Spiritual Crocodiles (From Feb 18th)

Hello Family and Friends!

Oh my goodness gracious what a week! It was busy as ever and full of action packed madness! I will start with transfers... Sister Conley and I will be staying on the beautiful Island of St. Simon's! Wahhoooo! How glad I am to be staying here with her. We saw a lot of progress this past week and I was getting really nervous that I was going to be transferred right in the middle of it.. Luckily, we are both staying :) We are both extremely excited to see what we can accomplish in the next 6 weeks! BIG THINGS are happening! :) The next thing that I want to address is Satan. The Devil. He who shall not be named. That nobody that we all despise!

This past week I have seen the influence of Satan stronger than any other time on my mission thus far.. Maybe it is because I am becoming more aware of his influence in regards to missionary work, but nonetheless, I have seen it in a different light this past week.

Sometimes we let ourselves think that Satan works through these great, big, huge plans of destruction that we will never fall into, when in reality, he works in very subtle ways. He works at us little by little. Almost unseeingly. I think President Packet sums it up nicely in this Mormon Message,

http://www.lds.org/video/mormon-messages/spiritual-crocodiles?lang=eng

The reality is that we all have "Spiritual Crocodiles". None of us are immune to Satan and his workings. BUT, the beauty of the Gospel is that we do not have to fall prey to those crocs. We have our Heavenly Father and Savior on our side! Through the Gospel of Jesus Christ we are able to overcome those "spiritual crocodiles" and live a life of real happiness. I know that Satan is real and that he is against us, but I also know that Heavenly Father is real and that He is for us, and because of that, it does not matter who is against us. Through Him, we have the power to overcome. I hope you all will look to Heavenly Father in your times of need and temptation and that you will kick those "spiritual crocodiles" to the curb! I love you all and thank you for all the love, support and prayers!

Until Next Time,

Sister Crawford