Dear family and friends!
Itssssss weeekkkllllyyy update time bruh.
What. A. Week. Three interview sessions, an exchange, a
canceled exchange, crazy ministers, and spider probs. We had a great
week here in our own area. We taught lots of people and we got lots
of members to lessons. We keep taking steps forward every week here in
our area. It's nice to see. The Lord is just blessing us with cool
people to teach and miracles. So I'll just hop on to it then...
This week was interviews with the mission president! They
are always lots of fun and a tad bittersweet cause this could possibly
be the last one with president Berry here. We had three sessions or
district meetings all in one day. Which was pretty wild! We were
driving all over the place! I had to give trainings at each. I don't
mind that cause I enjoy giving trainings at these things. My interview
with president Berry was very uplifting and tender. It was one I
won't soon forget! I truly do love that man. It was a fun day cause we
got to hang with sister Berry as well. She's a hoot, and lots of
fun. They even had lunch prepared for us. Which was a tad awkward at
first... Hahaha but we had a good time in the end. It's always so fun
to be a part of the things like this. We get to help the mission
president and his wife do things like this every now and then. This week
we have to go to more district meetings to give some more training!
It's so fun for me cause I love meeting all of the different missionaries
and getting to know and learn from them. It's been a real treat
for me to
be a part of all of this!
So we had a sick week here in the Eustis area. We tried a new way
to plan that I have learned. It worked remarkably well. The best part
is we were teaching a lot and we were getting members to those lessons.
We had tons of set appointments which enabled us to also have
quality lessons
with these people. It was just dope. I'm slowly learning the
best and most effective ways of doing things. It's not like the other
things were bad, but it's one of those good, better, best things. A
favorite
quote I like by Tim Duncan is about that. He says
"Good, Better, Best. Never let it rest, till your good is better and your better
is best." It's just dope that the whole point of life seems just to be
to get a
little bit better every day. Anyways. Enough of that
tangent. It was a fun week and we were running around and teaching and just
straight killing it here in the ol' Eustis area. I'm confident that we
can
continue to make it happen with Gods help in the future!
Wahooo!
So funny story of the week. On Saturday night Elder Holloway
and I were on our back porch. We were doing some things that night when we
returned home. Well as were were thus laboring I noticed a Biggo
spider that was about to enter into our humble abode. Ain't bout to let
that happen. So I quickly shut the door. I then grabbed a golf
club that was laying around. So I went to kill this thang for good. I
missed a couple times and then I hit it. But to my horror as well as Elder Holloway's when we hit it the spider it like exploded and a
bunch of little spiders flew out! We were not happy. Once again I
quickly ran into our humble abode and grabbed some Windex and stuff.
Then I went out there and killed almost every single one! Hahaha!!
I couldn't find all of them but I found most. We were not about to have
those little buddies running around all everywhere! Haha!
So the coolest lesson was with Our friend John. He's dope!
We are baptizing him in May so we are pretty pumped about that.
They found him last transfer and now he's ready to keep moving
forward. We had a very spiritual lesson with him on Saturday with the first counselor in our bishopric. It was dope, as we talked about the
priesthood and how it can bless him and his life. He's such a good man and he
wants to be the best father that he can! It's a pretty dope
situation. It's guys like those that we want to find, teach, and baptize.
So I'm still on a pretty big health push. My new breakfast
item is as follows. I make a protein shake. In it is 3 strawberries,
Spinach, Kiel, cucumbers, and raw egg whites. Plus a little bit of
natural
honey to sweeten that a little. It's pretty good, and it's
real healthy. I'm going to keep trying to lose that weight!
Gotta be good looking when I get home! Haha!!
Well that was my week here in Florida, in Eustis. I love my
mission, it's so awesome. Every day I learn something new, and grow a
little bit more! This life is meant to be tough, but rewarding at
the same time! Life is good! Elder Clarke talked a lot about that!
One of his quotes was "Love life, Love Problems!" I love
that. We just need to love life and do our best. I just am so grateful for this
opportunity that God has given me to serve Him and the good people in
Florida. This is the best mission by far in the world! That's true,
and my boy Elder Johnson can attest! The biggest thing I learned this
week is that again we just gotta believe, do our best and put it in Gods hands! That's the key I've decided. Just have a desire to
follow God and then be as diligent as possible! This church is true and
the book is blue. Life is good and I'm looking forward to my last 3
months here, it's weird to think it's almost over already, it's kinda
sad. But it's a step in the next direction. Anyways! Thanks for
all your support and stuff! It keeps me going that's for sure!
Wahoooo! Hopefully I hear from some of yah!
Loves! Elder Carter Crismon
Florida Orlando Mission
"I'm 6' 5"...."
Carter and Elder Ballard!
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