This week has been CRAZY!!! I can't even begin to tell you how weird it's
been. I don't think the work I've done in my mission has ever been this
efficient. By that I mean we spent a lot of time doing organizational,
preparation stuff, and we had very little time to work. Regardless of that, we
have been seeing miracle after miracle, and it seems like every person we talk
to wants to be baptized. We have so many golden people coming out of the
woodwork; I almost feel like I'm back in Taft again!
My companion is Elder Law; and he's basically Superman. He looks like him,
talks like him, wears sweet "Clark Kent" style glasses, and has missionary super
powers. He's from Washington, but he didn't go to Utah to the MTC, he went to
Benito-Juarez Mexico! He has got a SUPER good level of Spanish; and he's hyper
willing to just jump in and work. I don't feel like I'm with a new missionary,
his attitude, abilities, and understanding is more like a six month out
missionary! It's fantastic and we're being super blessed for it.
Cool things happened at transfers; Elder Buckmiller is training in his last
transfer!!!! I'm so happy for him, but I can't believe he's got one more!
Elder Nalder is one of our Zone Leaders here; he's such a boss! And Elder
Jenkins is a Zone Leader now!!! It shocks me sometimes how much he's grown.
I'm so proud of him!
We had some adventures trying to aquire a bike for him, as well as the
necessary equipment like bike-locks and such. It took us till Thursday to
really be able to work, because we spent most of Wednesday with the other
missionaries in the ward, re-dividing the areas. I'm still the district leader,
so I got to fascilitate, and it was really cool. I really enjoy doing that, it's
a super spiritual experiance. (By the way, the Missiona Council is Zone Leaders
and up; not us.)
After that got taken care of, we got busy! We've finally confirmed that
Salt Lake is looking for Rogelia's records, so we SHOULD finally have an answer
soon. We also taught Saul again, and he's even cooler than before! Elder Law
asked him if he liked what he's been learning, and he said he LOVES it! He
talked about how it relaxes him from all the stress that's going on, how when he
starts getting upset he just reads the Book of Mormon and it calms him down, and
even when he was at work, he remembers the scenes he saw from "Finding Faith in
Christ" and it helped him with his temper. We taught him the story of the
brother of Jared and he was getting way into it! He didn't make it to church;
he was kept late at work, but he really wants to come. We've also started
teaching Gloria, a former who called us back! (That NEVER happens!) After we
talked for a while, we invited her to be baptized and her reaction I found to be
very profound: she instantly said, "Yes." and then, "Does that mean I have to
change, like, give up coffee and stuff?" I loved how she committed first, THEN
asked what the price would be! So, between all these people; it depends on
their choices and Heavenly Father's will, but we could easily see 3-4 baptisms
this next transfer. Crazy! We also have 2 other people that we still haven't
seen who've already said they want to be baptized.
At any rate, this is one huge epistle, but a lot has gone down. I love you
all, and I'm super proud of everyone.
(As a side note; I've picked up a CD player out here; it turns out mp3's
are against THIS missions policy, so I haven't used mine. So, a cd would be
best! 
If it can't be found, that's perfectly fine, buy something cool
for Danielle!)
Love,
Elder Matthew David Clough
