Hey guys! This week was another really fast one and I can barely remember what happened and where it all went!! As you can see, today, we went back to the hill we hiked a few months ago, and went for round 2 of Volcanic Rock Surfing!!! We brought a little bigger of a squad this time and I think we all decided we are going to train and make it an olympic sport. It was seriously so fun, just like last time haha, and there were no injuries OR broken cameras this time! (Woo! I know my parents will be happy haha!). Running down, like always, was definitely the funnest part, and we definitely got SUPER DIRTY. I don´t think there is a better feeling in the world than coming back and taking a nice, refreshing, clean, cold shower... And of course, after hiking, we ate tacos and I put down 15!! It was a great day, and that is only the start to the next few fun P-Day plans we have (Esteban´s house, ping-pong, maybe more basketball...). So life is just great right now, I am enjoying the mission, P-Days, my buddies out here, and just being a missionary in general!!
This week the work was great as well. We had another lesson with our only English speaking investigator, Tiffany, and taught her the Restoration. She seems more and more interested each time, and we already have plans to go to the visitors center in the temple with her and her family, AND she is excited to come to general conference since I told her there will probably be an English broadcast!! It is even more perfect because she said she is looking for some friends here who she can actually communicate with and there is a sister in our ward that served her mission in the USA and knows English so we are excited to take her to visit Tiffany. Also this week, some members took us with some of their friends who "want to learn English" (I say that because, sure we always are willing to help others and teach English, but it is just a good way to find new people to teach as well and most of the "English students" later on become investigators and some faithful members of the church!"), so when we got there, they became super interested in who we were and what we do and didn´t teach a bit of English, but taught a little bit more about the Gospel and we were surprised when they so willingly accepted a baptismal date towards the end of May! So we are starting to get some momentum now, some investigators with baptismal dates, and hopefully the success keeps rolling because we are working hard and trying our best to be the missionaries the Lord would have us be!!
This Saturday I also had the great blessing and opportunity to go back for Jonathan and Andrea´s baptism which was AWESOME! They were both super happy to see me, and I was so happy to see them. Jonathan ran up and gave me a hug when I saw him again, and also saying hi to all of the members from my old ward in Neza, and feeling how much they truly loved me just really gave me more motivation to keep loving and serving this people will all my heart. I truly do LOVE these people so much, and with some of them I will have relationships that will last eternity. After the baptism, Ricardo (Luz´s husband)- I´m not sure if I mentioned him before but we took him to the visitors center in the temple on my birthday last cycle- but anyway, he happily told me that they were finally making plans to get married in May and he wants me to come back and baptize him because he´s always felt a "special love" from me. It made me super happy and I just hope all of my converts, investigators, and the members here can feel that same love and charity I have for them. In my personal study this week, a scripture really hit me, and reflects my thoughts and feelings in Mosiah 23: 10-11 which says, "10 Nevertheless, after much tribulation, the Lord did hear my cries, and did answer my prayers, and has made me an instrument in his hands in bringing so many of you to a knowledge of his truth. 11 Nevertheless, in this I do not glory, for I am unworthy to glory of myself." So that is my scripture and spiritual thought for this week.
So yeah, it is pretty crazy Elder Moody has already been in the field for 2 weeks. We are working hard, having fun, and I am already seeing a lot of progress in his Spanish and in just about everything it takes to be a missionary. We had some fun making some boiled eggs this week, went out for tacos again, of course, had zone conference which was really great (our district did a special musical number in there), and that is pretty much our week. We also found the PERFECT spot for my nerf hoop, nailed it into the wall, and set up 3 point lines of course, so we´ve had a couple of 3 point contests haha. What would life be without basketball to relieve all of your stress? And of course I am continuing to go to the gym hard every morning to prepare my mind and body to with the family ping pong championship, family superbowl, shredding the slopes with my dad and sisters, and whatever other fun crazy games and things we will do when I get back haha. Pretty crazy to think that yesterday I hit 17 months in the field... Time is flying to I better get back to working hard while I can! Catch you guys next week, thanks as always for everything you guys do for me, love and miss you, continue enjoying March Madness (I heard it has been crazy even though it doesn´t really exist here), and most importantly... GO SPURS GO!!!!!
Your favorite missionary,
Elder T-Clark
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