Clanton, Lindsay

I made it to Michigan! Oh my goodness, this week has been crazy!!! 15 other missionaries flew to into Lansing on Thursday and we all got to meet our new Mission President and his wife, the Peckhams!!! They are so sweet and President Peckham actually served here in the Michigan Lansing Mission 38 years ago! I met my amazing trainer Sister Abegglen! ( Sister Bagel ). We have already had such a good time meeting the people here in Owosso. She's from Utah and she's been in Michigan for 6 months! I will be with her for 12 weeks and im super stoked! The people in Owosso are so humble. There have only been elders in Owosso for the last 2-3 years so sister Abegglen and I are what we call "pink washing" the area! Yesterday we got to attend our ward for the first time and we LOVE the members!!! Such a humble ward. We have 2 friends about to get baptized in August/September. My trainer and I were asked to give our testimonies in church last second and oh man I was so nervous. I ...

Hi! Im a little late to the email game and im going to try to make this email not too long but I have been training to be a missionary for almost 3 weeks now! I started with the at home MTC which was a cool experience to have over zoom. I got to the provo MTC last Wednesday and man I just love it here. My district is incredible and my companion Sister Messick is everything I've ever wanted for a first companion! She's so patient and funny and we have the best time together role playing teaching lessons. I seriously just adore her!  The spirit has been so strong here, outside and in every building you enter. My district and I have been able to attend the provo temple 3 times already and it's only been a week! We've been learning a lot about the Doctrine of Christ. I was asked to give a talk on Sunday about Living and Learning the Doctrine of Christ after meeting with the branch presidency. It went well and I enjoyed studying the topic more in depth.  HOA's (Helping o...