Dear family and friends.
It's time for my weekly email, again.
Well it was another good week here in the Longwood area. We went hard and had some fun! We taught a
ton of lessons. Tons. And helped some people come closer to Jesus
Christ.
Cause I guess that's what I'm called to do or something like
that. :) This week I learned a lot about repentance and how good it
feels! Hahaha... not repentance of large transgressions, but of little
things.
Little mistakes I make! Like not getting a member to every
lesson or not using the scriptures well enough in lessons. I've found
that by doing that I can more easily access the atonement and
progress
faster! Then I'll be a better missionary, and person. Lord
knows I need to be a little better! Well I'll just go into this week
and mention some of the highlights. Those include but are not
limited to:
Well to start off this week I'll start with a somewhat funny story, so on Sunday we were at church.
Shocker, I know, but it was a normal day. The speakers who talked gave
great talks and I enjoyed them. But against what the norm usually
is all three of them together only took about 35 minutes. So we
were left there with that awkward extra 5-6 minutes to fill. So what
does the bishopric do but call on the missionaries to give on the spot testimonies. Boooooyahhhhh! LOL! Of course it was a pretty
full chapel and I was feeling pretty good, I had a sock tie on. So we both
went up there confidently and spoke by the power of the Holy Ghost.
A wise man once told me if you didn't have time to prepare the
spirit will give you the words to speak, so he did. I don't remember
much of what I said I just know it's what needed to be said. It was
pretty funny. I think I cracked a joke, knowing me I'm pretty sure I did. It
feels good to be lead by the Holy Spirit. That leads into my next
point.
On Saturday Elder Thornock and I had a packed day full of lessons and good stuff! We were pumped and prepared
to just go out there and kill it. I was pretty confident that we would.
As
studies went on it appeared the Lord had different plans in
mind. Appointment after appointment canceled. Soon we were left
with only 1set appointment. We looked at each other and said
"LFG" or "Let's Freaking Go". We said a prayer, an inspired one, for the Lord
to help us fill our now 4 hours before dinner. We had already taught
2 lessons but we had an audacious goal of teaching 10. Well with that
quiet prayer in our heart we acted and went to twerk. The Lord
lead us to 6 people who were ready to hear the gospel. Three were less active
members. We actually knocked on the door of one, whose mother was
about to go into the hospital. She was actually a member as well. So we
got to give her a blessing before she went in. It was so sick. We
went hard and at dinner time we had taught 8 lessons. We were pumped.
It was a great day and a testimony to me that he Lord answers
prayers. The most repeated commission in the scriptures is to "Ask
and ye shall receive" I know that's true!
So it's time for another story, a funny one, but a touching one as well. Anyways many of you may or may not
know while I was serving with Elder Egan in Daytona we met a young man
named Kamal. He is blind, has autism, and is a Muslim. Well he
doesn't want to be anymore because he knows the church is true. We met
him at a center of the blind. Gave him a blessing and he went on. He
called us every day, and when I got transferred to Longwood I thought
he'd stop. I was wrong. This young man continues to call me every
single day. The conversation goes the same: Kamal "Hey Carterrr"
Crismon "Heyyy Kamal, how are you?" Kamal "Greaaatttt, so what's
up?" LOL. He's a great kid. I sure do love him. I look forward to his calls every day.
I'm pretty sure we will be life long friends. Whether or not I choose
to be. LOL. He's already asked me if he could marry my sister (I said no Brianne, no worries) and if when I get married if he can move in with
me and my wife so he can get baptized. His parents won't let him get
baptized by the way. They will allow him to if he moves out so he always
asks me to adopt him. LOL. He's a great kid! Please pray for Kamal. He
also calls the Draper temple and puts my name on the prayer roll often.
Hahaha.
Well that was my week in a nut shell. It's been a good one and I'm grateful the Lord has blessed us with so
much success. I really can't take the credit for it, because this
is his work and I'm just an instrument. The more and more I think
about it the more apparent to me God's love for his children becomes.
I know he loves me. He sees fit to bless me with all these great
things. One of
my favorite scriptures is 3 Nephi 14:11 "If he then,
being evil know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more
shall your father who is in heaven give good things to them that ask
him?" That's true, I know it is.
I've asked, and then worked to the best of my abilities to get it. Father in Heaven always blesses me with
it. He lives, He's real, I know it. I've felt it, and I've watched
it change lives. This week we had the opportunity to go to the temple.
It was absolutely amazing. As I sat in the high rooms in that
sacred building, a powerful feeling entered into my heart. A
feeling that I
was home, and that we are all wandering strangers in a
distant land. This is the Lords true church. I know it, and I testify if
it with all of my heart. I hope you all have an absolutely amazing week
this
coming week! I will be praying for every single one of you.
This past week I hit my 18 month mark, it's weird. I've been doing
this for a year and a half! Hahaha!! Please pray for me, and I hope you
all have an amazing week!
LOVES!!!!!!
Love, Elder Carter Crismon. A duly ordained minister of the
Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.®
P.s.- I testify that hymn #284 "If You Could Hie to
Kolob" is true.
Beautiful Florida! :)
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