People of Earth! People of Earth! I send you a special message from Elder McClure:
I am fine and well. We had a good/struggling week. We had dinner with the Jeppsons; they are a funny family. We played games with Elder Quiambao the night before he left and he beat us in all the games we played. He is just really good at knowing how to play games and beating everyone else while he is at it. He also had to fix his luggage handle that night. It looked makeshift and ghetto when he was done.
The next day we took the long ride to Richmond to get Elder Quiambao to the mission home. It was super long and we had to wake up early to get it done. So when we were 30 minutes away from home, Elder Moon’s eyes started to close so he bought a Mountain Dew to wake up and he was hitting himself in the face with the bottle to stay awake. It was funny. We got to Richmond and were the first ones there so we talked with Sis. Perry for a little bit and everyone else gradually came. Some really good friends of mine were leaving: Elder Swanson, Parry, Tramell, Marriott, and Starks (he went home early). After we said goodbye to Elder Quiambao, we went to see if this ghetto shop was open so Elder Moon could get his VA hat. It wasn’t. We also went to see some recent converts, Sister Joseph and her son Jaquan, but the house was empty. Not a trace left except for the giant industrial fan! We felt sad about that but on the way home, I stopped by the Divvers and Chelsea was home which was so awesome. It took her a minute to recognize me since it has been awhile since I’ve been around, but she was overjoyed. She told me about everything new and that Patrick wouldn’t let them get baptized. So sad! We left and promised to come back to see them the next time we have a meeting in the area. We went to grab dinner and Elder Moon was really tired again.
The next couple of days we just tried less actives and driving around. We had dinner with this hilarious family, Sister Webb and her grandparents the Jones. Sister Jones was hilarious because of the things she said like, "I hate serpents!" or "I would weep and wail and ga-nash my teeth!" We did get to see this lady named Audra in an apartment complex called Lineweaver where most of the less active to inactive baptisms have come from. We read the Book of Mormon with her and she half committed to coming to church. We ran into the Mennonite couple that we scheduled with and narrowly avoided. She called us by our first names and just wants to help us learn more about Christ. Elder Moon doesn’t like it at all and when we were buying light bulbs this other Mennonite I talk to on the bus called me by my first name, too. I’m just going to lie about what my first name is from now on. Like Jethroe or Nephi or Coriantumr.
We had stake conference last Saturday and Sunday. Saturday was the adult session during which I got to say hi and get pictures of the members I had left in Waynesboro in a hurry. It was really cool. President Perry called our fleet coordinator about two Jeeps sent to us and Franklin. We already knew we were getting one but we didn’t know the Franklin elders were getting one as well, so that was really tight. President Perry answered a question: “What do you do with a return missionary once he gets home?” The answer was: "Have them go to the temple frequently and get into an institute class." On Sunday we went to the other session and it was nice. We tried to contact this black guy after the conference, but got totally rejected. Previously, he had told us to come back because we are Christian but this time he said that he was set in his ways with religion. And Elder Moon repeated it to get his statement out there. We went to a kid’s baptism and I was one of the witnesses. We ate really good food with this fun family and that was our week. Not too much rain over here from the tropical storm but it’s still wet.
Love you all and enjoy life and go on missions!
Elder McClure
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