Clanton, Lacey

Hi guys!  It's It's pday today since the quarantine missionaries got out so we had transfers yesterday:))) my companion and i are both staying together so I will be finishing up her training and we're so glad we are staying in our ward! Its an AMAZING ward!!  This week was really good! They don't really do Thanksgiving here at all, but we had some sweet members in our ward take us out for pizza on Thursday for Thanksgiving! My companion and i both ordered the "American" pizza together and the waiter who was about our age, DIED laughing just right in front of us! So funny  We also had zone conference this week with the whole mission! The day before, they asked if our companionship would help make a really big "american" Thanksgiving meal hahaha all they think we eat there for it is potatoes and bread, which isn't wrong but there's a lot more that goes into it haha so we had stuffing, turkey, rice (they insisted), yams and just other traditiona...

Nothing too much this week!  We had an Asia Area devotional with Uchtdorf which was AMAZING! It was super cool and special and felt like he was talking directly to me!  We had a lot of weird encounters with people on the street this week for some reason haha some guy just yelled mormon church and left, one guy we stopped to talk to was really interested in us Americans and our muscles (???)  Sooo we kept walking, another guy ran up to us and was really excited to see us because he takes english from elders in the mission! We also saw a wedding on the pier- which trunked us out of our minds (haha just kidding) but it looked magical We've had lots of choir practice this week for the missions December choir performances! This is the last week in the transfer! The quarantine American missionaries get out next Monday which means that my pday will be on tuesday next week! I could get a second baby but eh I don't think so this tranfer!  Okay I'll talk to you guys next week!...

Okay hi everybody! I have to make this one sort of quick!  Today we went on a hike! We hiked Lantau Peak and Big Buddha! It was so fun but wow, so sweaty, Big Buddha is BIG but the structure is under construction right now so we just saw the top of it! The hike was amazing but SO LONG and steep holy cow but like 60 year olds were doing it This week we switched it up and got some shake shack, we still got mcdonalds a few times, but those were just moments of weakness! Today we got it for breakfast but now were done for serious!  Sister wirig and I bought shawls, haven't taken them off since...comp study: SHAWLS, grocery store: SHAWLS,     church: SHAWLS, theyre the greatest things ever Story of the week!  We went out finding with a member this week and BOY was that an adventure! So she knows zero English, and talks in cantonese sooo fast,, so we really have to pray for the gift of tongues before doing anything with her! But so we met her at the mall where th...

Goodmorning!   Little miracle story for you this week!  My companion and I have been fasting and praying for our area for some time now because it's been pretty dead... We posted in a hong kong facebook group on Wednesday saying that we were new to hong kong and just asking people what hikes are their favorites! Well, a girl messaged us and told us she wanted to be friends! We got to messaging with her and invited her to church on Sunday! She said she didn't really know if she could make it because that's her only day off as a domestic helper and had lots to do.  Sunday rolls around and she calls me and tells me she's at the mtr exit to come to the church!! She came in and she's the sweetest! She's Indonesian but knows cantonese and english. She LOVED the meeting and just the whole time she was smiling and she would lean over to me and whisper in my ear "I'm so happy right now!" She understands some cantonese and so when she didn't understand s...

William Clanton & Shana Clanton 9203 NE 212th Ave Vancouver WA 98682 United States Dear Brother and Sister Clanton: It is with great pleasure that I write to inform you that your daughter, Sister Lacey Belle Clanton, has just been assigned to be a Trainer and Senior Companion. I want you to know how much Sister Chan and I love and admire your daughter and I know that Heavenly Father loves her as well. Sister Clanton is an exemplary missionary in every way. As a Trainer, Sister Clanton will now be responsible to help orient and train new companion in all aspects of missionary work, as taught in Preach My Gospel. Being a Trainer is a special responsibility. A Trainer has more potential for influencing the new missionary and the Mission, than any other assignment a seasoned missionary can be given. On page 48 of the Mission President’s Handbook it states. “One of the greatest expressions of trust that you can give a missionary is to assign him or her as a trainer of a new missionary. ...

William Clanton & Shana Clanton 9203 NE 212th Ave Vancouver WA 98682 United States Dear Brother and Sister Clanton: I am happy to report that your daughter, Sister Lacey Belle Clanton, has been assigned the important responsibility of being a Sister Training Leader in our mission. Sister Clanton has prepared herself well for this assignment and has been an exemplary missionary in the China Hong Kong Mission. As a Sister Training Leader, she will assist in overseeing the well-being of several sister missionaries in her zone. Her during will include: -Setting an example for the missionaries -Inspiring the missionaries by strengthening their faith in Jesus Christ -Teach missionary skills -Conducting companion exchanges with sister missionaries -Helping sister missionaries develop their language skills -Reporting about the well-being of the sisters to the mission president and his wife -Looking after the well-being of the sister missionaries in her zone Sister Chan and I lone and respe...

This week was busy so I'll just share a few things I remember!  - Our stake had a Halloween party on Saturday! So fun- my trainee wanted to dress up as princesses (totally not me) so of course I said yes!  -I got a Halloween package from my mom this week SO FUN LOVE HER  -We celebrated sister Ngans one year on the mission! She lives with us, she's awesome we bought her a cake  -our dryer turns off every five minutes for some reason so whenever I want to dry my clothes, I have to do studies or eat by by the dryer so I can restart it every time  -We only got ice cream 5 times this week and McDonald's 3... rip our fast (weve started going on runs every morning to even it out yk)  -We had a mission wide training about things they don't teach in the MTC- things special to Hong Kong culture and how to act and dress because we're representatives of Jesus Christ!  -I (finally) introduced my companion to one of my favorite places to eat- tombjai samgor! She sai...