hello from winterpeg manasnowba

Well, this week has been FREEZING!!!!!! it keep going to -39...which is the devils temperature b/c we -40 is our limit!!! haha but its all about the bundle!!! we have enough to keep us warm!! :) but things have been going great!!!!!

6 missionaries are going home on friday. sis broderick, marble, drake, horning. Elder Ewell ( who has been my zone leader my whole mission) and elder brown!!!! its sooo crazy!!!! i LOVE these sisters and im going to miss them sooo much!!!! its also weird that i am going to be apart of the "older group" of the sisters!!!! ahhhh nuts!!! but they have been some of the best examples to me and ill try to cont my mission like they did!! :)

we have been working hard!!! its kinda hard to work really really hard..when your senior is "dying" haha but its all good. we got our transfer calls and sister smith and i are staying together and we're getting sis reid!!! so we will be in another tri!!! haha wow!!!! im sooo excited for sis reid though b.c i have never met her but i hear shes great!!!! :)

this week a man named alex was baptized!! he has been waiting for a year and a half to be baptized and he finally got to!!! hes great!! the spirit was soooo strong and he has the strongest testimony!!!! he said that there is no way he would have waited a year and a half going through trial after trial if he didnt know that it was true!!! i loved it!!! :) hes amazing!!!

well family!!!! stay beautiful and strong and happy and true to the faith and the Lord will bless you!!!! i love this gospel and i love the plan that Heavenly Father has for us. He is VERY aware of us and He loves us!!! :) i love you too

sister crozier

Onward Christian Soldiers....

hello!!!! this week has been really great!!! we have been outside finding a lot!!!! it has been pretty cold!! it got to -34C while we were out. but its really not that bad. ive learned how to stay warm. hand and foot warmers are great!!!!! ;) we met with this girl named jessica and she is way neat. we met and had a lesson on the side of subway. she is mennanite and she is really interested to see what we believe in. im excited to see where it goes. :)

we are still meeting with terri. she is a great lady and she is coming along. i love being part of this great work!! :)

nothing too exciting/funny happened this week. but know that everything is good and life is wonderful out here in Winnipeg!!! :) love ya

sister cro

week of miracles!!!!!

seriously!!! i love it!!! so on Christmas Eve we got a call from a member in Brandon ( who both sis broderick and i know) saying there is a lady who lives in winnipeg who is a friend with her daughter. this lady lost her daughter and then a year later lost her husband and it would be nice if she had company around the holiday season. so we put together some Christmas goodies and took them to her. since then we have meet with her (terri is her name) and we have been able to teach her a lot about the gospel. terri is hard of hearing but its easy to communicate with her b.c she reads lips really well. so this sunday was her first time to church. b/c she isnt a young single adult she went to a family ward. and in this ward they have 2 or 3 deaf people and at least 5 sign students. so the whole time she was in sacrament meeting they were interpreting and she got to see. then a deaf member teaches a sign gospel principal class!!!!! ahhhhh!!!! the other day she was telling us how on Christmas Eve she was just sitting around kinda sad thinking about how all her family is away and how she has 4 brothers but no sisters and how she wishes she had sisters. then we knocked on her door. and she said...."then i got 3 sisters" :) Heavenly Father is very aware of ALL of His children. i know He has been preparing terri for this step in her life!!!! im am sooo happy and grateful to be apart of her life!!!

its cold yeah....nothing new haha...not too bad though. its only been minus 16 or so. (with windchill) i have definitely gotten used to it...kinda....some days. ive learned that if im hungry then im more cold. but being in ysa im always hungry!! we never have supper appt hah. thats ok. we're learning different ways to make a quasidilla!! haha

i love you all and thank you for all you do for me!!! stay warm!!

love

sister crozier

happy new year!!!!

wow!!!! 2011!!!!! thats crazy!!! for new years we went to the church and played some fun games. then we were in bed by 1030! haha i remember thinking last year that its going to stink having to go to bed so early for new years but....i love it!!!! sleep time is precious time out here!! :) that day we were all out of Kilometers so we had to walk everywhere. it just happen to be the day that is was -35C outside. thats -31F. so we walked up and down Pembina which is the main st right outside our apt. we found 6 potentials. since we only teach young females who arnt married we had to turn them over to the elders and from those 6 there are now 2 investigating and one of them has 2 friends now learning. i love this work!!!! so 4 people are now learning about the gospel of Jesus Christ b/c we decided to work when we could have chickened out and just stayed in. i know that the Lord kept us warm so we could find such great people!!! its a beautiful thing to see the Lords hand in everything we do!!

the new sister, sister smith is amazing!!!! i feel like shes been out forever so we dont have to train her. haha its way fun being in a tri!!!

this Saturday we get to meet with Elder Smith from the 70. its a special missionary meeting. im excited for that.

i love you all. i know this gospel is true and it is the gospel of Jesus Christ. it has been restored to its fullness by a loving God through a living prophet!!

love,

sister crozier

She's on FIRE!

