Andover week 18

PRESIDENT CLEMENTS IS BACK!!!!!!! After what he said was the "three hardest weeks of his life" he is back! HE has ben dealing with this great trial since just after his mission began and things got so bad he had to go take care of it. we still don't know what it is, but im glad he is ok.

Well transfers were today and I am staying! President called me and told me he had originally planned to make me a zone leader but made a last minute decision to leave me here. im also no longer the district leader so for the first time on my mission I am a normal missionary. Elder Foggin is leaving though and Elder Hawkes is coming here.

This week on exchanges I met man named Brother R. He had met the sister missionaries, who referred him to us, and then he called us and said he believed that the BoM was translated correctly and wanted to be baptized. He had gotten the BoM the night before... so we went over to his house. I must admit I thought it was a trap. In the elevator up to his room he said, "there is a friend in my apartment, I hope you don't mind." I was getting worried. but it turned out to be legit! sort of... we quickly realized that he is... not completely sane. He opened up the Restoration pamphlet and pointed tot he word "melchizedek" and told us it was in tongues. then he told us about all the crazy vision she has seen (including talking to God through the burning bush). It was interesting. But hey, the Book of Mormon has the power to change lives! So good things can happen.

We also went and stopped by a man named Brother H. who Elder Foggin met on exchanges. This guy is legit! He let us right in, told us he has been reading the Book of Mormon, and told us he looked up a Mormon church right next to his house in Florida. THen he told us he was going back to Florida the next day and he was only here for a few weeks to work. I was really sad... but some missionaries in Florida got a sweet referral, at least...

We also stopped by Brother T, a semi active Liberian in our ward. He told us about when he was a district missionary in Liberia and he was in charge of a compound where members of the church were living. Rebels stormed the compound and held him hostage at gun point while they looted the whole place. So crazy..

We went to Brother L. with the Manion family. Sister Manion talked to Brother L about smoking and said that she cold turkey quit smoking a carton (not a pack) of cigs a week. that is nuts! She said that was the best thing she ever did and challenged Brother L to do it. He wants to quit pretty bad, so hopefully he will let the Lord help him quit.

I played the cello on Sunday in both sacrament meetings. Sister Miller served in both wards at different times on her mission and since she is going home Wednesday she was asked to sing so i played the cell with her. the first time I didn't have a lot of room and couldn't extend my bow arm very far so that made playing the cello VERY hard. the second time we played i had a lot of room and it was fantastic! i miss the cello a lot.

Well Elder Foggin needs to go pack so i have to make this short. sorry!

I love you all! have a great day :)

Love, Elder Damron