Update 12-5-11

Just when you’re getting comfortable…Boom!  Everything changes!  On Saturday, the district and I were enjoying a lovely breakfast of fish tacos (the fish were caught THAT hour!), when Elder Vent received a phone call about the transfers.  He talked to the zone leader for a minute, then he looked at me and said, “Is this a joke?”

Uh oh!

He asked him a couple more “things,” then he hung up.  Remember Elder Blood? …that new Elder that doesn’t talk much and just got through being trained?  Well, he’s my companion and I have been made senior companion with only three transfers in the mission.  Yikes!  I still stay in my same area, which is good.  But goodness, the Lord sure trusts me more than I trust myself.  We’ve been having lots of success in my area, so I hope I don’t mess everything up (or corrupt Elder Blood).

Other than that, this week is looking awesome.  We have about 4 or 5 people with baptismal dates who are progressing (although that really doesn’t mean much here.  A baptismal date is really common; in fact, we’re supposed to challenge people to be baptized in every lesson), and I am just loving it here.  It’s getting pretty chilly in the night, which I love, and it’s not hot during the day anymore, it’s very comfortable. 

Oh, and just for the record, Christmas lights wrapped around palm trees are cool, but they just aren’t the same. 

The other companionship in our district recently baptized a woman name Marie,  She’s the one who recently got married just so she could get baptized (her husband was an inactive member).  Anyway, I just think it’s funny that we’ve been taking her to lessons  just like she’s been a member her whole life.

 

But, last week I, neglected to write about our baptism!  We baptized two kids.  They are such awesome little kids!  The story is, we’ve been teaching them and their family (rather hesitantly, since they’ve been investigators for so long).  They suddenly progressed, so we’ve been teaching them like crazy, and we baptized the two kids.  They’re going to be a big focus for us, because we really don’t want them to go inactive because their parents (and aunt) aren’t baptized. 

Anyway, I’m absolutely loving every minute of my mission, and I’m very excited for this new challenge I have!  Pray fore me - - I’m gonna need it! ☺

 Elder Crabb

I got a hold of the letter Cody sent home this past week...I thought there were a few fun things in it like how excited he is for calling home at Christmas time:  I also found out that we are going to spend Christmas in Los, I´m very excited for that. All the missionaries in the Bahs are going to travel there and call from there and everything. It´s going to be really really cool.   I find out about my packages, it´ll be Christmas. =) So...I´ll TELL you then! With my voice

And this part he already sent us, I just thought it was funny how he told his family!

I am now a senior companion! In the furthest area from the mission office (the same area, Comondú). My new companion is Elder Blood. He´s a really awesome Elder, but he´s really shy and he doesn´t speak much Spanish. Can you say "estress"? I´m kind of marvelling that I can have this assignment so early, it´s kind of unheard of! But we´ll see how it goes. Hopefully I don´t drive any investigators away.....

He sent some pictures home but I don't know if they have any explanation, they usually come with something so I think I may have missed it!