Saturday, October 29, 2011

Letter #23

Hola Familia!

This week has gone by so fast!  i feel like just yesterday I was writing you all and telling you about my crazy week last week.  I have some awesome news this week.  So we started teaching this family and they seemed pretty interested.  they were there for there second appointment and we read the first chapter in the Book of Mormon and then we invited them to church.  We thought we were going to have to do some convincing but instead the dad was like ya ofcourse we will come.  So on Sunday we are waiting outside of the church and I am thinking there not going to come and then out of the corner of my eye I see the mom.  The whole family came!!!!  They have to kids one is eight and the other is six,  So we had sacrament and then we  asked if they would stay for the other meetings.  At first they said that they wouldn't be able to, but then one of our members came over and told them what would be happening and so they decided to stay.  We took the kids to primary and then the parents were in Sunday School.  It was soooo wonderful!!  I just hope they had a wonderful experience and will have the desire to keep learning and to keep coming to church.  They are just the sweetest little family. This week we have seen a lot of miracles with finding people.  I think it is interesting because people just don't realize what a miracle it is that we have found them.  The other day we were walking in Las casitas and this guy was just standing on the sidewalk waiting (for us of course!)  We started to talk to him and asked him if he had talked to missionaries.  He proceeded to tell us that he has been baptized and that he used to go to church but has since gone less active.  What a miracle!! I random person on the street and he is a member.  He wouldn't tell us his address but we have his phone number.  Then the other day we talked to this lady and she wasn't interested we left the area for lunch and then came back and started to knock and the FIRST door we knocked was the same lady.  Do you think the Lord is trying to tell her something? I think yes.  She still wasn't willing to listen though.  Oh well, people have there agency and she had two very good opportunities that day.  It is just a testimony to me that the Lord really is guiding us.  Sometimes it feels stressful because we need to rely so much on the spirit but really we just try to do what we are supposed, try to be good missionaries, and the Lord guides us!
So now for some funny stories of the week!  I have so many of these with Hermana Tippetts, I think the crazy experiences just follow her wherever she goes.  So last night we were talking to this guy about the Book of Mormon.  My companion was in the middle of bearing her testimony of the Book of Mormon and all of the sudden we here this dog start growling and barking, I freaked out of course and Hermana Tippetts screamed at the top of her lungs,  The dog was actually quite far away from us, but still it was scary.  I had the HARDEST time controlling my laughter during the rest of the contact. We still got a follow up appointment even with that disaster.  I still laugh when I think about it!  Another odd thing that has been happening is that I have seen so many drunk men around.  The last couple days have just been crazy and I am getting better at knowing if people are drunk.  When we know they are we just say that we will come back when they haven't been drinking.  It's interesting because when people see us they feel ashamed, they know that they shouldn't be doing it.  
The thing that I am really learning out here is that Heavenly Father really answers prayers.  The sad thing is that we don't always realize that it is an answer.  We are teaching some people that really are praying for guidance and they tell us about there experiences and we are just blown away at the strong answers they are getting, but still they don't realize it is an answer.  SO this week my invitation to you is to recognize the little answers to our prayers everyday.  Sometimes they are small and almost unnoticeable but the answers are there!  Missionary work is wonderful.  California is AWESOME!!  It has actually been feeling like fall here the last couple of days:)  I hope everyones week is wonderful.  
Les Amo!
Hermana Clark

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