Howdy Family!!
Well the mission life has finally hit me as real life! This
week was by far the hardest week I have had yet on the mission. I got my new
companion on Wednesday, Elder C from Nicaragua. He is pretty cool but just
super... different and I definitely am struggling to build a good relationship
with him. The day we became comps I was literally sick to my stomach the entire
day just because I missed my old comp and I don’t really know why else. That
night I wrote like a million pages in my journal and couldn’t think of anything
but coming home. The next morning and day was practically the same and for some
reason I just couldn’t get a hold of myself. It was extremely difficult but… here
I am just fine now.
While watching Elder Johansen leave it really struck me how
much love he had for his converts and how much his converts love him. It really
has made me think a lot and I hope someday I can be able to cultivate that kind
of love with the people I am teaching. For now it has been a little hard but I
feel like I can do it. The people Elder Johansen taught might not know
everything there is to know about the gospel and everything but they have a
love that will carry them through the times of doubt that they may have. And
that’s what I want my investigators to have as well.
Last week or the week before I can’t remember Elder Johansen
and I were contacting in Rosario and I just randomly decided we needed to knock
a door ... or door ish thing haha and we found three families in this house. At
first they were a little unsure of us but after a little bit they let us teach
a little lesson. One of the families, that were actually just visiting
relatives in that house, is named Family Galicia and we are now teaching them
in their own house in Cuidad Real. Last night we taught a lesson with them, our
third lesson, and it seriously went like perfectly. They are reading all the
stuff we leave, inviting us to dinner and are super eager to learn more. It’s
perfect. It just made me realize how essential it is to just listen at the
random thoughts you have and to act on them! Because now we have a sweet family
to teach!! Miracles definitely do happen here!
Well that’s about all I have time for... I’m praying constantly
I can start working a little better with my comp and we can just be friends. It’s
just sooo hard to communicate. BUT such is mission life so I’ll just take it a
week at a time!! Hopefully you all have a good week!
Elder Crump
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| With his trainer Elder Johansen & Kevin |
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| Tazumal District |
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| Elder Johansen and his two sons (missionaries he trained) |
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