Clanton, Lindsay

Send me your address if you want a Christmas Card from Sister Messick and I (: We had such a great week!  We did the impossible and put THE Barbara Gladney on date for baptism. She has literally been meeting with missionaries for 7+ years. Faiths baptism got pushed back because her dad got superrrr sick. Sister Messick gave the greatest talk of all time on Sunday on gratitude. We made 5 new friends this week!  NATIONAL DAY OF KNOCKING 11/23  Okay, I made that up, BUT, for the longest time I've wanted to spend an entire day on the mission knocking. The very first door we knocked ended up inviting us in and they fed us homemade bread and salad, like what. We had an awesome conversation about multiple gospel topics. Ann Marie and Mike wow I will just never forget them. That was such a cool experience.  Enduring to the end The restart to the Gospel of Jesus Christ Sometimes I really feel like I'm ENDURING God doesn't want us to be gritting our teeth pushing through life ...

This week was SOOOO good.  I gave a talk in church yesterday and it went a lot better than I thought it would! A couple people came up to me after with tears in their eyes, telling me how much my message had touched them. I had talked about my experience going home from my mission in February and my dealings with Jesus Christs' Atonement. Of course I shed a couple tears up there. Sunday nights, we typically hold a Book of Mormon class at the church. Last week a man who just recently started coming back to church, joined the class and he just had THE BIGGEST smile on his face. Reactivation has been something I have found a lot of joy in as a missionary. This man served a mission in my home state years ago!! He baptized almost 100 people. I'm happy he's back, he's happy to be back and I know that Heavenly Father is proud of him for allowing Jesus Chirst to lead him back to the iron rod. When it rains in the mornings, Sister Messick and I like to do our companion studies i...

HEY  Another great week doing the Lords work in Marshall Michigan! We have a few friends preparing to be baptized this month! One friend we're teaching is from Haiti and he's AMAZING. His name is Jeff and we just love him! Teaching him has been a unique experience for both Sister Messick and I. We have an inactive member join our lessons with him and that has really helped re-kindle his flame from when he served his mission, many years ago in Washington! We're also teaching the Lord family. They are somethin special! I don't think I've ever experienced more charity in my life then I have when being around the Lords. They have taught me so much.  Sundays are probably the most stressful days Making sure everyone has rides to church Making sure our friends get fellowships Wondering what our friends are thinking while the speakers are talking As stressful as this all may be I have come to be even more grateful for the sacred time of the sacrament The time I have to not ...

Hello!! I haven't sent an email out all transfer, so here are some quick updates!  - About 3 weeks into the transfer 4 Sister companionships got switched around, so now I'm with my MTC companion Sister Messick!!! It has been so fun getting to teach with her again! I learn so much from her everyday.  - Sister Messick and I have 100 DAYS LEFT. We decided to make a few goals... one of them is no sweets for 100 days. No ice cream, candy, cake, cookies etc. We're two weeks in and it has been the most challenging thing haha pray for us!  - I turned 23 on October 9th! - General Conference was SO good. Go watch/listen/read. JESUS IS COMING  - Fall in Michigan >>>> - The Detroit Temple is marvelous! - Marshall is such a cute lil family town and we have seen so many miracles especially these last two weeks.  - I cannot teach about The Restoration of The Church without crying.  There is so much more I want to say but I'm short on time and I will put more e...

Hi!!! I have spent an amazing 5 weeks in Petoskey. There are people down in Marshall that the Lord wants me to meet, so this is going to be a short email, because I still have quite a bit of packing to do!  So much good happened this week. Sister Worm and I got to sing in sacrament meeting again! We sang Peace In Christ! ( linked below) We had one of the BEST lessons on Tuesday with our friend, Clint. In the middle of our lesson he stopped us and said "I'm sorry I just need to say this... you both have the love of Christ in you. I can see it, and I can feel it." I couldn't stop smiling. My heart was full.  We got to meet Johnny's brother who had the cutest lil puppy! We sat and answered his questions about dinosaurs and God's creations! Alma 30:44 > Sister Nixon put my hair in curlers last night. I might have shed a tear or two, man those hurt. I think I got 3 hours of sleep.  We got to serve lunch at the Salvation Army community lunch!!! Mosiah 2:17 servin...