Pasadena, California: Week 82

This was my first week here in Pasadena, and it's been pretty great so far! It is really close to Glendale, so already I've seen a couple Armenians and Armenian buildings and flags and stuff like that. In fact, we used to teach several people that live in Pasadena, and we passed by a place called Armen market that I have already been to like a year ago! 

On my first day here we met some super cool ward members, including one named Brother Huff who used to be a stake president, mission president, etc. He and his wife are amazing! We were planning to teach them a lesson about member missionary work, but they basically taught the lesson to us as we were eating dinner, then committed themselves to reach out to some friends of theirs that they can share the gospel with. And at church Sister Huff asked us for some passalong cards with our number on it that she can give to people who might be interested. Their example is really inspiring, and I hope I can be like them and have a desire to share the gospel with people long after my mission is over. 

My new companion is Elder Monteiro, and he's super cool. He's been out for about 10 months, and he's waiting for his visa to go to his original assignment in Brazil. He is originally from Cape Verde in Africa, and he moved over to Utah with his family when he was 14. So he's fluent in Portugese, and he only started learning English about 5 years ago, although his English is so good, you can hardly tell he doesn't speak it natively. 

My zone is cool too, there are several missionaries here that I have met before. There's been so much more awesome stuff happening this week but I'm low on time so I'll have to save some for next time.

Hope you have a great week! 

Elder Clayton

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