Here is a link of the story about the sister missionary that was killed. The Mission President said she was just coming home from a appointment and she was doing what she was suppose to be doing and had only been in the area about 2 days. The kid that hit her was only 18 and we should pray for him and his family as well. Sad day :(
http://fox13now.com/2013/02/03/lds-missionary-killed-while-biking/
hello family.
as im sure you heard a sister missionary died last week. i didnt really get to know her but i knew of her and she taught me how to play "i need thee every hour" on the uke. wow this is so crazy. and so unforeseeable. she was a great missionary and worked hard. the worst part is that her comp has only been out for about 3 days. and to experience that at the first of her mission is terrible. i thought i had a rough start. but i guess she was needed on the other side. president taylor said if you have any questions that you can call them.
well its hard writing about the good news that happened this week when there was such a downer to begin with.
but here it goes.
on Monday we made para-cord belts because we have nothing else to do. it was fun there really cool. then the rest of the night and the rest of the week we spent packing elder shumways stuff and saying goodbye to as many members as he could. there is a lot of cool people in this ward. and they care about us so much.
on Wednesday i got elder burnett. so we saved up all month to go to transfers (which is about 300 miles) and than they told us that they didn't even need our truck to go. it was dumb because we could have used those miles else where. and they don't roll over. but whatever.
so we went up to lawton to go and pick him up and also to have district lunch. we ate a place called Atlanta bread. its kind of like kneaders but not as good. or as big. one of the sisters is training in our zone so we got to meet her greeny.
ok here is a semi funny story about her. so the zone leaders saw a picture of all the new missionarys coming out this transfer. and one of them was sister freeman. now mind you sister freeman doesnt look like a sister missionary (if you know what i mean) she is the most beautiful sister missionary i have ever seen. so the zone leaders took a picture of her picture and was showing it off to the other elders. than we found out that sister carlini is geting to train her. so the other elders in my district we excited (those fetchers) well she showed up and she is just as good as her picture. but then she started talking to us and she has got this crazy southern accent and everybody was like WOW that was unexpected. it was kind of like that movie singing in the rain. were the lady was a silent actress and then sound came in, and she had a crazy voice. im not trying to be mean or anything but it was just unexpected.
so after that we were driving back to altus and about halfway there the bike rack broke and elder burnetts bike goes flying off the truck! elder burnett was like NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! and slammed on the breaks. i jumped out of the truck and ran back the two hundred yards to go get the bike. it was all jacked up bent wheels and the forks were bend and his seat got some bad road rash. we threw it in the back of the truck and went back to altus. elder burnett was like this is the worst day of my life. poor kid.
so on Friday we had to take it up to lawton to the bike shop. the guy that owns the shop is a member so he fixed it for free. what a swell guy. so everything is good with that now.
elder burnett wants to lose weight and asked for my help so we are working out twice a day and i threw out all of the junk food in our apartment and we bought some healthy granola bars. i don't know if its just my missionary nature but i all ways want to help people change for the better.
another thing about elder burnett. he is the complete opposite of elder shumway when it comes to driving. i was praying that my next comp would be a slower driver and more defensive instead of offensive. because shumway was nuts. by far the scariest driver i have ever been with. shoot the gap every time. California stops and running red lights. elder burnett on the other had is super slow, the light turns yellow and he stops. wait for a big gap to pull out. its funny but i like it.
so thats what happened this week.
my finger is doing better. it still hurts when you bump it but thats to be expected. i think it might heal a little crooked. but whatever. the doctor proscribed me with some pain meds. but i don't need them so i didn't buy them.
but yea i guess that's it for this week keep me in your prayers as well as the smith family (sister missionary's family)
i love you all so much keep up the faith and on the strait and narrow path.
Love Elder Clements
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