This week has been pretty awesome! I just got done with a baptism interview with President Brough for our investigator Kristin!! She wan't ready when we got to her apartment, so President took us out to Cracker Barrel and, since he was paying, I got The Cracker Barrel Country Boy Breakfast. It is gloriously dewlicious and it encompasses 3 plates full of food! I wolfed it all down before President and Elder Koenig finished their breakfast and they were staring at my 5'6 figure going "......". Haha it was so good! We went back to Kristin's apartment and President had us sit outside while he conducted the interview. She passed all the criteria and she is going to be BAPTIZED this Saturday at 10 am! We filled out her baptism record and then we left. Elder Koenig and I have been meeting with her for the whole 9 weeks I've been here in E-Town; Kristin has been through 6-7 other sets of missionaries! I have seen the gospel work through her while I've been meeting with her and I've seen the spirit bear witness to her that this is the true church of God upon the earth! I can;t wait to see her baptized and she asked me to give a talk on baptism!
I can't remember most of the rest of this week, but I'll share my experience at the hospital this past Tuesday. Brother and Sister Crowe took us to the hospital on base so I could have my ingrown toenail taken out. I have had it for over a month, so I'm very grateful right now! The man that took care of me was super cool! He has been in medical Army stuff for about 25 years and he planted a southern baptist church here. He noticed that Elder Koenig and I were missionaries, but it didn't seem to bother him. We talked about religion on and off during my appointment, but we mostly just joked around. I think he was surprised that we, being missionaries for the church, were so "normal" and willing to just talk! He and Elder Koenig joked around about taking my toe off with an exact o knife and a hot iron...not cool. But me the special person I am, my toe started bleeding like crazy and he had to put some goop on it an cover it in gauze.
After that incredibly graphic and disgusting story, I'll share a little more. Look for the opportunities The Lord will place before you to be a missionary. I promise you that you do not need a name tag to be a missionary, members are sometimes better missionaries than we can be out here. You have a special connection and bond with the people you know, something that the missionaries cannot match. When you open your mouth and do your very best to talk about the gospel of Jesus Christ in your conversations, angels will guide your words! I testify to you, as a disciple of Jesus Christ, that your example and your words are the brightest light you can share in this sea of darkness. Like it says in Matthew 5, you can be a light to everyone you see and talk to and you can be an instrument in the hands of the Lord. Do not alow yourself to think that you can't share that with someone, you can do it! If necessary, have the missionaries over for dinner and ask them to teach you how to talk about the gospel with your friends! I don't have any time left, but I love you all and hope you will do your best to shine forth among the dark.
Much love,
Elder Crow
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