Saturday, April 27, 2013

1/21/13

Hello family Clark.
Just so you know i am totally fine health wise, everything is all good here. 
this week we had to catch up in the office a ton from not being to work for a couple days. but i got all caught up which was a miracle and i also got a ton of other things done. i have some big projects i am trying it get done before my replacement gets here so he doesn't have problems. speaking of which transferees are on Sunday and Monday so i will know my future, hopefully. we will see if my replacement gets here, if so I'm gonna train the heck out of him, i will be like a drill Sargent, to avoid what happened to me when elder Cameron left. 
anyway so yeah lots of time in the offices but we did have some great things happen in the area., so we taught Gaby on Saturday and it went pretty well butt.. she didn't go to church, we don't know why. we think she will still be baptized on Saturday but i feel like Satan is giving all hes got. 
okay so the best thing of the week aka miracle was what happened in church. early in the week Sister Puente told us that her daughter who is 10 had a reference for us. it was a man named Rocke who they see everyday walking to school and talk to a lot, he is an ex friar( higher thank priest in the catholic church) . it was her birthday on Sunday so she told Rocke that he had to go to church with her because it was her birthday on Sunday. so she took us to meet him so we talked a little and told him where the church is and he promised to be there. 
we got to church and he showed up. Sacrament meeting was amazing, the young men talked and did really well. then in gospel principals we felt like we should teach the plan of salvation. we taught it so good, with tons of scriptures, the spirit was working so strong. then as we were waiting for priesthood to start Rocke started to talk to brother escutia( i acted like i wasn't listening) about his life and then he got chocked up and told him that he had been praying as hard as he could to become closer to god and  for the truth and to know what was going to happen after this life. i couldn't believe it. Brother escutia shared his testimony and then we had to go to elders quorum which was on non other than... baptism. thank you Teachings of Lorenzo Snow Chapter 4. another great lesson and as we left the class brother esutia told him to come back next week and he said of coarse, and we will see if you cant help me with that, pointing to the chalkboard, or pointing to the word baptism. azu!! Hermano escutia, sister puente and me and elder cayetano stood thinking,. what just happened??  
we are going to see how it all develops but sooooo cooool. we will see what Old man Satan has to say about it. 
 I know that the lord listens to prayers. 
on my mission i have come to the complete knowledge that this church is true. even lately in my mission. in my head there is absolutely no doubt, it is not a second thought or a meditation anymore. i am so greatful to be apart of it. but i am still working on my conversion, it is a hard long process with a ton of faith. 
mm it is so cool to be a missionary.
something really cool was that this less active couple are starting to reactivate. when i got here the brother had an accident in work and couldn't work for 6 -7 months, and his wife had there first baby a months of ago, with those two events they have humbled so much and have sincere desires to come unto the savior. the bother Oscar just got the aaronic priesthood this week. i care for them so much and so happy to see there lives improve.
so yeah i am doing great. learning and working
oh quick random thought, mom do you see the pictures that Eric sends, tigers, elephants, waterfalls. i just showed everyone here in the offices those pictures and they were dying. Oh and Jason are the 49ers in the super bowl or just close? 
sounds like Hawaii is and was amazing. dint know what to say. i learned so many small things this week. i read president Monsons talk about looking at blessing and prayer. i am so grateful for all the little and big things the lord has blessed me with, and i know that heavenly father answers prayers.
so this will be another busy week, prep for transfers. thanks for your prayers. it hit me so strong that you guys really do pray for me non stop when dad shared what breya said after the prays. it was like ohhh they really do, that's where all that strength comes from. non kidding, some moorings i should be totally dead but i don't feel tired and i am ready to start the day. 
alright, if you have any questions please ask.
Love Elder Clark

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