Welll this week got preeeettyyy chilly. Of course not like Utah winter freezing or anything like that, but the problem is heaters or air conditioning don´t really exist here and the houses are basically ALL pure concrete so that makes our house a ginourmous refrigerator. It is especially hard to get up at 6 every morning to go to the gym... leaving that nice, warm, cozy bed with my blanket that is made of angel wings (basically the softest thing in the world) and then leaving out into the blizzard cold, wind and snow freezing my face as I hike 2 miles in a foot of snow to the gym... Okay maybe it isn´t that bad, but it is getting pretty darn cold haha. It was a pretty good week though and pretty fast too, I can´t believe in just TWO WEEKS from today it will be Christmas and I will talking to me family! How crazy is that??
So the work is going pretty great now too, and we hope to baptize Fernando and Patricio (the Lopez Family) in just a couple of weeks!! I am super excited for them. It was really interesting, on Sunday we were waiting for them and church, and called a few minutes before to make sure they were coming. They told us yes, that they were on their way, and it was weird to us when they never showed up. Later we found out Patricio (the 10 year old son) fell down the stair and broke his ankle! Ouch! Poor kid. Joaquin continues to progress great and is now is reading the the middle of 2 Nephi, he loves the Book of Mormon. Our struggle is getting him to church, but we are bringing a member with us this week to help teach him. We also had a pretty cool story when we found a really awesome family in another area. I was on divisions that day with Elder Boynton and we were stuck deciding if we should visit someone we contacted that said they probably wouldn´t be there, or stay in a little meeting we had. Elder Boynton said that he felt strongly about going to find this contact, even though it was very unlikely that he would be there. Well, he didn´t end up being there, but as we were knocking the door, another family walked by and started talking to us. They were really interested and we started teaching them a little bit and at the end they asked us the golden question every missionary wants to hear, "So what do we have to do to be members of your church?" It was pretty awesome, we got another appointment with them, so I hope Elder Boynton and his companion can start having some more success in their area. Also Dimas was on schedule to finally get baptized this week when the elders from that area called me last night and told me that he needed more time... Bummer... I´ve been looking forward to this baptism for sooo long, but it isn´t really my area or my investigator, and I know it is best to go on the Lord´s time without rushing it. But yes, the work continues to keep improving, Damian and his family and doing great, and his wife, Ana, has been going to church with them every week now and is getting baptized soon as well!! I love hearing of all the success and harvesting being done in my old areas and among my converts!!! Best work in the world.
So yes, this week was another good one. We had interviews with President Mann this week and I always love interviews because I leave feeling more inspired and determined to press forward with this week. President Mann helped me realize in reality how fast time is going by and that I don´t want to end my mission saying, "If only I were a little more diligent." I realized I better go harder than ever now and keep pushing myself until the finish line because there won´t be another opportunity quite like it again in my life... Even though I have a long ways to go still, it isn´t really that much time and for some odd reason I keep having dreams or thoughts about what it is going to be like back home again haha. I feel really blessed though and grateful for a hopeful and successful future ahead. We also went to BWWs today, so of course I am happy as ever. I hope everyone back home is having fun, being safe, and enjoying the holiday season! Love and miss you all, and... GO SPURS GO!!!!!
-Elder Clark
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