January 7, 2013 - Clinton

Dear Family:

Greeting from Iowa!  It has been a good week here in Clinton.  On Monday of last week we spent the day in Geneseo and had some fun getting to know eachother a little bit better.  Throughout the rest of the week we tried to talk with as many people as we could.  We did not get in a lot of houses but we tried to touch there lives.  We were able to visit our only young investigator in the area.  His parents think that he will be baptized in March with his sister so that his Grandpa doesn't need to make multiple trips to Iowa.  We also had the great opportunity to go to the Nauvoo temple and do some work there.  It truly is a great temple and the spirit is so strong there.  Being away from a temple for as long as I have it was great to take some time and just get lost in the spirit.  We also ran into a future missionary in the Iowa Des Moines mission.  He told us that he was leaving in a few weeks for the MTC and will be out in the field in February.  Elder Barson continues to tell me that I will be training him.  So in other words: it was a bad week for missionary work but still a good week in spirit.

It is still a little bit cold.  The snow is melting and it is a little warmer.  I am hoping that it will snow again soon.  The only thing that I love about winter is the snow.  It just looks so pure and beautiful.  However I do not like the Ice.  And unfortunately Ice is very common in Iowa during the winter.  My knee is doing well.  The bruises from the tendons have disappeared and I am exercising it a lot.  I am keeping my brace on when I am outside and am trying not to slip on the ice.  Well I am running out of things to talk about.

Thanks for the Emails that I get!  Love you all and I hope that everyone is trying to keep warm during this cold season.  The Gospel is True!

Sincerely;
Elder Spencer Ariotti