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Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Hey Family! 

So Festival of Lights is still going strong. We are all still alive and feeling the Christmas Spirit. It is like living in a Christmas fantasy land everynight...but it is even better because we get to share the Gospel and testify of Jesus Christ. :) I love you all so much and guess what....(Gyver included) our mission is allowed to skype this Christmas!!!! And it gets even better: We get 1 hour! :) So much better than a 40 min phone call!! So we need to figure that out! Hermana Graff and I will be with Missy Bethke (a member from the English ward in our stake) so she will probably call you mom and dad to make any specific coordination. But email me when and how we can do it....I think some of you are going to Mexico? Haha. Anyway, I'll get Missy to call you.

I don't have much time because the Library was closed yesterday and our P-day was half of the normal time BUT we had miracles!!! Gaby (from Glenmont ward) went on her mission! And I wrote a cool christmas song from a poem that an Elder wrote. I'm going to play/sing it Christmas morning for the mission. Should be fun! Carla, this awesome woman from El Salvador that we are teaching is in the Hospital from an ulcer and she just got fired....I pray that miracles come for her. She is so good and has a strong desire to learn the Gospel. I hope all is well and I will write more later!!

Take care and as for the kiddos....there is a special something coming your way. :) 

LOVE

Hermana Corrinne Clement

p.s.  Elder Mann...it's more getting pulled into music things than game things. they say, "oh you do music!" haha. I feel ya though.

It's Starting!!!!

December 2, 2013 at 12:27:03 PM MST

Festival of Lights starts tonight!!! :)

Man, this has been a fun past weeks of rushing to get everything ready for the month of December. Tonight is the lighting ceremony and it is closed to the public and only Ambassadors and their families are invited to come. Then this Thursday is for the Diplomats and their families. I remember myself here at this time last year thinking to myself..."what in the world is going on?" Now I get it. :) Took a little bit. The most confusing thing was that last year all that I remember from my training for these nights was to smile and look pretty (because we aren't allowed to invite ambassadors to learn more) so I just smiled really big last year.. this year I see much more of the big picture! It is really such a special night that involves bringing these highly influential people into the visitor center to feel the Spirit and meet members. By doing so, hopefully creating a good experience to look back on as they look at missionaries waiting for visas...or if their country is debating about having missionaries allowed there. It is a much bigger deal than I thought last year. Don't worry I'm still gonna smile big. haha

Thanksgiving was a lot of fun! We ate with two families and they both sent us home with way more than we can eat..which is normal. ;) Also, we were able to teach their families about God and why we would give thanks to him. Not all of their families are members and so we shared a broader message. The first dinner with Hermana Ranjabar we had the English Sisters there as well and they all speak other languages so we had fun with that. (German, Portuguese, Japanese, and us with Spanish) We sang I am a child of God with my uke and in all of the languages. Hermana Ranjabar's niece and nephew wanted to learn more and accepted a Book of Mormon. Super awesome!!

Hermana Graff and I are doing great! She loves singing jazz so we do that a lot and we are planning out songs to go caroling this month on a street corner somewhere so if you are out here in DC look for us!!! I love you all so much! Hope your Thanksgiving was magical and I look forward to talking to you in 23 days!! :)

Love,

Hermana Corrinne Clement 

2 min email

November‎ ‎25‎, ‎2013

 

Sorry I didn't email because Elder Mann was on at the same time! For the first time our whole mission.. hahah. I love you all! a lot of amazing things have happened! Festival of lights starts this week! I love you all so much!!!!

Hermana Corrinne Clement