Hi family.
so yep yesterday was a holiday so the library was closed. so I'm email ing you to day. (imagine that) well yes you still would send stuff to the mission office. and they would send it to me.
so yep the new area is good. its really large in area but not very big in population. we cover a couple of small surrounding towns so we cover alot of ground. there is like one road that has anything on it. and the rest of the town just has small houses and duplexes. there is a McDonald's here a walmart a subway, a brawms, a goodwill (its like the DI) and a kcf. and thats about it. there is also a small collage here (that's were i am right now) there is probably about 10 stop lights in the whole area. its crazy being in the big city and then all of a sudden being out in the middle of no were. kind of a culture shock really. o and there is like no black people here. and before in OKC 75% of the people there were black. so that's basically the area
the house is huge (compared to what we had before) we live in a 2 bedroom 1 bath duplex it has a living room and a dinning room. (which means i don't have to eat on my bed any more!) the carpet is ugly but soft. we have a washer and dryer. we have a weight lifting bench, two couches and a couple of desks. its probably three times as big as my last apartment. o yea and we have a back yard and a lawn mower to mow it. kind of cool. we have a neighbor next door. she is kind of cool shes about 26 and has a daughter thats about 5. shes like best friends with the missionary's. because she has lived next to them for about 3 years. they have tired to convert her for about that long as well. everything that comes out of her mouth is sarcastic. (she reminds me alot of Dana, color, personality) and she wants me to date her sister. i told her i was a missionary and i wasn't allowed to date. she said "your not a missionary for ever just come back in 13 monthes." i told her ill think about it.
so now to the companions. elder ----- is really chill all around he is from Samoa but he moved to St. george when he was 10. (he knows Devyn) he is really funny and a big Lady's man. he like to skate board and has about 3 board here. so on pday we go to the skate park. hes about 6,3 and can probably bench a small car.
he is not very how would you put it? motivated. he hasn't woken up on time in about 6 months. and he doesn't like to study. so all i can do is be an example to him. I'm trying to give him reasons to be obedient. like lets run in the morning so that we can lose some weight. and we can listen to one of my Cd's and then we can listen to one of yours. I'm not being pushy because that will just go down hill. so I'm just kind of rolling with the punches for right now.
Elder Platt is just the opposite. he is like short and white. like super white people ask him if he is a vampire. because he has dark hair and golden brown eyes. its funny him and ------took pictures to gether and they look like Edward and Jacob. he is quiet and kind of awkward. but i can see that being with elder ------- for a couple of months has really changed him. he is a big gamer. like one of the ones that lock es himself in a room and playes for days. you can see that he wants to try and be a better missionary but doesn't know how to. so me and him do studies together and "council" on how to change elder --------.
the branch here is small like probably 25 people on a good week. but there is like 100 less actives. so thats were we do most of our work is in reactivating members. its kind of a dieing branch because all of the people in there are old. like in the 70's there was 2 wards and there was all this stuff going on. they had a farm in the back of the church were member could grow there own food. but now no one wants to come to church anymore. the branch president forgets to assign talks so he will somtimes just ask people to get up and speak form the pulpit. so thats allot of peoples reason for not coming to church is that they dont want to speak.
were working with a couple of part member familys but other than that. we have no investigators. like we when on splits with the zone leaders. and got more investigators in one day then the whole last transfer. president emailed me and he is really counting on me to turn this area around. im going to be trying my best to i know its going to be hard but it will be worth it.
but yea this mission is the best! like way funner (is that a word) than high school, or working at pizza factory, or video games (shocking!) or anything than i have ever done. its like a big faith builder and a learning experience beyond all compare. i have learn more about my self and the scriptures and people than i every would have back home. i think there is a statistic out there that a missionary will get 10 years more life experience than someone who doesn't. i mean i can see it in myself the growth. I'm defiantly more willing to talk to people. and public speaking peice of cake (you know with the ice cream in the center). plus the spiritual high your on all the time is amazing! i crave feeling the spirit its awesome. my name is Elder Payton Clements and im a spiritual- holic. like on Friday we were tracking and were offering to pray with people and this lady let us in. we got on our knees and i started to pray. i was praying for her family and her house. and the spirit just gave me a high five in the face. tears just started poring out of my eyes. and when i finished the lady was crying too. i asked her how she felt. and she said. "amazing! i have never felt this way before" i told her that was the holy ghost working with her. and told her that we like to have people feel the holy ghost all the time. and asked her if we could come back and share the holy ghost with her again. she said yes. so were seeing her this week some time.
we walked out of that appointment just floating on air. it was less than ten min but yet it was one of the best experiences i have had on the mission.
well that's it for this week i love you guys so much i will talk to you again next week. wish me luck.
with all of my love
Elder Clements.
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