Letter #14

Hello!

 

Ok first of all I cannot even explain the joy in my heart right now because I just received the news that not only did Kera put her papers in but she has got her mission call!!!! OH MY GOSH!!!!!! I am just so excited for her and I just love that we can both be serving together:) Will you send me her MTC address?? I had a dream the other night that she was going to North Carolina, so that was kind of close. 

Well we had transfer class this morning.  It was such a rush.  I was so scared that either me or my companion were going to get transfered. But we are still her:)  Only one elder in our district got transfered so we are just going to have a grand ol time this transfer.  I can't beleive it has already been one transfer. It went by really fast.  I also can't beleive that Arleigh and Tyrell are officialy hitched.  It's kind of weird to think about but I am so happy for them! 

 

Well this past week has been interesting.  My companion has received some interesting news this week and I am just trying to be good support for her. She found out her grandma had passed away suddenly.  It reminded me of when I found out Grandma Clark had passed away.  It was such a sad time but at the same time it was so comforting to know that we have the gospel and we know where she is.  Also this week I have been thinking alot about our family.  I am just so grateful for you all and the support thatI receive from everyone.  It makes life here easier knowing that I have my family prayig for me and cheering me on!  So thank you for being there for me and being wonderful examples to me in living the gospel.  I love you all so much.

 

This past week it seems that we have just been dropped by all of our investigators.  I get that just gives us time to find many more people.  We calculated our numbers for the transfer last night and we declared the Gospel to 376 people, and that is not counting the people that we tried to talk to.  So I am getting better at talking to people.  It seems like the people that I think will just reject us tend to listen.  Those feelings of fear and shyness don't come from our Heavanly Father because he wants us to talk to all of His children. 

Now let me explain the picture. We have started to go to a class everymoring at the church to do kickboxing.  It is SO much fun.  It is me and my companion and two other sets of elders.  The other day we did yoga so me and my companion decided it would be fun to show how we can read our scriptures while doing these crazy moves.  We took these pictures this morning and are going to make him a collage as a thank you.  So scenario for you, imagine me doing all kinds of crazy yoga moves with a glass table very close by.  Needless to say I was doing something crazy and ofcourse almost broke the table so I thought I would include that!

 

Well I hope everyone is doing great and loving life!  We have so much to be grateful for!  This morning I was reading in Mosiah 18 where Alma is teaching at the waters of Mormon.  What an experience that would be to be teaching those people and having them just Desire to be baptized and enter into those covenants!  What an experience.  There are so many people in the world that don't understand the importance of covenants.  We talked with a less active and he finally told us the truth how he only got baptized because a family member told him that if he got baptized the missionaries would stop coming over so often.  My heart hurts for him because he has made these covenants but doesn't realize the significance.  We told him we are still going to come over and talk to him though.  Hopefully one day he will understand.  On the other hand, as I sat in church today and looked around at our little unit I just felt so happy.  They are pretty much all converts to the church and have totally changed there lives around to live the way God wants them to.  I have no doubt that the Lord will help us find the people that are ready to accept the gospel. 

I love you all!  Good luck with the marathon:)

Hermana Clark