Well everyone it was a good birthday. There are some members here that i just absolutely love here and we had a family home evening and invited a ton of our investigators. it was so great i will send pics.

I can't remember if i sent this pics but elder Thayne and i a few week ago where proving service for this investigator and so we ended up carrying like 10 logs out of a huge canyon. It was some hard work and wow where we tired these logs weighed so much and we had to carry them up a huge steep hill. The guy made a pig pen out of the posts so ill see if i can take some pics of the final  results.

have a great week

Elder Cleverley

THANKS EVERYONE FOR THE BIRTHDAY WISHES. 

This week has been so great. We were able to find some great people this past week and i just felt like i just got presents all week long. We had 14 people at church and like 5 of those people were found Saturday. It was so great to have so many  people there learning more about the gospel. 

Also we have an investigator whose name is Nay! He has inspired me to be a better person and has honestly strengthened my testimony so much. This guy was someone who drank and smoked and did some things he shouldn't have done but he has changed so much. As i have seen him change it just -wow - has been something that words just can't describe 

He never accepted a date to be baptized but we were able to put a date with him for the 30 of September this past week. We felt like the moment was right and we challenged him and he said yes. I have never seen someone change as much as nay has and i will always be grateful for him. He is a great guy and is changing into a person completely different. 

Well - don't have too much time but i'll throw some pics in of this past week. 

It has rained this past week a ton so the pic that has the huge jackets was what the members let us borrow so we didn't get wet. 

Love you all 

Ok well everybody here are the updates. I had exchanges and left my old area! When we got the exchanges they had an error so I will not be my dads last companion. I now have new a companion from Utah! He is from Lehi, Utah and this week has just been a blast. We are in an area that we walk and walk and walk but by the end of this exchange I think we will both have calves the size of footballs. We are working hard and Elder Thayne is great missionary! We have a ton of work to do in this area but we are excited for the challenge. On Sundays we go to church 2 times because we are starting a group on a mountain. We had about 20 people that went to church and we are hoping to grow this small group so we can actually build a wood house or something. Right now we just have a small tarp to keep the rain and sun off of us. 

The past sacrament meeting was honestly the most spiritually sacrament meeting that I have had on the mission. It started to thunder and rain but when it came down to the sacrament and the talks it just stopped. I could feel the spirit so strong even though it was like so different then what I'm used to.  IT was so incredible to feel the joy of the people to have a church that's closer to there house. 

 Like i said we have lots of work to do in this area. This exchange though will be unforgettable i just already know it.

 Love you all

Elder Cleverley

A little updates everyone! This week we where finally able to baptise the family we married the last month! We where able to have a family home evening with a member last monday and we invited the family. They loved it and honelsty it was what motivated jose to get baptised this past saturday. Its been great to be able to work with our ward and see the changes in our investigators as they heard testimonies of the members. 

Wow! The mission is the best! Yesterday i was able to call cezar. We baptized him in December and he is doing so great. He told me is starting his mission papers and just when he said that i just felt on top of the world. I can tell you i have had some times in my life when i hit the buzzer beater in basketball or caught  monster fish and felt like nothing could beat these feelings. But hearing cezar doing so well and preparing to go just was a thousand times better then a buzzer beater or catching a 24 inch fish. I just love him! He is going to do great! 

Anyways this past week i was reading a story from the bible and i'm guessing you guys have all heard it but i love the message it has. The story is about Naaman and elisha. 2 kings 5 9-14

So naaman is a commander of the Syrian army and he had leprosy. Well this is a disease that as you all of us know can be deadly. Back then when the people had this disease they where like cast out and couldn't really associate with people that were healthy. Long story short naaman ends up going to Elisha who was a prophet. But when naaman get to his house Elisha sends out his maid to tell him to go and bathe 7 times in the Jordan river. When naaman heard that he was angry because he wanted Elisha to get rid of this sickness immediately. So naaman he is a little reluctant and doesn't know why he needs to wash himself in the dirtiest river. he ends up doing it and is healed.

So this can apply to us in different ways, one is faith and the other is following the words of the prophets. We are so blessed to have a prophet today who truly receives revelation from god. We are given advice through prophets and i hope we can all have the faith to go in other words running towards the water of Jordan and jump in and wash up. As we follow the words of the prophets today we will always know the way. I would hope that all of will not be reluctant to the words of our beloved prophets like naaman was. Sometimes we don't understand the reasons for why we do the things we do but its always for a reason. We should skip the reluctant part, put our  trust in the prophets, and act to show our faith immediately. 

Elder Cleverley!

Hey everyone this past week i was reading some other talks from the past general conference and i just want to briefly touch on one of the talks that i read. the talk is called ´´perfect love casteth out fear´´ This talk talks about how we in this life often do things out of fear. President Uchtdorf talked about how fear has been the way to get people to do things. For example people with advertisements. they always put the idea that if you don't buy their product you're missing out in life. And its true we live in a world where we do things out of fear! But this is not ok!  If we do things out of fear it will not help us change change our hearts and it will not will not help us to feel the right things. As president uchtdorf said we should cast out fear with Christs perfect love. Then with Christs love we can replace fear with faith. 

I received a letter this past week from some that i love dearly and look up to in so many different ways that says ´´ .choose your friends with caution; .plan your future with purpose and frame you life with faith.´´ Wow! What a powerful quote! I know as we surround ourselves with people that bring us to Christ, and plan our lives by setting goals and make plans to meet these goals, and set fear aside and frame our life with faith we can accomplish all things. As we have patience, humility, and charity we are framing our lives with faith. We will feel Christ perfect love by doing these things which will bring feeling of joy, peace, and love. May we all cast our fear and replace it with faith which will help us to become better disciples of Jesus Christ. 

Elder Cleverley.