for those who of you do not know. I am dating! Yes Crystal has a boyfriend his name is Andreas Alexander Knecht. He and I have just been dating a little over a week but I just love being able to talk to him he makes me so happy and I laugh I always receive messages from him every morning when I come home from work. its been exceptionally hard because for the current time we have to date from afar till he comes back to canada next month. so we are really right now boyfriend and girlfriend from afar and we are getting to really know each other. For those of you that do not know about andreas he was baptized last august into the church. he went to the YSA conference last year in toronto and noticed me at the conference. He said to me the night he asked me out that he did not know why I was alone the weekend of the conference that I was really pretty and that he noticed me and was looking for me at the dances. Unfortunately Me I was not in tune with things I guess and i did not stay i think for the friday dance and the saturday dance I sat so far back with some friends that the guys could not see me if they wanted to you know that is the way to avoid them. wow how my life has changed so much. I have a stronger testimony of the gospel of jesus christ I love the gospel I am grateful for it in my life. it is really funny how the lord works. I have always been the girl that ran from guys and I didn't even want to get to know a guy that might then mean that I will fall in love with them. I have been struggling with Loving myself and my one friend breanne has really been working hard on helping me see the good others see in me. And then there was this boy that came into my life. each road block has been becoming increasingly easier and easier to break down. I am excited to see what happens. I love you all you have all blessed my life in some way you all mean the world to me I hope all is well and I will write you all again soon.
Love Crystal
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Monday, March 14, 2011
what am i going to say today today is going to just blabber on for a few minutes here.
there was a song that I was listening to the other day on the radio one of the first days that I have had the radio on in a very long time. there was one part of the song that stuck on in my brain.
"Till now, I always got by on my own. I never really cared until I met you."
i think of that always right now! its true for the longest time I always got by on my own just doing my own thing just doing what i need to get by. . but its true there where and are alot of things that I did not care about till I met you.. each and everyone of you. each and everyone of you helped me begin to care about things in my life and I am truly blessed and grateful for that!
I hope all of you are well! I miss you all and love you all...
there was a song that I was listening to the other day on the radio one of the first days that I have had the radio on in a very long time. there was one part of the song that stuck on in my brain.
"Till now, I always got by on my own. I never really cared until I met you."
i think of that always right now! its true for the longest time I always got by on my own just doing my own thing just doing what i need to get by. . but its true there where and are alot of things that I did not care about till I met you.. each and everyone of you. each and everyone of you helped me begin to care about things in my life and I am truly blessed and grateful for that!
I hope all of you are well! I miss you all and love you all...
Sunday, March 13, 2011
The Perfect Day
Hey Today was one of the best days that I have had in a long time it was a wonderful sabbath day.
My day started off with a wonderful phone call to my friend in Utah Haley Peterson and we read the New Testament mark Chapter 9 How blessed I am to have her in my life. Next I went and picked up 4 people and took them all to church. While I was a sacrament I had two wonderful friends sitting on either side of me. With me in the middle. Breanne was on one side of me and then camille was on the other side of me it was great.
in sacrament today we had to sing acapella as we had no pianist or organ player. church was great I had both of my friends sitting beside me during sacrament and sunday school. then relief society Breanne came and sat right beside me. whenever i find myself sitting beside or close to breanne I find myself laughing. She has been a blessing in my life. After church for the last little while a bunch of us have been going over and hanging out at breanne's cassandra's and michelle's last week i got home at like 12:30 and today i arrived home at 12:05am yes monday morning shortly after I arrived home. I love spending time there I feel the spirit so strongly in their home. we usually have sunday evening dinners together and we also usually have so games that we play and some movies that we watch. I am grateful to feel blessed by the lord, my week last week was good a challenge at times but good. I am really removing some of the walls that have been placed up in my life for a very long time. I am so grateful to all of my friends for all that they do for me.
that was my sabbath day
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
DESTRUCTO GIRL!
