November 26, 2014

Holy Smokes!
It's THANKSGIVING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

HAPPY DAY OF THANKS! 

Man...I don't really know where to start ....but I do want to start with saying I am so thankful for Thanksgiving! What a beautiful holiday! A day of Gratitude! There is nothing more important in life than acknowledging what God has given us! :) 

Well, last week was a very "humbling" week for me. ...Story time.....so we had a fireside with all the YSA's in the ward on Sunday night and as we were finishing up and heading home. We may or may not have had a snow ball fight with all the members! So, we were all going at it and before I know it Sister Hunt was down. I ran over and she had gotten hit in the eye/head area. It really hurt her and so we went home and I tried to be the best nurse I could be...but she was so light headed and felt like she wanted to throw up. Well, long story short...she got a minor concussion and that was not her first concussion she has ever had so our mission nurse told her to rest. So......that meant she slept and I had about 50 million different companions last week. A member would go be with her while she slept and I tried to continue the work as much as I possibly could and members were my companion as well. Boy did I rely on the Atonement, because missionary work "by yourself" is pretty hard but, WE DID IT! All because of Christ. It was a humbling time and I learned a little more about the Atonement. Sister Hunt it all good now and her normal weird self! Thank goodness.... I missed her! :)

OKAY MIRACLE  OF THE WEEK!! 

So...I don't know if you remember me telling you about Sitan?? We taught her my first week on Purdue...She was the girl from China, who didn't even know about God and our lesson with her was absolutely incredible! She was so hungry for truth! So, we had a return appointment with her and she even had a baptismal date...but when the appointment came...she did not. We called and texted her and nothing. Well, we continued to every once and a while text her..and nothing.Well, I prayed every night for a month that we could find her again! AND GUESS WHO WE FOUND JUST YESTERDAY!!!!!!!!!????? What a miracle...we were just talking to students on campus and we saw her and nearly grabbed her right then and there! What are the odds???  There are thousands of students on campus...but the Lord answered a prayer! God lives! YAY! We taught her and she said she lost her phone and got a new number...so we are back in business now! mmmmm...miracles! I LOVE THEM! 

Well, I just love life! It really doesn't get much better! I miss you all but, the "sacrifice" of being away is the least I could  try to do for the amount of blessings I am receiving! I love my mission! It has been a special miracle in and of itself! I love you all and am so thankful for you! You are the best! :) I love my Savior. I love Heavenly Father with all my heart. I have a testimony of what I am doing and that it is true! Because I have been given much,...I too must give! :)
Love you!!!!
Have a wonderful week and please pray that someone will be on campus over break that we can talk to!!! haha Love you! 

Love,

Sister Clegg :) The third.... :) 

P.S. CONGRATS ASH ON THE RING! Proud of you girl! You are the best! Another one bites the dust........ oh boy! haha Love you! 

November 17, 2014

Wow........I literally do not know where to start this email???

 Bey.......WOW.....a engaged woman....and we thought this day would never come?? haha Jk I am so, so, happy for you! Little weird...its going to take a couple years to sink in...but, non the less I am happy for you! I cannot believe we are old enough to do that??? haha Brenny and Alex- Congrats on Basketball! I love that! I bet you two will never forget being able to play on the same team together! I am proud of my boys! :) Harry and Callie- I love you both so much! Sounds like you two are just living the life! :) Austy and Aimster- YOU are the best! :) DAD AND MOM- I MISS YOU BOTH MORE THEN EVER- BUT I LOVE YOU!!!!!!!

Papa- Happy Birthday tomorrow! You are the best! I love you so much and I am so blessed to have you as a Grandpa! You continue to change who I am and what kind of missionary I hope to be! You are one of my Heroes! I love you and Have a great day! I love you! :)

This week........ Okay....Sad news Dominic didn't get baptized......he is getting fed Anti material right and left and it has totally shut him down. We have read the Book of Mormon with him everyday and he committed to get baptized this week...but please pray for him. He is really letting the adversary win. I know this is God's work though and everything will work out the way it is supposed to! This is not my work...that is for sure! Zone meeting and exchanges were awesome! Heavenly Father blessed us a lot and everything went great! I learned a lot! :) The college class went really well! Not going to lie when we were walking there I was SO SCARED!!!  Then I realized that I know what is truth and that is that! So, I said a prayer and we went in! We taught church history for about 15 minutes and then we had 45 minutes worth of questions. There were some awesome questions. We gave them our number and website and I have been praying I will get to run into some of the students on campus! :) But, everything went really well! :)

Umm....Watson (one of our gators) is doing awesome! He is so humble! He is preparing and will hopefully be ready for his baptism! :) December 6th. All of our investigators are doing really well! Dominic is struggling but, I trust God.

