HAI
GUYS!! How are you? I can't hear your responses, but I hope they are good!! I
have had another good week! I apologize because I forgot my journal again, and
it is especially bad this time because I was quite tired this week, and I get
forgetful when I am tired. But I shall endeavor to do my best!
We finally managed to see Wellsford(the
companionship in our district that we don't see often) so that was cool. Last
p-day (Monday) we went to Mount Manaia. It was awesome. Not anywhere near
as high as any of the Colorado peaks, but it was still demanding and sketchy as
all get out. It was nice because it was indescribably green jungle the whole
way, but it was quite rigorous. There were wooden stairs built in the dirt in a
lot of places and I jogged up every single one. MAN that was tough. And the
"summit" was nothing close to a peak, it was just this big old rock.
Like, BIG. But it was so cool. And like I said, sketchy as all get out. To get
to the top, we had to walk under this sloping overhang, with a trail only about
two feet wide. On one side was the huge rock, and the other was a gorgeous,
breathtaking, indescribable...sheer drop straight down. And then once you got
around it, it was basically a sloping rock climb that many people had gone up
so it was pretty worn down. But still awesome. And the view was amazing.
There's actually two big rocks, but that's the one people go on. The other is
like a big rock on a bigger rock. We climbed just the bottom rock and it was
crazy. But there were a lot of hand/foot holds because of the volcanic nature
of the rock. We want to go back out, but we don't really have cars right now, so
I will tell you next week what we do later today.
Other than that, we have taught some cool
lessons. One of the coolest was with a man named John Smith (Ed.: Not his real
name. We aren’t allowed to share names
of members or investigators.) He
actually used to be a pro rugby player and he was relatively famous. He is
planning on writing a book and you can even google him. But his cousin [Jim
Smith] is even more famous. He was talked about in general conference and he is
temple president. But anyway, the whole family has been members since, his
grandfather I think? He has been less active for a long time, but he is
starting to come back and it is WAY cool to see the blessings he is
experiencing. Apparently he sometimes has a hard time accepting lessons, but
this time he did really well and he said he learned a lot. AND, apparently he
even lived in Colorado for a while. He also gave us the two biggest steaks I
have ever seen. Not eaten. Seen. And I have seen many things. So they were
HUGE. And delicious.
Another
cool thing that happened was a Missionary leadership meeting down in Auckland.
Usually just Zone Leaders go, but District Leaders went this time too and my
companion is a District Leader so I was able to go and learn some cool things.
I apologize because usually I send more, but I guess not a lot has happened and
like I said, I probably forgot something important, but that's why I have a
journal (which I also forgot).
As
a side note and just something interesting, we got so many oranges from people
this week. I don't know why, but they are amazing, so I am not looking that
gift horse in the mouth. OOH I have something else too... We got to do a couple
of service projects on Saturday and one was clearing these big trees off a large hill
('twas very manly) and the other was out at that boat I was telling you about
and we sanded and stained wood (also...manly.). But they were good. The family
on the boat is super cool, but they are less active, so it is really good to
get out there and show them that we still care about them. And we do, they are
awesome.
Anyways
again, I love being happy and I love all of you. Mix the two and I super love
when you guys are happy! So stay joyful! (If you aren't email me cause that
must be fixed) Thanks guys!! :D
-Elder
Clayton-
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