My Favorite People,
So this week was pretty darn amazing, and maybe one of the fastest weeks I've ever had in the mission. To be honest I hardly know where it went, and barely remember what happened. And I'm sorry I don't really have another cool story to tell like getting ran over by a motorcycle, or being in an earthquake, or riding a mechanical bull, I guess not every week can be as fun, adventure-filled week, but I will admit, the work has been amazing and full of miracles this week so I suppose I can focus on that. After all that is why I am here on a mission, I just enjoy telling you guys fun, interesting stories each week haha.
So first of all our zone is continuing to do amazing. We are continually growing in baptismal dates and this week we were able to find MORE than 100 news!! It was truly a miracle and I'm do grateful for this great zone I have this opportunity to work with. Also our area here is now flourishing with work and I couldn't be happier. After not having a baptismal date for 2 whole months, we were able to find 3 different, prepared, children of God and set 3 baptism dates this week! I am so excited and hope to help this area turn around and be one of the best areas in the mission! We also have found some other awesome investigators this week that we hope to put some more baptismal dates. One of my favorite investigators who we have right now, Francisco, will be an amazing convert. He always told us that he wants to get sealed with his wife in the temple in a year from now, and wants to get baptized so bad. We have his date scheduled for the 28th of October. And of course I've been able to see miracles and the Lord's hand guiding us strongly on our work. One day we passed by someone in the street, and I guess my companion, Elder Revolorio, waved and smiled at her. We kept walking and my companion mentioned to me, "that lady seemed super nice and friendly." After walking in silence for a few more seconds I stopped and said, well, we better go talk to her. So we turned around and tracked down this lady wherever she went so we could contact her. And good thing we did because she was very warm and friendly and open to accept us. We have a return appointment this week. Maybe my favorite miracle though came on Saturday. On Saturday I started fasting and I decided to fast specifically that we could find a new family of at least 3 kids that we could find, teach, and baptize. Walking back to the house Saturday night, we found a mom with her three little girls walking in the street and we stopped to talk to them. We soon found out that the mom is deaf, and couldn't hear us, so her 15 year old daughter translated everything we said. The girls were really interested and excited to hear from us, but the mom said she feels uncomfortable going to church because she can't hear anything, but they've been looking for a church with a translator... Well, after thinking for a minute we told excitedly told her, YES! We have someone who can translate for her in our church! It just worked out perfectly that we have a family in our ward as well that has a couple deaf people with them and who know sign language. It was a miracle to me that it just happened that we were able to find that family with special needs, in our ward specifically who is one of the only wards who can provide for those needs. I feel so grateful that Heavenly Father answered my prayer and fast, and that He could provide the way to Salvation and Exaltation for each of His children. And I especially love seeing all of the many blessings and miracles that come when we diligently seek the Lord's help.
I would also like to announce that Damian and his whole family went to church this last week!! Elder Robinson (the new missionary in my old area in Villada) said he was just walking around to all the memebers and telling them, oh yeah! I love it here and I am getting baptized the 28th! I am so grateful that Damian got other great missionaries that are taking care of them and I am super excited to go back and see the fruits of my labors in that area.
I also had the opportunity, like every week, to do divisions! But this week was even more cool! Now that Elder Matsen is an Assistant to President, he was able to come to my area and do divisions with me! (remember all of those good times in Los Reyes that we got to do divisions?) And yeah, it was just as awesome and amazing as before. I told him that he had to show me his contacting skills one more time before he went home, so I learned a lot and we found some pretty cool new investigators. Of course we also had to go our for tacos for the last time and it was a little sad that this would be the last time being with each other until BYU. But I'm so grateful for all the awesome people I've met and friendships I've made in the mission. I love being in the mission!
So to finish, it was just another great week in the missionary work. We also had a really cool mission council this week where we gathered as leaders of the mission and talked about what we can do better. I always love the mission council and leave with so many cool ideas to apply in our zone. I also will admit I killed it at a basketball activity that we had too haha and won a couple of candy bars. Another great thing is that we've gone to the gym everyday this week as well. I am in a really good habit right now of hitting the gym, studying, and working hard and the combination of it all makes me feel amazing and makes time go by really fast. Pretty much my whole body was aching on the weekend and I've also set some goals get pretty big in the gym. And to finish, I'm still loving the food down here. For the FOTW it was probably some tacos that I've found. They are super good, clean, and cheap tacos in my area that I've found this week. One of the most important things to do when arriving to a new area is find the best tacos, and I feel pretty confident on these ones. But of course, there's always room for improvement and the constant search for something better which I will also be applying these next few weeks. So in all, I am doing great, still alive, having lots of success, and couldn't be happier. As always thanks for everything you guys do for me week after week and I love and miss you all a ton. Haaaaaave an goood one!
Never Forget,
Elder Tyler Clark
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