Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Elder Crump

Oh, why hello family!!!
 
How is everyone doing?  This week was so so great!! My birthday turned out to be so awesome!!  So in the morning I had a delicious breakfast.... but not in bed... haha my pensionista couldnt enter our house to give it to me!  haha  after that we had a pretty normal day.  My comp had a bunch of treats for me, and he drew me a way cool picture.  After we had everything normal.  We had a bunch of appointments, it was great!  But at 7 30 one of the ladys in our ward Tahuantinsuyo( she is the one that we rent our house from, and is the relief society pres. and is like my other peruvian mom) any way she said that she wanted to have a Noche de Hogar in her house.  So i just thought it was gonna be pretty normal.  I knew she wanted to make some food, and play games.... boy was i wrong!!  I have a video  if i can send it i will!!  I walk in the house and it all dark, then they turn on the lights, and yell suprise ( in really bad english so it was funny!)  and they shoot this cannon of confetti and start singing happy birthday, and her whole house is decorated, with balloons, and all that jazz.  It was awesome!  So we had a little fiesta and it was awesome a bunch of the members were there!  Then it came to the cake... as  you have seen in past pictures they really dont like to eat the cake.  They shove your face in it then we get into a cake fight!!  haha it was so crazy!! I was dying!!!  I was sad not to be there with you guys, but it actually turned out to be a great birthday!!!
Also my peruvian grandma made me a tie!!! She actually knited a blue tie!! Its so awesome!! Really this ward is so great!!!
 
So im glad mom enjoyed my birthday!!! haha oh boy im so glad you ate cafe rio, and watched harry potter!! What a great day!!!  haha  Thank you mom for my birthday package!! Believe it or not, but i actually waited to open it!!  I know right im growing up!!  haha man 20 years old.... im old...ugh  haha
 
SO things are going great! we have our baptism with Danny for this saturday!  Im excited!!  Also we have 2 more for the 13th!!!  Plus we are also working with the parents of danny!!  The mom loves the church, but we still havent met the dad.  SO were gonna baptize danny and then his parents!!!
This past week was so great found 10 new investigators, and a new family!!  Seriously we are so so busy!!  My planner is so full!!  Its so great!!!  Some times we really dont even have time for dinner!! SO we eat in the night in our room!! haha but dont worry mom im eating!! I have gained weight, but everyday i lose it because we walk so much!!!!!!!!!! haha so frustrating!! haha
 
SO i still havent gotten your other package yet, but i cant wait!!!  did all my letters get sent out?  Thank you for doing that!!  I loved the pictures!!! Haha the one with corinne and trev and me photoshopped is so great!!! haha
 
You guys, i love you so much!! I love being here!!  We have been working like crazy, and truly the lord has had blessings for us!!! Im so greatful to be here!!!  I hope all is well!! And thank you to all for the birthday wishes!!!
 
All my Love,
ELDER NICOLAS COLLINS CRUMP



 

Monday, September 24, 2012

Elder Collins

Hey family! So yes we did find the A-Wall elder. He just came strolling into the chapel Monday afternoon with a member that picked him up and gave him a ride. He got sent to lima to talk with president. I dont know what they will do with him. He doesn't have desire to be out here and wasnt ready to leave the "world " behind. This week was rough investigator wise. We have like 6 baptisms for this month but my mind is already in October. Im worried that we dont have FAMILIES to teach in October. Ive been fasting since yesterday to be able to find people this week for October. I guess thats a sign im getting lost in the work. I really am working really Hard. I love iquitos! the ward is really cool, the relief society president is a nut but other than that its awesome. Our pension is the best too! they are like family. Its super super hot here right now. I can feel my skin frying. We are preparing a couple of baptisms for the end of this month, one is a way cool family that we have been teaching. The mom always always has a meal waiting if she knows we are coming. Well i hope all is well. tell sam i think they celebrate Halloween here but i dont think trick or treating exists, so i guess its not really celebrating it. Love you all!

the amazon river behind me! the dad of the pension and since the A wall elder left i was comps with sanchez and enjoyed a baptism without doing anything



