9-7-2015

GO BIG OR GO HOME... or DO BOTH!

May have robbed that titulo de Chels when she came home... YOLOSWAG.

This week has been crazy. Elections are going on. We were in the wrong place at the wrong time and we accidently met the president of Guatemala and we were recorded on national television. Haha no joke. I haven’t even seen the president of the united states, let alone meet him! They always have these crazy caminatas here and we are always accidently finding ourselves stuck in the middle. 

Things were supposed to get pretty crazy here. We were instructed to have two days of food ready just in case anything happened. And we had to be in the house early. But nothing happened. In the morning we woke up to do exercises and we saw a fist fight... we decided it would be best to go back inside. But it has been super chill here.

This upcoming week...  ayyyy no. I think I might die. Just kidding but really. In my set apart blessing it talks about when I come home I will be mentally and physically tired. I think I was given a heads up but I didn’t realize that I would be this tired. Okay so tomorrow I have my last interview with president. We have to travel to Chiquimula. Then we have district meeting Wednesday. Thursday we have to go buy all the food for our Group BBQ on Friday. And then Friday we have weekly planning (which always talks FOREVER) and then we have to travel back to San Luis and start helping cooking the food. Saturday we are having an activity with the Hermana’s in Ipala. We are all one branch but we are separate.                 the props of running the relief society and the primary. And then after the elders will have a baptism of a great family. And then Sunday we have the primary program and I have to pack and start my long journey to the capital. And then the following Tuesday is independence day here so the temple will only be open in the morning...... who knows what I will be doing all day that day.

Then we all know what happens Wednesday.  It still hasn’t hit me yet.

But, I do know for sure that I have never given so much to anything I have ever done. I will come home content knowing that worked my very hardest until the end. I have had the best 18 months. I have learned more and grown more than I ever thought possible. I know my Savior lives. I know he know each one of us. I know that our Heavenly Father hears every prayer. Even when it felt that no one knew how I felt, I always felt the sweet assurance that I am a child of God and He is very aware of everything that goes on. I have seen His hand in my life. He has gotten me through the hardest times. The mission isn’t all fun and games. Sometimes,  it is really hard. I have learned to listen the spirit and rely on the Lord. I know the church is true. Thank you for all the support I have received. You guys rock!! I love you!!!

I don’t know if I will be writing next week, but see you next week!!

-Hermana Crouch