I should be used to the way transfers always blows my mind, but I'm not.
It's crazy what's going on right now!!!
I'll be staying here in
Ventura, but Elder Lee is going to serve with Elder Kleinman as an assistant to
the president! He's completely shocked and a bit nervous, but he'll do so
great. He is super humble, obedient, diligent, and good at this, so he'll be
exactly what is needed. Elder Jenkins is being given another assignment, but I
haven't heard what exactly he'll be doing.
My new companion is
going to be Elder James, our district leader in Fillmore! He's been with Elder
Bautista these past two transfers, and I'm super excited: he's an amazing
missionary! Elder Bautista's also staying in Fillmore, and Elder Passey, one of
my good friends here is moving to Carpinteria. Best of luck to everyone all
around!
This week has been crazy. For comparison, when Elder Lee
and I came in, the members of the zone all taught an average of 7-8 lessons per
week. But this last week, we set the goal, and every single companionship
taught over 40 lessons! I've never worked this hard in my whole mission! It
was amazing to see how the Lord prepared the way for us and prepared so many
people.
In other news, Samuel passed his baptismal interview! He's
well on track to be baptized next week. While we were waiting for church to
start, we got talking about what tv shows he likes and then we talked about
Naruto for quite a bit! It reminded me a lot about Danielle.
We
taught an awesome lesson to Felipe and Carmen. We decided to teach about
keeping the sabbath day holy, and while at first he felt really attacked (he
said "You got me! You're hitting me left and right: I'm crucified!!!") he
finally recognized that the commandment "Isn't you guys' rules; it's God's
rules!" He plans on changing, but won't commit to it yet.
We also
had a crazy cool activity; we went to the "swap meet;" which is a massive
market they do in the Ventura College parking lot. We set up a table, got 6
missionaries together, and started teaching everyone who would listen to us for
more than 5 seconds. It was awesome!
Yeah, I know Hermana Cannon, Elder Bate and Elder Egan. They're super
awesome: actually, Elder Egan graduated from Syracuse High School. Also, the
reason why Elder Jenkins won't be coming home with me, is because he's from
Alaska, so he'll be going over there.
I'm super excited for this transfer; it's going to be stellar! Short: it's
only going to be five weeks: but we'll make President Castro's last his best
ever.
Love, Elder Matthew David Clough
