Ma.. I went digging for graves

November 16, 2020
Well..... I did something new this week. I went to an abandoned graveyard and searched for buried graves :) we are working with a Baptist church to restore an abandoned graveyard! There are about 200 visible headstones but about 4000 people buried there! So we spent 4 hours poking sticks in the ground digging for graves! The only thing I found was a toilet :( I'm not kidding. I dug up a toilet.)
We went on the train this week! Finally after 4 transfers we went on the Hermann park train! It's just a little train that goes around the park but it's about a 20 minute train ride. It was dope. We also cleaned the train too before it opened up and we rode on it. While we were cleaning it they were blasting 80s music and hna eagar and I were going hard just dancing and singing along.
We went to something call Interfaith Ministries for Great Houston (IMGH) it makes and gives meals for those who cant afford a lot. We did something called ani-meals and we scooped dog food for 4 hours to give to people to give to their dogs! I did a lot of dead lifts with 50 lb. bags of dog food. Hahah it was a great workout but boy did I reek of dog food.
Transfers!!! I am still in Houston! I am going on the 5th transfer here in houston! RIP...... :) by the end of this next transfer I would've been in this area for 7 1/2 months. In reality I am not complaining because my apartment is one of the nicer ones in the mission and we are the only apartment to have 2 bathrooms! My new comp is named Hermana Christensen! *photo attached*
Maria (paolas mom) is reading the book of mormon by herself!!! After trying to get her to read it for 3 months she is finally reading it! A miracle!
We teach enlgish class to a guy named Wualbin. He canceled on us this week so rip.
Sorry I don't talk more about the people in our area. Other than those 2 we dont really have anyone interested. The work in our area is slow so I dont really have anyone to talk about but I know that we are planting the seeds so that one day missionaries will come into this area and harvest the fruit of our efforts. When we do something good we may never see the outcome from that action. It's like planting a seed! For a while you dont see anything there and you just have to have faith that it is growing and pretty soon it sprouts and then shortly after that as you help it grow, you have a tree! The fruits of our labors will be seen one day. We may never see that day but others will be grateful that we went and planted the seeds!
Love you all! Hope everything is well
Hna Crandall
1. Me digging for graves :) ....by myself haha
2. Part of a toilet *rest of toilet found after this photo
3. Us saying goodbye to jessica and Jose
4. Us riding the train and bumping buns :)
5. Volunteering at IMGH
6. Cleaning the train
7. Copying a wall art pose
8. Phoenicias *its a cute European grocery store/bakery in downtown*
9. Hna christensen and I

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