listen to the spirit

hello hello hello and welcome to the wonderful world of elder Clements.
this weeks starts out with a young missionary that helped move in a
YSA (young single adult) on his preparation day. so this lady called
us up and wanted us to help her out from 1 to 6. so we decided out of
the kindness of our hearts to help her move instead of playing games
and stuff. then this old couple in the ward invited us over for pizza.
but they forgot to tell us that they were the FHE coordinator. so we
showed up and there were like six girls there. and one guy (that's an
investigator) so when we showed up they were like yea! guys. and were
like gross, girls. so we ate and the girls were trying to flirt it up
but we shut them down. (touchdown missionaries) then we played them a
song on the uke like we normally do and got out of there.
so a couple of cool things happened this week. and a couple of funny
things. so elder dalia is super obsessed with being "the best" so he
put $200 worth of stuff on his bike. and they weren't even performance
stuff they are just to look cool. like fancy copper wiring and casing
and different colored stuff. because he wants the best looking bike in
the mission. (there is not that much competition trust me) so he
ordered all of this stuff and told his parents that his bike was
broken. so they payed for it. and then on Thursday he was going around
this corner and he decided to drift and his back bike tire exploded
and he crashed hard core. his rim bend in half and his tire is messed
up and he bend his frame. so we went to the bike shop and and they
said its going to be about another $300 to fix it. so i told him
that's what he gets for lying to his parents and telling him his bike
was broken.
so a couple of nights ago this lady that's like fully active in the
ward decided to call us up and tell us that she doesn't want to come
to church any more because she fells like the ward doesn't like her
and that she wished she had a better relationship with the people in
the ward. so i talked to her and asked her what church is for. and she
said to help us be better. and i told her its to take the sacrament
that renews our baptismal covenant. and to be able to be forgiven of
our sins. and that coming to church wasn't an option its a commandment
of god. and said so what if you don't get along with the people in the
ward that inst what church is about its about growing closer to our
heavenly father. i told her that i have dealt with less active people
all my mission, and 79% of them said that they were offended and that
they felt like they didn't belong. but once you let the lord out of
your life that's when all hell breaks lose. and it just gets harder
and harder to come back to church and you procrastinate the day of
your repentance until finally you lose your testimony of this work.
needless to say she showed up to church that Sunday.
on Wednesday we got a call from a guy that needed help fixing his
house. he lives in Dallas but his mother is renting out this house and
it needs some fixing up. so me and elder dalia, Jones, and beams when
to help out. we got there and the house was trashed. we spent like six
hours helping out. i did a lot of cabinetry work. fixing these
cupboards. and elder dalia did the yard work elder Jones did the
carpet and elder beams helped paint walls and fix the doors. lets just
say he got free labor and he got what he paid for. i mean of course we
try ed our best but there was some spots were he probably should have
hired some professionals. but his mom was so impressed with our free
labor and our willingness to help that she is taking the missionary
lessons. so that's great!
so last night we were biking to one of our appointments and this guys
comes up to talk to us. he is this stinky homeless guys right. and he
want us to go with him to see his friend. we cant understand half of
the things he is saying so we asked if we could say a prayer for him.
just a little side note here. some people in like to hold hands while
they pray.
so we start saying a prayer and he is holding mine and elder Dalias
hand. and i don't have that good of grip on him because i didn't
really want to touch his hands. but in the middle of the prayer he
just starts squeezing as hard as he can on my hand. so im trying to
ether get out of his grip or get a better hold on his hand because he
is breaking my fingers. so we get done with the prayer and he was like
walk with me to my friends house we asked were his friend lives and he
says on ninth street. so that's like a half an hour walk and its all
ready 8 pm. so there is really know way we can get over there on time.
and he was like just follow me and started heading down his dark ally.
i get this prompting to not go down there with him so we told him we
couldn't. and he gets mad! like yelling at us and telling us that were
not really missionary. and that the lord wants us to go with him. so
we just book it out of there. who knows what could of happened. elder
Dalia says that in Guatemalan that a tactic that robbers use, is ask
the missionary's to help them out and follow them and then a bunch of
there friend beat them up and take there stuff.
so that's some stuff that happened this week. transfers is in two
weeks and i think im staying and elder dalia is going some were else.
i got your package and it was the best! thanks so much for sending me
great stuff. the movie was amazing the light one. and i really really
really wanted that 17 miracles  CD. so that was just what i needed.
well i love you so much and i will talk at you ladder.
Love Elder Clements