Monday, September 17, 2012

Elder Collins


Wow baby what a crazy week. haha sorry i didnt really write a whole lot last week. Richardson is in iquitos too so we were talking the whole time. I told him my mom will probably punch him if i do that again. Well at the beginning of the week we had conference with president and the other zones in iquitos. It was a good old time. I really love my zone it seems like im in the most animated zone. Hna blunck cooked banana and chocolate chip bread for the birthdays in sept. I got one all to myself and it was heaven! So this week ive been working so hard. I got a lil frustrated this week because im just so sick of teaching little kids and teens. I wanna teach familys. I think that my comp had got into a bad habit of just being satisfied with teaching 14 year old girls and 10 year old boys. For me its awesome and its a blessing to have people teach and baptize but it does nothing to make me feel like i can say to myself " Hey reg, NICE" So ive been just looking for families. This week we were supposed to have 3 baptisms. We only ended up having one of a little boy. One we had to postpone a week because of financial problems that he has and the other came to her baptism and all the ward and her friends from the ward were waiting there and she said "um i dont believe in joseph smith, i dont wanna be baptized" AHHH Crap! well last night i did an exchange with Elder Sanchez and we talked to her and had an awesome powerful lesson. What happened is two things 1 is that the elders before i came didnt teach her well and 2nd she had heard some bad rumors about the church. All is well now and she has another date for the end of the month. Well this morning was one of the craziest mornings of my mission. Im just sleeping away and at 530am i hear gringo! collins collins Gringo! Elder sanchez comes running into our room "Collins my comp is gone!" his comp went A-Wall and left with all of his stuff during the night. We still dont know where he is and we have been looking all day and i waited at the airport for 3 hours to see if he would come. I honestly cant believe that he just left without saying anything. Crazy stuff! Well thats it loves! reg

P.S. Hey mom I conquered your worst nightmare!!!!!!!




Elder Crump

Oh boy was this past week so so so good!!! Im so so happy!!  But first off...  Thank You for the birthday wishes!!! Its so wierd that ill be turning 20... i feel so old... i think i have gray hairs!  Haha, but i can't believe I still remember my last birthday, and how i almost died on the bike jump!! haha  oh man one of my favorite birthdays!!!
 
So first off what the....  WHAT HAPPENED TO THE COUGS????!!!!  They had three chances to win..... ahhh  haha tell brandon i think he is right haha the cougs cant play on sunday! haha  Well they got lucky!
 
So the wedding all went good in Idaho.  Good to hear!!  Wow that was a long wedding! haha so how does it feel to be married Corinne and brady!!  Family pictures will never be the same... we cant take another one together until I find a wife!  I refuse to be stuck with the dog!  Haha
 
So this week we fasted again for our Zone, and you gotta love the blessing of fasting!!  We had 5 investigators come to church!!!!!!  But Leonardo couldn't make it!! He had to help his sister... so his date is for the 6 of October!!  But we are preparing a couple for the 29th! Pray for them!! His name is danny!!  And Clortilde and Consuelo!!
 
So i think i might have told you, about the grandma that we found first and through her we found leonardo. Haha, so anyway we have been teaching them together!  Her name is Simon, i know right a name for a woman, but i found out its like the girlfriend in Ferris Bulers day off.  SO its ok;)  haha anyway we were teaching her and Leonardo about the Ley de Castidad  i dont remember how to say in English! haha so we explained everything and we asked her if she would live this commandment, and she just smiled and said im old...things dont work for me anymore... dont worry i won't have problems!  i almost died laughing!!  She is so sweet, and so funny! She also came to church!!
 
So way cool story!  So i went out with a teen that is preparing for his mission.  He has got his mission call and is going to Mexico, but has been having a lot of challenges, and doubts!  So i was like come out with us, and we will get you excited!  So I went out with him, while my comp was with another!  This whole day changed his mind!  We ended up finding a bunch of new investigators, and the spirit was so strong!  After it all he just said,  thank you!  Is this how you can feel everyday?  I said as long as you work, you will feel the spirit, and you will be able to find people just like them!  I then said God has a plan for you! The people in Mexico are waiting for you!  You need to do this!  Then after he changed is mind, and all of his fears and doubts went away!!  He now can't wait to head out!! It was such a powerful expirience!
 
