Dear Family:
Well it has been another week in Clinton. The weather has been very confused these last few days. It seems that we are on this pattern where we get very cold and maybe a little snow and then it starts warming up. We are right now where we are warming up before the cold gets here. It is right now in the 50's outside and is raining. Tomorrow it is going to get very cold all the sudden and a little bit of snow. We do not know how much but we here it is going to be a few inches. Nothing like what I here you guys are getting in Utah. We did get grounded last Sunday because there was a threat of freezing rain but it was not bad outside. Me and Elder Barson were sick on Sunday so it was not like we could do much anyway. I had a sore throat and Elder Barson had a little cold. We were both feeling great by the end of the day after some sleep. The Iowa Winter Games were great on Saturday. It was a long drive to the destination but it was fun. Me and Elder Barson did the score keeping for some sixth graders. We did get yelled at a few times because the score was wrong but we fixed the problem. I dont think they even knew that we were just missionaries and not professionals. One of the coaches thought we were from the CIA and that President Obama was coming into town. We had a mother come up to us after a game and talk to us about how we took her son out of the last 6 minutes of the game because of his five fouls. She said he only had four even though I showed the foul sheet to the kids coach at half time and it showed that he had four fouls. So yeah it was very interesting to be on the other side of the audience for this job. We did get to watch a lot of basketball though and got free T-shirts.
The work is going great. The referral that we got last week for the old investigator turned out to be golden. He really wants to change his life around and wants help with life. His girl friend wants to get active and wants to go to the temple someday. The only problem is that they are both out of a job and it is the end of the month. They both have no money and only she has a sure place to stay at. So we do have some issues but I just have a feeling that everything will be OK. We have been having a problem with getting a hold of the other investigators in our teaching pool but we are holding strong to hope. We have also received a confirmation that I may be going back to Canton to open it up to missionary work again. With interviews this past week Elder Barson asked President Jergensen what he was planning with that area. President responded with this: "I was thinking about sending Elder Ariotti to Canton today. This is just a confirmation by the Spirit." One of the Zone Leaders asked the same question but he did not tell us what President said back. So expect next week an email saying that I am going back to Canton. I will miss this area. The members have been so nice and the investigators are so nice and accepting. It is a shame I may not be coming back to this place.
Well nothing else to report on. Love you all and I continue to pray for you all every night.
Sincerely;
Elder Spencer Ariotti
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