HELLO ALL
wow I cannot believe how long it has been since I have been on here and even wrote you an update on how I am doing. wow these past few months have been interesting all the way from the sisters investigator amber that i spent so much time going with them to see getting baptized to my new great friend breanne.
let me tell you about this great friend she is my ray of sunshine! she always makes me laugh, every time I hang out with her I am always laughing never not laughing. i have dinner with her and her room mates Cassandra and Michelle after church on sunday's. Let me tell you how i met and got to know this sweet sunshine.One day in december right around christmas time for what ever day they started christmas holiday's at the university. Breanne was looking for a ride to the greyhound station now the reason i tell you this is from that moment on Breanne has been my friend. I had a long day that day being out with the sisters most of the morning and not having slept well or very long I could have chose not to that is not the kind of person that i am though. I am glad that I did she has been a great inspiration to me the two of us are very much a like. I have been struggling with somethings and breanne wants to help me tear down these walls and for that I am truly grateful. Even when I get down on myself she is like be positive I love you!
we get down on ourselves and can be our hardest critics. I don't understand why god gave me such a loving friend. I don't understand! he blessed me and my life the moment breanne came into it! She is my ray of sunshine! she makes me laugh when i do not feel like laughing she makes my day seem always more bright. she always gives the best compliments and no matter how hard it can be for me to accept it and she is always willing to help me when i need it most.
I love you forever Breanne! I am grateful God put you in my life. Your the best and mean the world to me your my ray of sunshine. your a bright little cookie who has stuck by me. thank you for all you do for me.
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Today is a special blog day... it's December 1st and this month I have decided that each day if I have a moment I want to write about a friend... So because its a New Month and the 1st day of the month.. I decided after much debate and maybe so flax from a lot of you cause I have alot of friends and A lot of people that I would consider close but this person I admire for who she is... The first post of my new month is about Haley Peterson.
For Many of you that Don't know how I know Haley or how I met her.. She was a missionary in London! I went out on a lot of appointments with her and Jane when they where here! They both blessed my life a lot when they where here.
I learnt a lot by the through them and they became wonderful examples to me. I enjoyed Haley's company our chances to be together to teach of the lord's true church. We took my Alero every where which since then has just recently been sent to the car graveyard. Yes my poor Oldsmobile Alero has been junked. but I got a new car to me. We raked leaves at a less active members house. we helped paint members house in the west lorne area oh the fun in that.
We helped a less active member paint their condo for selling! and in that haley got paint in my hair... nothing a little bit of shampoo wouldn't get out... there where times in there that where very trying and i mean extremely trying that nothing seemed like it could go right.
but Haley always helped me see the positive helped me realize as many times as others tried to tell me and I wouldn't listen to you all that god won't give me more than I can handle and always had the right things to say to make me feel better.
Well currently we have taken on the task of reading the new testament together and we just read this week matthew chapter 20 we read once a week usually on sunday's I really have learnt a lot from reading with her when I don't understand something she is always willing and explains it really well.
She is a wonderful example to me... she is trusting compassionate loving caring honest and sometimes just the person I want to speak to when I am having a rough day. she always knows how to make me laugh and she is just one of those people that loves me for who I am. Even when I am having a hard time and my emotions and satan are getting the best of me.
she is tremendous! I look up to her, I am glad that heavenly father gave me such a chance to meet a wonderful person when I did and that now she is a truly wonderful friend. every sunday I look forward to reading and talking with her.
Well I hope is well with all of you love you all...
For Many of you that Don't know how I know Haley or how I met her.. She was a missionary in London! I went out on a lot of appointments with her and Jane when they where here! They both blessed my life a lot when they where here.
I learnt a lot by the through them and they became wonderful examples to me. I enjoyed Haley's company our chances to be together to teach of the lord's true church. We took my Alero every where which since then has just recently been sent to the car graveyard. Yes my poor Oldsmobile Alero has been junked. but I got a new car to me. We raked leaves at a less active members house. we helped paint members house in the west lorne area oh the fun in that.
We helped a less active member paint their condo for selling! and in that haley got paint in my hair... nothing a little bit of shampoo wouldn't get out... there where times in there that where very trying and i mean extremely trying that nothing seemed like it could go right.
but Haley always helped me see the positive helped me realize as many times as others tried to tell me and I wouldn't listen to you all that god won't give me more than I can handle and always had the right things to say to make me feel better.
