So this week has been crazy. Kind of a hard week, won´t lie. But, really, I have reason to be happy about that. Trials help us grow - we all know that. One thing that happened for the first time in my mission this week was we were actually thrown out of a house..... yikes. Kind of scary. We were having a wonderful spiritual lesson with a middle-aged lady, when about half-way through, her old grouchy ¨proclaimed devout catholic¨ husband came out of another room and demanded, shouted at us that we leave his house that instant. Man.... so sad. It really just made me sad. But at the same time, The Lord prepares His people in their own time and place. We saw that guy a few days later in the street and went up to him, shook his hand, asked him how he was doing. Ya know. You gotta treat em how Christ would´ve.
Allright so Elder Stegelmeier is awesome. He is teaching me
so much. I love how much you can learn from every companion. He is fresh out of
the MTC and has The Spirit with him so strong!! I love having him as my comp to
bring back some of that MTC goodness. :) We have put lots of baptismal fechas -
and a lot have fallen. But, we will continue to work until The Lord puts people
in our path. One thing that is so obvious here is that it´s The Lord´s work -
not ours. We just do what we´re supposed to, and The Lord blesses us - with or
without baptisms. It´s all about what The Lord needs or wants in that moment.
I´m so lucky to be a missionary. Our two strongest bap. prospects right now are
Ariel - a 16 year old grandson of Emílvia, and Síria - a 14 year old niece of a
less-active member. Looking for more. :)
Well I really didn´t have too much time to write today, and
I apologize, but I´m doing well, learning and growing. I loved so much and
appreciate the letters from Mom, Dad, and Dave this week. Dave, I am seriously
so excited for you. Wow. Sorry about your tooth problem though. Mom, I´m glad
Elder Whitcomb was able to speak with you. He is the best. May you all have a
wonderful week! Love you all.
-Elder Clarke
P.S.... I´m sending a pic of one of my recent trials..... my first pair of
shoes is officially wasted. Don´t worry about sending me any more pairs though -
I´ve still got two more to bust up :)
P.S.S..... Another fun trial this week: hardly any water in the house the
past 4 days. The running water hardly runs... if you get what I´m saying.
look for more pictures added to the last 2 posts below!
look for more pictures added to the last 2 posts below!
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