turkey day of thanks

Subject: its a big 57

Well family
thanks for all writing me i looooooooove letters! (hand written or
email) and they were all long which is great! there is not really a
lot to do on pday here so we just read emails and play games. and
stuff so the more you write me the better my week goes! plus the
spirit helps as well.
So this week was great. allot of really really cool things are going
down here in witchcraft falls. first off on Monday it was pday
Shocking! not like that happens every week. but we just played games
monopoly mostly and then we played the uke around a little bit. making
up songs. then after that we had an appointment at a Jehovah witness
house. we were a little late by about 30 min because our dinner went
late. so we biked over there. and knocked on his door. we waited and
waited and then knocked again. the dog started barking. (that's
usually a sign that they will open the door if there home) we see him
move across the room through the window. but he doesn't answer the
door. we just about to leave when the dog goes running around the back
into the street. looking for something. (us) then we see a guy and he
has a shotgun in his hands. and pops around the corner looking at his
dog and at the street. were in the dark because its about 630. and
there is no porch light so we he cant see us. i am listening to the
spirit but it decided to be silent that night. so i didn't know ether
to say something, run, hide or duck down. i don't want to scare him
because then he would shoot. and i don't want to hide because then if
he saw us then he would shoot as well. so i just said excuse me sir.
he turned around and said o it just you guys. he told us that we
shouldn't be out this late because its a scary hood. but i told him
the lord is on our side. the rest of the night was uneventful
(thankfully)
on Tuesday we had two Spanish lessons with two family's set up for
that night and so we wanted a member who spoke Spanish to come with
us. because i cant really teach the lesson or talk to them. so we
needed a sub. so that morning we called and called and called AND
CALLED. but no one was answering their phones or able to come out with
us. so we thought we had to do this solo. then all of a sudden we
remembered that bishop spoke just a little Spanish. so we called him
up and he said he could come out with us.  we went to the lesson and
he told us that his Spanish wasn't good at all and he just knew a few
words. so we thought it was just going to be elder pugmire on his own
again. we got into the lesson and bishop started talking like a
Mexican. he didn't know what he was saying but he was speaking Spanish
better than antonio banderas. he told them and us that what ever he
was thinking was coming out in Spanish. he didn't know what the family
was saying back to him and what questions they were asking but he
answered them as though he studied Spanish all his life. no joke, gift
of tongues. super sick, the lord knows whats what. and that happened
both lessons. it was really cool. both wanted us to come back.
on Wednesday we got like three people to come out with us. so it was a
really good day. a new investigator and a lot of people to see. then
this guy invited us to dinner just randomly. he lives like five years
away. so we had plenty of time to talk. he told us his life story then
he said that he just recently married a lady and now has a new
daughter and both of them are not members and he wanted us to teach
them both. it was really cool how the lord provides people to teach.
the lesson went great and they want us to come back.
on Thursday it was turkey day. we had the turkey bowl first thing in
the morning. it was really fun i love football. not really but its the
only chance we get play on the mission. so we played our hardest. then
after that we had lunch with the babble family. they are really cool
and we had lots of food. my favorite thing was there seven layer
jello. it took 10 hours to make. then we had dinner with the dixon
family. he is such a cool guy he is willing to do anything with the
missionary. even if he hast to leave work to teach a lesson with us.
but by the end of the night we all gained like ten pounds. and we had
so much food left over. it was crazy. everybody in the ward that had
extra food gave it to us.
on Friday was district meeting. like normal the zone leaders came down
and i saw elder heartd. i haven't seen him since the MTC. he is a
great guy.
on Saturday we just knocked on a lot of doors. then we had dinner with
this recent convert. she is super crazy. like crazy enough to swear
in her testimony at church. and say the B word in Sunday school. so it
was me and elder pugmire and jones and chatman. dinner was great. then
after she was showing us around her house and there was a pair of hand
cuffs on her table. so i decided it would be a funny joke to put them
on elder jones. that when i was informed that there was no key to
those. (o crap that was stupid) so he spent the rest of the night with
those on. and the cop in the ward had to come and take them off.
Sunday we had another couple of Spanish lessons. its crazy how many
Spanish people there are in our area.
well thats it for this week. keep up the good work back home. i love
you all so much.
Love Elder Clements
Ps so for Christmas or what ever i mostly need new clothes because all
of them are getting old and stained. whirt shirts 16 neck size (slim
fit please) G's im a Medium all around (mesh if you could) and maybe a
pair of pants 34/32 black or dark gray. i think that could be it.
everything else just make it a surprise. (and i love those videos)