I like to ride my bike cycle

Hi family
thanks for writing me it makes my week. hands down the funnest thing
we do on pday is email our family. better than biking or hiking or
playing games. you guys are the best and mean the most to me.
so you got my package that's good. i didn't know how many stamps to
put on it so i just put all that i have. apparently it was enough. so
the song i was singing on the tape me and elder robb and robbison made
it up! great right! i love playing the uke it brings me great joy.
did you  get elder dalias letter? he finally payed me to write Lauren.
(sucker) so try to at least right him back once.
but the rest of the week was good. Monday a family in the ward let me
barrow there guitar for pday. it was really great to get back to me
roots. the uke is a really fun instrument to play but you can do so
much more with the guitar. im glad that i can play both.
Tuesday we had a apartment inspection from the elder and sister luke.
we cleaned our butts off and the apartment still looked like crap. so
there going to move us to a newer place. because the sink leaks the
shower sucks the walls are banged up. there is rats in the ventilation
system. but hey we at least have a place to live hot water, AC, beds,
heating, lighted and bikes to get around. when ever life gets me down
i just say count your many blessings name them one by one. so the
lukes gave us an assignment to get a new place to live.
so on Wednesday we looked all over town for a nice cheap place to
live. a couple of the places were we looked at were super cool and
super crazy.  like the first one that we looked at was a 100 year old
hotel that was converted into apartments. babe ruth used to stay at
the hotel when it was new. the next place we looked at was a little
apartment that was above an artifact and antique store. we went into
the store and it was the kind of place that you would find a magical
object. or discover some great secret. (Ive read to many fantasy
books) the next place was an old school that has old class rooms that
you could stay in.  that place was super cool really big apartments.
and wide halls. but we made all kinds of jokes to the lady and she was
not very happy. like when does first period start? and do i need a
hall pass to go to the bathroom? and what grade point average do i
need to keep to join the football team? needless to say she was sick
of us by the time we were through.
on Thursday we rode our bikes alot.  i have put like 400 miles on my
bike in 8 weeks. thats like a fifty mile bike ride each week. my  legs
are getting big. but anyways we were riding our bike and we came to a
dead end and there was a water drainage system with big cement sides
and steep walls. so there was a little ramp to get into it so we
started riding our bikes in there. we road for about five hundred
yards and there was a tunnel. so we went into it and it got super
dark. and we did not see a light at the end of the tunnel. elder dalia
was freaking freaken his pants so because i wanted to see a big
football player scared i just kept riding so he had to follow me. i
turned on my light on the bike and we road through this tunnel it felt
like for 20 minutes. then we turned around because i got scared there
was going to be some homeless guy down there.
friday we went on exchanges with elder otuafi and charlesworth. i went
with otuafi in his area. he is such a cool guy just so chilax about
everything. i want to move to Tonga after the mission and just sit on
the beach in a bamboo hut and play the uke.
but we saw alot of people and one guy that we saw has like every
problem that you can imagine. and he just keep it on keeps it on, the
gospel really can make you have a happier life you just have to
realize it.
on Sunday we had stake conference. it was really good there was alot
of good talks really uplifting president and sister Taylor spoke about
helping the missionary out. but there was this one guy that just got
back form his mission a month ago and he spoke on how the gospel can
change people. and lets just say it gave me a great example of what
not to do or say in my home coming talk. he went about 15 minutes over
and he didn't say anything.
Sunday night we were trying to visit some people and no one was home.
so we were just about to leave and we saw a door open across  the
parking lot so we went over to talk to them and they slammed the door
when they saw us coming. so we just went to unlock our bikes and we
got the spiritual impression to go and talk to them. it was going to
be super awkward but we fear god more than man. so we knocked on there
door they answered and let us in. we prayed with them and told them
about the book of Mormon. it was super cool the spirit was awesomely
strong. and we are meeting with them again Wednesday.
well that's whats happen in my neck of the woods.
im sorry you guys were sick i hope you get better and remember that im
all ways praying for you. and if you need it ask your home teachers
for a priesthood blessing. encourage those youth to go on a mission we
need the missionary's out here. the lord is hastening his work so get
on it like blue bonnet.
i love you guys so much and i will talk you yall next week.
LOve EldeR cLemeNts

