This and That

 Golfed at Bonneville last Tuesday. Here's my besties for golf.  We were missing our other bestie Kim who had to work.  Maureen, Victoria, Sandra and Jenn

We did a goldfish activity at school called Tragedy of the Commons.  It was fun and we had tons of Goldfish which is always a hit.

Night at Hale.  We saw Hallmarked and it was in the new Theater.  It was about a 5.5 out of 10 but it was fun to see something different.  Marlena got cut off in the picture.  Glad Marti is there alive after his heart attack.  

We also dissected Sheep hearts at school.  They are a pain but very cool.  Itis always high interest and high management.  Love it but glad it is over.  I'll miss it in 4 years when I retire and sit at home all day

Been to the hotworx and took my preworkout as Nick calls it.  I have new shaker bottles.  They are called Blender Bottle and I love them.  I saw them at the Target and had to try them.  They work so well and don't leak.  Love the colors.  Great for preworkout.  

Here's Stephen Smith at the hotworx.  He is trying to be soo cool with his perfectly combed long hair and cut off shirts.  Love his Hotworx but he is too much.  This is a new video

Love the Abi and Brody.   They are testing out their water slide park in Phoenix so Michelle and I can go and waterslide in the summer.  Can't wait. 

And finally, sitting with God in my Golf sweater.  Get there early to sit with Him.  It is a great idea to sit and listen to the Organ Music.  

It is May the 4th, and I'm at school wearing my May the Forest be with You.  

Trying this out for my hair loss.  We'll see how it works

Blessed week - Jack's email from Alaska

What is up everyone!! Another rainy, cloudy, and windy week in the books here in Alaska. This week was probably the most blessed week in my mission for sure. We found so many new people this week to start teaching and it was awesome! This upcoming week is the last week of the transfer so it will be a good on for sure! Let's get into the week!!

 Highlights:

- One of the biggest miracles was we had a phone lesson with a friend named Ashley who we taught for the first time, she ended up coming to church!

 - we had zone council yesterday and the mission president joined us. We all bore our testimonies at the end and it was a very spiritual moment.

 - we had a good lesson with our friend Rodney, he's goin thru it with the drugs and stuff. We didn't plan on it but felt inspired to invite him to baptism. Said he was already baptized so he said no. But besides that it was such a good lesson for him.

 -Luke Nichols from the outdoor boys was on a zoom call with us last night 

 Lowlights:

- our other friends have slowly been not progressing so we might be dropping some of them soon 

 - it's still cold 

 - got into a lot of arguments compared to discussions this week with people

 Spiritual thought: 

I started rereading the gospels this week. I have almost finished Matthew and I was reading about his final week on earth. When he suffered and died for us and reading it I have just come to realize how blessed we are to have the knowledge of the atonement. To know Jesus Christ loved us so much he suffered for every single one of us. I also love how in this Jesus says in Matthew 26:39 And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.

He showed us what aligning our will with God is and how to truly be humble. That is the best Gift I've been able to see on my mission is the power the atonement has on all of God's children.

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Morning Mrs. Clemons

This morning before school,  I head to Holiday and get a drink.  I do this every day.  Today, I hear "Mrs. Clemons"  and look up and it is Nick.  Nick had been to Basketball and showed up at Holiday.  Conveniently it was when I was there to buy him a drink AND some Monsters.  He said he had a busy day planned. He was going to apply for a job.  He is out of School and home From Utah State.  He needs a job for the summer.  

I was at Lowe's the other day getting a garbage disposal.  I saw that they now have a pet section.  Guess I need to get Ton something from the Lowe's.  

Abi turns 26

 Abi turned 26 on April 26, 2026.  She has officially dropped of my health insurance.  Good thing she has a great job and is now a Physician Assistant working at the Bariatric Clinic in Arizona!  

Abi rocks!  She is super smart, fun, sensitive and kind.  She's a great golfer and even better Water slider.  She loves to have fun and talk about Science.  She brightens everyone's day!  

I miss her every day.  Glad she's living her best life and rocking it in Arizona.  Happy Birthday to Abi!  She rocks! I can't wait to see her and water slide and golf, and talk about science and go to Blanco and the Botanical Garden at night when it isn't hot!  

I love that she loves Dusters from Women Within.  The are the best.  

Alaska gotta be part of the Bible belt - Jack's email from Alaska

Hello everyone!! It has been another blessed week here in Alaska. We had so many cool miracles happen and have been grinding over here. My comp Elder Mcguire is a very smart guy but sometimes he let's that get to him when talking to others. We found ourselves having lots of success this week and also getting into more "arguments" than discussions with people. But based on the title let's talk about just some of the people I've met this week.

