Hello everyone I hope your week has been amazing!
I realized it was already 2 so I thought I better get this out! This
week has been full of finding, but whatever I'm doing I know I'm doing
it for the Lord so that always brightens up my day. It was in the 50s
for most of this week and I was LOVING it...then yesterday it snowed
and it got really cold. Yesterday was 15 degrees, but it felt like 1
degrees because of wind chill (I'm not that smart the weather app just
told me). So we finally got some snow down in Kentucky, even though it
melted in the past 2 hours haha. Oh well, we definitely like biking in
the sunshine rather than an inch of snow. So I'm preparing myself for
winter, even though it's here, and I'm not prepared...uh oh. But rain
or shine there are people who need the gospel, and I'm gonna find em.
Just like I mentioned last week, there is no temptation we cannot
endure with Christ in our sights. I may have some tough days out here,
but no amount of cold or rejection can damper my mood unless I let it.
So I'm gonna put some sunshine in my soul; rain or shine, cold or hot,
night or day, I've got work to do.

 "At all times, in all things, in all places" I have been called to
represent Jesus Christ. And whether you realize it or not, all of you
are doing the same thing (at least I hope you are). Just because most
of you don't have a tag on your chest doesn't mean you can't be an
example of Jesus Christ. I realize some people on my list are not
members of my church, but this still applies to you. You do NOT, I
repeat NOT, have to be a Mormon to live a Christlike life. The
commandments we are to live are the same for every person on the
earth. Happiness is promised to anyone and everyone who will strive to
follow the example of Jesus Christ. Not every second of every waking
moment, but we are promised blessings and aid from on high when we
most need it. I have seen these blessings in my own life. The gospel
is not always easy peasy lemon squeezy, but it is ALWAYS worth living
it (I will send another email soon with an analogy I thought of). I
have seen it in the lives of my own friends and family, and the people
I talk with every day.

 I have definitely seen it in the lives of the Carter family. If I
haven't mentioned them before, they're an amazing family! Sister
Carter and her daughter, Natavia, are starting to come back to church.
Natavia is awesome; she did her personal progress all the years she
didn't come to church, she reads the scriptures with her 2 brothers
(who are investigating the church), and she made a diagram of the plan
of salvation! Her 2 brothers, Naje and Norien, are working to be
baptized on January 28th and they came to their first day of church
yesterday! I think the experience was so much better because it
sounded like no one was going to come to church that day, but when I
turned around after sacrament meeting was over, they were there and I
was even more grateful that the Lord let me wait to see he joy of
having someone at church. And they love our lessons. I asked Naje if
he wanted to go to the youth fireside (like a short church service
with speakers for youth 12-18 and parents), but he said "No I'd rather
have a lesson with you guys!" Ahhhh God is good and I know He is
watching out for me and my family. Nothing could make me want to do
anything else with my life right now, I get to experience so much joy
sharing the happiness Christ has given me with others!

 I hope you all have an amazing week and make an effort to make Christ
more central in your life,
Much love,
Elder Crow

Snowy Sunday Morning