Go Ask A Missionary

hi y'all
so yes i didn't send off the package. im sorry i tryed but the post
office inst in our area and it would be a ten mile bike ride just to
get there. so i didn't have the opportunity to send it. i will try
today. ok yes i know what Yoda says. do or do not there is no try.
so some cool things happened this week. Monday we didn't do anything.
we played games and stuff just a really chill pday. it was the first
day of the new transfer so i didn't have a planner. because i forgot
to grab one form the DL. so i felt naked like the whole week. i
usually write down everything (shocking right this mission did teach
me something) and every time elder dalia had to write it down. but i
got one now so its all better.
so we ran into some people last week and they wanted us to come back
and play them a song on the uke. they own a second hand store/ antique
store. so i carried the uke on my back on the bike about five miles to
go and see them. we got there and played them a couple of songs. one
of them is called a witness. its about all of the prophets in the
bible/ book of Mormon that stand up for what they believe in. and then
how i will always stand for the right and be a witness of Jesus
Christ. (here are some of the lyrics, many stories have been told
about the great men of old, and how they stood for whats right,
against the wicked they would fight for the lord. like alma when he
taught the people that sought his life. i put my self in there place
and with unshaken faith i will say. SO WILL I !) so it was a really
good song and the people were all like shocked. so elder dalia played
a song that i taught him and there was this old man that asked if
elder dalia owned a uke? he said no so the guy led him to the front of
the store and said what do you think of this one. he pulled an old uke
down form a shelf and handed it to elder dalia. elder dalia's face lit
up like a kid on Christmas. he started playing and said its so cool.
the guy said well you can have it. so elder dalia is super stoked
about his new old uke. its about sixty years old and was made in new
york.
the next day we worked hard all day and weren't having any kind of
success. everybody was like busy or didnt want to meet with us. so we
decided to go do some door knocking. by the time we got there and the
bikes were locked up it was about 8 pm. so it was dark and the place
were we were at was super sketchy. like gangster ally. we pick a
street without looking at it. and we started knocking we talked to
some people and some people were pissed that we were knocking on the
door so late. then we got about half way done with the street and i
saw the sign. the street was called Elm Street! (that's were the
nightmares happen) but we ended up getting four new investigators that
night. the only one that had a nightmare was Satan.
on Friday i went on exchanges with elder charleswroth. he is a cool
guy i served around him the first of my mission. so its good to see
him again. i convinced him to buy a uke so he is still playing. we
went to a Chinese buffet for lunch with our whole zone. so you know
those places are kind of iffy anyways. but that night i got so sick. i
threw up and had the runs hard core. so because i didnt get any sleep
that night i was super tired for conference. i almost slept through
the whole second section. and that was super crazy about the age
change. and your right i wish they could have changed that a couple of
years ago but its ok because im serving now and this is my time to
shine. we were expecting something bit to happen but we thought it was
going to be china that opened up or something. and it could happen
very soon. this is going to double the missionaries. and there is
going to be so much change that goes on. its going to be fricken sick
chicken.
my favorite talk was the ask the missionaries. it was so powerful and
i could feel it was directed to me. but i also liked Jeffry r. Holland
talk. it almost made me pee in my pants. he tells it like it is. and
you better shape up.  the rest of the conference was so inspiring and
just what i needed.
Sunday night we taught this family the stop smoking workshop and about
the temple. we showed this video that had all kinds of temple
pictures, to music. it was really spiritual and the lady thats working
to going to the temple was crying and supper pumped to go. really good
lesson.
so thats kind of it for this week. i love you so much and keep up the
good work. good luck on your test Lauren and make sure to pray. the
lord knows more than you do about anatomy. wink!
mom and dad your the best parents a guy could ask for. thanks for all
you do for me and i will talk to you latter all right.
LOve  eLdeR PaYton ClemEntS

