The work this week was just as amazing as always as well. Karina is progressing great and has a lot of questions that show she is really interested in baptism. This week we are taking her to the visitor´s center in the temple. too which will be awesome. We were also SUPER excited this week too because Tiffany came to church!! Even though she couldn´t understand that much, her husband came back for the first time in about 8 years (I think), and her two little girls. We were so excited when they walked in and they told us that they really liked it here and will be coming back every week. The husband (Enrique) is really trying hard to help us right now, since he wants his wife to get baptized and is super cool. In fact, this week they invited us to their house for lunch one day and made real american hamburgers and french fries which were super good. I love that family so much (the Suarez family). And even though we were planning on it, they couldn´t make it to the visitor´s center with us after church on Sunday, but they said we could replan it for this week which will be awesome as well. AND to top it off, there are a couple english speakers in the ward that went to their mission´s in the US so they were a huuge help for us. Especially Diana, who served her mission in Compton, translated the whole time for her during relief society and invited them over to her house after church for lunch. She said they had a great time and Diana has been coming to a lot of lessons with us as well which has been super helpful. I want SO BAD that Tiffany gets baptized and that in one year from now, Enrique and her can get sealed in the temple. It will also be really exciting this week though because we will be having our own baptism for Gaby!! She still hasn´t decided who she wants to baptize her yet, but I´m hoping she picks Elder Moody so he can have his first baptism in the mission. And speaking of baptisms this last weekend I got to go back for the baptism of Macrina, Arcelio, and Alexa, a mom, dad, and their daughter. It was a family in Chimalhuacan where I found and taught them with Elder Warnick. It was so sweet and special, even though we had trouble getting water (AGAIN!) everything eventually worked out and it was a great baptism. I ended up playing guitar and Moody sang to "I Know That My Redeemer Lives" during the baptismal services which turned out awesome, Moody has an amazing voice. And the ward is soo excited to help them prepare to enter in and get sealed in the temple in a year from now which would be great! Warnick and I already decided we would be flying down here if they get sealed in the temple. And lastly, talking about temple sealing´s I talked with Ramiro yesterday who will be completing a year of being baptized next month on May 21!!!! And he said all is looking great for him and his wife to be getting sealed in the temple! I am sooo excited, and seriously after seeing all of the blessings and progress in my investigators and converts this week, I was just filled with an indescribable joy. I seriously love these people sooo much. I never thought I could come to love literally each and every person that I serve out here with that same Christlike love, but I really do. And this is why I love being a missionary too. There is no more satisfying, or joy fulfilling work. I love this church and I love being a missionary.
Well that pretty much about wraps up this week. I also have another funny story where I made this old lady in my ward´s day. Her name is Sister Garcia and everytime the missionaries ask her if they can help her with anything, she tells them, "No! You didn´t bring your apron!" So this time when we finished eating dinner with them, I asked if we could help with anything and that is when she started to tell me I didn´t bring my apron. But that is when I pulled out my BYU apron, that my Grandma made for me before coming out here. I told her I was ready to help and I don´t think I´ve ever seen her happier. She said that I was the only missionary in 20 years of her knowing missionaries that has ever brought their apron so she gladly let me wash the dishes, and took some pictures with me too. So shout out to my Grandma for making me that apron and helping me make this lady happy. That is why I love being a missionary too, just to serve and love the people here, and occasionally make them laugh and smile. I think that is what I am good it at least. And lastly, I definitely have been repping ALL of the Spurs gear that I could this week, socks, ties, shirts, jerseys, and I think it worked becuase they won one game against the Warriors this least. And I heard Popovich´s wife died which is really sad but I hope the Spurs will be better for next year when I am back. Love and miss you all, thanks for everything you do for me, and have a GREAT week!!!
Elder T-Clark
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