hi family
so sorry i couldnt email that long last week. it was just crazy and stupid . some guy invited us to lunch and then he didnt even end up feeding us. we just watched him shop for about 4 hours. it was dumb because we weren't even suppostto go with him becuase he wasnt in our ward. so yea any way the weather last week sounds crazy. everything is still ok? right. that cool about finding that little boy. i have know dought in my mind that prayer works. we use it all the time as missionarys. and it always seems like the Lord is watching over us.
so yea i got my new comp. his name is elder young (idk if he is related to Brigham) he's a real country boy. he grew up in Lapoint UT. population less than 300. hes really into hunting and fishing (go figure) and his dad is a elk hunting guild for the book cliffs. he's got camo PJ's camo hats a elk horn belt buckel. a ctr ring that has elk ivory in it. man this guy is the typical guy you see shoping at cabelas. he's a good guy though. he's 21 allready so hes alot older than most. he's 6'4 so i feal short buy him. his parents are divorced so he has 19 brothers and sisters (including step) so a big family. its kind of funny all of my comps so far have had there parents divorced. i wonder if thats suppost to meansomething? idk.
so any way we work really hard. elder curtis was a good guy and all but he was just trunky a little and ready to go home. so this transfer is kind of a good punch in the mouth. this guy is by the book on everything. he will probably be district leader next transfer. hes a little shy around people. so kind of like me but im getting better.
so on wednesday we had the ward party. it was good. not as good as the partys back home. but you know what can you do. we had about 200 people show up. so that was good. all the food was gone by the end. so that was a bigsupprise to everyone. this ward is legit though. we had about 15 investigators there, that members had brought. so thats really good. were checking up on them and teaching a couple. member refferals are a missionarys dream. because there usually the members friends that allready know a little about the church. and they already realize that mormons are normal people. so if you could think of somebody that need the gospel in there lives. give the missionarys a haller.
we met with the bishop on sunday morning and talked about what we could do as missionarys to help him out. he gave us a list of people that we need to visit. and he gave us a refferal from his neighbor.(sorry cant spell) and then he asked us if we would like to talk in sacrament meeting. so were like sure well talk next sunday. and he said o no i mean today. so he gave us a 10 min notice on what we need to talk about. we only had to speak for about 7 min a piece. but still you know how i get in public speaking. i need time to prepare .i didnt even tell a joke at the first.i talked about Christ and the Christmas season. and why we all need to share the gospel with others. elder young talked about coming unto Christ and charity. they were super good talks. if i do say so myself. everybody came up and told us that they were fantastic. and they felt the spirit very strongly when we spoke.
the bishop came up to us after and said. it was fate that the high priests had to cancel that day. and that our talks were what people really need to here at that time. so overall a good day at church.
after church we got a call from a member and said she gave a lady a ride. and the lady was interested in learning more about the church. so we go and talk to this lady. she starts to tell us she's from SOUTH AFRICA! and she speaksswahili!!!!!!! so being the prepared boy scout that i was. i asked her habarigandi? she was so impressed she let us in the door. and we taught her the first lesson. she want's her kids to have religion in there lives right now. and so we are now teaching the whole family! O this is so amazing. this gospel is the best! we talked about how we go on missions. and what we do for two years. she told us she had great respect for us and said she would like her son to go on a mission! first we need to baptize him but that will be the easy part. (wink) we gave them three copies of the book of mormon. because they they all want to read it as a family. and they dont want it for there personal study. its kind of like when we had two harry potter books so that two of us could read it at the same time.
idk just a spiritual high all this week.
lauren mario says WHA YA WHAHOOOO! and speaking of mario we have an elder thats from Guatemala. and when he speaks he sound just like a mario. hello yesa ist me elder mathine. its funny. hes still learning english so its hard to under stand him some times but yea. just remember lauren who you are and what you stand for. your the most consitant writer of my siblings. wink sorry court its true :) just remember lifes a dance you learn as you go. some times you lead sometimes you follow. dont trip on the little stuff and i will talk to you on christmas.
wow mom your the best. your always caring about others. four time's to st george in two months. thats some crazy shiz. i bet you know all the best stops buy now. your probably sick of wendys. and your plain hamburger with ketchuponly, and a bake potato. wink. just remember to not get to stressed out. there your family they will under stand if it take longer than usual. dont stress on the christmas either. its only the most wonderfull time of ther year. so dont blow it.jk jk jk really dont worry.
dad the duck hunting sounds great. how many times have you gone this year? have you killed any geese yet? we have and elder from canada that lives with us. his name is elder carl. and he so sick of killing geese its not even funny. he says you can like limit out every day were hes from. and he said that you can hunt moose and just buy the tag over the counter. thats crazy because its once in a life time in utah. you just keep doing what your doing. keep being the best father i ever had. (because really i have 2 dads. elder damon is technically my mission father) any way just keep though's elder's in line. make sure that you do your home teaching. and encourage every body to do theres as well. thatswhat keeps people on the strait and narrow. you would be surprised how many less actives there are out there. dont make another because you or some one in the quorum forget to do there home teaching. i know that your doing whatsright. i love you so much
i love all of you and just keep up the good work. i dont think i need any thing right now but thanks for the offer. o and i got grandmas packege. i all ready opend the first one. and im excited to drink some hot coco tonight.
lov eyou all so very much you guys rock my socks.
LOVE your favorite missionary ELdeR PaytON cLemENts.
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