24th week

hey family and friends, relatives, creepy people that i havent mentioned that are reading my letter. (jk)

so first off just an FYI im getting transferred to oklahoma city 3rd ward. and it happens tommorrow. im leaving the moore area and all the hard work i have put in the last 18 weeks. ive been told that its a good ward and that my new comp (elder Olinger) is a great guy.

sorry i didnt email yesterday but the library was closed due to marten luther king Jr day. so hopefully my letter will be just as special today. well to start off. this week has gone buy super quickly. like lightning quick! the time just flys by when your doing the Lords work. let me tell ya. i have already been out for 6 MONTHS!!! thats crazy i feel like i just got here. we have appointments like every hour. its starting to get crazy because we dont ever seem to plan on travel time. so were always like 5 min late to all our appointments. the ward is really impressed with the work the Lord has been doing through us. on sunday we had 25 less actives at church. that wouldnt have normally come if we wouldnt have invited them. we had 2 investigators, and 5 referrals. we got 5 new investigators last week. and a baptismal date with one of them! the work is really picking up here. like 6 weeks ago it was basically a dead area. nothing to do and no time to do it. but now we have so much to do its not even funny. were running around like a chicken with its legs cut off! (name that movie) if you have the confidence of the ward they start trusting you with there friends and family. to share the gospel too. so people are inviting us over and asking if they can come with us to our appointments.  the bishop even called up president Taylor and asked if me and elder young could stay for another transfer and get this work done. man it feels good to be good!

so life back home sounds just great! but im not going to lie, my life is better than yours. im totally kidding. but seriously this mission rocks my socks.

on monday we played volley ball. and for some reason im really getting to like that crazy (girl) sport. and plus its nice to get a break form basket ball. and i learned a new song on the Uke. its called samuel the lamenite. and its so cool i will have to record it for you. so now i play that at our dinner appointments. they all love it. and there sad when i tell them that im leaving.  the bishops family. offered to buy elder young a Uke so there could still be elders playing songs for them. i love that family. their so gospel oriented. and sister widison (the bishops wife) is always talking to people on the street and stores and stuff. she kind of reminds me of you mom. just a jokester and willing to stand up for what she believes in!

we had a zone bike day this week. and i was also on exchanges with the zone leaders. i was with elder adair. and he has been in a bike area all his mission. untill he came here. so he bikes like lance armstrong! we biked 35 miles in like 8 hours. i was so beat by the end of the day. but we found 4 new investigators that day. after we got home from biking i had a tellytubby. (sorry that was crazy) but i felt like I havent had a bath in like a year.

on friday we had our last district meeting as the moore district. it was kind of sad. im going to miss those times we had together. everybody is staying except for me. so thats kind of a bummer. President Taylor came to our meeting. and sat in on our training. you know its always kind of scary when a servant of the Lord showes up. but it was good. he has alot of good insight on the gospel and he knows his scriptures inside and out! we all had interviews with him. and he basically told me im doing great but my next comp is kind of going to need pushing. so hopefully i  can do my best. this will be my first time in a two man apartment. so hopefully it doesnt drive me up the wall.

so were teaching this one guy named mike. and he is a truck driver from Ohio. but he is here because of cancer treatment. so were teaching him the discussions. and he is so open to what we say. this guy has a firm testimony of Jesus Christ and the Lord. he has been through hell and back twice. hes been into drugs and drinking. he used to be in prison. stole cars. all kind of stuff. but he "found Jesus" and so now he's on the strait and narrow path.

so any ways thats kind of been what my last week has been like.

Happy BIRTHDAY dad!!!!! i hope this is the best 45 birthday you will ever have. keep up the good work! im glad that the duck hunting is going well. will that affect the share prices or anything? well that cool that you got to talk to Austin and his dad. and know i havent talked to jays comp. i looked through the ward roster and he isnt in there. maybe he is in the second ward?

Mom dont mention costa again it makes me trunky! jk. but they really need to get one here. and three callings that crazy i hope you can handel it. jk i know you can. but if you get stressed out just know that our father in heaven can help you out.

lauren. your funny. but i love you. hey just know that mom and dad have been around alot longer than you have and so they kind of know whats what.  keep listing to them and you will do fine. dont get two boy crazy! it will just get you into trouble.  and if colen is anthing like his bothers. i would just slow your roll.

well that kind of it i gess. have a wonder full week. and i will talk to you guys latter alligator!

love Payton Clements