49 weeks

Subject: la la la la 57

hi family.

did you know that little streams talk? they say give away.

well this week was great.  lots of working hard. me and elder platt are riding bikes everyday because he hast to practice. if im not careful i leave him in the dust in a matter of seconds. because he is slow and doesn't know how to shift gears. he will probably be in a bike area next transfer. but it will be good for him. well i know that im not training next transfer. so i wont be with the hatch kids friend or who ever he is. but that's ok my sons will come eventually. (when you train a greeny you call him your son on the mission)

so its crazy i think elder platt has multiple personality's.  because he has this hyper side where is funny and just full of piss and vinegar. and then he can be mope and sad. its kind of weird. i dont really know what to do with him. were not really honest in our relationship. and i dont know what to do about it. like i can tell there are things bugging him about me but when i ask him he says o your fine. like when i was with elder shupe when things pissed us off we just told each other right on the spot. no need for bottling it up. but now he wont tell me what he is concerned about. he is a really reserved kind of guy. and i think its because of his former companion. (not kiel but the one before that) he all ways talks about this one companion in a negative way. and how this one comp shot him down all the time. but if you had any suggestions on comp unity that would be great!

Ok i forgot to tell you last week! or i wasn't allowed to tell you. so the other elders in our district  got jumped! there in anadarko its this small town really ghetto. but like i never would have thought that they could have got robbed. so here is the story. they were on there bikes, and some guy called him over to them. (they all felt like it could be bad about talking to him but none of them listened To the Holy Ghost) so they went over. and the guy was telling him he was a Christan and then he asked if they had any money. they said no. then he pulled out a knife, and demanded 20 bucks. they told him that they didnt have any cash on them. so the guy told him to fork over the watches. and then took one of there bikes. they gave him what he wanted. because the official mission policy is just give them what they want. and then they booked it out of there. then the guy shouted at them that if they call the cops he will get his friends and muff them up. they were pretty scared about the whole deal. but they called the cops and now there looking for this guy. they got two of the watches back but there still missing a bike and a $20 watch. its kind of scary but the Lord will protect them. if they listen. so earlier this week they stayed at our place for two days. but then Pres told them they could go back to there own area.

after that i went to anadarko on exchanges. and elder guinto stayed in my place. they told me that the house they live in was a little messy. but crap that was an under statement. this house was DISGUSTING!!! like i have been in some bad houses before. like hoarder Lady's with lots of cats. and smoker/drug houses. but this house was like the worst. there was crap everywhere. (not poop, just there stuff) just old food lying around the house. McDonald's wrap er just scatted from heck to breakfast. mustard stains on the floor. and someone cut there hair in the middle of the kitchen and didnt clean it up. like any normal person would have died living there. (and you wouldn't even be able to tell) so there like lets go track ting! and im like lets clean up this bloody pigs sti. so we spent the next four hours cleaning. i took over kitchen duty. because i didnt know were all there stuff went. there was dishes just piled up like dirty caked on nasty ness every were. then i got some of the dishes clean and went to put them away. and there dishes in the cupbord were just as dirty. so i had to take all the dishes out and clean the cupboard and then put them all back. wow lets just say i will never do that again.

then dont even get me started on how old the food was in the fridge.

the rest of the week was good lots of work getting done. two girls wanted get baptized so we are working with them,  we got seven new investigators this week. and things are going swell

well i have to get off because these computer suck and they only give you 1 hour to email

i love you so much

Elder Clements

and yes i would love a video! that would be the best.

(Who knew Payton would become so CleaN hehe Love it!!!!!!)

