Parabens

Oye como vai minha familia!

This weeks has gone by way to fast I feel like I need to work twice as hard just to keep up with how fast it is going! Before I continue on thank you Tommy for the letter. The orange juice crises swept my district for a day, but luckily I listened to your advice and was saved. I have built up my stomach were it can withstand the cranberry juice at least haha oh and they no longer have the tree of life showers:) Tommy you have been a great friend to our family and especially with keeping my brother Devin in shape (by the way I did my first one are pull up when I got to the MTC! it was awesome) :) You are a very strong person both physically and spiritually. You will be a great father which is the best calling of the church I hear. Say hi to Emily and Miles for me!

Thank you Dev and Bec for the emails its good to hear that the weather in Rexburg is over freezing now. Its about time they remodel Brolims haha I hope they still have the awesome 2 bags of cereal for 5 dollars when I get back.

To  Marcio and Sandra I want to let you know that the language is going really well I haven't said an ingles prayer in over 4 weeks! We also do this thing Monday, Wed, and Saturday were we talk portugues all day and if we speak ingles at all we have to carry around this big rock we call it pedra de vergona which means rock of shame haha. I have only had to carry it twice so far!

Mom and Dad I love you both very much! Thanks for your support and I feel your prayers every day.

Dad I hope you are feeling better, take advantage of the nice weather and go golfing for me:) please send some pictures of my High School when it is done. Oh also this may be a little random, but could you send me a picture of that guy we saw at Laguna Beach who we called King Neptune I told the story about him and all the elders want to see him haha. yesterday we sent off one of my best friends at the MTC Elder White who got his visa. We had a fiesta for him and ate a lot of food.

We now have two Japanese speaking elders in our room now which gives me an opportunity to be thankful for the language I am learning. That language makes no sense and their hymn books are impossible to understand! 

My companion Elder Lloyd and I are doing great as a companionship we both know how to work hard, I have to get him on track every now and then because he has a short attention span, but when we are working diligently we get stuff done. We teach by the spirit we learn by the spirit and we concoure with the spirit. O Espirito Santo is a big role in missionary work, its our jobs as missionaries and members to study in our mind the Gospel of Jesus Christ and listen to the promptings of the spirit and apply them in you teaching. I am so excited to go to Brazil and spread the message of the restoration of the gospel and that God still loves us that he has a modern profeta here on the earth to guide his church and guide his children. We were given families to learn and grow together and make it back home to our father.

Cheers

Elder Crandall