Hello wonderful family. I sure hope you´re doing great! I am
doing awesome. It´s a great day here in Panamá. Nice, rainy, cool morning we
had. This week has been a sanctified one, I feel like. I am learning so much :)
But hey, before I get goin´ here, let me answer a few urgent questions for Mom
:) 1) my favorite P-day in the past little while was when we went bowling!! Here
in the city, Albrook Mall is the place for everything - and bowling is the hot
thing to do lately. Hah. 2) the craziest food I´ve eaten is called mondongo - it
is the insides of a cow. It´s really gross. When members ask me if there is
anything they shouldn´t give us, that is the only thing I insist on them not
feeding us. Hahah. Lastly, I wanted to tell you that I recieved your letter from
August 8th this past week!! It was so nice. I told Elder Whitcomb that he has to
give you a hug for me for that letter - it was exactly what I needed and it´s
still sitting on the desk by my bed - I´ve read it a couple times. Thanks again
:)
So I was reading through my journal this morning to get some
ideas of what I should write to you all, and I realized that I learn so much
every day! I wish I could write it all - but just know that every day this week
has been awesome. Great week of learning. I feel like now, comes the trial of
diligence - of putting all these lessons into practice, keeping them a part of
my daily routine throughout my whole mission and whole life. Of course it won´t
be easy - Satanás is always there buggin us. But I love the challenge.
Allright first I told you that I´d tell you about our temple
trip last week with Pte. Ward. It was so good! We went two Friday nights ago
with the Rodriguez family and they even brought Aerton - their autistic son. It
was special. Elder Whitcomb and I stayed with him just outside the temple
grounds while Pte. Ward and Roberto and Heidi went on a walk around the temple
and talked about what we do there. He is so amazing. Man - when it was time to
leave, Aerton didn´t want to leave - it was so great. He wanted to go into the
temple so bad and even tried to walk in a few times! I know it´s because he is a
special child of God and could feel the love of his Savior there. The Spirit
there we felt - the three of us - was so beautiful. There was hardly any talking
- just sitting there, looking at the temple :) The love of God is special.
Afterwards, Pte. Ward took my comp. and I to Dairy Queen - haha. He has gotta be
the best mission president ever.
This week we´ve seen a lot of our investigators continue to
progress - our baptisms are looking more and more secure! Knock on wood. Ruth,
Sofía, Emilivia, and Rachel. The only problem there is we are missing men -
missing priesthood. We´ve gotta find some men to baptize. Pero no importa, we
are changing lives and saving people in the kingdom of God!! How sweet. Isn´t it
cool I get to be the tool through which God works to bring people into His
kingdom? Best job in the world!
Well, my time is just about up, but I just wanna let you guys
know that I love the Book of Mormon. It is the physical evidence of God´s love
for us in these latter days!! It was saved by the hand of God up until now to be
a guide to us in THESE LATTER DAYS! More than anything else, it helps people to
draw closer to Christ and become converted. Since bringing people to Christ is
my purpose, I need to make sure I always help them understand the importance of
the BOM. I am amazed how after just reading a chapter or two in the morning
changes my whole perspective on the day - it just makes me happy. It gives me
The Spirit. I know The Book of Mormon is true.
Allright well I hope you guys have a great week and READ THE BOM!
Love you all.
-Elder Clarke
P.S...... my comp. and I spoke in church yesterday with the stake president
of the Panamá stake. It was so sweet. I spoke about becoming unified as a ward
through missionary work.
P.S.S...... I forgot to mention... um.. I think our baptisms now are
actually going to be the 30th of September, and not the 29th... :( Adam, I´m so
sorry!
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