 

48 weeks out

hi family

so this week has gone by so fast. its like grease lightning! does it go by fast for you? wow and i cant believe dakotas on his last transfer. that is fricken crazy. i thought he left in September. is he getting sent home a little early? wow i cant wait to write him and stuff. crazy cool beans. makes me feal like a greenie on the mission. wow the whole world just grows up while your gone. brenden is going on a mission beau got a mission call. that crazy. and do you know if he is happy that he is going to texas? because i know how i felt when i got my call. but now im so great full that im state side. i can shower every day. not once every nine days. even the bad food still isnt going to kill you because of some parasite. and most people have indoor plumbing.

so yea. this week has been kind of crazy. elder keil left so its kind of whats the word boring? with out him. because he was so energetic, and funny, and had all kinds of cool storyies. (i mean yea he was a little fetch but i still could live with him) to elder platt who hasnt done anything with his life ever. like his first time in a target was on the mission. he hasnt been on one single date. and he hasnt road a bike in 10 years. and you thought i spent alot of time on video games. but at least i lived a little bit. he said he and his family own over 3000 video games. and he has spent at least an hour on each of them. and he has beaten most of them. but my heart goes out to him. he has ten brothers and sisters. and he is the very youngest. his parents are like 70's ish and they spend all there time running there business's. (there like insurance agents or somthing) so he never really had a family around. all of them are at least 10 years older than him. but yea the mission is the best thing that could ever happen to him. and he is actually really funny some of the times. but most of his comments are irrelavent. (that house is green, that person is walking) but imsure that the rest of this transfer is going to be great.

so yea we had alot of driving this week. we had temple conference. we went up to a small town called Blanchard, we had to drive to Duncan twice, and then we had district meeting in anadarko. and every single time i drove. i meanyou guys spent 20 hours in the car over a week. but at least you had a three day break. i have drove over 15 hours but its been like every day. my legs hurt. i shouldnt complain. life is great. driving is better with the cruise control. so ican at least let my legs chill.  we went to Duncan for zone pday and then we had to drop off elder keil the next day. thats about a two hour drive. plus the zone leaders are really cool. but dont let them take your ties. ( i have gotten 3 ties stolen from me because of them)  the next day elder platt was sick. so he just stayed in bed for like 10 hours. and i played the uke. cleaned the house, washed the car, worked out, solved the rubix cube 10 times, took a nap, read half of Jesus the Christ, and drew some pictures. it gets really boa ring as a missionary when you don't have a tv.

temple conference was so awesome! i love the temple its so uplifting. every time i go i learn something new. or something sticks out to me. i wish i could have a temple journal. and write down everything that i learned. this is my 5th time going to the OKC temple. and its so little. but so awesome! im jealous that you guys get to go once a week. or when ever you want really. i wish we could go for pday or something. but its closed on Monday. we also had a training on the heavenly gift. i loved it is so amazing. and how we can give the "gift" to any one. like ward members and the branch president. less actives. part members really any one tha we come in contact with we can share the spirt with them. we practiced giving the gift to each other as missionary's. and we prayed specific for other missionary's and there needs. its so great. like some to the best praying experience i have ever had.

we did service on Saturday. and i helped cut down trees for this inactive member. it was really fun. elder platt is allergic to grass so he just watched. but i want a chain saw now! it was so much fun just cutting up stuff. you know me ilove weapons of mass destruction. but you know just in case a zombie attack happens. you could get me one for my birthday. it is coming up. just kidding.  o but seriously my camera has been missfunctuning for the past couple of months. and i was wondering if you could send me out some money and i could buy a new one. and that could be my birthday happiness. just a thought.

well my time is running out and i have to go but i love you guys so much and i really am gratefully to be your son/brother/grandson/ anything else i forgot.

love you all so much and i miss you

LOve ELdeR ClEmeNTs

Yea Prayers are Answered :)

Subject: 57? heck yes!

hi family

wow so this week was interesting. OK first off i got your package. it was great. i swear you know what i want/need every time. were did you get those Doritos? i have been looking for them and cant seem to track them down. and i was just about to buy qtips like 10 min before i got the package. and i just ran out of floss. you guys are amazing! 

