well this week has been crazy! first off another transfer is all ready over and I'm staying in altus for one more at least. my new companion is named elder bernett. and elder shumway is going to Texas. he is pissed but I'm excited for him. Texas is were its at. but he really likes it here in altus.
and im going to apologize in advance because of my typing. because my finger is broken.
so here is the story on that. once upon a time we were asked to help mow a Lady's lawn. she is 86 and a non member so we decided to help her out. after that a lady in the ward, and neighbor to the old lady wanted help building a garden box. things were going well until we brought out the post driver. i was standing on a piece of wood about two feet off the ground and elder shumway was on the ground. we had the post driver on both sides. and we were hammering that sucker fast. but we werent compensating for how low the post was so we kept going up to the same height. well the post was going lower and we were staying the same. so the post driver fell off the post. and we both fell down. my finger got smashed in between the post and the driver. i wasn't concerned at first because elder shumway was in the fetal position grabbing his neck. so i was like flying frog guts my companion is dead! but he got up a second latter. that's when i noticed my hand dripping blood. i looked down and saw blood just flowing out of my finger tip. i almost passed out because of shock. i sat down for about ten minutes while elder shumway finished er up. we put a couple of band aids on it and called it good. the next day i took them off and noticed how ugly my finger looked. crooked, bruised, pussy, still bleeding and swollen. so we called up sister Taylor and got an appointment with the doctors. we went in and waited for about two hours. they Finally let me in and looked at my finger they explained that there was alot of pressure built up under my finger nail. so they had to drill a hole in my finger to relieve the pressure. they took this tool and drilled a little hole, and as soon as it broke through blood came squirting out all over the doctor. it was funny. (blood shot to the face!) then they look X-rays and found out the tip was broken off. so now i have to were this finger cast for a couple of weeks.
but other than that this week went ok. the Lord provided us with a bunch of people to see. and new people to teach. its a rough area to find new people because it is such a small town. but the Lord provides.
another kind of sad thing happened this week. so apparently half the mission owns ukes and they decided its getting out of hand so every missionary need to send there ukes home. sad day at least i got it for most of my mission when other missionary's only had them for a couple of months. it was a great instrument and it brought the spirit into alot of peoples lives. but you know what they say for every rule there is there is one dumb missionary. so moral of the story don't be dumb.
Lauren im sending u a birthday present and one for u to mom. and im still looking for something for dad. so be expecting two packages this week. a uke and other stuff.
but wow you guys had a crazy week as well. sewing, birthdays, snow. missionary work. and dad im so proud of you going out with the missionaries. they need all the help they can get so if they invite you try your hardest to go with them. o and here is a quote that i heard. "we cant just pray for the missionaries and expect there work to hasten, when we don't even help out our local missionaries. so do your part as well" -Zack Carpenter , one thing president said is that were only part time missionaries. we only serve for two years and we only stay in one place for a couple of months. but the members are there for a lot longer and they know the area pretty well. so use them.
well im going to half to quite my finger is sore. but i love you so much and i will talk at you later.
Love Elder Clements.
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