I have so many feelings going on right now and so many things to say - I can honestly say I don´t think I´ve ever had a more joyful time in my life. True joy. Not temporary pleasure, no, but pure joy. More than anything, however, before I start, I just want you all to know that I love each and every one of you so so much.
AHHHHHHH. Ok. So I cannot write anything else before saying
that I AM SOOOOOOO HAPPPY and EXCITED FOR
DAVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WoW!!!!! My goodness. When Pres.
Monson got up and started talking about missionaries, like Mom, I already knew
what was coming. All of us missionaries all felt it coming, and we were hanging
on to every word, like it was the last thing the Prophet would ever say.
Maaaaaaaaaaannn. When he finally said it, the first thought turned to Dave. I
wanted to cry!! I couldn´t even say anything. My heart was so full of joy. Dave,
I truly am so excited for you to join the ranks as a representative of Jesus
Christ. It´s not easy - but worth every minute. I´m also so proud to have a
brother - such an example to me - that was so willing to answer the call right
away. I love you, and I know The Lord will bless you in your mission. I can´t
wait to hear where you´re going!!!!!!! Ah!!!!!!!!! (p.s... if you came to
Panamá, I wouldn´t be disappointed. And if you don´t come to Panamá - sorry -
it´s the best mission in the world :))
Allright so this week has been wild. But like I said before -
probably one of the most truly joy-filled weeks of my whole life. So I waved
goodbye to Elder Whitcomb on Wednesday. He´s now at home in Boston with his
family. Congrats to him - he baptized his 8 year old brother this past Saturday.
How cool.
So Tuesday morning I got some suprising news in a phone call
from my ZL´s - they informed me that I´d be training this change. Crazy right?!
So Wednesday morning, I was introduced to my new companion - Elder Stegelmeier -
fresh out of the MTC. He´s awesome! He´s from Dayton, Idaho, and was a potato
farmer. AKA..... super hard worker. I LOVE it! He has already taught me alot. We
are gonna see miracles together. I only hope I can teach him as much as Elder
Rich taught me. But more importantly, I hope I can teach him what God needs him
to learn.
Anyway, back to conference. I LOVED it!! Wow! Conference just
keeps getting better and better. With the big announcement and all, and even all
the talks afterward as well, it suddenly became so much more apparent and
inspiring to me at the rapid pace the Church is now moving. This IS the last
days. There are battles to fight against Satan. There are people to inform,
souls to save. Satan has made great strides in the past little bit, and now we
see the Church making their move. The reality of the fight against Satan in the
last days is really starting to roll. I love it and I´m so grateful and blessed
to be alive at this time. I will fight until the end for truth. I will step up
to the challenge. And there are so many more who are willing as well. I know we
will not lose this battle.
Ok, so conference. My favorite session was by far the Sunday
afternoon session. I´m sorry, but I just could not decide on a favorite. Every
single talk in the last session was my favorite. Ruth was able to come, and I
accompanied her in the spanish session Sunday morning. So awesome.
Anyway, I have SOOO much more to write, but I´m sadly out of
time. I love you all and hope you all have an awesome week.
-Elder Clarke
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