Elder Pugmire :)

HI family
how is it going this fine day? so you had thanks giving early huh? how
was it. the best turkey and gravy? we have thanks giving with the
babble family. there really cool. he is a doctor and he does hands and
feet stuff. he showed us pictures on his phone of these people and
what happens to there hands. it makes me want to keep my hands in my
pockets at all times.
life is good here
Monday we had zone pday. it was good we played a game called scatter
ball its kind of like dodge ball but everybody is on there own team.
Tuesday i emailed you. so that was fun. that night we had dinner with
this family and they cooked us a meal that the dad ate on his mission.
it was this traditional Mexican food. like really thin sliced meat
rolled in batter and fried. it was crazy they sent it home with us.
and we forgot it on the counter and it stunk so bad by morning i
thought we were going to die. then after dinner we went to see this
Spanish family. we prayed with them last week and they said we could
come back. so when we stopped by they let us in. the only problem was
that they only spoke Spanish. so i didn't have any idea what was
happening in the lesson i couldn't answer any questions and i just had
to sit and pray my heart out for elder pugmire and his Spanish. so
because he has only been out for about three months his Spanish is not
the best. but that lesson he did great. (i think form what it sounded
like he did good) they invited us to come back tomorrow so hopefully
we can get a member to come out with so elder pugmire inst the only
one teaching.
on wednesday we had lunch with this family at golden corral. and we
found two new investigators there. one was the waitress. and the other
was some lady that asked if we worked there. it was cool because they
both asked us why we were dressed so nice and that they never see
young men dressed like that anymore. that night we helped move a guy
out of his house and into a nursing home. he got surgery on his vocal
cords or something so now he hast to talk with one of thous electric
vibrating things.  he weights close to 500 pounds so he had alot of
crap around. (not really crap) but there was this bottle of yellow
liquid in a wine bottle and i was like i hope thats alcohol. and half
way through the move this crazy lady showed up and started yelling at
us and telling us that all of that stuff was hers. so we called the
guy up to make sure this lady was telling the truth. and she was not
she just wanted all of his crap. a couple of things were hers but most
of the stuff that she said belonged to her was his. its crazy how
people take advantage of others like that.
On thursday we had a mission tour with Elder Boen from the 70. (he is
the one in general confrence that his kid died and he was really
bitter about it. his talk is called "because he lives we shall live")
but he came to our mission to give us the low down. so when elder
calister came he told us that we need to raise that bar. and so our
member present lessons whet up form three a week to six. and then
elder boen came in and said that we need to get like 35 a week! holy
freaking fish piss. that's a lot of member involvement. he told the
story about the guy that first ran the four minute mile and how people
said that i couldnt be done. but after he broke the record four people
broke his record in the same year. and he compared it to us that
people say that you cant get 35 member presents a week. but all we
need is an example to show us the way. and then lots of people will
start getting that or better. he also compared us to fleas. how they
jump around but they cant walk or crawl. if you put fleas in a jar
with a lid on it the fleas will try to jump out for a wile but then
because they dont want to hit the glass they only jump high enough
were they don't hit the top. now if these fleas have baby's in the
same jar the new fleas will only jump as high as there parents so then
you can take the lid off and no fleas will jump out they will only
jump to the same height and never get out.   it was crazy but
inspirational. the lord is hastening his work and he is really busting
our butts to make sure things happen as they should. so we rode up
with this senor couple to the conference. and they forgot there wallet
so because the free way is a toll road. they didn't have money to pay
the fees. neither me nor elder pugmire had cash so we drove on the
back roads all the way from Oklahoma city to Texas. so the trip that
should have taken us about two hours took us about four. and the only
thing we ate that day was one mcdobble for McDonald. because that's
all of the money they had. should have fasted it would have been
easy-er and more blessings.
So we have been working our butt off but we didnt teach alot this
week. just lots of finding and trying people and not alot of numbers
success. so i dont think there is alot more to talk about.
o one more story so we found this lady/girl (idk how old she is) we
prayed with her and she told us to come back. so when we went back it
wasnt a good time for her so she asked for our number so she could
call us when she was available. so we swapped numbers. we didn't think
anything of it because usually you get a number and it makes it so you
can call them when they don't answer the door and you know there home.
but about an hour latter we get a call from her. i answer and she
immediately hangs up. so i thought it was just a pocket dial. then she
calls back about twenty minutes latter. she asked if this was the
missionary's i said yes. she asked what time we stay out until. i told
her 9 (i was thinking she was setting up an appointment) she said o
really that's great. then she asked is there anyway i could get to you
know you guys? i asked what she meant? she was like physically?....
awkward silence.....  i said ummm probably not.  we are strictly
missionaries. and we just teach the gospel....... another awkward
silence...... OK  then we said goodbye. you can tell she felt
rejected. we thought about leaving a law of chastity pamphlet and a
strength of youth on her door. but we decided not to.
well thats it for this week i hope you have a smashing day! congrats
on your deer dad. lauren stay away from boys. dakota stay away from
girls. i will try to send a package this week if not don't feel like i
don't love you. because i will do it next week.
you guys are the best i love you so much and i will talk to you in
about a month. dakota you be there for that phone call or i will kick
your butt so hard on supersmash bros when i get home.
Love Elder Clements
so i forgot me and elder pugmire are doing great. i dont really know

what to talk to him about. he is so quiet. and he doesnt really do
alot. and he has no self a steam at all so im trying to boost his
confidence as much as possible. he is super fast though we are
practicing for the turkey bowl and man that kid can run.  he is also
good at writing in his journal. he is already 3/4 though his journal
and he is just beginning. and he is constantly working on his Spanish
so that he can teach the lessons alone. he taught me how to pray in
Spanish and how to bear my testimony. its crazy but it will help me
out.
but he is a really good guy i love him
thats it
love elder clements