6-16-2014

Oh my goodness! Kyle has job? MY COMP IS MY BEST FRIEND!!! She is just like sister fields!! I love her so much!! She is obedient and she works so hard!!! We are going to bust this area wide open with baptisms!!! Sorry about Sister Rowels, make sure you show her your love and the love out our heavenly father. Mmmmmm I would love to eat some real food haha all we eat are beans, eggs, and tortillas. I am learning to love it. I am hungry all the time because we walk EVERYWHERE!! Thank you for great shoes!! I don’t think I am going to write a family email, just send lots of pictures. My week was awesome!!! I love you mom!! I am glad you had fun in St George, Kenzie is living there now. I miss hearing your laugh when you are with all you sisters. Tell them I love them!!! I will get you my scripture next week. Use the picture that is my profile picture with the LDM because I look cute there haha

6-9-2014

Okay craziest week ever with a plot twist ending. First of all, many people have commented on how tan ive become. Or in the workds of my good friend Alexx, how BRONZE i am. That is a lie. I am still very white. You see what happens is, everyday I sweat (gross but it needed to be said) and then while I walk dirst sticks to me. No mater how many times I shower, I am still drity. Hahah it is great. I dont have much time because I got 1000 emails (THANK YOU I LOVE THEM!! Now send me letters so I can acutally respond ahaha) Okay The gulf of Mexio evaportated and related to Chui. I have been walking in water upto my knees ahaha today was the first day is hasnt rained but tonight i am sure the rain will come. It is a struggle because I need to do some handwashing but cant. MOM thank you for making sure I had greay shose. I walk EVERYWHERE and I hike. My feet would die withour them. Okay I litterally climbed a montain the other day to teach a lesson. It was great! We had four baptsmis thiss week. Super speacial to me becasue they are the first people me and my comp taught together. Ahhhh my comp is getting transfter out tomorrow ahhhhhh I am super scared to be the senor comp for a while until my comp knows the area. We are in Esquipulas for pday. I know God lives!!! Guate is so pretty. If you could take a look through my eyes, you would be amazed. Pictures do not do this justice. OKay okay I have to go. Les amo mucho! Ill write a hand letter this week. HAppy fathers day!!!! I love you dadadadadad!

Hermana Crouch

6-2-2014

I´d like to start off this weeks email with a little song we all have heard many times: La cucaracha, la cucaracha ya no puedo caminar, porque le falta porque le falta una patita pa anadar! As far as it is translated correctly, the cockroach cant walk because he is missing a leg. I am asking for a moment of silence for my heroic actions this week. On Monday night we were at a FHE in a members house. During the lesson a cockroach the size of a Disneyland pressed penny flew in my hair. Of course I couldn’t cry in front of one of my favorite families so I calmly asked my companion to remove the insect from my cabello (hair). As we all know, cockroaches are my number-one fear in life (followed by native American cemeteries and elders). The next day I felt sick so (I blame the roach) I went to get medicine from my maleta (suitcase).... chilling on the zipper was a cockroach the size of TWO pressed pennies from Disneyland. We were in our apt so I obviously freaked out. My companion is a gem and killed it for me.  WAIT THERE IS MORE: later on that night there was ANOTHER cockroach the size of a huge Disneyland sucker... okay maybe not that big but is was huge. Hna Perez made me kill this one. It was the most tangible fear I have felt as a missionary. 

I thought this week was going to be slow..... HA what a joke. Fater then ever. This week I have really enjoyed the little things. For example: lightning bugs. They are everywhere here. I sometimes chuckle to myself because I can’t believe I am in Guatemala. God trust me to teach his children and it amazes me. Everyday I am more humbled. It is such a blessing to be here. I cant believe how it is possible I have such a love for the people of Chiquimula. The next 18 months are going to change me. Serving a mission is the BEST decision I have made. 

I have had this annoying cold the last week. It hasn’t stopped raining in 4 days and the streets are flooded. hahah Ill try to send some pictures to illustrate. I might have to buy crocks... I am determined not to but I might just have to. We walk in water past our ankles! Our favorite members birthday, my comp and my sister trainer leaders birthday was this past week. Sorry for the excessive spending on my card..... OH! I have been in Chiquimula for one month!!

Yesterday was the best!!!! We had a TON of instigators at church. We have three baptisms this week. They are some of the greatest people in the world! Their faith in Christ is amazing. I am so pumped!!!! Angles are truly preparing the hearts and minds of these people.

If I forgot to mention it last week: I HAVE A PERSONALITY IN SPANISH!! It took a month or so but it has finally come! I am feeling like I fit in here. I am adapting and it is grand!!

OH! My good friend Dylan asked me if we have cars in my mission.... to that I say: We have chevreLEGS ahah get it?  My favorite words are Crouch has Pouch!!! I got letters from Tristin, Josh, and Kenz! Thanks! I LOVE LETTERS!!! SEND THEN TO ME! My address is;

Hermana Kelsey Crouch

Mision Guatemala Este

Apartadado Postal 951-A

Guatemala, Guatemala

Please and thank you ;)

Daadadad! I can’t help but think how great our garden would do in Guate. I swear things pop up every five minutes. Richard! Remember when we went to Disneyland two weeks before I left and it rained a lot.... I am wearing my Disneyland shirt because its p-day and its raining haha

Les amo!!! Hna Crouch

Kyle: in my letter to you I asked you if you would start praying every night and morning. I wouldn’t be a missionary if I didn’t follow up! How is that going? I love you now write me.

5-26-2014

Dude where’s my car?

Okay no releavelce, but en serio, ¿como es mi carro? I miss having a car! Well, not really, but I miss my car!!!! As you know, I named it Charlie.... but it in Spanish, its Carlos! How is Carlos? 

On to the most exciting news this week...... WE GO CELLUARS (Cell Phones) one of the rules is, no walking and talking haha and we aren’t allowed to use it in public. On Friday we had Zone Conference and we were told to bring our house phones, strange right, but then we got cell phones! President and Sister Watts came and it was just the greatest. And then we had baptisms on Saturday morning and President y Hermana came to that too! Ahhh it was the greatest. This up coming Saturday we had to move all 5 baptisms to another date because our stake is making a trip down to the capital for a temple trip. Super jealous. GO TO THE TEMPLE. You all live so close to a temple. It is such a blessing! 

Congrats to Jeremy and Deana! I here you wedding was beautiful. OH! Today I got the worlds coolest post card from Heather and Jacob Justice! I looked at the date you sent it.... two months ago haha THANK YOU I love it with all my heart.

Ummmm I pretty much love everything. The people our Guatemala are so awesome! We had a service project this morning. We went to San Jose and talked/sung to old people. It was great! Oh! And last week after we wrote our families, my district went into the city and they bought sister McKee and I a cake for our 2 months in Guate. It was a lot of fun. Hopefully I can send more pictures. HAPPY BIRTHDAY KENZALTIN i hope it was everything you wanted and more. 

My birthday is in three months! I will be twenty.... ewwwwwww. 

Yesterday we had a lesson with the most prepared person to here the gospel! He is getting baptized in two weeks! I love him and his family so much! 

How is everyone? Good I hope!

I know with out a doubt this The Church of Jesus Christ of Later-day Saints is true. I wouldn’t be in a foreign country and speaking a language I don’t know if I didn’t know what I know. I know that Jesus Christ lives! 

Okay, I must go because I have a testimony of exact obedience. I LOVE YOU ALLLLLL. Write me letters, okay? 

-Con Amor

Hermana Crouch