So holy cow, Alta is getting married!! TO WHO????  AND LIZZY GOT MARRIED!!! WHY DIDNT I GET AN INVITE!!! I WAS HER PLT DAD!!!
Wow thats so crazy that people are getting married!!! 
 
Well i hope you guys have the best week!  Enjoy my birthday, and to answer your question mom....PLEASE GO EAT CAFE RIO AND SMASH BURGER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  OH BOY DO I MISS THAT!! HAHA
 
I love you guys so so much!!!  Trev Kenz  what are you having!!!!!!! Im dying to know!!!!!!!!!
I love love love you guys!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks for everything!! CAN'T wait to open my birthday package!!!!
 
All my Love,
ELDER NICOLAS COLLINS CRUMP
 


 

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Elder Collins


Hey Family! Well im in iquitos in the zone 9 de octubre! Its all
great! My comps name is Elder Maldonado from Honduras. He is nerdy
somewhat awkward but i love him! He loves pokemon and stuff like
that. He is going to complete 5 months this week so he is still kind
of new. Its kind of funny because he gets really nervous when he
contacts or if we are teaching a family with a teenage girl. But hes
great and has a lot of desires to work so thats good. I dont think he
ever remembers my name because he is always calling me Companion. We
live in an area called Secoya with another companionship. We eat
together with every meal. The other missionary the district leader is
awesome! Hes my buddy. Hes actually really famous. Before his mission
he was in a famous boy band group called grupo 5, google him. His name
is manuel sanchez. We live in the house of the bishop but i never see him,
he´s always working and quiet.The room is a little less nice but we have
running water to take showers so thats a bonus. Its like living in a
basement thats not finished.
Well when i got here there was nobody to teach! i mean nothing! There
was one baptism date for a little boy of 9 years. Well one week with
Elder collins we have 5 baptism dates with one family my pride moment!
Our pension family is awesome. They are
super nice and friendly and are way funny. Tonight we are going to have a lil party
for the little daughter of our pension and for me with cake!! ya baby.  My birthday was pretty
good. Pretty much the same as any day. I actually forgot it was my
birthday and we were just contacting and i was super tired but just
kept going then i realized its my birthday and i wanna buy some
icecream. Never did though. My pension couldnt find cake but she
bought me some jello. But i was lucky because the zone leaders gave me
my packages on my birthday so that was awesome. haha max! in his card
he swore! way funny. At night the bishops wife brought me cake and was
upset with me that i didnt tell her it was my birthday. Well i cant
think of what else to say.  Love you! Reg

Elder Crump


We had transfers....but its all good!  Im still here!  Im with elder flores still!  Yay!!  Haha I think ill be finishing his training, and maybe after that ill get transfered, but who knows! Haha  So i got another month and a half to save lives!  I have been with my comp for one transfer, and it has been great! A little stressfull sometimes, haha but i really have loved every minute of it! 
So i got the pictures from brady of the announcment, but i still havent gotten anything from you! Our Zone leaders said i have a package, and a letter, but i have to wait till 12 to get them!!  haha
 
Im so so happy you got my package! I was getting nervous!  Im glad you liked the pictures, and if you could can you send out all the letters?  I know its a lot, but i love you!!
 
SO this week!!!  It was a good one!! We found a ton of new people, and officially we have a date set!  For an investigator named Leonardo Flores!  He is the guy that we met, that is the neighbor of the old lady that we taught! He date is offcially set for 29 of September!! Im excited!!  We also have about 2 more, for the 29th but it just depends on if they can come to church!!  That is the most stressful part!!  SO hopefully this week we can help them understand the importance of attending church!! 
Also, we found this kid that is about 13 years old named Jefferson!  Right off the bat he said that he wants to be baptized, but he is Catholic and his mom is a little hesitent in giving him permisson.... ahhh but hopefully we will be able to talk to her, and Heavenly Father will be able to soften her heart!
 
