HOLA FAMILIA Y AMIGOS!!

 

I hope everyone is well and having good times back home! Things are great here in Provo. I heard that Camie, Joel, and the kids announced the arrival of the new baby!! Yay!!!! I´´m so excited to have another niece or nephew in the family. Joel and Camie...it better be a cute one. But really, I´´m super happy to hear that, and I am grateful for the letters this week. If you ever fell ANY inclination to write me, please do. It´´s really nice to hear from everyone and I am doing my best to write back. Just know that I care about all of you and miss you a lot. Not in a homesick way, thank goodness, but in a, ¨I really love and miss my people in Arizona, and Idaho, Colorado, and England (Constable Jones)¨. Also, I heard that Emma had an awesome ice cream party for her Birthday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

 

In news here, everything is a bit different with Elder Mann gone. But the story of the last few days is so much like a chick'flick that I have to share it, so please bear with me. Also bear in mind that this is my side of the story and Elder Mann´´s might be a little different. So Elder Mann and I are in a relationship and decided not to break it off before we left because we are both serving missions and as a result, wont be dating people. Plus we really like each other... So we survived 3 weeks here in the Missionary Traning Center without coming close to breaking any rules (regarding hugging, flirting, being alone). So that was amazing and actually quite fun, because we could shake hands and say stuff in Spanish. Probably don´t want to go through that again, but I enjoyed it. haha. Well back to the story. So when it came down to the last few days that Elder Mann was here, he had a lot of orientaions and extra classes to go to and so our moments together were even shorter. W e shook hands on Saturday at dinner which then turned out to be the last time we saw each other face to face. I´´m not going to lie, that dinner was a bit sad and I probably looked really zoned out the whole time. But the Next day we had a Mission Conference and Elder Mann said the opening prayer. This is it, I thought. He leaves in the morning and I won´´t see him for quite some time.. So I slowly waved to him as I leaft the large auditorium with my companion. On my way out, the hope came into my head that I wished to see him, just one more time before he left. Well, I realized that it would be impossible as his flight was scheduled for the next morning really early. So I said, okay. And I spent the rest of the night listening to my companion talk about her home, which was fun. Tknelt down and prayed really hard to have the will to become focused on the work again and not let myself get depressed in missing Elder Mann. Well, I´´m not going to lie, I didn´´t sleep to well that night and I had dreams of clowns and car repair shops...don´´t ask. In the morning I got up at 6 am and got ready and started my day really sad and lacking the motivation that I had had before. Then as I my companion and I went into the computer lab for language study, I heard my name form the doorway and I looked up to see Elder Mann in the doorway with a huge grin on his face. I immediately stood up and just stared at him in amazement.. I had no idea what to do. I shouted, ¨I have my camera!¨ and I rushed over to get another picture with him. Apparently their flight to Dallas was cancelled and they didn´´t know why. I felt this huge surge of love form God at that moment as I knew that God knew how I felt and how much this sacrifice has been for me. I asked to see him once, and God let me. Ya, it may have been coincidence, but I cannot deny the feeling that filled me when I was pondering the event. Elder Mann is gone now, off to Nicaragua, but I am perfectly fine now. Seeing him again, when the chances where litteraly 1 in a million, really confirmed that everything is going to be okay. I felt that about this in my life and I hope that everyone feels a similar way about their lives. Try to trust in the Lord, try to consistantly better yourself and reach out to those around you. I know that we are here to grow and learn, and sometimes our challenges become our biggest blessings. I love you all!! I hope to hear from you and how your life is going!!

 

Love,

Hermana Clement