Really Bad Cold
President & Hermana Crickmore
We apologize for the lack of updates for Hermana Cox. She
has been extremely busy and we only get a sentence or two most weeks as to how
she is doing.
Courtney has spent the last two months in the town of Ozumba and
will finish her mission there. It is a town of about 25,000. She is again near "Popo", the huge volcano. She
is 40 miles southeast of Mexico City. She is in the high elevations
again, similar to earlier in her mission. The weather is much cooler this
time of year. We have included a picture which will illustrate the change
in temperature and being under the weather! She has continued to train other missionaries
while in Ozumba but this was the last new area she will assist in opening on
her mission.
Here are a couple of stories/thoughts from Courtney over the
past month ...
1) Regarding Ozumba, she says, "It's really cool.
It's a little hard to find places because the houses have no numbers on
them. This reminds me of Eastland and it rains a lot."
2) We found a less active sister who has 4 boys and the oldest can
go on a mission in two years. When I told them we were going to read a
scripture they all ran to the bookshelf and said what page, what page, and when we told them they can
invite their friends to church the littlest one jumped up with his fists in the
air and said yes!!!! The oldest has been trying to help his mom come back to
church but they have a lot of obstacles. I wish I could have taken a
picture of his face when we came to his house. I think he was grateful. We will
see them again this week.
3) I really do love the people here, that is something that
I will never lack is love for this people. Yesterday, I was throwing up all
morning, I think I threw up like 6 or 7 times. I think it’s because I drank
milk that was bad. It wasn't past the expiration date but my compa said it
tasted bad. I hate being sick on the mission, but I am feeling better. This
week, we had a sick lesson with an investigator. We met him on the street
and he showed us where his house was and asked us to come back the next day.
When we came back, the first thing he asked was where was church and at what
time. He has passed through a lot of trials in his life and he wants to repent.
He was crying as he told us about what he had gone through and my compa and I
cried with him. He is very prepared and we are super excited to teach him. This
week, we did a contacting activity with the zone and they split us up with
different companions. When I got back with my daughter(a sister she previously
trained), she said "I contacted just like you did and they accepted!"
It was really cute and it made my little mom heart happy.
We have included some recent pictures and a video!
Courtney arrives home on Tuesday, July 5th. Her homecoming
(and Dallin's farewell - Honduras San Pedro Sula West Mission) will both be on
Sunday, July 10th @ 11:00 am at the Guilford Building (1525 Guilford,
Henderson, Nevada 89014 - behind Green Valley High School next to the baseball
fields). We would love to see you there!
We are grateful for you taking time and effort to support
Courtney!
Love,
The Cox's