The weather is getting colder! Holy Moly!  Snow and let me tell you..personal contacting on campus in the winter....we are going to have to get creative! Haha Non the less...we were blessed with another wonderful week! :)

Dad...it was so fun to eat with Bishop Cramer....he couldn't stop telling me how good of a missionary you were! I told him I didn't expect any less! :) :) STUD! :) 30 years ago you were companions in Spain! Crazy!!

Well, this week will be great! we have interviews with President and another exchange! I love you and am so thankful for all that I have! I know this work is God's work. I know God is real. This is the true church and it has been restored to its FULL truth! What a blessing! I love you Family and Friends! More than I can say! You are incredible! I love you!

 Love Sister Clegg the 3rd :)

Nov 10, 2014

HELLLLLLLOOOOOOOOO! What a great week for everyone! I am glad to hear that! :) Sounds like you are all doing really well spiritually! That what is important! :) Well, this week was really good! We had MLC, and two exchanges! This next week we have some meeting, two exchanges, and we are teaching a class at Purdue about our church history and then we will open it up for a hour for questions about what we believe...so stay tuned!!! This is going to be good! :) MLC was awesome! I learned so much....just when you start to think you are "getting" missionary work, Heavenly Father always throws that curve ball to help you learn and progress (which is one of my favorite things about being a missionary by the way!) We are learning a lot of new things these next couple of transfers in preparation for the temple and ipads that are coming so that will be great! We talked a lot about the Book of Mormon and we did this activity where each companionship took a page of the Book of Mormon and read it. We read as a whole pages 1-14 of The Book of Mormon and then we each had to share what we learned and what revelation we received. IT WAS AMAZING! Who would have thought that there was so much council and divine inspiration in 14 pages of a Book!? It must be of God....? :)))) Exchanges were awesome! I was with Sister Place on Saturday in Lebenon and we tracked basically the whole day......ya....(I forgot what is was like tracking all day...I am used to campus ALREADY!) haha But, we had some really fun times and good laughs. EXAMPLE- We knocked on this lady's door and we began talking to her and all of a sudden she cuts us off and says...."Boy you two are awfully pretty for not believing in the American Flag!" haha! Oh boy....what will they think of next......I laughed (accidently out loud) and told her how 4th of July was my favorite holiday!!!! :) Haha Man! I could go on and on about how many good, funny things happen on the mission! :) Sister Hunt and I are having a blast...with a good blend of working hard! :) Dominic is getting baptized this week! We are so excited for him! :) Please pray for him...he has a lot of outside forces beating him up....Satan is not letting up, but WE CAN DO IT! :) He is the best!:) Well, I love you all! good luck in tournaments, tests, meetings, games, missionary moments, and whatever else there is! :) I love you and think the world of you all! :) LOVE YOU!!!! Love Sister Clegg

Nov 3, 2014

Hello FAMILY!

Mondays....are great days! :) Alex and McCall sounds like you killed it in running! YAY! I am glad that you are living the dream! :) I got to run everyday this week! Ya.....that hasn't happened in about three months....so it was like HEAVEN ON EARTH! good job team! 

What a great week! Sister Hunt and I have laughed harder then I have in a long time! Boy oh boy! Good times..... :) 

Purdue life is treating us well! We got 7 new investigators this week and we have 4 on a baptismal date. Dominic, Sitan, Ivy, and Peng! We are hoping to put a few more on this week! They are all so great! I love all of them...but then again, I instantly fall in love with anyone and everyone! :) But, they are just so special to me! :) 

Ummm.....lets talk about Dominic this week! Dominic is getting baptized November 15th and he is the best! We have met with him a lot! He loves science and so having faith has been a hard thing for him, but he is pushing through and truly does see the fruits and it doing awesome! He is living the Word of Wisdom now and loves researching about EVERYTHING! He has run into a lot of anti stuff (problem with college students...they are researching ALL the time....so we preach mormon.org just as much as the gospel!) haha!  But, we had a wonderful lesson with him last night about faith and teaching him to focus on the core values and beliefs. At the end, he told us that he knew it was a commandment to get baptized and if he waited till he understood everything he would never get baptized...I then shouted "THAT'S RIGHT!!" I was so proud of him! He is going TO GET BAPTIZED! YAY!!! I love mission life! It is so happy! 

I am learning so much....but this week I just want to tell you how much I love you all! It's all about LOVE and I just love you all. Time is flying by, but treasure every moment! I know the Book of Mormon is the most correct book on the entire earth! I know God lives and loves us. I am thankful for Indiana! I LOVE it! :) 

Love you! 

Love,

Sister Clegg :)