This week has been great! We have had the chance to meet with so many
awesome people. We also had stake
conference [a “stake” is made up of multiple congregations in a
specific geographic area] this last weekend. For our conference we had a broadcast from our
church leaders in Salt Lake City. Elder Quentin L. Cook was presiding. We also had Sister Dibb speak and a few
others. The main theme was missionary work. Elder Cook talked a lot about the
new change in missionary age. Since some
missionaries will be leaving home earlier, more preparation for missionary
service needs to happen before the MTC [Missionary Training Center]. Time at the MTC is
also going to be shortened. Elder Cook said that just because the age was
lowered, it didn't mean everyone ought to or should go out at that earlier
age. I think this was very wise counsel because
being a missionary is hard. Some other topics covered during the conference were:
family mission plans, how to help your
marriage, how to keep progressing, serving your neighbor, etc. It was a really great conference.
My Dad asked if I would share what
happens when someone brings up politics. As you may or may not know, we can't discuss
politics as missionaries. I have had quite a few times over my mission where we
knock on doors and the person who answers says, "We're not interested, but
we are voting for Romney." Sometimes they say "your guy" instead
of Romney. It is pretty funny. I just try to respond that it is good they
are voting. I would say the same thing
if they were voting for Obama too. I am not really interested much in politics right
now so this isn't a hard mission rule for me to follow. Sometimes it is non-members who ask and
sometimes members who ask what we hear when we go out tracting. Even though we don’t spend time talking about
politics, it'll be interesting to see what happens with missionary work after the
election.
I love you all so much! Thank you
for all you do and your service. Keep up the great work! Love, Sister Cluff.
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