Bathroom fun :(

HI people back home. (home is were the heart is)
so this week has been great. i guess i will answer your questions
first. i didn't find my memory card. i prayed and asked the lord if i
would find it and he told me sorry. its ok i guess. i lost alot of
pictures. but they were all from this last two transfers. most of them
were just silly pictures anyways. im going to send home alot of
pictures this week and my memory card. and a tape so just be expecting
that in the mail.
my stomach is alright. there are some times when it sucks on ice but
most of the time its ok. ok this is kind of a funny story/ a really
terrible story. so we had Mexican food for dinner (that was my first
mistake) and i was feeling fine until i started biking. when i got
about half way to the destination. about a mile away. i was like o no
here it comes there is not stopping this bad boy. so i told elder
dalia and he was like were not turning around. so we just kept going.
it went away for a little and i thought i was going to be ok. then we
got to the members house. there less active and we have been helping
them come to church for about a month now. not to mention they have
two beautiful daughters, of god. so we got there and started talking
the mom was not home so we just talked to the girls on the front
porch. then it hit me like a ton of bricks.  i asked to use the
bathroom and they said yes. so i went in there and this bathroom was
small like 3 feet wide and five feet long. and there was no fan no
smelly spray no nothing! but there was no turning back at this point.
i was in there for about fifteen minutes and i was looking for
something to make it smell better. all they had was like rubbing
alcohol. so i opened it up and pored a little in the sink and a little
bit in the toilet to just try to curb this horrific smell. i got out
of there and there like what took you so long? i just said don't worry
about it. then we rode home. that was my second time pooping at a
members house and both times it sucked.
But the rest of the week was good. we got a new elder in the house his
name is elder jones. he is a really good guy he has only been out for
a month. so we can still call him greeny. for some reason i could see
lauren marrying a guy like that. he came on wednesday, and we had
elder otuafi with us because everybody else went to transfers. so we
decided to deep clean the apartment to make the greeny thing that we
have a clean house. and that we clean up after ourselves. it works
like a charm he has kept the house clean for a whole week.
elder otuafi got a new companion and he is all ready going to kill
him.  elder otuafi is the most humble loving kind guy that you will
ever meet, but just make sure to not push him over the edge because
then he will be the biggest scariest most likely to rip off your head
kind of guy. i don't think they will last the whole transfer.
so on Thursday we had dinner with this family that lives out in the
boonies. and there allergic to everything, gluten, sugar, happiness.
and they fed us witches brew it was hands down the most stomach turning
food Ive had on the mission. ( i even ate boiled cow stomach soup
called munudo and it was worse than that) i was great full that they
fed us and there a really cool family but i just couldn't handle the
food. i ate it with a smile on my face but lets just say that i
probable have some kind of worm in me now.
the work is going really good we found six new people this week. and a
lot of them were unplanned finding. like we just stopped people on the
street while we were biking. and they wanted to be taught. like one it
was about 9 pm and we were biking home and there was this girl that
was walking down the street. we thought it was one of our
investigators (in the dark it really did look like her) so were like
hi, were are you going. she kind of freaked out, were lucky she didnt
have bear mace. she jumped back and was like o sorry am i in your way.
we kind of felt bad after but she became a new investigator. the lord
works in mysterious ways. (mysterious not dumb, name that movie)
one last thing happened this week. elder dalia convinced president
Taylor to let us go to a football game. it was a collage game and it
was free family day. a bunch of the team members are less active
members and were teaching them, so pres had us make a deal with them,
we will come to your game if you come to church. it was crazy i have
never seen that happen on a mission. and only heard about one other
case were President Taylor approved such a thing. and it worked we had
like the whole foot ball team there.
but yea this week has been great i hope you guys have the best week of
your life. keep going to the temple and keep reading your scrips!
your the best
Love Elder Clements

