Subject: i guess you say what can make me feel this way, 57
hi family.
how is the marsh is it beginning to stink yet? sometimes i miss that smell. (weird right?) i had i dream were i came home and then i woke up mad. because i thought i was home and stuff. (im pretty sure Satan sends thoughts dreams) yes i got the package. and for some reason you all ways know what to send. like we ran out of TP and then i got that package. Do you pray before you send it? IDK
so this week has been going good. elder olinger is letting me write his "sister" (shes just a girl in his branch back home) but she is a beautiful daughter of god! she lives in Hawaii going to BYUH. and im excited for the return letter.
anyways back to business. so this week has gone by good. i took over the area. so i have to plan for the day every night while elder shupe just listens. its hard because he doesn't know the area and i barley know it. so we end up track ting alot. its fun but at the same time it sucks on ice. you meet alot of interesting people but they mostly don't want to here form you. I'm excited its daylight savings time because you can track at night now. and people aren't like who is this creepstash on my door step. you know that promise that Jesus gives to his apostles. that they shouldn't worry about there food or drink that the Lord would provide for them. man this promise is paying off. like every time it seem like we need something the Lord provides. like we would need to use the restroom. and we would happen to tracked into a member that would let us use the restroom, or i was like 99% parched (name that movie) and so we were going to go back to the apartment. but i said one more door. and this guy talks to us and asked if we would like some bottled water. so we stayed out longer than we would have if the guy would have given us the water. which led us to find a new investigator. i love the way the Lord works hes so legit!
me and elder shupe get along great. probably better than all my last comps. just as much as elder Curtis if not better. hes just a chill guy. and funny, he just rolls with the punches. hes still new to the mission. like less then 4 months. so he doesn't know how to teach effectively yet. but I'm sure i was the exact same way like a transfer ago. but he try's and that's what counts. we have alot of comp unity. were good friends. the other day we bought Nerf guns. and we have been shooting each other ever since. like i will be in the bathroom and i will come out, and my gun would be on the floor. and i would have to go find him without been shot. its fun. but the only problem is that we both suck at waking up on time! we have 4 alarms set and were trying really hard. but sometimes it gets tough. Ive been praying for help with that. because i know if you are obedient to the rules that's when the miracles happen.
we have been biking alot lately because the weather is so nice. its like 60 everyday. it rained on Sunday and Saturday though. we don't have that many miles so we have to bike at lest once aday. its mostly to like close stuff like less than 5 miles. its fun to bike but at the same time its no fun. because the wind is all ways blowing against us now matter what direction you seem to go. o this is funny elder Shupe ran over a Opossum with his bike like 3 days ago. (it was already dead) and it popped as soon as he ran it over. and got all over his tires.
the guy from Iran, were letting him read more of the book of Mormon before he comes back. he said that we wants to wait a while before we come back. so hopefully everything goes OK. i know that the book of Mormon will change his life if he lets it. we had a baptism on Saturday. for two of our investigators. Jada and Malak. and they asked me to baptize them. so i was freakin freaking out (you know me and stress) it was really a special moment. the spirit was just flowing out of the font. one of the best baptisms Ive ever been two. it was bad though because at first we could get the doors open to fill the font. so we had this little boy crawl under neath the "accordion doors" and turn on the water. it was funny. but everything turned out OK. so that makes 4 and 5 for me and baptisms! but first ones i have ever done.
church was all about missionary work and how we need to share the Gospel with our friends and family. and not just plant seeds but reap the seeds that have all ready been planted. sometimes it appears that there not ready and you cant tell. but they said there like carrots. you cant see the fruit of your labors until you pull them up. so just go for it and share the Gospel with some one. hopefully this leads us to get alot of referrals. because that's were the work comes in. is when people share the Gospel with there friends. so that way they all ready have a friend in the church. and they can ask them any questions.
well that's it for this week. i love you all so very much. i like it when you send long emails and letters. because i want to know everything that's going on. it makes it fun. i love all your letters. (dad do you write you letters yourself or does mom or Lauren?)
well i hope everything goes swimmingly
Love your favorite missionary Elder Clements
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