Well currently we have taken on the task of reading the new testament together and we just read this week matthew chapter 20 we read once a week usually on sunday's I really have learnt a lot from reading with her when I don't understand something she is always willing and explains it really well.
She is a wonderful example to me... she is trusting compassionate loving caring honest and sometimes just the person I want to speak to when I am having a rough day. she always knows how to make me laugh and she is just one of those people that loves me for who I am. Even when I am having a hard time and my emotions and satan are getting the best of me.
she is tremendous! I look up to her, I am glad that heavenly father gave me such a chance to meet a wonderful person when I did and that now she is a truly wonderful friend. every sunday I look forward to reading and talking with her.
Well I hope is well with all of you love you all...
Sunday, November 28, 2010
A MIRACLE IN THE MAKING.....
I have seen a miracle over the last week or so. A week or so ago the 3rd ward sisters and I made a wonderful trip to Strathroy.. we went to strathroy to find a guy named Eddie that the 1st ward elders had given to the sisters as a referral. We knocked on Eddie's door no answer... well the lady (amber) on the left of Eddie's Unit opened her door.. And thought that we where knocking on her door.. Sister Olsen and Sister Lavatai said we are Missionaries from the Church Of Jesus Christ of Latter day saints and we share a message about God it had been a little windy that day and a tad bit cold.
So she said come in and get warm and we spoke to her that day for a while and we taught her a bit of the 1st lesson. and asked if we could come back and teach her more the next day. she agreed and we showed up the next day.
when we arrived the next day her 5 year old son Matthew was there and he was a busy boy but totally adorable and I was glad that he was able to be there. the next appointment I did not go and matthew was there and he asked the sisters Where is Crystal! so they called and told me Matthew adores you he loves you. So the next appointment I was there. Well the sisters where saying that before we went into the appointment they where going to ask Amber if she would get baptized. Matthew had been exceptionally rambunctious that day and just seconds before they where to ask amber if she would be baptized I had this prompting by the holy ghost to take matthew into the Kitchen where he was getting celery for him and i to snack on to help him wash it off. while I was in the kitchen helping matthew the sisters asked amber if she would get baptized. She said......YES! the sisters when we left said to me thank you for taking matthew into the kitchen. I was like I felt a prompting that I was to take him into the kitchen. It was the lord trying to make the moment right. so we went to see her on friday. The sisters and I had a wonderful visit with Amber.
They have set a baptismal date of December 19th... Just before christmas how amazing that will be. We where going to meet Ambers mom on friday we had given our lesson and amber's mom called and she said to her mom are you going to come by and meet the people from the church. her mom had forgotten but we chose to wait to close with prayer till amber's mom had gotten there. When Amber's Mom (Nancy) arrived before we closed with prayer.. Amber says to her mom will you come to my baptism... (Score we had not even said anything to her) So her mom's response was a couple things... first off did you not tell these ladies you where already baptized she said yes..and then her mom said well if I am not working midnights then yeah sure I will go to your baptism... So the sisters had arranged a ride for her for church today! And her and her 3 kids Emma who is 7 Matthew who is 5 and Nancy who is just a tiny baby all went to church today... And the sisters said she really liked it... so after her mom said yes if she didn't have to work that she would go we asked if it would be okay if we closed with prayer and if amber's mom nancy would join us and she said...YES We prayed and left.
On our way back into london Sister Olsen said it was a Miracle!!! And that if I had not been willing to go with them that one tuesday to strathroy when we went to find Eddie that they would not have found Amber who had been prepared by the lord to hear the message.. I Am super happy for Amber's family who she reads and prays with every night... that is right she reads the book of Mormon to Emma Matthew and little Nancy... And I am also happy for The sisters...
I have been blessed to see this miracle happen... I love you all and hope that you have enjoyed this blog entry as much as I have enjoyed being able to go and see Amber and Matthew with the sisters.
here is a story for you! Amber said the other day when she was having a bad day and just felt like crying that she was reading to emma matthew and nancy and she had this comfort feeling come over her.
