Dropped Gators, Soccer, Food and Spanish

Hi All!

We've had sort of a rough week in Hart, but we're still plugging along. Two of my all-time favorite investigators, the old couple we were teaching, dropped us this week. It happens. They're still two of the nicest people in the world. We had two investigators committed to coming to church this week but they both changed their minds/plans. It would have been the first week Elder Tribett and I had an investigator in Sacrament meeting. We'll keep trying though.

We did have some fun this week. President Jones has encouraged us to attend local sports events since a large part of the community will be present. We went to the Shelby v. Hart girl's soccer game, which was intense! Hart is Shelby's biggest rival and we know a number of the girls on Shelby's team. After terrible calls by the ref and a dropped ball by Shelby's goalie Shelby came back to win it on a PK by one of the girls in our branch. It was a lot of fun.

In more spiritual news, we had an excellent time talking with Spanish investigators Sunday, accompanied by one of the Spanish-speakers in our branch. We talked with several people; no new investigators, but a couple of return appointments, which was fun.

I don't really know what else to write this week. We had a fun Memorial Day - a big family breakfast at the Hawleys and a picnic dinner at the Myers saw me eating more food than I've ever eaten in my life. Honestly. As a natural result, Elder Tribett and I are starting a diet today. I even used a measuring cup to pour my cereal. A 1 cup serving of Apple Jacks is hardly enough to get one's metabolism going. Ah well, I'll let you know how it goes. (We were inspired by Elder Tribett's purchase of a body fat-measuring scale.)

I love you all and am so glad to be doing what I'm doing. I know this work is led by Jesus Christ; He has overcome the world! That means we can at least overcome the little bumps along our individual roads, right?

Love,
Elder Cloward