Hello Family!!
THANK
YOU Jodi for dropping me off!! It was a blast to be with you and your
kids! And thank you LESLIE for seeing me at the Temple 5 min before I
repoted...haha. Also thank you for all of you, including Marissa
my stepsister (but in a good way) for the love that you sent me off
with. I was able to ride it the whole week!! I was so excited to get
your emails today! And although I do not have time to respond to them
all, know that I love you and that I did get them! Iºll write back
hand'written letters.
It has already been a week. I definately agree
with everyone when they say, days feel like weeks, and weeks feel like
days. The first few days were pretty hard and I felt my instincts take
over to adapt to the situation...so to speak. Yes Cameron, it is a
highly concentrated center of young people who think they know more than
they do. But we were humbled the first day when we had workshops and
just the transition into the MTC itself. But luckily I got an awesome
companion! Sheºs really quirky and so I spent one day just focussing on
her and her weirdness. Needless to say, I grew to love her as a sister
that day. (Sheªs kinda awkward around boys, so Iºve helped her with that
a bit). My District (small group) has 6 Elders and 4 Hermanas,
including me. MacGyverºs zone (multiple Districts) is right next to mine
and our classes are in the same building and on the same floor...haha.
ya.
Itºs pretty awesome to say the least! I see him at least 3 times a day
and the Elders and Hermanas in his District come up to me all of the
time like Iºm a celebrity. Thatºs weird, but it makes me laugh. Oh cool
fact! Brother Monson (President Monsonºs Nephew) is in my Branch
Presidency (one of my leaders). Him and his wife are really awesome and
are not conventional in many ways. His mannerisms are a lot like Thomas
S. Monson...at least the way he speaks. Well it was really neat because I
was able to talk to him about the Restoration and Prophets and Church
History and he was so open and kind to me. He said that he grew up in
the house of Thomas S. Monson and that he knows first'hand that he is
not perfect. Does that mean heºs not a Prophet, no neccessarily. Does it
make it harder to have a testimony, maybe. It all comes done to the
fact that our leaders are awesome but still human. It is unfair to hold
them to an unreasonable standard that we
ourselves cannot attain. So that was neat to hear it from someone who
has first hand experience. ALSO, Sheri Dew (CEO of Deseret Book and
Author) was our speaker in Relief Society. She was so down to earth and
talked about the Priesthood and Women Ordination. She even referenced
the blogs that Cameron had told me to read. If you wanna hear more abou
that, write me a letter so I can spend more time on it (email time is
only 30 on P Day). She brought up a point that I really liked.
Well Family! I only have 2 minutes left!
ahhhh.....All I can say is that I love and pray for you all. I am
pushing through the hard times and loving the good times. I have been so
blessed and watched over, I know that is true. And if you can send hand
written letters or on DEARELDER.COM that would be cool so I have your addresses!!! Love YOU!
Hermana Clement
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