OK so remember last week when i told you about the party and stuff. well President Taylor found out about the whole situation. we all had interviews with him yesterday, and they all were about an hour long. he just asked us alot of questions and was basically cross referencing our stories to see if they match up. and he told us that if we would have gone to that party all five of us would have gone home. he was proud of me for standing up at that time but he told me that i should have stood up before that. when they wanted to come to our area. so since it was elder keils idea about the whole situation, he got ET-ed. (emergency transferred) and now he is with the zone leader for the rest of his mission. 

so i guess the moral of the story is listen to the spirit the first time. because we could have avoided the whole situation if i would have said something at the very start. because i knew it was wrong the very first second they decided to come to our area. but i didn't say anything at that time. i didn't want to because i didn't want to get in  a argument with the other four. i was trying to build trust with elder keil and elder platt. when i should have been building trust with the Lord. i should have been more like Abinidi or Nephi. and stood up for what i knew was right. well next time it will be different. 

So at the start of last week, elder platt and me made a deal with elder keil that if we shave our legs that he had to work as hard as he could for 2 whole days. like no music, get up on time, go to bed at 10:30, talk about only spiritual things, just follow all the rules in the white hand book. so we shaved our legs and he was obedient on Tuesday and Wednesday. then we went on exchanges with elder ginto our district leader and he had to be obedient on Thursday and Friday as well. then he went on exchanges with the zone leaders and had to be obedient for a whole 6 days. we got more done in six days then they did the last two transfers.  we got about 5 new investigators and 20 potentials. we got 2 member presents and a baptismal date. so this area has been picking up. and now elder keils gone. so there wont be any more how would you put it. Distractions. so hopefully we can turn this area around and leave it better than we found it. 

the heavenly gift is really paying off. we are getting so many new people to teach because of it. because we get people to feel the spirit in the first couple of min of talking to them. and that's really how there going to learn and grow. is the spirit so why not give it to them in the first couple of seconds. we had a training on it on Friday so we could practice and make it better. its still a new thing so were all still a little rusty. then after that we went out and try ed it in our area. and we ended up getting three new investigators and about ten potentials in an hour. just crazy how effective it is. 

Saturday was the first taste i got with being alone with elder platt. it was kind of crazy. or he is kind of crazy. he has some social skills he needs to work on. but super funny at times. like we were driving, and he said watch out! so i slammed on my breaks to avoid this car. and he was like JK there is no car. so i was like you ever hear the story about the boy that cryed wolf. and he said no i don't remember it. so i gave him the whole story about lying. and he was like have you ever herd the story about some people screw up? and im like no. and he was like "well some people screw up sometimes. and that's it." it was so  funny. i kind of felt bad after for telling him what to do. but we worked hard all day and now were going to be stuck together for about 3 more weeks. its going to be a challenge but we can get through it. 

Sunday was fast and testimony meeting because we Had stake conference the week before. so there as alot of testimonies that weren't really testimonies. so i got up there and bore my testimony on missionary work and spreading the gospel. and then all the rest of the testimonies were about how we should share the truth with our neighbors. it was great allot of people came up and told us about there friends and coworkers that they would like to share the gospel with but just didn't know how. so we said just be bold and loving and it will all work out in the end. we told them to invite someone to dinner or to church. and that would be a simple way to share the gospel.  after that we went to the ward mission leaders house. and he fed us some great Mexican food. and Blondie. there like brownies but yellow instead. they were really great. it could be some of the best food i have had on the mission. then we went and saw a less active lady. she doesn't go to church because she got offended. and then she told us the story and im like wow i probably wouldn't go to that church ether. but i would still make it to the next ward. but there just out of the habit. so its hard for them to come. we invited them to church but they probably wont go. o well there loss. 

sounds like life back home is crazy and fun. you guys got a new car or well our old car back. you indecisive buggers. but thats ok i liked our old better anyways. so im guessing its cheaper to have me gone than it is to have me there? because you guys are doing all this stuff and buying new cars, and ipads. or its just blessing of having me be on a mission. is brenden in the mtc yet? and has tyler tullis changed his mind about the mish? how is your class coming? 

lauren are you looking for a job? or have you found one yet? you know the more experience you have and the early er you start the better. i got my first job at dicks when i was 15. and before that i worked for dad. just something to think about. and remember to not get to crazy with those boys there nothing but trouble. 

well i love you guys so much and i miss you. 

thanks for every thing you  do 

love your favorite missionary. 

