The Office and the Mechanic

Dear Family,

To start off with a story this week the setting is Thursday. Trying to look for my bishops house which you think would be one I have memorized but he lives far away and right at the border of another mission. I think we passed his house by a couple blocks and an older lady called us over we saw that she had her hood popped up so we looked at each other to see who had more knowledge with mechanics and neither of us new what was the difference between a spark plug or a bike chain so we decided to look. She said something about "una manguera que no estaba conectado y que estaba cayendo liquida verde (which looked like nitros but it wasn't) y que su esposo esta lejos y no puede ayudar" mustering up all my Spanish I had I look for a manguera. I got my hands a little dirty in the process but turns out the liquid that was leaking was coolant and not nitros so I plugged it in somewhere and sent her off her way. The spirit works in incredible ways.

We had a really good lesson with David, recent convert, this week. He feels like he isn't progressing very much in life because he works a moto taxi which doesn't give him very much increase. We decided to talk about goals and showing God that we are doing all we can to deserve the blessings that he wants to give us. He even said he has plans to get married in the temple and send his kids on missions! He asked us a question but I found the answer later.

David: “Why would God try to make such a perfect plan and in the moment of most importance on His divine creation send Satan to earth where he would knowingly also put Adam and Eve?” 2 Nephi 2: God gave unto man that he should act for himself, man could not act for himself save it should be that he was enticed by the one or the other, the tree of life of the forbidden fruit.

I have learned a lot here in my mission and most things I can apply to everyone about what brings happiness.

lesson number one is that if we want to feel love, joy, and peace, we must do the things that bring the Spirit into our lives.

The truth is that there is no joy or happiness without something to overcome.

The just man does not permit several elements within him to interfere with one another. He sets in order his own inner life and is his own master and his own law and is at peace with himself. Socrates

Happiness adds and multiplies as we divide it with others

Thou must live for another if thou wishest to live for thyself.

I hope you are all doing well. I pray for you everyday. To describe the pictures its from playing the guitar and singing. And the other one is an pic from right now.

Elder Craythorne