October 27, 2014

Hello Family!

How are you? Sounds like everyone had a good week! Grandma Daw Happy 95th birthday! Wow! I can't even tell you with the 95 years you have lived how much you have impacted millions of people. I continue to be changed for the better because of you and I love you very much! :) Happy Birthday!!! I will be thinking of you!

Alex...GO GET UM AT STATE! Yay! You are going to do awesome! I will be praying that you will take it all home! :) Love you and good luck! 

Well..I would imagine you would like to know where I am at? Who I am with...and What am I doing? haha! With transfers last Wednesday...a very understandable question!!!

I am serving on campus!!! I am at Purdue University and I love it! I cannot tell you how much campus life is so much different then family wards.....like night and day! All of a sudden I don't know how to be a missionary! haha!! But, I am learning slowly but surely! :)

My companion!!!! (Dad remember that one time when you told me a girl from the BYU Soccer Team is going to the same mission that I was?) YEP....SHE IS MY COMPANION!! YAY! Sister Hunt from Bountiful, Utah. This was an answer to a prayer! We have worked out every morning and we are like two peas in a pod!  I love her! I am so excited to work hard of Purdue's campus! I believe President Boren went to grad school here? 

Well, some miracles....boy where do I begin!? Campus is so different! All of my mission I have served in areas where it is a pretty high Christian ratio. All of them had a believe in Jesus Christ or at least were very familiar about who He is. Here on campus...not the case. There are a lot of people here from China, who have never even heard of Jesus Christ or God. It breaks my heart. But, I have gained such a different perspective on truly how special the knowledge and how much I will treasure the fact that  I know what God is and that there is one!   

We were teaching a girl named Sitan this week and she had no religious background nor belief and as we were teaching her about God and that He know her, her eyes lit up in a way that I will never forget! She was so hungry for truth! She kept on saying REALLY! WOW! She asked if she could pray to God anytime and as we answered yes, she started crying.  We then told her about the Savior and how He has felt everything she has and that she was never alone. She was filled with such hope! As she walked out of that lesson, I couldn't help but, to kneel down and offer a prayer of gratitude! How grateful I am to know God lives! How grateful I am to tell her that God lives. How grateful I am to know truth! I will never, ever forget that. It was a mission changer for me. 

Well, Miracles like Sitan happen everyday here on campus and guess what I GET TO DO? Tell them that same wonderful message everyday! Man...life doesn't get much better then that! I am truly so happy! I miss Mishawaka....but campus is going to make me a better missionary... so I am excited!

I love you!

You are all the best! :)

Love,

Sister Clegg the 3rd :) 

Oct 20, 2014

Hi Family!!! 

Sounds like you all had a great week! I am glad to hear that!

Ed's Baptism was the best! One of my favorite days on the mission. He bore his testimony and boy was that one of the most rewarding things to hear. He is truly converted. I love him! 

It was a very special day for Sister Evans and I.

Well, news that I was not expecting…I am leaving my dear sweet Mishawaka. I have loved every second of it. It has truly been a dream come true. I have loved serving with Sister Evans. I have loved the ward and all those I have taught. 

I do not know where I am going but, President has asked if I would be a Sister Training Leader. I know the Lord works through the weak and simple. I hope I can be who the Lord wants me to be. 

Well, I am so sorry this is short. I love you all and am so thankful for you! You are incredible! 

Love Sister Clegg 

P.S.  Dad…Dirk is doing really well! I call him about every two weeks and we write every week. All is good! Happy for him! Tim is doing great too…he just got the priesthood ! Nora is getting her p-blessing! All are doing great! Love you!

October 13, 2014

Hello Family and Friends! 

Hope you are all doing well! Sounds like you are all loving life....Just the way it should be loved! :) Thank you for your emails....transfers are next week...so we will find out on Sunday night who and if we are leaving!! Sister Evans will be leaving for sure because of her knees....she is going to a doc in Indy, but as for me..I hope I stay in the land of the Indian Princess..Mishawaka....But, I will go where you want me to go dear Lord. 

We got to watch "Meet the Mormons" this week! All the stateside missions saw it and it was really good! I think that it will be really good for everyone to see...members of the church are very normal! :) Plus, have a love for the Savior! I think that was a nice blend. 