HOLY COW alex is in the MTC and Aaron as well.  And  Weston has his Farewell....Wow i have been gone a while!!  So much has happened!!  I love hearing about everything!! Im so happy that so many of my friends have found their way out into the field! 
So when you send out the letters, and give Korb his, tell him he better write back fast! I have been waiting for a letter since the MTC!!!! haha
 
So i really am loving being here! Im excited that i will have my birthday here!  The members in the ward have become like a family to me.
I hope everything goes well in Rexburg!! Ha ha, that makes me laugh we did the same thing with shay!! haha Corinne and Shay obviously dont like those boys from Utah!! Haha
 
Hey guys, i love you so so much! I love your letters, and all of the emails, and the packages!!  You all are so amazing!! So how is cute little norah? Hud bud?  My other brother and sister, trev...kenz  i havent heard from you two in a while!! haha
I love you so so much! Thanks for all you do!
 
Oh and to answer some questions, yes mom i know how to use a drill!!!!  We knocked out our windows, and repainted our house!! It looks pretty sweet now!!  Yes, were still eating at the house of Kent's convert!  Haha, she wants to be face book friends with you guys!! She keeps looking for corinne, but she hasnt accepted yet! haha  Look for her!
Sorry dont have too much time to write! Ill write more next week!!
 
All my Love,
ELDER NICOLAS COLLINS CRUMP
 



 

Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Elder Crump

WEDDING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  How great is that!  Corinne and Brady are married!! FINALLY!! haha but really im so happy for them!!! I wished i could of been there!!  Everything sounded like it went perfect!  I cannot wait to see the pictures!!  And yay!! Im so happy you got my package!!  So, super funny story!  The day of the wedding we had a conference with all the missionaries in our mission in Lima.  So at the end the president always gives us time to bear our testimonies.  So this day i was happy, but obviously a little sad, because i wanted to be there for the wedding, but really i was just happy.  So my comp got up, and bore a strong testimony, and said some really nice things about me, and in the end he said... ¨I know that Elder Crump loves his mission.  I know that he loves the Lord, and wants to do all he can to serve him.  Even today we can see that he is happy, even though right now this day his sister is getting married in the temple.¨  EVERY SINGLE MISSIONARY WAS LIKE NOOOOOOOOOOO!  She´s married!!  Nooooo!  Haha everyone has seen pictures of our family, and pretty much Corinne just wrote a Dear John to all the missionaries in our mission!!  Haha it was so funny!
So this week was awesome!! Not only did we have a mission conference with president, but we had an APOSTLE COME!!!  Elder D. Todd Christopherson!!!!!!!  It was so awesome!! Friday we all went to the CCM with all the missions in Lima!! So i got to see a bunch of my friends from the MTC, and best of all, i saw SPENCER MCGHIE!!!  Ill send a pic!  It was such an awesome day!!!!!  Elder Christopherson did such a good job!! It was a perfect day!!!!!!!!
 
So this week we committed 2 more people to be baptized!  SO we have 4 right now preparing, but we are having a problem with getting them to come to church!!  Hopefully they will be able to come this week, so they can be baptized!  So this week we also found 9 new investigators, and a new family!!  Seriously we are so busy all the time!  We have so  many people we are teaching now!!  Its so crazy!! i love it! 
 
So cool story!  I went contacting with one of the members in the ward, we were on divisions, and we knocked on this one door, and found this little old Lady named Símon.  We we taught her, and we came back the next day, and a neighbor saw us, and came in and wanted to listen too!  So we taught him as well!  So we came back a 3rd time, and we found her two daughters, and we taught them as well!  haha and seriously the spirt was so strong!  Everyone was in tears!  They just stopped us and said seriously what is this!  I have been wanting this feeling forever! I have been wanting this peace!  And its coming through you two!  They all said that they have been praying for this peace, and they have been wanting it. So we committed them to be baptized, and they all said yes!! Im stoked!!  It was such a good week!
Plus we did this service project this week.  We knocked out our windows and put new ones in.  The guy that was helping us, we invited him to eat lunch with us, and we invited him to church, and he came, with his girlfriend who just had their baby.  He is only 18 and so is she.  But, she is a member!  So they brought their baby in to church and the bishop gave him his baby blessing!  Then after  we met with them and taught them, and he wants to learn more!! Seriously, this week was so amazing!!
 
I am so glad that everything is going well at home!!  I love you guys so so much!! You all mean the world to me!! Im so jealous about the US open and the Yankees game!!  I can't wait to see pics!!
I love you guys! Thank you for everything!!!
 
