Go Ask A Missionary

hi y'all
so yes i didn't send off the package. im sorry i tryed but the post
office inst in our area and it would be a ten mile bike ride just to
get there. so i didn't have the opportunity to send it. i will try
today. ok yes i know what Yoda says. do or do not there is no try.
so some cool things happened this week. Monday we didn't do anything.
we played games and stuff just a really chill pday. it was the first
day of the new transfer so i didn't have a planner. because i forgot
to grab one form the DL. so i felt naked like the whole week. i
usually write down everything (shocking right this mission did teach
me something) and every time elder dalia had to write it down. but i
got one now so its all better.
so we ran into some people last week and they wanted us to come back
and play them a song on the uke. they own a second hand store/ antique
store. so i carried the uke on my back on the bike about five miles to
go and see them. we got there and played them a couple of songs. one
of them is called a witness. its about all of the prophets in the
bible/ book of Mormon that stand up for what they believe in. and then
how i will always stand for the right and be a witness of Jesus
Christ. (here are some of the lyrics, many stories have been told
about the great men of old, and how they stood for whats right,
against the wicked they would fight for the lord. like alma when he
taught the people that sought his life. i put my self in there place
and with unshaken faith i will say. SO WILL I !) so it was a really
good song and the people were all like shocked. so elder dalia played
a song that i taught him and there was this old man that asked if
elder dalia owned a uke? he said no so the guy led him to the front of
the store and said what do you think of this one. he pulled an old uke
down form a shelf and handed it to elder dalia. elder dalia's face lit
up like a kid on Christmas. he started playing and said its so cool.
the guy said well you can have it. so elder dalia is super stoked
about his new old uke. its about sixty years old and was made in new
york.
the next day we worked hard all day and weren't having any kind of
success. everybody was like busy or didnt want to meet with us. so we
decided to go do some door knocking. by the time we got there and the
bikes were locked up it was about 8 pm. so it was dark and the place
were we were at was super sketchy. like gangster ally. we pick a
street without looking at it. and we started knocking we talked to
some people and some people were pissed that we were knocking on the
door so late. then we got about half way done with the street and i
saw the sign. the street was called Elm Street! (that's were the
nightmares happen) but we ended up getting four new investigators that
night. the only one that had a nightmare was Satan.
on Friday i went on exchanges with elder charleswroth. he is a cool
guy i served around him the first of my mission. so its good to see
him again. i convinced him to buy a uke so he is still playing. we
went to a Chinese buffet for lunch with our whole zone. so you know
those places are kind of iffy anyways. but that night i got so sick. i
threw up and had the runs hard core. so because i didnt get any sleep
that night i was super tired for conference. i almost slept through
the whole second section. and that was super crazy about the age
change. and your right i wish they could have changed that a couple of
years ago but its ok because im serving now and this is my time to
shine. we were expecting something bit to happen but we thought it was
going to be china that opened up or something. and it could happen
very soon. this is going to double the missionaries. and there is
going to be so much change that goes on. its going to be fricken sick
chicken.
my favorite talk was the ask the missionaries. it was so powerful and
i could feel it was directed to me. but i also liked Jeffry r. Holland
talk. it almost made me pee in my pants. he tells it like it is. and
you better shape up.  the rest of the conference was so inspiring and
just what i needed.
Sunday night we taught this family the stop smoking workshop and about
the temple. we showed this video that had all kinds of temple
pictures, to music. it was really spiritual and the lady thats working
to going to the temple was crying and supper pumped to go. really good
lesson.
so thats kind of it for this week. i love you so much and keep up the
good work. good luck on your test Lauren and make sure to pray. the
lord knows more than you do about anatomy. wink!
mom and dad your the best parents a guy could ask for. thanks for all
you do for me and i will talk to you latter all right.
LOve  eLdeR PaYton ClemEntS