Letter from Clint- A week of ups and downs- Sent January 30,2012

this week has been a little bit crazy. my companion elder jacinto has about 5 months in the mission. he has some things to learn like obedience. haha  but he has a lot of desire to help out the less active members to com back to church. but he has little desire to look for new investigators and teach them. this week we have been working a lot with the branch. we felt that the branch was falling so we are  trying to help out with the  strength  of the members. but we have been failing to teach are new investigators. it drives me crazy sometimes how  week  the member are here. i want to say out of this branch we have about 30 people that come normally and only about 5-6 saints that really have a conviction of what is taught and they live. them and those five or six people enter the temple often....   That shows you the difference. WHOSE MAKING THE EFFORT TO GO TO THE TEMPLE... if not you are not a saint... you are only a member of the true church of Jesus Christ on the earth. SAINTS enter temples. Saints obey the commandments of God. I Like the scripture that says. if you cant keep the smallest commandment. you will be small in the kingdom of god.  

This week we found an old investigator of the elders from Santiago in are area she had moved and was very down that she had moved and lost contact with the missionaries. but to make things a little shorter she is preparing with my companion and I for her baptism this Saturday.  Her name is Gladis and she is 16. 

I LOVE YOU ALL: BE SAINTS AND GO TO THE TEMPLE ELDER LONG