Tasha here. For anyone wondering how the amazing Sister Crozier is doing, she couldn't be better. She wasn't able to send a letter this week due to the libraries being closed for the holidays. We did, however, get to speak with her on Christmas day! She sounds SO good and is LOVING her mission. It was so refreshing to listen to her voice and hear her conviction of the gospel through everything she said. She has absolutely loved the people she has been serving and never wants to leave. She loves teaching people that it's never too late to repent, that our Heavenly Father is a loving God and wants the best for each of His children. Nine months down and nine months to go, but who's really counting? Alicia is now serving as a trainer, which she finds as a very rewarding and humbling experience. I know Alicia loves the gospel with all of her heart and loves serving the Lord. It was very tender to hear her speak of those she had to leave in her last area, with her voice choked up with emotion. She is amazing, and I know she's doing the Lord's work. I can't think of a better person to be out humbling loving and serving the Lord's chosen children of Winnipeg. Hope you are all had a very Merry Christmas and enjoy the New Year. Until next week...

MERRY MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!

SLEIGH BELLS RING.....ARE YOU LISTENING!!! haha Merry Christmas!!!!! i am sooooooooo excited for Christmas time on a mission!!!! we not only get to talk to family but we get to give service and we get to hang out with other missionaries!!!! its gonna be great!!!! im really excited!!!!

so there are a lot of changes. im leaving my area and sister hope this wed and going down the street to be with sister broderick where we will train a greenie!!! haha so im gonna be in a YSA ward!!! haha and in another 3 and back with sister broderick!!! hahah i guess we were just too good with each other he had to put us back. the only thing is this is sister brodericks last transfer and so im killing her and birthing another at the same time hahah oh joy!! its gonna be soooo fun!!! i cant wait to meet her!!! she comes in on wed and thats all i know about her. haha there is actually 2 sisters coming out and sister hope and sister drake is training the other one. its gonna be a great winnipeg winter with 6 sisters out finding those prepared!!!! hahah im really sad that sister hope and i only had one transfer together but i still get to see her so thats good.

this week hasnt been too cold. ive learned the hard way that if your toes are wet, they freeze...haha yup....solving that one pretty fast!!!! :) we are still meeting with Joyce. she is great!!!! she was a lot of questions and concerns. but thats great b/c thats what we do. we help her solve those out!!! :) i am really gonna miss her!!!! then we are also teaching a filippino family. they are great!!! the last lesson was about the sabbath day the spirit was really Strong and they were able to recognize that, and they are coming to church on sunday. its amazing what the spirit does when it is in someones home. the spirit is the #1 thing we should strive to have in our lives. im sad i wont be there for their first time at church but they are in good hands!!! :)

i really hope you all have a very merry Christmas and remember to spend it with the ones you love!!! i love and miss you all!!!

sister crozier

-30C or -22F

ahhhhh!!!! hahahah im loving it!!!! its not THAT bad!!! haha its kinda weird for my nose hairs to freeze and for me to cough as soon as the air hits my lungs!! hahah its great!!! im learning what it is like to really bundle and im learning to really appreciate thermals!! haha they are a great thing!!!!

this week has been great!!! we were able to go to a Christmas zone conference on thurs where we were treated by watching its a wonderful life!!!! :) it was soooooo nice to be able to watch it!!! ahhh!!! i love that movie!!!!

so funny story....

the other day was our wards Christmas party. s hope and i were in charge of this sing along/caroling thing. so i had the mike and i was telling ppl what song we would be singing next and then i was to lead. well i turned the mike off and kept it in my left had along with the paper with the lyrics. while we were singing i was thinking to myself...wow....im singing really loud!! why are ppl singing soo softly....hm i turned the mike off....hmmm....well...the off switch on the mike doesn't work and i gave a wonderful solo without knowing it.. ahahaha oh man. i apologized to the crowd and they thought it was pretty funny too. haha gee!!!

i LOVE the Christmas season!!!! its soooo great to be able to remember our Savior and all that He has done for us!!!! His gift is for everyone but yet it is so personal! i know that Jesus Christ is the son of God and that He lives!!!! i know He knows all we've been through. its apart of the plan that our Heavenly Father has for us. The love of God is real. I feel and see it everyday!!! I am sooo grateful for it!!! :) i love you all and i thank you for your love, support and prayers.

love,

Sister Crozier