Hermana Tess Crawford: Sister Training Leader!!

Hey how's it going everyone? First of all congrats Jake on the call to Canada speaking Spanish, that's sick!!! I can't believe Jarom guessed it! I wouldn't have survived the cold of Canada but I know he can handle it.

Haha I'm glad you enjoyed the charity shoes story too and had something to tell people about. What the heck, 127 days??.... That's insane. Yeah I try not to think about it too much and focus on the mission but sometimes it's hard not to. I'm definitely going to make the most out of what I have left, don't worry! Ahh it's exciting to be getting closer to the end though. I'm tired.

I'm glad your conference weekend was a fun one and you got to hang out with the Wilsons! I miss Peter :( I loved all of the talks, but my fave was Bednar's! I loved the analogy he made with the story about his friend and his new truck that got stuck in the snow, and couldn't get out until he put the wood in the back and the heavy load gave him enough traction to get back on the road and back home to his family. I'll tell you why I liked it so much a little later on in the letter.

Way to beat Chaparral, Gilbert!!!! And way to be a beast, Rustin!! Wish I could've seen it with my own eyes, but I'm sure it was a sick game. And Olivia's team will beat Desert Vista next time I'm sure! I hope Chloe did well in the elections too <3

Alright so this week was awesome! I got to see ALL my comps and friends at the Hnas' Conference, and we had time to hang out and have fun as well learn from a few talks. As you can tell from the pics, we started out by going to el Cerro de la Gloria just for fun and it was there that I got to catch up with Hales and Barney and freak out about how fast the mission has gone by. Then we ate dinner at Pres.' sweet house which was amazing! Then after hardly sleeping because the neighbors were listening to cumbia (Argentine rap) all night and then getting a call at 12 that the hnas from San Rafael were at the gate and needed to sleep in our pench, on Wednesday we did some yoga, played some games, and then got to hear talks by Hna Avila, the two other older sister missionaries Hnas Anders and Pelayo, and this psychologist lady who talked to us about how to communicate with our comps more successfully. It was the best conference ever. I talked to all my ex comps and everythings good between the two that I had a hard time with and I, which was a relief. I also got to meet some Hnas that I'd never seen before which was also fun.

Anyways General Conference was also a blast! On Saturday we watched it with Hna Ashby in her apartment on her iPad. She made us food and we got to sit on couches!! Hallelujah! Then on Sunday we watched it with the other gringos (we watched it with Ashby because it wasn't coming through in English in the chapel, but then by sunday it was fixed.. kind of) and had lunch that a couple from the US that lives here made for all the missionaries! It was fun and was almost like home.

So seeing as how I'm running short on time, I guess I'll fill you in on what happened with transfers.. My comp is leaving to Tunuyan, and my new comp will be..........................................................HERMANA SCHIESS!!! What the heck!!! My latina streak is over :( Oh, but even bigger news is that I'm now a SISTER TRAINING LEADER.. Uhhhhhh.. Schiess is too and we're in charge of the Hnas of Trapiche aka Hna Sanford and her comp. But as I was saying about the talk by Bednar, I think this extra load is going to help me get more spiritual traction so that I can keep making my way out of the snow and closer to the path to eternal life. That's all I've got.

Love you all!

<3, Hna Crawford