All my Love,
ELDER NICOLAS COLLINS CRUMP




 
 

Elder Collins

Hey family! Thanks for the Birthday shout outs! Well this week was just dandy! Its cambios!! Its like Christmas morning every time. Well since one of our zone leaders left last week to be in the offices we have been helping out with E. ortega the other zone leader being his companion. I was with 19 year old member this week for two days and i have been with Ortega the last two days. Its been awesome getting a break from my area. We havent done exchanges in my area the last 2 months. I was kind of going crazy. Also even better getting a break from my comp. When i was with the member i was just sitting there studying in the morning and just went ahhh.. peaceful. Really it was nice. Also we had a baptism this Saturday. His name is Josue and he is 19. We saw him like 2 weeks ago walking with his buddy who is a member and i kind of just slid my way in front of him and well two weeks later we went swimming. Ive been just running errands with ortega the last two days but its been way fun. He was my friend before he came here. He was in the ccm with me. So i have been doing paper work and helping him enter the numbers in the computer. Well im not supposed to know but i saw when helping him, im changing areas! Wow what a surprise! Flores is about 99% sure he is changing but im going to a different part of the jungle! i dont know where just that its jungle! wow im excited. Thank you so much for your prayers this last week. They were answered! i love you all love reg



Elder Crump

OH BOY AM I EXCITED FOR TOMORROW!!!!  Its going to be such an awesome day!!  Because its.....CORINNE AND BRADFORDS WEDDING DAY!!!!!!!! Man i cant wait to see the pictures! Its going to be such a special day, filled with love and the spirit!  Man i wish i could be there, because lets be honest it is not a party without me!  But it will have to do!  I expect to see pictures of me there! haha jk no but really. Haha tomorrow is going to be so wonderful!  Corinne, Brady tomorrow is only the beginning of the rest of your lives, and into the eternities!  I am so excited, and so proud of both of you!
So this week has been so so great!!!!  But at the same time a bummer!! So we found 9 new investigators, and one new family that we are preparing to be married!  Hopefully it will all work out!  But the bummer is we had a ton of lessons set, but a ton fell through!  It was frustrating!  Plus only one investigator came to church this week, so Elder, and Carlos we invited and accepted need to attend for their Date to be real! And officially set!!  Plus the family of 6 have been super busy this week with their work, so we havent been able to teach them!!!  But its ok we are going to see them this week and invite them to be baptized!
So this past week we have our ward conference and the ward invited the mayor of Independencia to come to church with his wife.  They arent members, but loved the church, and the values we have.  It was cool because the stake president asked us to come in with him, and the different leaders of the stake, and explain to them about the church!  Its was awesome, and they want to work with the church now, the government, and help make peru a better place!  But its way cool we got to teach them, and we found out that they live near us, so we are going to go by, and teach and baptize the mayor, and his family! Haha no big deal!  Next stop, the president of Peru!! haha
Hey i got your package!! It was so great!! I loved it!!!  Thank you!! YOU STILL HAVENT GOTTEN MINE!! Oh no im nervous, maybe stop by the post office if you can!!
Hey i love you so much! Im so happy for all of you right now!! As sad as i am that im not there to see all of this i know i am where im supposed to be!  Your all so wonderful, and im so grateful for all of you!  Tomorrow is going to be so great!  Mom dont stress out it will be perfect!!  I love you all so so much!! 
All my Love,
ELDER NICOLAS COLLINS CRUMP
 


 

Elder Collins

Well i got dumped this week... One of the coolest families that we were teaching told us we wouldn't be able to visit them anymore because the grandma with a bible like a machine gun visited and cracked down on them and said only the bible is the word of God. Well that's the bad news but the rest of the week was pretty great. On Monday we ate Zuti as a zone . Its pretty much a grub like you see in lion king. It was alive and everything. It was pretty gross but i did it! On wed we had zone conference with president. It was a good time. I talked with Hna Blunck for awhile, and got to know her better. Never really talked to her before. Learned some stuff too. Well Saturday we had our wedding and baptisms! I was so happy that it all worked out well. The Aricara family seemed pretty happy especially the dad. Well one of our zone leaders became assistant yesterday so i think our zone will change a bit this next week. Cant lie im excited for this transfer!! Well love you all so much. have a great week.