First Speaker in Sacrament Meeting, Ready to go...and tough saying Good-bye...

This is his last email from the MTC.  He has loved it there, and we are so grateful he was able to go there. We sent many packages, with things he needed.  Not sure what if any boxes we can send while he is in Bolivia, but if there is a way I will find it.  We are so looking forward to hearing that boy's voice tomorrow as he will get to call us from the airport.  He is excited, his testimony has grown so much, and he is ready.

He also gave me what he wanted on his plaque, I think it's perfect.

Enjoy...

Wow I have learned a lot of things from this place, my testimony has grown extremely and the Spirit that this place has I will never forget, I have made so many life long friends here who I will love and keep in contact with forever! But then again I'm so ready to get out! Don't get me wrong this place is rad and I loved every minute of it but oh man I NEED BOLIVIA! With less than 48 hours left until I leave I am so excited to finally get there! I mean I leave Monday at 3:30 am and I wont even get to my mission until around Tuesday night I'm still so excited!

THIS WEEK

Sunday: Another busy Sunday, something that is really hard here is at Sacrament meetings when they are announcing the speakers all they do is call out your name right from the mike.. No heads up or no notice which kinda blows but, you are set apart as a missionary so you are so capable to do it and the Lord will help you. So after the passing is done President Brooks gets up to announce the speakers and the first one is ME! haha!  I was super nervous.  So I walk up to the pulpit and I give my talk on Obedience and Agency and bear my testimony at the end! (In Spanish) but the craziest part of this Sunday was afterwords when I was done President Brooks gets up to speak for about 15 minutes and he shares the story of George Q. Cannon!  How he translated the Book of Mormon into Hawaiian and how half the missionary's there left after little success and he just bore testimony of the Gift of tongues and it was AMAZING! This spirit in the room so strong and it helped me so much cause I really needed to hear that.  It  was amazing, I asked him after why he picked me to talk and he just said, "I just go by the spirit" frekin beast!

Monday: I think I talked about these last week but we have these Skype TRC that we do with people from all over the world and me and my companion did that and its kinda just a Home teaching kinda thing so we just talked to her about Tithing and Fast Offerings and she was really nice and it was a lot of fun.

Tuesday: Another amazing Devotional we were lucky to hear from Elder Cook this week and oh man that man has such a strong testimony! He speaks so well and every thing he says sounds like he is talking right to you! I am so excited for Conference coming up and I feel extremely blessed to have that be my first week in the field when I am there!

Wednesday/Thursday: There is a lot of sickness going around right now with the weather changing and everyone is such close quarters with one another its bound to hit you. I was hit this week and Wednesday and Thursdays were the worst I stayed in bed like all day and did nothing but study. really boring and just a lot of sleep and Spanish study.

Friday: I felt pretty good this day we said good bye to our teachers and we are really sad to see them go, it's so nuts how a person can make such an impact in your life in such a small amount of time.

Yeah that is about it really, almost 40 kids will be leaving this week which will make a huge dent in our zone haha but everyone is really eager to leave but not gonna lie some tears will be shed. I loved this place and I will be sad to leave it come Monday morning. All is well, Love you all and I will speak with you soon!

 Me, Elder Dalton, Elder Bezzant, Elder Williams in front room

A dope pick of Christ 

- Elder Clayton
Bolivia Cochabamba

Here's a couple of emails that he sent to me.  I loved them and feel like they, too should be included in his documentation.

On Sat, Sep 23, 2017 at 12:03 AM, Tammy <claytonmom@comcast.net> wrote:
Hey Pal!  How are you?  Just thought I'd drop you a short note to let you know I didn't forget to send you a weekly email.  Hopefully,  you enjoyed your last boxes from home.  I loved being able to send you some fun things.  I did find that i left a pair of ear buds here.  I think there is a pair of apple ones in the shuffle we sent you.  If you need these, somehow I'll get them to you.

I'm sure hoping you have all you need and are excited to get on your way.

News from the neighborhood is;  Andee got her call on Wednesday.  West Virginia Charleston leaving in November.

I have loved having you down there, and even more so with the earthquakes that happened in Mexico. All the missionaries are good, but I guess selfishly I was glad you were only in Provo.

Fill us in on your last week.  Sure love you and am proud of you.

Love ya,

MOM

Haha thats so funny about Andee did you sing the John Denver song? ( Almost heaven, WEST VIRGINIA) that is like our district song we sing it at least 100 times a day!
Will you put that Gordon B.Hinkley quote on my plaqueI like that a ot. Yeah I feel like my Spanish skills were less by going to Provo but I don't really care because I had so much fun here and I would not change a thing! And the fact I could packages was huge! thanks

On Sat, Sep 23, 2017 at 12:57 PM, Tammy Clayton <claytonmom@comcast.net> wrote:
Which one are you wanting. Look at them and pick the number. We can get it to you...maybe at the airport. I think your brothers may sneak to see you. 1-8 go left to right.

Love you pal!

Mom

It's not in that picture haha sorry, I don't know what I did with it... Maybe I have it? no clue sorry.
I like that watch but I didn't want it. all good thanks for everything! those shoes are sweet and I'm so glad I have them! The pics of Christ are SICK! Love you!
haha that would be funny if they came I forgot I did that with Stetson,