Hi Elton Family,My husband and I are serving a Records Preservation Mission in the New Hampshire Manchester mission and really enjoy working with your son in Augusta. He's a joy to be around and is great with people. I watched him in Primary this morning with the children of some investigators and he was so patient even with glitter and glue all over him. Okay, he did roll his eyes a few times. They had 10 investigators to church today and they took the Sacrament to 2 others.He's working hard and is obedient. He's a good trainer with Elder Bodily. We've seen him grow in the 3 months we've been here. They refuse rides even in cold weather so that they can contact people as they walk. They contacted 25 today on their way from their apartment on their mile walk to Dora Balbuena's home for dinner with us.We're planning a ward missionary social for the ward March 5 and he's impressed us with his skills in printing the invitations-2 sided on the ward copier! He laughs and says he just keeps doing it until it works. Thanks for teaching him and raising such a faithful son. He's proud of his family and of Morgan Utah. We hear about it all the time!We're from Portland Oregon and are enjoying our work in the Archives here.Thanks for being good parents. It shows by the way his knees and shoes get worn out...but he does look well groomed and neat.When is Brigham's birthday?One photo attached was taken at the zone conference a week ago. The other one was taken this evening at Dora's. We were celebrating my husband's birthday with a cake.Stephanie Cluff
Email from Brigham February 22, 2010
From the time I arrived in augusta the average at church was 74 now it is 103... CRAZY! God is blessing us left and right... this week the new news is this woman from north Carolina named Miranda... she is awesome and is progressing way quickly. We actually had 14 at church this week which is crazy good... she is teaching her kids all about joseph smith her kid Willow explained the whole story for us it was amazing...
All of our investegators are progressing really well... i am way pumped for this next transfer i really think we will get like 5 baptisms... i am nervous to be the DL (district leader) i am really kinda scared.... missionaries that have been out longer than me and all that jaz and that i am supposed to teach.... God called me to this i hope he understands the amout of help i am going to need
FUNNY STORY (mom don't freak)
So we are on our way back into the apartment and there are these three girls up on the third floor balcony... so i walk over to talk to them -i am on the ground looking up- Alright what she says will be in caps and what i say is just normal ARE YOU GUYS JW'S? no we are form the church of jesus christ of latter day saints... most people just call us mormons HOW MANY WIFES CAN YOU GUYS HAVE..? one... REALLY I THOUGHT YOU COULD HAVE LIKE 10 i wish! but i don't think i could handle one... MY BOYFREIND CAN'T HANDLE ME EITHER have you ever talked to missionaries before? DO YOU HAVE A GIRLFRIEND? no WOW I WANNA LIKE COME DOWN AND MOLEST YOU RIGHT NOW... YOU BETTER GO IN... so we start to walk away when one of the other gals says "or come on up to the third floor" so ya we locked the doors that night....
Well the work is going great i am way excited for what the future holds and just for ya'll i have now written in my journal every day for a month....
Elder Elton
