1/2/12

alright well... it feels good to be in 2012. i realized that i will this entire year i will be on my mission, i guess not to hard to figure out but to me it is cool. 2011 was the best year of my life and i hope that 2012 will be better and i know it will.

this week in the mtc was pretty legit, i cant remember partictually what i learned exactly but i can think of a few things, i learned so much. one of things i learned teaching wise is how the atonment is in teaching, if you have the atonment as the center of your lessons they build so well and make more sense, we practiced that this week and one of the days we had a sub who kinda drilled it into us but after one of our practices the sub told me how good i did and that i seems like i have a passion for it. it made me feel really good, i dont think i did that well but i do care about this work so much and espectially the atonment. i know how real the strength is from the savior and the atonment, i hope i can help people realize this. another thing i have dont in the season of goals was a goal for particually the last 2 weeks i am here, but also for my mission and my life. is give every inch, jason might know the quote it is from 'any given sunday' any way the coach tells the team "that the inches we need our everywhere, on this team we fight for that inch, we die for that inch we claw with our fingernails for that inch." i am giving every inch i have , well trying to. i am relying on the lord for the strength but i am trying to give it my all. i learned this week how much i need the spirit and strenght and that comes from exact obdience, much prayer, giving every inch. alma 17 2,3 is my favorite scripture, i can teach wtih the power and authority of god.

okay well yeah so i am learning a lot haha, its spanish go time and i am getting better at speaking it the whole day. man i have so much gramer to cram in, i have a lot to do the last 2 weeks lets just say, but i have learned so much spanish, sorry mom didnt speak any in the tape recording, felt to awkard but i guess i can say some when we talk on the 16th which is supper close btw.

i loved your letters so much this week, they help me so much and it seems like you always say what i need to hear and my testimony is always strengthend. my rose of the year was the day of my farewell....... i think. or my birthday. just anything with you guys familly. i love you all more than you can ever know.

dad that byu game soundeedddd amazzzzing. my heart was pounding when i read your play by play. i felt like i was there. riley is the man. canter sounds bad hahahhah

hope all is good and hawaii was fun and life is good, miss everyone. thanks so much for the prayers. t minus 2 weeks

Elder Clark

P.S. thank you sooooo much for the package!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i love hawaii stuff with all my hear, best part of my weak!!! besides the spirit