another 6 weeks in Texas

la la la o well la la la it doesnt matter. 57

 hi family

so first off i got transfer calls last night and im staying in Texas
for one more transfer with elder dalia. can you believe its already
been six weeks? but i called it all the way. i told elder platt when i
left if i like him we will spend 12 weeks together if i don't we will
spend 18. he is a good guy i just have to remind him that its the
lords time he is on.
i think pres always puts me with missionary's that need a little help
and a little bit baby sat. i guess its because i can handle them. i
try not to yell and complain about my comps and just give them loving
advise. im trying to be like Jesus is definitely the song i sing the
most. but one good thing about elder dalia is he is not afraid to talk
to people. at all. he is kind of like you mom in the store. just talks
to people at walmart and subway and McDonalds. and that leads to
talking to some crazy people. like we were eating at Mcidees. and this
guy sat next to us and he was like you want to know a secret?  so we
said yes. (duh im not going to miss an opportunity like this) and he
pointed at these old guys across the room and he said there vampires.
i have been following them for three days now and im debating how to
take them out. so i asked how he knew they were vampires? and he was
like shut up they will here you. we told him to watch his back those
vampires are crafty little buggers.
so we will go backwards. Sunday was church and i got in the shower
late because everybody took for ever in the bathroom. so i got out and
started shaving my face and our ride showed up about 20 min early. so
i just stopped and washed the rest of the shaving cream off. and got
the rest of my clothes on. so i went all day yesterday with only the
right half of my face shaved. church was good i had to help teach
Sunday school.  we had dinner with a cool family he told us that he
met his wife in the airport when he got off his mission. they went on
three dates and he proposed and they were engaged for one month and
then they got married. talk about quick whole smokes! (don't do that
dakota we have to go on double dates when i get home)
Then we went to a black church. one of our investigators is a preacher
there so he invited us to a revival that was going on there. me and
elder clontz were the only white people there. and they fed us fried
chicken, greens, waffles, cool aid(not hot), corn bread, and baked
beans.then the service started. lots of yelling and IM SAVED! PRAISE
GOD! HALLELUJAH! AMEN! dancing and clapping and black Jesus. drums and
a keyboard. and a guy that i swear was air bending on the stage. the
spirit wasn't there the whole time. then in the middle they asked us
if we would like to sing a song. so me elder dalia, clontz, and
otuafi. got up and sang all creatures of our god and king and the
spirit of God. and we just sang acapella. it was quiet and nobody
talked and they just listened. the spirit was so strong there people
were crying and whispering to each other. then after we were done we
asked if they felt that? then we said that was the spirit the real
holy ghost. and then we sat down. it was crazy awesome i hope the
whole church converts.
on Saturday we had a meeting with two of the seventy. it was intense!
so pres was freaking out about it we all had to get hair, cuts dry
cleaning, conservative ties, and we had to write up lesson plans. we
had to be in our seats at 8:45 so because im in texas and the drive
took about 3 hours we had to wake up at about 4:30 in the morning i
was so tired. we drove up in the mini van and took the dvd player and
watched to prophet of the restoration. it reminded me of driving to st
george.
but the 70 gave us the mission hand shake. (its were he interviews us
just by looking into your eyes) and they gave us a talk on the plan of
salvation and gave us some really deep doctorin. then they gave a talk
on being obident and sacrafice. it was really good. telling us that
sleeping in was robing god because we are on his time. and he told us
that we cant have one foot back home and one in oklahoma. and we need
to put all of our distractions on the alter and give them to god.
really good really inspiring. there names were Tad R. Calister (he is
the one that gave the talk in general confrence about the book of
mormon and the bible are like two dotes on a paper and you can only
draw one strait line between them) and the other one was Elder
Roberts. he was really good too but i dont think i recognize him.
friday district meeting we played jepordy. missionary style. and we
ate at taco bell and i didnt have money to pay and the guy that worked
there said i got you and said get what ever you want. anything for a
servent of the lord. it was really cool to get reconized by a non
member.
Thursday we helped this lady paint a carnival booth and some chairs.
we used spray paint and i started painting and they asked if i had
done this before because i was doing a really good job. (thanks dad
for teaching me whats what) elder dalia sprayed way to much on and it
was running like a felon. they just asked him to stop. then we taught
them about the doctorin of Christ and answered a lot of her questions.
 she said that she wanted to go to the temple and asked her to help
her out. so we have to help her not smoke and teach her the law of
chastity.
Wednesday  was exchanges with elder clontz. i came out with him and
its funny because everybody in our zone is new to the mission so we
make fun of them for being green. we did alot of biking because i
still dont know excactly were im going. but we had elk steak for
dinner. reminds me of home.
tuesday i dont excacly remember what happend. missionary work i think.
O yea we taught gilbert and his sister. it kind of frustrating
teaching gilberts sister because we have to explain everything to her.
every character and where everything is.
monday we went mountain biking it was intense. like most of the trail
was a black diamond. and a couple of the parts were double black.
really steap hills and big rocks, sharp curves and skinny bridges over
mud holes. it was scary at first but you just have to go for it. don't
hold back and go fast other wise if you hesitate you will eat dirt.
elder beams on the other hand went slow, hesitated, stopped, and went
around and he crashed like ten times. good pday i will have to do it
again in a couple of weeks.
so i got your letters and it was great lots of letters equal lots of
smiles/ happy missionary :) i liked the tape and the candy and the
letters you guys are so funny. the whole house listening to you guys
and we were crying because we were laughing so hard. we definitly
agreed that your the coolest family. and sent THE BEST STUFF.
Dakota this part is for you hey man im sorry that i didn't write you
forever. but now we can definitely chat because were only 1500 miles
away instead of 6000. (i don't really know how much it is) but the
only advise i have for you is just keep up the study's in the morning.
personal and comp if you can find some one to study with you. i love
you man keep up the good work. your my inspiration. you know i use
your mission to help my investigators out. people are like why do you
serve missions or where do you guys all go. and i all ways say well i
have a friend in Brazil right now.  and keep going from there. take
care do your best.
well rest of the family i love you so much and keep being the best. i
will talk to you guys soon
Love elder Clements

