So this week.... I got addicted to street tacos. We had them on Tuesday, and every day since then (Except Sunday), we have gone to get them for breakfast. On tuesday, I got one with tongue, and one without. I didn't really know which was which and at the end I told Elder Johnson which one I liked more, and turns out I actually like the flavor of tongue and intestines! Honestly, I am going to miss street tacos when I come home in two years haha. They are super good and cheap and we have been trying all of the different shops to see which is best. I also ate Mole (It is a soup kind of thing with like 100 ingredients, 10 kinds of chili, and chocolate...) It was kind of weird and heavy but it wasn't terrible lol.
So we got a change in our missionary schedule! Now we get up, study for an hour and do daily planning in the morning! Then we leave at 10, and we come back to study whenever we have time. It is a big change, and it is all over the world, but so far Elder Johnson and I have loved it! We have been able to get to bed a little earlier since we don't daily plan at night, and find ourselves more energized because we can break up the day with studies. Elder Johnson says I am lucky I will have this my whole mission.
Anyways, this week was awesome!! One Monday night, we already had 8 new investigators which we found over the course of Sunday and a P-Day, and 8 investigators is our goal for the whole week! It was even more cool, because the family we found on a Monday night, we met with again on Friday, and put 3 new baptism dates!! They are super interested and ready for the gospel, and they still have two more sons that weren't there that we could set 2 more easy baptism dates too. I am hoping in February we start having all of our baptisms because when I got here, there was no dates. Now we have 8 baptism dates and have half of them in the entire zone with 5 other companionships! We have been really blessed with success lately. It was a little dissapointing with one lady though, we got a appointment with her, and taught her the first lesson. It was one of the best lessons Elder Johnson and I have ever taught, some of the best Spanish I have ever spoken, and a time when I felt the Spirit so powerful. I thought for sure she would get baptized, and I knew the Spirit had already touched her, but she rejected us and said she just can't leave her catholic church. We aren't going to give up though, and she said we could come back in 3 weeks but she refused to take a Book of Mormon. We were a little sad, but we didn't let that get us down, and we kept working. We met another lady this week who recently had a son that died and her mom has cancer. She was super accepting and soo nice. We plan to teach her about the Plan of Salvation this wednesday and just comfort her. She has two little granddaughters too that are super cute and remind me of Cami and Brea a lot. When I meet people like that, I am just so happy and we have met a ton of cool people out here I can't even write about them all! I am starting to just love the work and love being in Mexico. Afterall, I have to be here for 2 years so I might as well love every second!
So this week a few interesting/ funny things happened. In the street shops (teanges) we found old pure silver dollar coins from the US way back from as far as 1795! It was even more crazy when the guy said he was selling them for 20 pesos, just 1 dollar each! We seized the opportunity and bought them all. We think one of them might even be worth as much as $1,000 but even if not, they are super cool and interesting to think that that was the money that George Washington would be using just after the Revolution! The people just don't know what they are selling in the teanges haha. Also this week, we encountered another drunk... (uh oh) but this one was cool! He acted like he was our best friend haha. He was super interested in my eyes and thought they were fake haha, everyone thinks my eyes are so blue here. It got a little creepy when he said he had a dream about me too lol... so we left. He gave us a hug though and kissed our hand lol. Most of the drunks here are super friendly, and for everyone wondering, no we weren't robbed this week! (Two week streak woooooo!). One day we were cleaning the church with the Almas, and it turned out super funny. Elder Johnson and I were outside spraying the walls, basically power washing the windows and walls with a hose. They church is two stories so Alma and her sister, Chilito, were on the second floor. They had buckets of water, and tried dumping them on us down below. I would talk to Johnson in the super secret English language and tell him where they were while he acted like he couldn't see them. It was super funny and fun, but in the end, it just turned out to be a full out water fight and all of us ended up completely soaked. I had the map of the area in my pocket and it is ruined now haha.
Also this week has gotten a little crazy in Mexico. I guess gas prices went up like 3 pesos so everyone is starting to freak out. There have been a few riots I guess (not in my area) but we are safe. We are just staying alert, and some nights we have to go back to the house early. Nothing too bad, but I think it will be interesting to see how people react here when Trump goes into office. I also heard that Trump asked the Mormon Tabernacle Choir to sing at his Inaguration. I am not sure if that is true or not, but if it is that is funny.
Well I hope you guys all had an awesome first week of 2017!! Everyone returned to work and school I guess, back to their normal lives. It is a little sad when all the parties and holidays are over. I will keep you in my prayers! Have a great weeeek!
-Elder Clark
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