Crazy Exchange, Mission Split, Baptism Date, and the Silence: received February 25, 2013

Hey People,

Great turnout this week for Elder McClure. Tuesday was a hoot with Elder Zollinger being really funny when we went to see people. He knew half of them and we got fed almost every meal while he was here. It was crazy. We even played basketball with the young men in our shirts and ties. Elder Z would make a weird noise every time someone stole the ball and it was super hilarious. He got to telling me all his stories about Lawrenceville of crazy people or a guy with a poop bag from stomach cancer. Plus, this week I got 3 letters:  Grammy, Mumu, and the Divver Family - shout out! It was so awesome getting letters from family and the Divvers.  E. Low has a new nickname - it's The Silence (from Dr. Who).

We had district meeting and I trained on the topic of Purpose, helping us being more successful missionaries. It was a little disorganized but I made my point. The rest of the week we went to see potentials and tracted around them.  We met some crazy people. The struggle down here right now is members getting sick and not being able to feed us or talk to us.

We had the craziest day on Friday; we had a lot of lessons scheduled and a dinner, but they all fell through. But we tracted and met a family of six that right off the bat were interested in coming to our church. The lady, named JoJo, even asked how long she would have to be a member before she could do what we as missionaries do. At the end of the day we saw Tiffany at Arby’s and we talked to her. She is awesome and still keeping commitments and working on smoking. She even set her own baptismal date on March 23rd.

We have tracted so much that my legs are getting really sore by the end of every day. We have met a lot of fun people to talk to and also a few immodest or crazy people. Church was good too.  We tried really hard to get Tiffany to church, but all rides fell through.  JoJo’s family didn’t come either. We'll work on them, too. However, we had 3 nonmembers come for Sacrament meeting to hear President Tetto’s talk.

We’re looking forward to a men’s breakfast this Saturday.  B. Rogers is trying to establish the "Principle of Leftover Bacon" by bringing 8 pounds of it. Really funny.  This guy named Marcus said, “You know what I’m saying” in a conversation 96 times. Crazy! Plus a lot of animals are following me lately. Oh, and I found out the Virginia Richmond mission is getting split!  It won't happen until July 1, but I don't know where I'll be after that happens.

Well, love you people!

Elder McClure