9 months left

hi family
so yea im glad that i got your emails this week because last email was
so boring i almost died! i will admit i was kind of mad but im glad i
got them this week. so dakota is home holy fish piss! time flys when
your on a mission. i will write him a letter today.
so Lauren how was the dance? did you have fun? what did he look like,
what did you look like? tell me all about it in your letter. i haven
gotten a letter in forever it feels like. because all of the other
members in the house are green so they get letters like twice a week.
but its ok they need them.
so this week has been good. on Monday we went up to mount scott its
the tallest place in Oklahoma. and its super not tall. yea its the
highest ive been in like 14 months but still its nothing compared to
the bountiful hill. we had lots of fun up there. we saw some buffalo
and elder dalia about peed his pants when he saw it. it was such a
long drive up there, it was about 4 hours. we did it for zone pday so
all of the members of our zone went up. i saw elder shupe again, man i
miss that kid. we took lots of pictures. and we played a game of
football on the top of the mountain. it was fun but dangerous, elder
beams fell of the mountain and rolled like three times. and some one
threw the ball off the side of a cliff on accident.
so we went on exchanges this week i was with elder otuafi, and so to
start off my tire was flat so i bought a new slime tube. ($12) i
started pumping it up and filled it to about 60 psi then put the cap
on and went down to put it on my bike and it exploded in my face! a
peace of rubber hit my arm and cut it open and gave me a big bruise,
and a piece hit my helmet and made a big dent in it. so i went to the
bike store to get a new tube and to find out what the heck was wrong
with it. so the guy sold me a new tube and he put it on himself. ($18)
so i started biking and i set my bike down on the ground and the tire
got a big bubble in the side and it blew it out again! so the other
elders picked me and otuafi up. we went to the bike shop and the guy
was like o you must need a new tire. i was freaking pissed i yelled at
the guy and told him that he should have done his job better and
shouldn't try to rip me off. i had to buy a new tire and another inner
tube. ($65) he gave me a discount but he should have given it to me
for free because it was his fault. i needed the tire, otherwise i
wouldn't have been able to get home or work until i got a new one. so
i just bought it. man biking can get expensive.
anyways we have been helping this less active lady out alot this week.
we helped her set up/ run her booth that she had at this convention.
it was crazy and weird. she does birthday party's and stuff so we
helped run her games and bring people in. i brought the uke in and
played for people.
i don't really remember what all happened this week. o this was funny
one of the ladys we are teaching, she is from Germany and she doesn't
know the language all of the way but she knows how to swear. so in
church in Sunday school she was commenting on what the teacher said
about something. the lesson was on tithing. and she said people need
to stop B****ING about there fasting, and just do it because the lord
asked us. it was so funny everybody just kind of got quite and didn't
know what to say.
then last night we were about to go in because it was about 8:20 but
we made one more stop, we saw this family and taught them and helped
answer there questions about Joseph smith. it was more history then
doctor-in but he really liked our answers. he said that him and his
family would love to join our church. because family is the most
important thing in the world to him. and we told him that that is what
the lord wants. for us to be together for ever with our family.
well i guess that it for this week i hope you guys have an awesome day
and week and month and 9 months. i love you all so much and i will
talk to you guys soon
Love Elder Clements
PS can you please pray that i can find my memory card with all my
pictures on it. ive looked everywhere and it would be really great if
i could find it you know.

