This week was a little tougher. Elder Johnson and I both got kind of sick this week. We ate some weird food this week so it could've been anything. One day I had some super spicy soup with cactus and dried fish in it haha, that was kind of gross. We had stuffed peppers too and I wasn't a huge fan of that. Last night I ate pigs feet and that was just super gross haha, I hope I never have to eat that again. A lot of good happened this week too. I love playing with the little kids here, their siblings must not play with them very much because every time we come over, they are so happy and excited and just want to wrestle, and play with cars, and race us haha. It is super fun and makes me happy. One night it was about 8:30 and we just finished our last appointment. Instead of going back to the house early, we decided to contact a street, and a few houses in, a 21 year old named Omar let us in. He seemed really interested in us and we didn't have much time but he likes our church since we aren't looking for money from people, that is what has drawn him away from religion in the past. We have another appointment with him tomorrow! We also met another new investigator, Martha Sanchez. For some reason when we found her, I just got this overwhelming feeling that she needs help and that she is ready to get the gospel. That made me happy when I was sharing that message and I think she could feel some of that happiness too. We are also going back to her tomorrow. One night we went in with some 85 year old. He is basically blind, he can only see stuff right in front of us. He is from Peru and literally never stops talking. He has so many funny stories and is hilarious, but since he won't ever stop and listen to us, I don't know if we will ever be able to teach the first lesson to him, let alone, have him progress. For now, we have just been loving him and being his friend, and we will see where it goes. He also apparently made himself a priest in some other church, and he always sleeps with his little Bible, so every visit he insists on giving us a "Priesthood" Blessing haha. It is kind of funny. The baptism got cancelled for this week, but we set another date with her January 7 because she has to get married still. I guess they just don't have the money to get married right now, so we had to postpone the baptism. Getting married here is super easy though and not as big as it was back in the states, it costs like $20 and you just go to a judge and he does it. We might help pay for some of it. We are also helping an old lady stop smoking and prepare to be baptized in January as well! It has actually gone really great, she has gone from smoking 8 a day to 2 day since we have visited her. I know Heavenly Father is helping her. But we continue to have a ton of success each and every day and are working hard! For that reason, time really has been going by fast. The Weather is perfect here too. It is never too cold or hot year round, and stays between 50 and 80 degrees the whole year. It is literally amazing, I can still wear shorts right now on P Days and feel great!! This week a few intersting things have happened. I had to flush with a bucket, that was kind of an interesting experience haha, I now know the physics behind toilets! Guess what else happened... we just happened to pass by the same drunk guy that robbed us last week. He demanded we give him more money so I gave him 10 pesos and left. I guess I will just have to work that into my weekly budget or pray to never see him again. We were surprised he remembered us though because he was so drunk last time. If we see him again, we might just run because I doubt he can run very far and if he has a gun, he probably can't aim very well either lol. Just kidding mom, I will stay safe! I cannot wait for Christmas though!!! Ugh I am so excited! We had a ward Christmas party the other night, and a pretty talented family set up their rock band. They played guitar, drums and sang to the Beatles, it is kind of funny and awesome too. The food at the party was really good. This morning we got haircuts for like $3 and they are super good at cutting hair here too! Well that was my week, I hope everyone had a great week and had a good week before Christmas too! T-Clark out.
-Elder Clark
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