Mission Week 2

Hello!

It's been another exciting week here in Utah. On Wednesday we had zone conference and Elder Gaverret of the 70 was there with us. It was great to listen to him and have the chance to meet more of the missionaries. We have been staying pretty busy. Hugo, the 16 year old we have been teaching was going to get baptized on Saturday but his family couldnt come so it got moved to this upcoming Saturday. The family of Alejandra, Mario (her husband), Jaun (Mario's brother), Marta (Alejandra's mom), and Kevin (their oldest son), are all doing well.

Yesterday being my first time attending our ward because of conference gave me a good taste of what Sundays will be like the next 2 years. Our area covers five stakes and two spanish wards. Since there are three of us, Elder Santos and I dropped off Elder Hudson at one of the wards then we went to the other one. Alejandra's family was supposed to be picked up by a member but about 15 minutes before church started the member showed up without the family. He said he didnt have room in his car so he couldnt take them. We tried to call them but they didnt answer their phone. We stepped out to call them again about 15 minutes into the meeting and Mario answered and said he and Jaun were walking the 2 miles with two of his daughters to church. Alejandra looks like she's 8 months pregnant so she couldnt come but those four made it about 45 minutes into the meeting. All the ward members were very nice in greeting them after sacrament. Also, right after sacrament the Primary President somewhat frantically walked up to E. Santos and I and asked if one of us could play the piano because they were preparing for the Primary program and the normal pianist wasnt there. At this point I had to smile because for the last 10 years you have been telling me this would happen, but yes, I played the piano for most of the next 2 hours periodically walking back and forth to see how Mario and Jaun were doing in Gospel Principles.

For dinner yesterday we had two dinner appointments so I was dropped off at one family's house and E. Hudson and E. Santos went to eat at another members house. The appointment I went to was with a young American family that had set up a dinner for some potential investigators but they cancelled so it was just me, the husband and the wife, and their two little kids. It was nice to have some American food. Every night we have a meal with a member and so far everything has been pretty good. On Saturday we went to an Investigators house for lunch and had some sushi stuff. Nothing like eyeball soup but hey, for me eating sushi was quite the accomplishment.

Not too much else to say... 2 or 3 times a week we have been going to the church at 6 to play indoor soccer with the bishop, his son, and 4 or 5 other kids from the high school team of the bishop's son. They are all pretty good and even the bishop has some skills. This morning while we were shopping someone gave us money again. We were just walking down an aisle and he put a 50 in our cart. We told him we had money already to pay for our stuff but he insisted. That is the fun thing about being in Utah. When we go into the grocery store a lot of the the workers stop and shake our hands and say hi.. everyone is really nice in general.

Hope everything is great on the oak shore drive,

Love, Elder Clark