelson and I ordered this 1/2 lb. burger that was stacked high with onion rings and we were certain we couldn't finish it. But we pulled our weight and demolished it and regretted it 2 seconds later. Just getting ready for this Thursday (we have 3 dinner appointments.)
Other than dying thoroughly after our Bozos, we had an amazing week! We did so much service and it seriously made the week go by so fast and made it so fun! I raked probably a 1/2 acre by myself, sawed this giant bush in an old lady's yard, dug out a few flower beds, and passed out a bunch of Thanksgiving day food to people who needed it all along the gulf coast. Service seriously is the best! I love helping those who can't do certain things themselves. Try and serve someone this week and see how you feel!
We did another church swap at our friend's Baptist church and it was so fun! Our friend is the Pastor there and he invited us to come to their Church's 50th anniversary and so we did! Everyone was so excited to see us there and it was so fun to be able to just get to know people and let them get to know us! We even got to stay for a SOUTHERN potluck. They know how to luncheon! After our friend's afternoon sermon, we went up to say bye before we left and he got choked up when he told us how much it meant to him that we came to support him. He told us "if it were up to me, I'd say we're friends." That was so cool! Something I think we overlook in missionary week is how important it is to just be friends with people not of our faith. Christ can unify even the "Mormons" and the Baptists as our good friend Dan would say. God definitely had His hand in us meeting and I'm so grateful for that!
I'm so grateful for this time of year to reflect on all our blessings. I hope everyone is taking President Nelson's challenge and seeing the blessings of gratitude! God is so good and I'm so grateful for a modern day prophet and the counsel he gives. The church is true! This is Christ's church!
I hope yall have a great week and a happy thanksgiving! Tell your social media what you're thankful for #givethanks
Love yall so much!
Love Sister Crouch
All the pics are from Bozos. The before and the after haha
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