Greetings Loved ones!
Wow! This week sounded so busy for all of you! I am glad
Redfish has some action! Did the fire get put out okay? Sounds like everyone has been so crazy busy! I hope the 4th of July was a blast! I thought of you all and know you are taking good care of our Redfish!!!
MAN! This week was so good! We had exchanges - which were
incredible and the 4th of July party at the Freeze's home- which President and Sister
Cleveland came too! Which was the best thing in the entire world...when do you
as a missionary get to celebrate the 4th with your Mission President!??? LUCKY!
Plus we got to stay up for fireworks! MAN oh MAN! I love America!!! Dirk came as
well...so he met a lot more members and is starting to build some really good
friendships so that will make all the difference in the world! :) (the man they found one winter day and offered to help shovel snow with him)
Speaking of Dirk...he is doing SO GOOD! Still going strong
and moved his date up for the 19th of July! Yes...that means THIS WEEK WE GET TO PLAN
FOR A BAPTISM! :) Man! I can not tell you how excited I am for him! We went
over the baptismal questions with him and he has truly gained a testimony of
Joseph Smith and The Book of Mormon!! He is so happy and he continues to thank
us for the "hope" that he has in his life again! Dirk was and
continues to be a walking miracle!
Jim - (Don't know if I have ever talked about him...hard to
remember??) But, he made a HUGE step this week! We were on exchanges and I
stayed in Westfield. We were in a lesson with Jim (who is the sweetest 80 year
old man!) and we were talking about the importance and the power of the Book of
Mormon. We then asked what he would do...if he found out if the Book of Mormon
was true !? He was very quite and I KNOW that he was feeling the spirit. I turned
to John 3:5 and just let him read it. He then said..."I should get
baptized". We remained silent and let the Holy Ghost teach him. He then
promised that he would pray to know if the Book of Mormon was really
true...because he knew that if it was, then he would have to get baptized. The
spirit was so strong and I couldn't hold back the tears. I am so thankful for
the Holy Ghost and the power of it's conversion. The spirit is real and can
testify and teach better then I could even try. I am so grateful for
that.
This week was so good! There are so many wonderful people
that we work with. The ward members have my whole heart and the people I get to
invite to come closer to Christ are in that heart more then I could describe!
This is the work of HAPPINESS AND JOY! I continue to reflect on how people need "hope" in this world and I am so grateful that I get to be a messenger and an
instrument of the only REAL hope there is...and that is of Jesus Christ. I testify
that He lives, and we can gain strength from him every day. The enabling power
of the Atonement is real and we have the opportunity to partake of it everyday.
I am filled with gratitude.
I love you all! This week is looking good! We have a
specialized training that we got invited to go to (even though we aren't training leaders) on Wednesday...Thursday I was asked to speak at a stake
girls camp....and Friday we have zone meeting. I love it! BUT MORE
IMPORTANTLY... I LOVE YOU!
HAVE THE BEST WEEK EVER!
Love Sister Clegg the 3rd
A part of Jeffs weekly letter to Mikesell - telling a neat story to her!
It had been a very crazy two hours with a boat almost sinking and a fire starting in sight range of from the lake and people everywhere on the 4th of July. It was just nuts! Just an hour or so later, I am upstairs trying to finish the cash bags for the bar / servers to open dinner service with and Mom is on the radio saying I have got to get back to the cabin because everyone is waiting for the parade! I was running late and Mom was on a time crunch with an event that evening. As I finally leave the front door of the lodge and walk quickly down the front porch of the lodge a woman says…”Jeff, Jeff – are you Jeff?” I was truly in a hurry, but said “I am”. She said “I have something for you.” I said, “Will you be here for a while…I'm so sorry - I am really in a rush”. She said, “I have something for you from Indiana.” Well, she then she got my attention!! Then she gave me this big heart-felt hug and said that is from your daughter Mikesell. In the middle of the crazy... I got a slap in the face of what truly matters. "Heidi" said she drove all the way from Idaho Falls (vacationing from Indiana) just to give me and Mom a hug from you. It was so touching. I said, “Give me another one.” I radio-ed Mom, who was trying to be nice on the radio because everyone was waiting for me and I told her she needed to come to the lodge. She was trying to be nice, but I could feel her anxiousness. I said, "Can you just ride your bike down real quick? It is important". Heidi jumped in my truck with me and we met Mom coming down the road on her bike. It was a very touching experience. Heidi could not stop talking about how wonderful you are and how much you have done for her and how amazing she thinks you are. We all shed some tears. She was in a hurry because her sister was waiting for her... but Mom convinced her to stay a few minutes for the parade. As we started down the front road of the Lodge with the parade, she was standing there. It was a moment in time. She now can better understand why you love the 4th and why you love Redfish so much. For her to drive all the way from Idaho Falls just to give Mom and I a hug from you…Wow! That is amazing. You must mean the world to her... and it meant the WORLD to us!!! Bless her----
A part of Jeffs weekly letter to Mikesell - telling a neat story to her!
It had been a very crazy two hours with a boat almost sinking and a fire starting in sight range of from the lake and people everywhere on the 4th of July. It was just nuts! Just an hour or so later, I am upstairs trying to finish the cash bags for the bar / servers to open dinner service with and Mom is on the radio saying I have got to get back to the cabin because everyone is waiting for the parade! I was running late and Mom was on a time crunch with an event that evening. As I finally leave the front door of the lodge and walk quickly down the front porch of the lodge a woman says…”Jeff, Jeff – are you Jeff?” I was truly in a hurry, but said “I am”. She said “I have something for you.” I said, “Will you be here for a while…I'm so sorry - I am really in a rush”. She said, “I have something for you from Indiana.” Well, she then she got my attention!! Then she gave me this big heart-felt hug and said that is from your daughter Mikesell. In the middle of the crazy... I got a slap in the face of what truly matters. "Heidi" said she drove all the way from Idaho Falls (vacationing from Indiana) just to give me and Mom a hug from you. It was so touching. I said, “Give me another one.” I radio-ed Mom, who was trying to be nice on the radio because everyone was waiting for me and I told her she needed to come to the lodge. She was trying to be nice, but I could feel her anxiousness. I said, "Can you just ride your bike down real quick? It is important". Heidi jumped in my truck with me and we met Mom coming down the road on her bike. It was a very touching experience. Heidi could not stop talking about how wonderful you are and how much you have done for her and how amazing she thinks you are. We all shed some tears. She was in a hurry because her sister was waiting for her... but Mom convinced her to stay a few minutes for the parade. As we started down the front road of the Lodge with the parade, she was standing there. It was a moment in time. She now can better understand why you love the 4th and why you love Redfish so much. For her to drive all the way from Idaho Falls just to give Mom and I a hug from you…Wow! That is amazing. You must mean the world to her... and it meant the WORLD to us!!! Bless her----
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