 We met a guy named Joe, joe is a very interesting guy. Said that calling Jesus by his name is satanic and we have to call him by the original Hebrew name of yeshua. He says that he receives twice the blessings doing that. I told him he must live a good life if he receives double the blessings I do. It was actually nuts but like whatever he was wack.

We met a guy names Taylor who also somehow only calls Jesus by yeshua and doesn't consider himself Christian and finds religion as a joke. But yeah it was a wack convo. He asked us what the new testament was written in and I told him Greek and he doesn't agree but it was also another interesting conversation. 

 We met another guy just on the side of the road. We talked about premarital existence and he doesn't agree. So I brought up a verse and it was Jeremiah 1:5 and he said that talked about Jesus. He said Jesus wasn't a prophet so I said, if it was about jesus then how is he not a prophet? He was quiet afterwards and I tried to just tell him to read the book of mormon then he said he was busy so we just gave him a church invite.

 Anyways this is the highlight section. 

-we found 3 more people to teach!

-we had a friend named Sydney who we almost put on date a couple of weeks ago, we weren't able to get in contact with him for awhile. We stopped by Saturday morning and talked with him and ended up putting him on date for baptism!

- we had a church tour with our new friend Annie!

 Low lights:

- none of our friends showed up to church.

-we had a controversial topic in EQ and someone crashed out and walked out mid lesson because of it.

 -it's still pretty cold here and the weather hasn't been fun. 

 Always, we are still grinding i am loving the mission and it's been blessed.

 Spiritual thought:

Alma 26:12 

Yea, I know that I am nothing; as to my strength I am weak; therefore I will not boast of myself, but I will boast of my God, for in his strength I can do all things; yea, behold, many mighty miracles we have wrought in this land, for which we will praise his name forever.

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Nick is home and other updates

 Nick arrived home from Utah State for the Summer.  He doesn't have a job, so he needs to get one.  One thing about the Clemons, is that we don't have any money so everyone has to have a job.  

He decided to be a History Teacher.  He is pretty stoked about that choice and me too.  Teachers are great.  I know a few.  He had a great year and said he even passed his classes. 

I'm glad to have him home.  Maybe he will want to play some golf or take a hike or paddleboard.

I thought this was cute for an event.  Just putting it here for future

I have been at Hotworx for over a year at the NSL location.  I got 20 percent off so I got a new Towel.  I They only got a few blue ones in so I got one.  Michelle liked the color so much, she had me get one for her since her location doesn't have the blue.  Can't wait to rest on the blue towels.  I'm sure they are as good for resting as my other towel.  One of these days I might even use it for Yoga or Pilates.

I went to the store before school to get something for my lunch.  I saw these donuts and decided I would LOVE a breakfast of champions.  They were so good.  The twist was actually better than the chocolate.  Who would have thought

Battery in my remote for the car died.  I watched a Youtube and replaced the batteries in both remotes.  Got them at the Lees'.  I was so proud of myself.  They work great now.

Brooke and Ty are new homeowners!!  I haven't seen it yet!   She sent me this.

Golf at Forest dale.   Not sure why I like to take a pic.  I wear the same clothes all the time so I could just post a pic of the last time.  Maybe when I die, my posterity (if I ever have any more) will remember how fun I was.  )  I did get that new Black 3 quarter zip that is FootJoy.  That's my new favorite brand. 

Earth Day 2026

April 22 is Earth Day.  In our usual fashion, the Science teachers wear our Earth Day shirts.  This is the one we got this year.

We actually wear an Earth Day shirt ALL week. We call it Earth week.  These are the shirts I have to choose from  We have been getting our shirt for about 12 years.

I wore this one already this week.  We are choosing one from the above pic for tomorrow.

AND the one for Thursday is this one.  We don't have school on Friday.  We worked it some other time. So today is the last day of Earth Shirts.

Fire week and outdoor boys - Jack's email from Alaska

What is up everyone! This week was really good again and we had some fire miracles. Yes I also met the outdoor boys guy yesterday so for all those who ask yes I did it

 Highlights though

-we stopped on the side of the road and met this guy named Brandon, he said he is missing something in his life. We gave him a book of mormon and invited him to church he didn't pull up sadly though

-taught a dude while he was smoking and it was actually nasty, but he took the book of mormon and said he'd read it. 

 -our friend Kevin pulled up to church even though he's got legal issues with someone in our ward.

 - this guy bashed us and tried to tell me the Bible was only written in Hebrew and he was wrong. He also only calls Jesus by the name yeshua. 

 -probably had the best food I've ever had yesterday at a members house. Some good ol prime rib went crazy. 

 Lows

-Sydney hasn't contacted us since he said he wanted to be baptized 

 - our friends are lowkey just being some opps frfr

Anyways that's pretty much it. Feel free to send me an email I love hearing from you all 

 John 15:13

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

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