Hey everyone!!
This week was transfers and so that was crazy. We were at
the mission office all morning on Tuesday waiting for one Elder’s companion to show
up but it was still fun. The weather is finally starting to cool off here - it feels
so nice outside.
On Tuesday night we had the Branch Trunk or Treat with
another English ward for the candy part. I was able to try Mexican hot chocolate
and it was super yummy and there was lots of pan dulce. It is super yummy sweet
bread stuff. Sadly, they had no pan muerte, but it was awesome! I loved all the
kids and talking to everyone in the English and Spanish wards.
Then on Friday we had our missionary Halloween party as we weren’t
allowed outside. We watched some funny skits that each zone prepared. There
were 6 zones there, so like over 100 missionaries! It was awesome. The theme of
the skits was supposed to be about the worst member present lessons. I was in
one and was the investigator which went well, but we only had one microphone so
that made it hard! We had a ton of candy and desserts and watched 17 miracles.
It is really cool to be with so many missionaries - truly inspiring and fun to
see people.
We have one investigator who is doing really well. We have
been praying and fasting for him to get a new job as he works crazy, crazy
hours. He said, though, that he will take his last vacation day for the year to
go to church. But he really needs a new job so that he can attend every week. He
said something really cool to me on Thursday. I was on member splits and took a
priest in our ward (who is actually only 6 days younger than me). We were able
to teach a good lesson and at the end of the lesson our investigator said that
even though I don’t speak Spanish well, he knows the things I say are true. He
told us that he talked to some other missionaries a month ago or so that he saw
on the street and they didn’t convince him and he was sad that they didn’t have
the spirit with them. He went on and talked for a while about how he knew everything
was true. It really showed to me that I am not the teacher, rather the spirit
is. I am just the conduit for the light to flow into the investigator’s life.
That experience made me want to be even better and have the power of the spirit
with me more.
Saturday night was truly a miracle. We had some appointments
fall through and we didn’t have anything else to do. All our plans we had
originally planned were ten miles away and the people we were to meet with
weren’t there. As we were thinking of
where to go after dinner, I couldn’t think. My mind was just dead. I could
barely even remember our area. It was a major brain fart! So we pulled over
into a nearby church and said a prayer. Instantly, as I started praying, a name
came to mind. As I was praying, I pushed it back. In my prayer I even asked
"that we will be able to follow the promptings we receive" and their
name popped back into my head. Still, I ignored it. I told my comp of another
family we could go see and we headed out to see them. It was unsuccessful. My
comp then said the name of the people that had popped into my head earlier and
we headed out on bikes to their house. He said he had thought of them earlier too
but pushed their name back also. Once we got there they were having dinner and
they invited us in. We ate dinner with them (our second dinner, ha!). They had a
lot of extended family over. The carne asada was so good but the Lord didn’t
send us there for the food. The grandma of the family had just broken her toes
and we were able to give her a blessing. They had one son who only speaks English
and we talked to him and he is going back to the YSA ward. The mom who is not a
member thanked us for getting him back to church as he has been going down the
wrong path. And that’s not all. They had their aunt and uncle over who aren’t
members and we gave a quick spiritual thought about the power of faith and we
were asked to say a prayer. We asked the aunt what she needed us to pray for
and she broke down and cried. We said a prayer and the spirit was so strong.
It was truly a miracle. The rest of the night all our potentials turned into
return appointments.
I hope you all have a great week!!
Elder Clark
Elder Clark
Branch Trunk or Treat
Pan Dulce - yum!
District Meeting
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