Understanding Blessings of the Temple & Another Called to Serve

This week we anxiously await Stetson's call for his mission.  And as excited as we are here at home, Bridger seems equally as excited to hear the news.  He is hoping to get permission to call when he opens it and with faith it will happen.  He wrote me a very tender bday greeting that I will include her as well.  Even though the letter is to me, I want him to remember how awesome this is.  Not sure this would have happened if he had not experienced all he has as he has served faithfully and learned what truly is important in life.  I love him so much and so proud of who he has become.  We are so excited to have him come home, but yet I know a big piece of his heart will remain in this place he has called home for the last two years.  Enjoy...

What Up

Well first Happy Birthday Mom haaha i cant believe its already your birthday that's crazy are you guys doing anything fun going to dinner,  or movie let me know.SO this week was pretty average teaching wise we are teaching some way tight people This one lady named Jenzie hahah she is so tight i love the black people here the garifunas as they are known they are so freaking funny they are soooo chill and always laughing which makes it fun to teach them. this week we had divisions this week and it was funny because the elder that i was with was having the time of his life we got done for the night and he says man you guys teach cool people haha i think that's what its all about the mission is to find and help all of our Heavenly Fathers Kids which we all are so they are pretty much my family right. So i have to have fun with them. bUT i think thats why i want so badly to help and baptize these people so i can see them again and hang out with them en El Reino Celestial right. Man i love being a missionary its really the best thing in the world nothing compares to your own adventure...wherever you go I am so excited for Stetson to open his call. He will have the time of his life and everyone is going to love him out there because hes a way cool  kid as you all know. So any guesses of where you think hes gonna go i want to know where Grandma and Grandpa think and Mom or Dad do you guys have a guess i don't know i have been thinking about a million places from Jamaica to Hawaii to San Diego Cali or Chicago a ver verdad where he freaking goes but not gonna lie im stoked this week went by kinda slow i think bcause im just waiting to know haha funny how we always wait for big moments in our life right. Im trying to be better about that like Prres Uchtdorf taught to Find Joy in the Journey haha which we all have to do right find joy in all things. So yeah pretty much thats it i think the excitement is more at home this week then here in Honduras the ony thing is is that on Wed it hit 100 degrees haha and its hot again believe it or not but the best heat is about to come in the next month so cant wait for that. What else has been going on oh so this week here's the big news of the week Trujillo got to go to the Open House of the Tegucigalpa Temple it was super exciting here everyone getting ready also some of our investigators went 13 hour bus ride there and 13 hours back they were all in a bus for a total of 26 hours hahah but everyone said it was worth it so that was the cool part we saw pictures It is a beautiful temple i love it. I have definitely taken for granite the temple in my life to see it almost everyday of my life on the hill these people are lucky if they go 2 times a year!!!!  its amazing to see the members its like the pioneers i feel because to go to Teguc. was a real sacrifice there was money to be raised and it was hard but in the end like everything else it was worth it. I love that that everything that is hard is all worth it in the end.  The Church is true i will never deny it and i can tell anyone that with no fear i love the Book of Mormon and know its true I'm almost done ending 3rd Nephi this will be the 4th time in my mission and it just keep getting better. I love the scrip this week 2nefi 33:10 Believe

And as always Come What may and Love It

Love Elder Bridger Clayton

And my birthday letter from him...


Mom

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!! I can't believe its already the 18th of February that seems so crazy to me but I wanted to take a minute and write you a letter and tell you how thankful and grateful I am to have you for a mom in my life. You have aways been there for me i was thinking back to the South Davis Jr. High basketball tryouts...(what bull crap right) anyways i just remember i felt like the whole world had fallen down because that was my dream that is what i wanted more than anything i think the best word to describe me that day is...devastated. All i remember after is calling you and you coming fast to pick me up and help me man things so small have changed my life forever. I think about the time my car was stolen and you went  with me at 3 in the morning to the Beverly Hills of salt lake to get it with me. I was ticked honestly i know you know after dropping it in rusco i was mad and you told me everything would be ok. How did you know that i have no idea you definitely saw farther than me that night. And i have thought about these almost two years and how you have been behind me and been my strength when i have needed it most. To go to Internet every Monday and read your emails fills me with a spirit indescribable I love you mom  I really do and i will ALWAYS be there for you too.I have carried a sticker of Winnie the Pooh and the saying with me my whole mission so that you could be here with me as well. I hope we make  it back to Honduras one day that you can meet these wonderful people they are amazing. There are some places we definitely cant go for safety reasons haha but it is all good. I have never really been worried about me in my mission but more than anything you guys at home that you have all the needs and that everything is good. Anyways i love you so much i hope to catch you for a second today and wish you a Happy Birthday i love you and well cant wait to see you and give you a hug. Even though i don't really have the desire to leave Honduras everything will be good i know like they say come what may and love it.

Love Elder Bridger Clayton

Wow, I am one lucky mom to have such a wonderful son.  And, actually have three of them.