Elder Craner with a Door

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Elder Craner fell asleep saying his prayers

Hello,

Transfers are next week but for  yes i am still with the same companions....sort of. So Elder Yoon and i are official companions and are working a new area called Korean C and Elder Kempton when they split the area (Korean from English) remained in Malaga Cove and received a new missionary straight from the MTC to train. However we all still live in the same apartment and talk and see each other regularly. As For your questions Mom What am i currently studying in the scriptures well let me tell you that is big question so currently i have about 4 projects going and i rotate through them to study and it is great fun. Keeps me from getting to bored and not completing something.

1)The Atonement. TO read the entire standard works seeking to truly understand what is the atonement and HOw i can use it to become better and help others become better. Pretty interesting.

2)The Character of Christ. This study is done in the Book of Mormon where i read and seek examples of Christlike people and such. To better understand who Christ is and what it takes to become 'Christ-like'

3) Obedience. This one is to help me understand the Spirit of the Law and the Letter of the Law. I feel a lot of people are confused about what the Spirit of the LAw is because they use it as an excuse to be able to bend the rules and get away with something. SO i wanted clarification

4) This last one is titled becoming a Master Teacher and it is me reading through the Book of Mormon and Preach My Gospel in order to understand how i can improve and be better at teaching people. So far my favorite teaching moment is in 1 Nephi 11: 11-23 Talk about tag-teaming and showing and having the person draw their own correct conclusions and some wonderful questions were asked also.

What are you studying right now?

Not as much. However when we were still running like every day i was really beginning to enjoy it. It was awesome being propelled at a speed (probably a slow one) and feeling like i was just floating. Weird i know but that is how it felt and when President Weidman said that we didn't need to run anymore well my companions no longer wanted to as much but i did. So we compromised and so 2 days of the week we will go running. This is acceptable and the days for exercises stretches, pull-ups, push-ups and so-on.

I will send picture of me next week. Yes if you want you can have it sent to me. That would be fine. 

As far this past week We did a lot of translating, well my companion did and i did language study. We also have a new move in list and we have been trying to contact hese people. Recent move-ins have a greater desire to change and will listen or at least let us serve them. However The Koreans tend to all live behind Locked apartment complexes and the boxes never work or they never answer them. However we have had some fun experiences.

Elder Craner

I stole these pictures from my companion's camera. I need to better about taking pictures. Sorry they are blurry. The picture of a door i am touching is a member's door and well that is just their party house. They own like 3-4 huge houses all well decorated and such.

The pictures on the wall is our power wall to inspire us always.

The last one is when i had fallen asleep while doing study prayers. Whoops. Doesn't happen to often i promise.

Aug 5,2013

So this past week we got two more students for our English Class. WOOOO!!!!!!  We also have been advertising like crazy and we hope to be able to continue to do so. It has been a lot of fun teaching English to a bunch of Asians. However the best part is the gospel share during the last part. The spirit gets so strong and you can feel it so much, i just pray that they can too because it will change there lives if they do. As for speaking only Korean in the apartment, i wish. so far i am the one who speaks the most Korean and I'm not the native! However with my companion we did lay out a solid Language Study Plan. One of the goals is to memorize 40 new words a day and so far so good but it is difficult. a lot repetition and that is so boring. Diligence!!! at least that is what i keep telling myself as i stare at flashcards. So the language is coming along well and i cannot believe the amazing spirit i feel every day and the closeness i have been feeling with our Heavenly Father as i read the scriptures and pray everyday. I know that this is something we can all feel as we strive to listen to our God and Father. Whether through His Spirit or His words.

Elder Craner

July 29,2013

Hello all,

So this week the biggest miracle that I have seen so far is that our relationship with the branch has greatly increased. It happened when we decided to be bold and ask if we could share a message at the ward activity and we did. It went extremely well as we testified if the Book of Mormon we felt the Spirit and we know that they  did too. From that the following day on Sunday we were able to receive four dinner appointments WOOO!!!!! that is four times more than this month! The branch is small and in a language I barely understand but i am slowly learning to love it more and more. We are striving to obtain 3 more appointments with three other families in the branch. I love dinner appointments because it allows us to be able strengthen and uplift members all the while improving our relationship with them I pray that we will continually be able to do this under God and his direction through the Holy Ghost.

Elder Craner

Tell y'all more next week no time sorry.