New Year

Dear family and everyone else
well today is the first day of the rest of my life. its the start of a new year. a new area. a new comp a new  attitude. all of our sunday school classes were on new years and goal setting. its kind of cool lots of ideas how to set goals and how to accomplish them. one of the things they said that when you make a big goal the first thing you should do is tell everyone you know about it. so that they can ask you about it later. and it kind of gives you someone to report to. and it make you feel accomplished. so that has been one thing i did. i want to work out every single day. so i told elder shumway about it. and when ever i think i dont want to he is right there saying hey you can get fat i dont care. that usually gets me up. and his secret weapon is he will say yea your future wife is probably not working out right now and she is going to start falling out of the habit. that means she will be getting fatter. (gets me every time) 
well this week has been good. and cold. the weather is not as bad as utah it shounds like but its still colder than what im used to. you get acclimated to the heat. and now it's freka freka freezing. its about 12-35 degrees out side. but its the humidity that kills me. i usually were my white shirt, a sweater, a suit coat, and then my big coat, a hat, gloves, and a scarf. no pants though, maybe that's my problem. jkjk i were pants every day. its usually good when im walking but when im biking that's when it gets really cold because of the wind. but the spirit keeps me warm. baptism of fire baby! 
let me think of some things that happened this week. well were teaching a same sex couple. thats really hard. because i dont know how to help them out. i pray and fast for them but what im getting is that is just going to take some time. people don't change instantaneously its line upon line.  so we just reading with them they said that if we weren't men of god that we wouldn't be coming back. so at least they recognize that. 
we are also teaching this lady she is about 60 and she reminds me alot of grandma (but black) she is raising her grandkids and she has a heavy hand. but we talked about the book of mormon with her. and she has all ready read to omni. so thats good. she said she loves it. and it makes the bible so much easier to understand. now we just have to tell her that if the book of Mormon is true than that means that this is a true church and she needs to join. it will be fun. 
but we had some great lesson this week. teaching is were its at. you said luke was scared to teach. that happens at first but once you realize its better than tracking that teaching is super fun. thats were the Lords hand is in. 
so to answer your question we bike most of the time. and then we use the truck for special occasions or when something is far away and we will be late if we bike there. most of our miles goes to district meeting in lawton. its about a 110 miles round trip. and we have to go there 4 times a month. and then we also have to save miles for zone pday, transfers and trips to the little towns we cover like mangum and lown wolf and corn. its good. i like to bike around. my bike is holding up pretty good i take really good care of it. compared to most missionarys. clean it about once a week. and make sure its all lubed up. and its good because every thing is close here the town is like five miles wide three miles long so even if its clear across town its only a twenty minute bike ride. were in texas it was two mile just to get to the edge of our area. and we covered about 60 miles across and 20 miles long. but i miss Texas it was the only area i cryed when i left. just a little bit. but altus is good to. 
me and elder shumway are getting along good. 
i know were all your ducks and geese went. there here in Oklahoma. there is so many ducks and geese here its sick. i don't even think there is more than three lakes here. but they still flock in like gang busters. and there are different kinds of ducks here. ones i don't recognize with little mo-hocks and stuff. and there are some little Canadian geese here. like there a half the size of the normal ones. there cute little farts.  
but i think thats it for this week i love you all so much and i will talk to you all ladder gadder. 
love Elder Clements 

(This is from last week)
ok so i got the another opportunity to write you but sadly this one is going to half to be short as well. 
so the rest of this week has been going great. we were not allowed to go out and work Monday or Tuesday. so when we were not at members houses it was kind of boring. but we had dinner with this family and the kids showed us magic tricks that they got for christmas. it was so funny. and the only reason they got the kit was because i showed them my coin trick where you toss it in the air and catch it with the other had before anyone sees. 
i have almost convinced elder shumway to buy a uke and he has almost convinced me to buy a rope. i dont think i will because i dont know what i would do with it? i told him he could get me one for my birthday. 
so all my clothes fit. and they work great. much needed. all my pants were ripped in some part. and all my shirts have lots of stains on them. ether from sweat or bike lube or dogs. uncle jonny got me a puzzle that looks like a atom and a chess set that is pocket sized. he always gets me the most random things that are cool. you should ask him were he got the puzzle. or if he made it? 
so i guess to explain the duck dynasty/ the web sight. a member here the one that cut my hair. there brother runs the website. and i guess there is all kinds of random hunting stuff. but they only sell it for a day. and they will sell it half price. 
did you ever get lukes address?  i would like to write him and tell him what up. 
but i guess that's going to be it for this week i love you all so much
Elder Clements