Hello!
So yesterday was Sis Schoemaker's birthday (my
companion from Canada) and she is the craziest sister missionary
here...we have so many funny experiences! She has no shame when it comes
to food so she just asks everyone when we can go eat with them, so we
have a fridge full of leftover Latino food. :) She is the best. But I
did eat something weird yesterday that caused an allergic reaction of a
bad itchy throat..so I kept making faces in the lessons as I was
scratching my throat with my tongue. I tried to play it off as if I was
just smiling weird but I got a couple looks. haha. But we decorated the
apt. and made her a cake and did the whole birthday thing. It was so
great and she was excited all day.
We are teaching quite a few people right now in the
area and Aswald is getting baptized this week. He is from Columbia and
very sarcastic, so teaching the commandments were fun as he kept
cracking jokes...oh Latinos. ha. But he has come along way and has
changed his life completely to follow the Gospel. We are also teaching
his girlfriend and she has pretty much become our best friend. She is in
the navy and buff but really funny. It's way cool to hear from the
other sisters that are still in Glenmont last transfer. Three of them
are getting baptized this transfer and I get to go to two of them.
Sister Schoemaker and I have talked and pondered a lot about the mission
(since she reflects back a lot-but in a good way) and we both agreed
that the greatest joy we have both felt on the mission was hardly ever
the actual baptism. While that special day brings so much joy and
excitement, it was always in the preparing of the person to take this
step that brought those indescribable moments of happiness. We get to
be a part of so many people's lives, we get to testify of Christ, and
truly help them see that there in a plan and path to peace in this life.
I love the Gospel, and I have grown to more fully understand the Plan
of Happiness. It's more than a bunch of little cut-out pieces and
circles, it is a blueprint of our lives before and a basic understanding
of what we are meant to be. I didn't have a firm belief in the 3
kingdoms of glory before, but now as I study and truly meditate it in my
mind and heart, it has brought me so much peace and respect for our
Father in Heaven.
I love you all! I'm taking in all of these amazing miracles everyday (Like Elder Mann's...way cool! :))
Till next week!
Hermana Corrinne Clement
ps..I almost forgot, my one yr mark is tomorrow!
ahhh...apparently the tradition here is to "burn something"...I've had
experiences with that in the past (I burned a heritage shirt with
Marissa and Ben after graduation. Good times) So we'll see what happens.
I'll wear an oven mit. ha. Love you!!!
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