My LAST Transfer

This has been a crazy week. We had transfers on Jan. 25^th, and I finally got transferred. I am now with Elder Ma’ake, from Arizona, in Eagle Mnt. We are in an apartment, just the two of us. Kind of strange and quiet after 18 months of living with my companion and another set of missionaries. Elder Ma’ake’s dad is Tongan and his mom is a palangi, and he is a nice Elder. We cover one stake; the Eagle Mnt West Stake, but it is a huge area (about 1/3 of the mission) since it’s so spread out. The stake covers a lot of little towns like White Hills, Cedar Fort, and Fairfield.

 

We had a baptism om Saturday, of a 15 year old young man that has wanted to be baptized for 3 years and finally got permission. His name is Kayl. We have been doing a LOT of door knocking, looking for people. We are teaching a few children, whose families are members, and they are wanting to learn about the Gospel. We are also teaching a Catholic lady named Lucille, who is Filipino. So far it has been fun to hear her learn and agree with our church doctrine. Like when we taught about baptism being when someone is old enough to make the choice to follow Jesus, she said, “Yes, I wish I had been able to make that choice. It doesn’t make sense to baptize babies. I feel like they are forcing baptism.”  Hmmm, we agree!

 

Love,  Elder Cluff

Snow Fun

It’s been a great week! Got a little snow storm - so we had a snowball fight and then had fun making a snowman…even if his smile is a bit creepy.


We got to do a baptismal interview for a great guy. His name is Alfa, he is about 30 years old, and he is from the Congo. His mom is the pastor of another church. He was raised in a very spiritual home and grew up paying 10% tithing to his church and they even fasted as a family once a month.


He came to UT and stayed with a member friend for a couple weeks. As they talked about religion, he was very intrigued with the Church of Jesus Christ, and was willing to meet with missionaries. He started being taught on a Friday, was baptized on a Wednesday and flew home on Thursday. The missionaries who taught him said,” We didn’t really teach him. He already believed almost everything we believe. Most of the time, he would ask questions, and we would talk about the gospel, and he would agree with everything that we said, and said it all made sense and felt right.” One time he asked, “Isn’t there anyway that everyone can be saved?” When the missionaries said yes and talked about baptisms for the dead and temple work, he was so happy.


Have a great week!
Elder Cluff