PS the due date for the book of Mormon challenge is July 13. good luck and keep reading. 

2nd Week in Chickasaw

HI family. 

so this week has been fun/unproductive. there is not really alot to do here. i will start out with last Monday.  we played risk and monopoly for about 5 hours than ate dinner and then hung out with our neighbor. who happens to be sitting next to me at this very second. were at a school. and she told us to come email here because we don't have to wait for a computer at the library. 

 i don't all remember what happened on tuesday. i emailed you then we saw this less active lady. she is crazy! she got offended. :( witch is the dumbest thing out there. i think its all just such a big lame excuse not to go to church. like if they didn't mean to offend you and you took offence than that makes you a fool. and if they did mean to offend you and you got offended than that makes you a even bigger fool. because you played right in to there trap. be she told us all about her life story and her kids and how she used to be so good and go to byu and date the prophet. but its like well what are you doing now with your life. it goes back to the principle of enduring to the end.  but any way we mowed her lawn for her. and that's all ways fun to get into some service. we just have to show her love and that not everybody in the church is a "retard". 

elder Keil taught me how to tut this week. its like dancing with 90 degree angles its got a lot of hand movement. but its super sick. look it up. we play allot of games at night. when we get home like uno and monopoly deal. (its a card game of monopoly) and elder platt wants me to play chess with him all the time. because i keep beating him and he all ways wants a rematch.  

we don't get fed allot here. and when we do get fed its with the same like 4 family's. so we have to make our own food all the time. most of my diet consists of white rice, spam, hot dogs, eggs, corn, and beans. i feel like im in the islands. elder keils mom send him a package of spam like once a month. its actually pretty good. there is this one family that wants to feed us all the time. (i think because there lonely) there super rich and they probably have the nicest house in Chickasaw. they have been taught for over 5 years. but they still wont convert. we call them eternal investigators. they have one of the coolest houses i have ever seen. like modern art every were, even the tissue holder is a cool statue. and there obsessed with guns. like to the point were there are guns in every 5 feet of the house. they have a shot gun with a banana clip in there bed room "just in case" and they both have like pistols on there bed. and the guy has a pistol in this belt buckle. 

 on Friday we went up to the city to get some warts removed. from elder keils hand. and we ended up going to lunch with the Midwest city elders. it was at a Mexican place. and a member owns it so all the food is for free! elder mcmurry decided he wanted to come back with us to go see his old area. so the car ride home was very squishy. 5 elders in a malabu. we saw some of the members that he liked and went  to the ward social. it was a BBQ. got to know some of the ward. even though there is only 30 of them. the elder that was with elder Mcmurry thought it was cool to be apostate, so he wanted to go to a party at the collage at 11:30 at night. i had to put my foot down right there. because they wanted to go in non pros clothes. and no tag. they were mad at me. but i told them that President Taylor would be pissed! and so would there mom's if they knew. so we played risk instead. 

the next day we dove them back and i went to a baptism in OKC3rd. it was for Freddy. (the guy that chopped his fingers off) really good service the spirit was there for sure. make me miss my old area. because there is nothing going on here. we i guess if something is broke fix it.

well that's about it for this week. i don't know what to write

my old car looks sick! i should have got a hard top for it. but what ever. not my problem anymore. 

and i like Courtney's hair cut. 

i haven't got en the package yet but but hopefully it comes today. 

love you all so much

Elder Clements