Hola Familia!
This week has been just great! This week one of our goals was to let all of the members, less actives,and investigators know about general conference. We wrote up a little flyer with the times of the meetings, a scripture about the importance of listening to the prophet, and also a quote from the previous conference. We have been handing them out all week! We didn't want anyone to be able to say they didn't know about it two weeks in advance! I hope that we have a big showing at the church. We especially want our investigator Esperanza to come to it. She didn't come to church yesterday, but we are hoping she will come to atleast one session. We have a lesson with her tonight. She is at an interesting point because she has a desire to read more of the Book of Mormon, and she has been to the church and felt of the spirit here, now its just at the point of whether she realizes what she needs to do because of those truths. We will see what happens. This week we also ate alot with the members. Usually we only have about two days a week to eat with members, but this week everyday was full! IT was fun to meet with them and some of them have family members who are on missions. A couple of them expressed how they love to do things for the missionaries because it makes them feel like they are helping there missionaries. I just loved that! So now you know, if you ever feed the missionaries, you can just think of the people who are here feeding me:)
This past weekend we had the General Releif Society Broadcast! I hope ALL of you went!! (well all of you releif society members) IT was so wonderful! We had two members from the spanish unit come. That wasn't alot but we were happy with just two. President Uchdorf's talk was absolutely wonderful. I especailly loved the fourth point of knowing the why's about the gospel. I think that is especially aplicable to missionary work. Sometimes we lose sight of the why of everything. Why am I doing all of this to see so much rejection, why am I in this crazy state of Calirfonia with people I don't know questioning my testimony everyday, why am I spending a year and a half away from my family?? These are just a few of the why's that might go through your mind, but you realize that the reason is the gospel. I am here because I have been called, and I take the rejection because I know that some people WILL listen and the will except the gospel and their lives will be changed through the gospel of Jesus Christ. I am here because this is what I chose to do and every day I see small little miracles that make me realize that the gospel is true and the hand of the Lord is in each moment of my life. I loved his analogy of the forget me not and I know that if we will remember to not forget the Lord, He will never forget us. I enjoyed all the talks so much and as we were driving home I said to my companion that if I thought it was good in Spanish, then it must have been really good in English:) So I can't wait to get the Ensign and read them!!
I hope all of you are getting ready to listen to conference! I am so excited. We are so blessed to have a prophet who leads and guides our church. I'm sure you have some fun plans. I was thinking the other day how last conference we had that fun get together at the cabin with everyone, and that I ate an oyster:) What is everyone's plan for this conference weekend??
I love you all so much!
Les Amo
Hermana Clark
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