Anyways I am off to work.... Wish you all well
Love you all
CRYSTAL
So she said come in and get warm and we spoke to her that day for a while and we taught her a bit of the 1st lesson. and asked if we could come back and teach her more the next day. she agreed and we showed up the next day.
when we arrived the next day her 5 year old son Matthew was there and he was a busy boy but totally adorable and I was glad that he was able to be there. the next appointment I did not go and matthew was there and he asked the sisters Where is Crystal! so they called and told me Matthew adores you he loves you. So the next appointment I was there. Well the sisters where saying that before we went into the appointment they where going to ask Amber if she would get baptized. Matthew had been exceptionally rambunctious that day and just seconds before they where to ask amber if she would be baptized I had this prompting by the holy ghost to take matthew into the Kitchen where he was getting celery for him and i to snack on to help him wash it off. while I was in the kitchen helping matthew the sisters asked amber if she would get baptized. She said......YES! the sisters when we left said to me thank you for taking matthew into the kitchen. I was like I felt a prompting that I was to take him into the kitchen. It was the lord trying to make the moment right. so we went to see her on friday. The sisters and I had a wonderful visit with Amber.
They have set a baptismal date of December 19th... Just before christmas how amazing that will be. We where going to meet Ambers mom on friday we had given our lesson and amber's mom called and she said to her mom are you going to come by and meet the people from the church. her mom had forgotten but we chose to wait to close with prayer till amber's mom had gotten there. When Amber's Mom (Nancy) arrived before we closed with prayer.. Amber says to her mom will you come to my baptism... (Score we had not even said anything to her) So her mom's response was a couple things... first off did you not tell these ladies you where already baptized she said yes..and then her mom said well if I am not working midnights then yeah sure I will go to your baptism... So the sisters had arranged a ride for her for church today! And her and her 3 kids Emma who is 7 Matthew who is 5 and Nancy who is just a tiny baby all went to church today... And the sisters said she really liked it... so after her mom said yes if she didn't have to work that she would go we asked if it would be okay if we closed with prayer and if amber's mom nancy would join us and she said...YES We prayed and left.
On our way back into london Sister Olsen said it was a Miracle!!! And that if I had not been willing to go with them that one tuesday to strathroy when we went to find Eddie that they would not have found Amber who had been prepared by the lord to hear the message.. I Am super happy for Amber's family who she reads and prays with every night... that is right she reads the book of Mormon to Emma Matthew and little Nancy... And I am also happy for The sisters...
I have been blessed to see this miracle happen... I love you all and hope that you have enjoyed this blog entry as much as I have enjoyed being able to go and see Amber and Matthew with the sisters.
here is a story for you! Amber said the other day when she was having a bad day and just felt like crying that she was reading to emma matthew and nancy and she had this comfort feeling come over her.
Anyways I am off to work.... Wish you all well
Love you all
CRYSTAL
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Up early
Today its sunday November 7th 2010 and we have gained an hour sleep oh how my body needed that extra hour sleep this morning and especially after the crazy and hectic week of work that I Have had.
The paper truck has been late all week. And because it had been late all week and then with picking up extra shifts at the western fair lets just say when I should have been sleeping I couldn't sleep and when I shouldn't be sleeping I wanted to sleep. I fell right to sleep last night. it was good! I came home from work at like around 11 and I laid right down and then I fell right to sleep the only bad thing is I woke up right at like 5:30 in the morning but man have I felt reguvinated after a long week. and to knock it all off I have lost my work id so I need to get a new one now and it sucks I hate when I lose things but I have to work on tuesday so I will have to replace it tomorrow so that I can work tuesday.
I hope all is well I love you all I will write more later. your all amazing.
The paper truck has been late all week. And because it had been late all week and then with picking up extra shifts at the western fair lets just say when I should have been sleeping I couldn't sleep and when I shouldn't be sleeping I wanted to sleep. I fell right to sleep last night. it was good! I came home from work at like around 11 and I laid right down and then I fell right to sleep the only bad thing is I woke up right at like 5:30 in the morning but man have I felt reguvinated after a long week. and to knock it all off I have lost my work id so I need to get a new one now and it sucks I hate when I lose things but I have to work on tuesday so I will have to replace it tomorrow so that I can work tuesday.
I hope all is well I love you all I will write more later. your all amazing.
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