9 months left

hi family so this week has been good no complaints.
here are a couple of things that happened this week. we have been seeing this guy named gilbert. he is the one that 

wants to get married next year. we have been meeting with him and his younger sister and helping progress towards the gospel. the younger sister has alot of problems and she 

doesnt see why we need all of the rules. we gave her a Book of Mormon and challenged her to pray. she has been so 

thats good. gilbert owns a taco truck so he has been feeding us lunch everyday. its like the same thing everyday but 

different meat. so we taught him the restoration and he 

said that he doesnt pray out loud. and that he hasnt prayed out loud in like 10 years. so we used the old missionary trick i will say a prayer and then you say one right after me. its 

so that they can see how to pray. you just pray
very simply and then tell him to do the same. he got done 

with his prayer and he asked if the Book of Mormon is true. he stopped and said what have you done to me? my heart is warm, its like nothing i have ever felt before. we told him 

that that was the holy ghost testifying
to him that the Book of Mormon was true. it was cool
after that we taught his sister. and we told her that the 

rules are there to protect you. and its just like a hot stove 

that you touch it. you will get burned. and then i did the 

choice and accountability stick. were you cant pick up one end of the stick with out picking up
the other. it really hit  home for her, she is hanging out 

with the wrong crowd and we were trying to explain to her 

that God wants the best for her. it was kind of challenging 

because she is only 17 and still in high school (plus she is a

 very beautiful daughter of God)
we have been doing alot of bikeing. duh because were in a

 bike area. but more than usual. elder dalia and i have but 

down 110 miles this transfer. and our top speed is 31 mph. but elder dalia wants to lose some weight. so i have been 

helping him work out and take sodas away
form him and telling him not to buy snacks. he bought some weight lose pills to help out, but i told him that he just  

needs to work out and try to get in shape.
but we found this mountain bike trail that cuts through our area. and its so sick all kind of obstacles and jumps. so we 

just happen to take that as a short cut everyday. it makes me want to go home and do mountain biking alot. take it up to the B and stuff. is lukes mission a biking one? if so tell 

him to get in shape now. buy a bike and ride it to work.
so idk thats really all i can think of right now. the rest of 

the week was good. church, stuff, you know.
o i forgot. so we role play as missionarys alot. for teaching and stuff. and we were just sitting and talking one night 

and i asked the question what would you do if a zombie 

apocalypse happened right now? if a zombie just jumped 

through the window what would you do. so we just
talked about it at first then we started getting into it. like what weapons would you take. and what around the 

apartment could be used to kill a zombie. so we role played it out. i beat the zombie down with a bike lock. then we all ran and got our shoes on got our back packs and
started throwing stuff in. we had five minutes to prepare i 

grabbed a pair of pants and some shoes and my medicine

 bag with my contacts and ibuprofen. and everybody else 

got there stuff. by the end i had a cast iron pan and a 

kitchen knife, elder dalia had a broom handle. elder
swell had a bench bar and elder beams had scissors and a

 ulock. we all ran out the back door. (this was like 9:30 at

 night) and started heading down the street. then we 

realized we were 20 years old. and stopped playing around. it was really funny. you get bored as a missionary. and you 

just make up crazy stuff. kind of random but it
was fun. so how is dakota doing? does he have an accent? 

does he even speak english any more? jk but how was his 

home coming talk? did you record it? tell him i will wright

 him when i get the chance. man i miss that kid.
well i love you so much and i will email you next week.
your favorite missionary
Elder Clements