Week Fifty Three

This week was insane!! Insanely awesome that is. 

Being here in Boston we are always busy with something. I'll give a brief overview of what we did this week. Tuesday was Mission Leaders Conference, Wednesday was interviews with President Blair, Thursday was Zone Conference, and Friday we went to the temple with some recent converts, the Escobar family. They are awesome!!! I feel like I'm homies with them already! And finally Saturday we had the baptism for Omar our miracle man. So it made for a fun week.

We have 2 new people on date for baptism now! They both randomly showed up with different people to church last Sunday, and we met with them a few times over the week, and they both want to be baptized. One's name is Bill, and he has a mohawk. The meal calendar was passing around the chapel, and he signed up to feed us! He signed up to feed us a few days before his baptism! Stanley is great too! He is from Tanzania, and loves God. He is super excited to be baptized too. He has an Uncle Frank who is less active who came to church on Sunday. He stood up during the announcements during the 5th hour, and he yelled "I'm Frank I haven't been here for 9 years, and it feels good to be home!"  Everyone clapped and cheered. I love the diversity here!

When I recieved my call for the New Hampshire Manchester Mission, I never thought that I'd make it to Boston. So far I'm loving it. Also the rhyme made up for Lynn isn't true. I love that place😂 

Prayer is true btw. We've been hitting our knees hard and praying for miracles. When you pray with the intent to act, you can change the world. Not only the world around you, but for others too. Have a good week! 

The Boston Temple with the Escobars.

Brother Escobar wearing my tag.

Trio.

One Year

This picture was taken 1 year ago when I left my family, friends, and everything I knew, and traded it all for a couple white shirts and some cool ties. I got a name tag too. On this name tag there are two names I represent. The first one is the name of my family. Looking at it reminds me of who I am, and where I came from. My family is very important to me, and I love them a ton! I wouldn't be who I was today without them. The second name I wear is the name of Jesus Christ. This name is who I am striving to be like. When I am out preaching the gospel, I can have no fears, because I know who I am representing.
I have learned over the past year so much about the world, and the need for Jesus Christ and his teachings. His great atoning sacrifice made it possible for all of us to be forgiven of our sins, and his resurrection made it possible for all of us to return to our heavenly home once more. No matter who you are, or what you did, or whatever circumstance your in, Jesus Christ is there for you to help you, to guide you, and to offer peace and comfort. 

This mission has been pretty awesome so far though. I've made sooooo many new friends, and people I would consider family along the way. I'm grateful for all of the people I have met and worked with, and I'm excited for everything still in store! 

I love this work, I love this gospel, and I love New England!!!

Hump Day!!!

Week Fifty Two

Boston

This week has been one of the craziest on my mission. I thought that I'd have a hard time transitioning to this new area, but it actually wasn't bad! I was excited to see so many people, and it made me get hard to work. So this area actually is pretty big and covers a lot of ground. I'll name the cities I cover; Revere, Malden, Melrose, Saugus, Everett, Chelsea, Lynn, and East Boston! So it is always very busy here.

So the week before I got here, the Elders received a referral for a 17 year old named Omar, and he wanted to meet with the missionaries. He had been going with his friend for a really long time, and his friend just left for a mission. He decided that he was ready to get baptized, and contacted the missionaries. Well, we were able to teach him and with permission he's going to be getting baptized this Saturday. This and many more miracles have already happened. 

The International Sand Sculpting Festival was this week, and it we did something called The Book of Mormon Experience there! We kinda just dropped a table in a heavily populated area, and got a lot of people to read a page of the Book of Mormon. It was really fun. Omar came, and helped us carry a table like a mile in, and did a bunch of proselyting with us.

 

Leaving Colebrook was kinda sad. I'll miss a lot of people out there. I've already met a lot of awesome people out here though. There are a lot of people from the Dominican Republic and Haiti. Also a lot of Columbians, Brazilians, and all sorts of people of color. It's like a rainbow out here. I definitely love all the diversity out here too. I've already used Spanish in like 10 contacts with people. Then we refer them to the Spanish Elders, which is Elder McCormick. So we are serving by each other again!

Also I'm in another trio, and it's awesome. Elder Petersen leaves in a couple weeks, and then me and Elder Solomon are on our own after that. Everything is going great and I'm having the time of my life out here. ALSO! Driving out here is insane, and really fun.

The church is true wherever you go, and I know that statement is true especially here in Boston. Have a good week everyone! 

Elder Clifford's new area, Revere.

Elder Petersen, Elder Clifford, Elder Solomon and Omar!

The Book of Mormon Experience

International Sand Sculpting Festival

 

 

Elder Clifford's new apartment is in this building.