Dear Family!!
Dang sounds like everyone is doing awesome! Things here in Vegas are going well and yes, the NFR is definitely under way! We walked into a less active members' home the other night and they were watching it... couldn't help but see a 3.9 second team roping run. It was pretty dang good. So hopefully you are all able to watch that and think of good old Elder Crapo who isn't able to watch the NFR.
As for all the missionaries coming home... when the heck is Regg going to be back?!?!?! I haven't heard from him since I have been on the mission. So when you see him punch him in the arm and tell him he better write me back! That's going to be awesome for him to come home right before Christmas. I bet he is stoked. That will be good for their family:) I miss that kid a lot. I got an e-mail from Tanner who said he has heard from Regg. So if he has and I haven't, I'm gonna be ticked!
Anywho things here in Sin City aren't too bad. And Hali, just to answer your question about the strip- no we aren't allowed on it. It is kind of like a dead zone. It is actually out of my mission because we can't even go on the east side of the I-15 except when we are going to the temple. It is crazy how the missions are so divided and from my area we can see Henderson and stuff. The closest church building to where we live is actually in the other mission. So just for your info, Hali we live like in between the M casino and the South point casino, just on the other side of the fifteen. It's a cool area:) After I leave you guys will have to come check it out. The people here are awesome!!
Well, it is transfer week for us and it is going to be a super crazy one! Elder Wanner and I are the only companionship in the whole zone that isn't switching! By the time I am done in this area I will have spent the whole first 1/4 of my mission here, which is nuts!! So just keep sending the packages here until January because I will be with the Fryes until then.
Well, this week has actually been a lot better. I was feeling a little down there for a while, but the Lord is just trying to teach me a lesson. Stinks when he does that right?! Haha This week we actually got a lesson with Sabrina. Her whole family took us to go and see a live nativity that one of the stakes was putting on for the community. It was really cool and fun. They had live animals and it was outside, so it made it seem really cool! Then after they took us to Raising Canes which is a super super good fast food restaurant that needs to come to Idaho before I come home:)
In other news you need a funny story right?! The other night we were heading to a lesson. Right after we were pulling out of our driveway and we saw these super nice dress shoes in the road. So Elder Wanner was like "woo, stop we have to go get those!!" So I whipped the Good old Toyota Corrolla around and we went and picked them up. Well, we got the shoes in the car and they were way nice dress shoes. Then it started to stink and there was something on the toes of the shoes! And Elder Wanner was like NASTY!! Someone Threw up on these!! We had to throw them back out of the window!! It was so dang funny! Good times on the mission.
It looks like there is a lot of snow there. Tanner sent me a pic of him riding last week and it looks so sick! I won't lie. Made me "trunky" for a few minutes. I miss the snow terribly bad. It just does not feel like Christmas here, which might be a good thing. That way I can't miss home too much, right?!;) As for Christmas, I will be Skyping you guys from the Crowders home on Christmas day. I am not sure what their name or whatever is on their computers but I will be able to call you that morning on our phone and give you the details and then I will call you back. What time would work best for me to Skype you? As for Christmas I don't really know what I need... a few ties wouldn't be bad. I would like a hard back bible. I have taken just like a regular Book of Mormon and just dominated it, which makes it feel really good. So if you wanted to just get me a regular Bible that is hard back kind of like the Books of Mormon are, that would be cool, too:) Other than that Mcdonald's gift cards are never a wrong choice or Subway or any type of gift card. And anything else you can think of. I really don't need much. And honestly I just want to Skype you guys and see how life is at home. That will be the best Christmas you can give me. I love my mission to death- don't get me wrong. I wouldn't trade it for anything, but I do miss you guys sometimes;)
I have to share with you an experience I thought I would never in my life have. Yesterday while at church we had just got done with Sacrament meeting. We were talking to our investigator, Corla and she was just walking out of the door when I turned and looked at the stand and there was a man who was in just regular clothes talking to the 2nd counselor in the Bishopric. I turned to Brother Whithing our ward mission leader and asked if he knew who that was. He said no. So immediately we went to go and talk to him. Turns out he was actually from Santa Anna California and he has been having some real struggles in his life. So he needed to just go for a drive and he drove 4 hours until he had a feeling that he needed to just come into the building and listen to the people there. Now our church building isn't just on the most traveled road, so that was crazy!! We went into the nursery room and Brother Schofield gave Abel one of the best blessings I have ever heard. The spirit was so strong. I couldn't hold back the tears. We then taught him the first lesson and gave him a marked Book of Mormon. We got his information and he went on his way. Hopefully he will go home and then find the gospel and he will be able to apply it in his life and save his marriage.
I know that our Heavenly Father loves us and he watches out for each and every one of his children. I don't know Abel very well, but my heart aches for that man. I know what can help him and his life if he will just go home and find the missionaries. I hope that they can get in contact with him from the information that we will send them today. It was such a testimony builder for me, and even though I do miss you guys and the snowmobiling, it is experiences like those that make everyday I am out here worth it. I hope that we all will remember what Christmas really is all about and what the purpose of life really is. We are here to serve and give ourselves to God's will and I know that if we will, we will be blessed. I love you all so much and hope you have an awesome week!!
The Church is true and the Book is blue!!!
Your son/uncle/brother/friend,
Elder Crapo
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