Conference and Transfers

Hello all!

Wasn't General Conference great? I love the reassurance I receive through the Holy Ghost every six months that God has called prophets and apostles of the Lord Jesus Christ. I know that if we follow their counsel we will be blessed with a closer relationship to our Heavenly Father and His Son, Jesus Christ. I can't believe I only have one more General Conference left on my mission.

I was excited to have Angela (the one who lived in Sierra Vista) at conference Sunday morning. (Well, for us it was Sunday afternoon, but it was the Sunday morning session). She really enjoyed it; she obviously felt the Spirit very strongly and told some church members they'd be seeing a lot more of her because it feels like she has "come home". I haven't been able to hear statements like that too many times on my mission and they are priceless.

We got our transfer call this last Friday. I'll be staying here in Bay City with Elder Morales. I don't know him very much at all. He's from El Salvador by way of California and has been on a mission six weeks longer than I have. This will be his first transfer as a zone leader, so I get to train him in the things I still don't know how to do. I'll be picking him up in mt. Pleasant on Tuesday morning. Elder Smith is going down to Allegan, near Kalamazoo. I'll really miss him; he's been great to serve with.

I got to spend a day back in Oscoda on exchanges this last Wednesday. It was a lot of fun, but not everything I'd hoped. We had to cancel a few plans (including plans to see Staci Saurer, who was baptized when I was there) because Elder Meldrum, with whom I spent the day, managed to step on a few rusty nails while we were helping Bro. Dykes tear an old polebarn on his property (which was very fun). So, we spent a few hours at the medical clinic while Elder Meldrum had his feet workedon and got tetanus shots. It was kind of funny remembering a very similar experience I had last year. I wasn't smart enough to go to the doctor, though. Good thing I'd had my tetanus booster, I guess.

I can't really think of anything else to report. I hope you all have a fantastic week.

Love you,
Elder Cloward