Saturday, April 27, 2013

12/17/12

Hello Family.
Well what a week. I have about 1000000000,00000000000 things to do and about 1000000000000000,0000000000.99 things in my head so i don't know where to start.
Okay so first of The cambios were on Thursday?' What? yeah it was special transfers for the whole mission. everyone was told on Wednesday at like 7 at night and had to leave the next morning. So as far as me the cambios went like this.... I am staying in Guadalupe and my new Companion is Elder Cayetano! the Executive secretary, and elder Bennett went to the old area of Elder Cayetano with Elder Buhler. so it was just a switch of companions in the offices. wooww. We were not expecting that. I Really like Elder Cayetanos, we are already really good friends. He reminds me a ton of Jason, a ton. However this means I will be here at least another 2 transfers, and also elder cayetano which I have no idea when I will leave and how I will train my new finance elder when I'm companions with elder cayetano who will also have to train somebody to take his place. It looks like president doesn't  have it planed out which means I should be here a while longer. Which means I will break the record for longest time as financial Secretary in this mission. Well what can you do, but I'm at peace with it all, I have no complaints. 
The only thing is that right now I am just so busy. The end of the year in finances is the worst time ever, at least in the church. president was telling his end of year stories as controller of fiances how he would just bring his clothes and blanket and stuff to his office and work until late and then crash in his office until the next day. So he told me today pretty much ¨sorry but that's how it is¨. Please Please wish me luck.
Okay so yesterday on Sunday I got a call From my old area Pedregal and on the other End of the line was Elder Montejano( who had finished his mission in August). I don't know if you guys remember me talking about Jauny and Andres back in May and June, well juany finally got Baptized!! and elder Miontejano Came from his house to Baptize her. I was sooooo pumped. Elder Montejano and I found her knocking doors, I really care about her so much and was so sad when I heard she still wasn't baptized. so that was a highlight of the week
Okay so Christmas call. So I'm really sorry that I told you guys unofficially last week that it would be on Christmas day in the morning because its not going to be. It will be on Sunday the 23rd! I'm sorry president changed his mind. So I need you guys to call me At 7:00 PM Monterrey Time. ( I think its 6 your time) 
the Number is 
 11010008.  if i don't answer keep calling, but don't start calling before 6:55. 
It's still been warm all week so it doesn't quiet feel like Christmas.

It was a good week. I Feel really good with elder cayetano as my companion, I know we have a lot of success together. He is pretty excited too. He was really sad on Wednesday and Thursday about the change but on Sunday in church he fell  in love with the Ward. He said he had been praying a ton for help to be more spiritual and he says that this change was the answer to his prayers. On Tuesday everyone in my whole generation( who have the exact same time as a missionary as me) slept in the offices, it was so fun. I got to hang out with Elder Wieberg and Elder Powell.
Last night we had a lesson with Saul the Mexican American, it was in Spanglish, he talked to me in English and then would explain things to elder cayetano in Spanish. But anyway we got there and as we were walking into his house he told me that we didn't want the Book of Mormon or to talk about Joseph smith and started to just go off on the Book of Mormon.  He had read the introduction, the testimony of Joseph Smith and the witnesses and some random war chapters in Alma.  We gave him the Book of Mormon when we meet him so he didn't know anything about the restoration and he was super confused and mad and defensive, so I started to explain it all but that just brought up more questions including how angel Moroni could be resurrected if were not going to be resurrected until the second coming. So I felt like we needed to say a prayer and we did, Elder cayetano and I explained the heck out of it all, and gave our testimonies and by the end he was willing to read the Book of Mormon and pray to know. I Have a testimony of the power of testimony. I bore mine in English and I was able to express exactly what I wanted to with all my sincerity, and it change his whole thinking. 
I know that the Book of Mormon is true, I know that Joseph Smith was a prophet. I know it through the power of the holy ghost.
Mom I loved the pictures. Love you all. Talk to you on Sunday!!!! 
Gotta go. 
love
The Elder Clark

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