Ed is getting baptized this Saturday! Boy am I excited! He is just an awesome man! He has such passion and I have never heard of an investigator with a testimony as strong as he has of the Book of Mormon! It is touching...he has blessed me so much! I love ED! How blessed I am to be a part of that miracle! :) 

Dennis, Pat, and Ed were able to come to church this week and boy was testimony meeting powerful!! All four of us missionaries were able to bear our testimony and there were some testimonies given that were answers to prayers! I will never forget that testimony meeting. It was a POWER HOUSE! Prayers are always answered when we ask sincerely, with real intent, and with faith. <3  

 There is not a day that doesn't go by that I don't gain a stronger testimony that this is God's work and He is constant. He preforms miracles yesterday, today, and forever! :)  

This miracle is sacred to me...we were teaching Rob, who is a very humble man and he knows very little about the Savior. He was raised in Chicago and had a very hard up bringing. He is what they call "from the hood" : ) But, his girlfriend is a member and we just have hit it off and he is progressing really well! He has a baptismal date and I believe in him!  We were teaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ, focusing on repentance and never have I been in a lesson like that. The message of hope could not be denied as we taught him about the Savior and His suffering. He was so filled with light as we told him that he could be forgiven. We shared the story of the prodigal son and the spirit filled the room, there was a long pause and he looked down, and slowly as he raised his head tears filled his eyes. He said .......I am the prodigal son, I have made a lot of mistakes and that is my story. I want to come home.  We then were able to bear testimony that because of the Savior we can repent and be forgiven.  We told him of God's love.  He was so excited and you could tell a burden was truly being lifted. Never have I ever had a lesson on repentance like that. That was a sacred lesson to me and words to describe it could not do it justice but, I am so thankful for the Savior. What hope we can have everyday because of HIM!   I love Rob and I know he has a REAL desire. 

This was a special week for me...I was able to reflect on how much I have learned, grown, and been filled with gratitude. I end each day seeing so many miracles and tender mercies of the Lord. I know God lives, this is His work. I LOVE praying to my Heavenly Father. He listens and more importantly He cares.  Romans 8:39 

"We are not physical beings having a spiritual experience on this earth rather, we are SPIRITUAL beings having physical experiences..." Live in the world but, not of it and that is when we can fulfill our full potential and God's plan for us. :) This is where we find JOY! 

Love you all! Thank you for the prayers and support! You are incredible! Sorry..if this was to long?? I got excited! 

:) Love

Sister Clegg the 3rd :)

Church Tour given to the Young Women in Mishawaka

Oct 6, 2014

Hola FAMILY! 

What a great week! Closing weekend for Redfish! What a great year it was! I am so glad! God answers prayers! Good luck Dad as you will be so busy closing up, blowing out the water, and locking up that beautiful place! Get a few weekends up there all by yourself though will ya?

Holy Moly....I can not believe that Brennen is going to be 18 years old! I keep questioning how old I am...and try and convince myself he really isn't going to be 18! Wow! Who gave you the right to have another Birthday? Wow! I will be thinking of you and will be singing in the shower at the top of my lungs a real special birthday song for you! :) 18??? Really? 

Well..... What wonderful sessions of conference! We were able to have 4 investigators come to conference. (Pat, Rob, Ed, and Dennis) We also spent a couple sessions in members homes which is what it is all about! So many good lessons are taught in the home! 

Dad you asked for a little update on how everyone is doing..... 

Ed is doing really well! He texts us a countdown till his baptism and is truly so so excited! Sister Evans and I are praying that we will be able to stay to see more of these people go for a dunk...but I will go where you want me to go dear Lord.  (I just hope he wants me to stay here in Mishawaka!) 

Dennis is progressing every time we meet with him! He bore his testimony this week of the Book of Mormon and Joseph Smith. He just has not put all the dots together to realize that THAT IS WHAT MAKES THIS CHRIST'S CHURCH! We have told and taught him multiple times, but he has to gain a personal testimony of it. We will continue to pray and work with him! I Love him! 

Pat...being a little stinker...she cancelled on us this week again. I instantly called her and asked her what was going on. We had a little "chat" over the phone and ended the conversation with another appointment for today. So, please pray for us! (She teasingly called me a persistent little brat!) haha! (You would have to know that it is just her personality but, non the less....I thought it was hilarious!) 

Rob...we extended a baptismal date to him for November 29th and his response was..."of this year?" haha I laughed and said Yes!!...of this YEAR! He said he would and that we are brave for the challenge we are about to face! haha!! I LOVE CHALLENGES! :) I love Rob! 

There are lots more..but Dad..we only have so much time! :) 

  

Something I really learned over conference...or at least gained a personal testimony of was the importance of family and how blessed I am to have to the family that I do!! I was raised the way the prophets and apostles ask us to raise families. I was given the ultimate gospel teachers and examples in the walls of my very own home and how blessed I felt as I watched conference!! I couldn't help but to get emotional when the Brother in the Saturday morning session said the closing prayer and asked a blessing upon the missionaries parents and grandparents. That touched me. How grateful I am for my family who taught me what joy was... and the blessing of living the gospel!!  I am so thankful for my parents and grandparents who taught me the most important things! How lucky am I?  I much like Elder Bednar's talk explained...I am on my mission for the exact same reason that little boy brought out the ointment  for all his friends...because I have been blessed, and I desire others to feel of those same blessings! How thankful I will always be for my family and for the chance I have to find families here in Indiana. 

Well,.. I love you! Happy Birthday Brennen and Mackenzie! I Love you ALL so much! 

Love, 

Sister Clegg the 3rd :)