2016 May 9 Warming up and Raining

Heller youfers,

I hope everyone is having an amazing week and if not I pray it will
start getting better! This week has been nuts! Most days it has been
up in the 70s and it has been really sunny and pretty, Kentucky is so
green I love it! We just got done doing a ton of geocaching with
Brother Harms. He is a ton of fun to be with, and geocaching makes my
head hurt its almost like trying to understand Isaiah. But we had a
ton of fun (and we hopefully don't have any more poison ivy than we
already do). The rest of the week has been really stormy though. We
had to come in early because we severe storm warnings coming in and I
have never been so soaked in my lifetime! For car missionaries we use
our bikes a lot and there are a lot of positives and negatives to
that! We get to talk to a ton of people but we are subject to whatever
Mother Nature has to throw at us. Maybe Heavenly Father is subtly
hinting that I need to bathe more...

Haha this week has definitely been pretty tough, we are finding a lot
of people who believe in fire and brimstone and believe we belong
there! It has been very trying for me this week to remain patient and
to find an ounce of love for these people. But if Jesus can do it, I
should be trying! I read a talk this week that said, "When...trials
are not consequences of your disobedience, they are evidence that the
Lord feels you are prepared to grow more." Heavenly Father's purpose
for us being on this earth is for us to learn and grow! How can we
learn if we do not make mistakes, how can we grown unless we fail a
time or two? How can I become more patient and loving unless I meet
people who are neither patient or loving? How can one learn to samba
unless they practice and have awesome teachers (that's you Jill and
Joe)? How can one do anything unless they try it out and put a little
faith to test?

We are not meant to struggle and fight tooth and nail for happiness,
it is the essence of God's plan for us to be happy and to STAY happy.
But He does not force us to be happy, He has given us the gift to
choose. Every choice we make can be boiled down to 2 choices, good or
bad; light or dark; happy or sad. We have placed before us every day
the CHOICE to be happy. So why not choose it? Who in their right mind
wants to be flipping discouraged and sad the whole day? Everyone wants
to be happy. It is so simple, live the gospel! Read the scriptures, go
to church,may your prayers, serve others, do whatever you think Jesus
would do! I promise that if we are trying to be happy and trying to do
good that Heavenly Father will help us to Choose The Right! God bless
you all, I love all y'all so much.

Much love,
Elder Crow

2016 May 9 Elder Parks, Crow geocaching

2016 May 9 at the end of my Mother's Day skype call

2016 May 9 Elder Crow in front Elder Parks behind, geocaching

2016 May 9 Elder Crow in front of Elder James went on splits so they took a selfie

2016 May 9 Elder Crow stole Brother Harms' phone

2016 May 9 Elder Parks feeds off danger, they call him Endangered parks

2016 May 9 Elder parks found a possum

2016 May 9 Elder Parks, Crow, Sisters Achee, Thomas

2016 May 9 LtoR Elder Champ, Elder Parks, Elder James, Elder Crow

2016 May 9 on the way home, Elder Crow in front with Elder Park and Sisters Achee and Thomas

2016 May 9 Sisters Achee, Thomas Elder Crow photobombing

 May 9 Sisters Achee, Thomas Elders Parks, Crow geocaching 

2016 May 9 This is my great friend Elder Champ from Enumclaw, Washington who went home last Wednesday.  We got to have a sleepover so he could get to Louisville on time.  Love Ya Elder Champ

2016 May 9 This sign is supposed to say Cheap yard sale this is how hillbilly the people are here