Hola!
What a week it has been. This week I hit my three month mark. I kind of couldn't beleive it. Time is such an interesting concept. This week was interesting because became partailly ill. We weren't able to go to church yesterday or work on Saturday because we were afraid of spreading her germs. So while she was suffering I revamped the area book. The area book is something I didn't even know exsited before I got here and it is a very important thing. We are just waiting for them to give us all Ipads and have some awesoem area book app. So what I did was took all of the potentials and rewrote them so that they were all in the same street for each page. It was quite the task and I think if I would have known how long it was going to take me, and how bad my hand was going to hurt I would not have started it. But about six hours later I finished! It needed to be done and now it is alot easier to look for potentials. I also made some things to help in teaching, A cup demonstration for the first lesson and some drawings for teaching the plan of salvation. I am now sure that I don't like it when my companions are sick because we can't do anything, but it was good for her to rest so that we can really hit the pavement hard this week. We have ALOT of knocking to do:) YIPPEE It is always kind of scary approaching those doors because you just never know who is going to answer! Each day we come home with new experiences.
So this week I was reading in 2 Nephi. Once I got past the Isaiah chapters I was ready to actually be able to understand something. I was reading in chapter 29. It talks all about why we need the Book of Mormon. How God loves all his children so why wouldn't he give revelation to them all. IT just makes so much sense, but people just don't get it. I just wish I could just read that chapter to everyone who says the bible is all we need and it is all scripture that we will ever have. THat is so false. The Book of Mormon is written so plainly and is much easier to read than the Bible. I was also reading in Our Search for Happiness. If you haven't read it you definituely should because it is wonderful. Elder Ballard has written this book so plainly and simply to understand some simple doctrines of the gospel. I feel my testimony has grown so much this week in the Book of Mormon. It is so powerful. That is one thing we have started to do as a companionship. We picked 5 different scriptures to use while contacting people. The great thing about that is that the scriptures can't mess up there Spanish and they carry the spirit so strongly. Hopefully we can find more people this week as we actually read with them rather than just telling them about the Book of Mormon and how it is another testament of Christ.
This past week we had zone conference. It was wonderful but it caused me alot of unwanted stress because I had to go up twice in front of all the elders and bear my testimony. I just thought some miraculour occurence would happen and my tear ducts would just close while I am serving a mission but that just isn't possible! Zone conference was great. I learned so much and felt rejuvinated to go out and talk to more people. It has been slightly hard for me to overcome my shyness and just walk up to random people and start talking to them abou the gospel. and sometimes when we just get rejected all day I have to think to my self that it is there choice whether or not to listen. We give them the opportunity to learn about the restored gospel and they have the choice to accept it or not. Then at zone conference I learned that I also have a choice whether or not to speak up and go talk to people, if I don't then they miss out on there choice to except it. Just a litle thought. The same goes for everyone, not just people serving missions. Don't be afraid to share the gospel with your nonmember friends. You never know who's heart will be open and will be ready to except such a wonderful thing as the gospel.
I am loving my mission. I know that the savior knows all and he is there for us whenever we need him.
Les amo mucho!
Hermana Clark
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