For preparation day it was our last one as a full district. Sister Mamata got the call that she is getting emergency transferred over to Mount Pleasant to be an STL. We drove to Midland and ate Olive Garden because they don't have one in Bay City. Unlimited Soup, Salad, and breadsticks was the move. After that we all came back to the Midland building which is the stake center so it's huge! We all signed the goodbye journals then balled up until 2. Since we had nothing else to do, we drove home. For the rest of the day we called our friends and chilled at the apartment.
Update on good Ole Tyler. We basically did a drop lesson with him on Tuesday, but we didn't. We told him the doctrine will never change because he might have thought that our church just interpreted it wrong. We told him that we are right and we just want him to build his faith and feel loved. It will probably take him 20 years to be baptized, but he will. He loves the things in the church, he just hates the same sex attraction viewpoint. I told him if he gets married to a guy and adopts, he will be happy, but he will be missing something. It caught him off guard, but he is open to still reading the Book of Mormon and coming to church. It all starts there!
Wednesday we had a fire district council. Sister Coles gave it because I let her lead one. Background on Sister Coles, she came in a transfer after me, but she did 4 months on the historical sites in Palmyra NY. For the district council she did a virtual tour with us with photos and she basically acted as if we were doing the tour. It was so cool! I want to go so bad. I love Joseph Smith. I've already told myself I'm going to visit those sites in October once I'm home. I'm stoked for it.
Miracle check. We received a referral from my good Ole friend Elder Elliott. We set up a time to meet with Kendra. Kendra is a young mother with three kids. We got to know her and taught the full restoration. After we got to the end I extended the commitment and said,"Kendra when you receive your answer about The Book of Mormon, will you be baptized?" She happily accepted and she is preparing for February 5th. Being in tune with the Spirit has truly blessed my missionary experience. Happy 6 months to me haha. My girl mission is underway. I'm writing this 3 days after I wrote this paragraph. She dropped us haha! She isn't ready for the message yet. I get to move on to the elect, no slowing down!
To celebrate my six months, we decided to go to Bishops house and blow up a tie. All of us Bay City missionaries showed up, Bishop got his fire breath shotgun and blew it up! I have a video of it. It is so cool! I truly love the Klopf family.
On Friday we got our transfer calls and this caught me off guard. I was thinking we were going to stay and I will continue to district lead in Bay City. I was partially correct. Elder Hanson and I will stay in Bay City together, bit the district leading area is going to Midland 2 which is a pair of Spanish elders. There is no such thing as the Bay City district anymore, it's the Midland district. I thought I did a great job district leading, but for this upcoming transfer it was not the Lord's will. Also, the third companionship in Bay City got closed down. There is now only a pair of elders and a pair of sisters in the Bay City ward. President is pulling fast ones.
On Sunday I made a promise with one of the Bishop's kids. His name is Samuel Klopf. He actually is 11 years old and gave a 6 minute talk in sacrament meeting. It was so good! Afterward I was talking with him and we even took a photo. I made a promise to him that in 7 years when he is giving his farewell talk to go on a mission, I will be there to reenact the photo we took. He will probably be the only boy in his family to serve a mission. Don't mind his long hair, he grows out his hair every year to cut it and donate it to kids who don't have the chance to have hair. If there was a charitable award, it would be his. I love Sam!
A funny story this week was when we ate with the Browne family and our friend Tyler. The Brownes live in a very modern home and it just reminds me of ours. The scents, the vacuumed carpet, the clean floors. Ah, I miss it. Right after dinner I just laid on their carpet because I missed it so much. Who would've thought I would miss clean, fresh, vacuumed carpet. I miss the magic lady too.
Quote of the week:
"Elder Clouse, what are your views on Christopher Columbus?"
It's funny how I mentioned Sam earlier in my email because this was said by him. We ate with Bishops family while we blew up my tie with his shotgun. Sam leans over to me while we were eating ice cream and asks me this question. Don't know why, but it got the whole table to laugh because it caught everyone off guard. What a kid.
Happy birthday to JARED, MAGNUS, AND LANCE. If you are reading this I want you to private message me I like chicken. I doubt any of them three will read this.
It was a tough week with our friends. Everyone we have on date for baptism is either ghosting us, not about it, or keeps messing up. The Lord has greatly possessed me with enduring joy though. I know that my efforts are not wasted. I am not down about all these things. I just have more time to find the Lord's elect! I am truly being converted to the Lord. I love all of you! Please message me on preparation day and I will be excited to chat. As always #FindTime4Me
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