Hello again!
It's been a pretty crazy week..
I'll start of with the story of Jago (said jay-go). Last week in the letter I mentioned a youth in one of the wards that has been going to church for over a year but his mom has never given him permission until last week. On Tuesday night we got a hold of him and planned a baptismal interview with him for Wednesday. Wednesday night we met him at the church and he was by far the happiest I had ever seen him. I had played soccer with him a couple times before and he had always looked kind of annoyed at the world. So we had the interview and he was really excited to be baptized this Saturday. Thursday evening we went over with Brother Huerta the ward mission leader to have the mom sign the baptism record. We met Jago outside and he invited us in. He took the record into his mom's room for her to have her sign it and I could hear them start to talk. After a little they both started to raise their voices and It didn't sound too good. He started begging for her to sign and and I could hear him starting to cry. His mom then came back out from the room and said she was not going to sign it and that she did not agree with the church and did not agree that her son wants to go on a mission for two years and not continue his education. One of the best feelings Ive ever had was baptizing someone and so of course the feeling leaving his house was directly the opposite and one of the worst feelings ever. However, there was still the hope of him talking her into signing the record. And, on Saturday morning he called and said he had got her to sign it! We were pretty pumped as you can imagine. We did want to make sure it was legit though so we told him we needed to talk to his mom about it to make sure. After some discussion with Jago he said the baptism probably wouldn't happen that day... We have concluded that he tried to forge the record because he wanted to get baptized so much. So, he did not get baptized but we'll see what we can do as well as the ward to work with his oh so wonderful mother.
Kassandra, the 19 year old from Mexico, who is living with her grandparents yet again had her baptism date changed. The family is now doing it this weekend in Idaho so we will not be able to see it but I hope it finally gets done. The 9 year old, Uriel, is doing well and he has a date for 18th of December.
Not much else... It has snowed the last couple of days and we're not supposed to bike if there is settled snow on the ground so we have been walking and trying to find as many rides as possible. For Thanksgiving we have one dinner planned as of now with the Huerta family. Brother Huerta is the ward mission leader so we go to his house every Thursday for Correlation and we also usually go there Mondays for Family home evening. They are awesome and definitely the favorite family here. They are originally from Chile but lived in Miami for about 10 years. Sister Huerta always talks about Florida and gives me "Florida's Natural" brand orange juice whenever we eat. Their oldest son is on a mission and doesn't get home until August but sister Huerta is already excited for him to come home. After 12 on Thanksgiving day we are pretty much free to just visit people or stay at our house so we'll see what happens. Have a great Thanksgiving and take lots of pictures for me!
Love, Elder Clark
It's been a pretty crazy week..
I'll start of with the story of Jago (said jay-go). Last week in the letter I mentioned a youth in one of the wards that has been going to church for over a year but his mom has never given him permission until last week. On Tuesday night we got a hold of him and planned a baptismal interview with him for Wednesday. Wednesday night we met him at the church and he was by far the happiest I had ever seen him. I had played soccer with him a couple times before and he had always looked kind of annoyed at the world. So we had the interview and he was really excited to be baptized this Saturday. Thursday evening we went over with Brother Huerta the ward mission leader to have the mom sign the baptism record. We met Jago outside and he invited us in. He took the record into his mom's room for her to have her sign it and I could hear them start to talk. After a little they both started to raise their voices and It didn't sound too good. He started begging for her to sign and and I could hear him starting to cry. His mom then came back out from the room and said she was not going to sign it and that she did not agree with the church and did not agree that her son wants to go on a mission for two years and not continue his education. One of the best feelings Ive ever had was baptizing someone and so of course the feeling leaving his house was directly the opposite and one of the worst feelings ever. However, there was still the hope of him talking her into signing the record. And, on Saturday morning he called and said he had got her to sign it! We were pretty pumped as you can imagine. We did want to make sure it was legit though so we told him we needed to talk to his mom about it to make sure. After some discussion with Jago he said the baptism probably wouldn't happen that day... We have concluded that he tried to forge the record because he wanted to get baptized so much. So, he did not get baptized but we'll see what we can do as well as the ward to work with his oh so wonderful mother.
Kassandra, the 19 year old from Mexico, who is living with her grandparents yet again had her baptism date changed. The family is now doing it this weekend in Idaho so we will not be able to see it but I hope it finally gets done. The 9 year old, Uriel, is doing well and he has a date for 18th of December.
Not much else... It has snowed the last couple of days and we're not supposed to bike if there is settled snow on the ground so we have been walking and trying to find as many rides as possible. For Thanksgiving we have one dinner planned as of now with the Huerta family. Brother Huerta is the ward mission leader so we go to his house every Thursday for Correlation and we also usually go there Mondays for Family home evening. They are awesome and definitely the favorite family here. They are originally from Chile but lived in Miami for about 10 years. Sister Huerta always talks about Florida and gives me "Florida's Natural" brand orange juice whenever we eat. Their oldest son is on a mission and doesn't get home until August but sister Huerta is already excited for him to come home. After 12 on Thanksgiving day we are pretty much free to just visit people or stay at our house so we'll see what happens. Have a great Thanksgiving and take lots of pictures for me!
Love, Elder Clark
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