August 1, 2016 Smile, you're a child of God

Dear Everyone,

I had a good week.

Elder Crow

Just kidding!! Boy this week was absolutely nuts!! I had to do some trainings on online proselyting because on Friday the GKLM gets Facebook! So if you want some daily spiritual food hit me up at Elder Zachary Crow 😁!! The even weirder thing about this Friday? I will have been a full-time missionary for 1 year!!!!! The days are flying by (like a Crow) and I don't like it! I'm honestly not the sharpest tool in the shed (concussions don't help) but I could not have made a better decision. If there ever where a time I could actually call myself smart it would be right now. Because I couldn't have made a better decision than to serve my Savior and my Heavenly Father for these 2 years! You wanna see a bright fella you go find a Mormon missionary, they're making the best sacrifice a man/woman could make. And it's worth every, single, day.

Anyways, enough about this teeny fried chicken in the whole KFC, on to bigger and better realizations! So honestly, this week has been pretty rough haha! We are struggling to find someone to teach and we're running into a lot of people who think we are idiots and they are gonna teach us right from wrong. I really don't appreciate people who tell me I'm wrong, I really don't respond too well! And as I was studying this morning, I remembered something a convert to the church said concerning all of Christianity, "Guys, we believe that a virgin had a baby without having sex, that's crazy! We believe that baby was actually the Son of God and he raised people from the dead, walked on water, and paid for all of our sins...that's weird! So why is it so weird that we believe that Joseph Smith talked to God and Jesus, restored the original church of Jesus Christ, and translated a new book of scripture?" That put a smile on my face and reminded me that I don't have to care about what anyone else says, because people are depressing and rude! But there's still a ton of awesome people out there, and I meet a few of 'em every day!

So on to the title of my email! Like I said, this week was kinda rough, and during my personal studies I was trying to find some peace and comfort from the scriptures. Instead, I found it in the Spirit. I was reading in John and read over this awesome scripture in chapter 14:27: " 27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it beafraid." When I read that I just felt like every burden on my back was gone, everything was ok, and I just felt so happy! Then, for some reason, I remembered the little phrase "Smile, you're on candid!" and I thought of a different one, "Smile, you're a child of God!" So mine is obviously better. Well, that's all I've got this week, God bless and have a good one!

Much love,

Elder Crow