February 13, 2012
Hello!
Well, we received our transfer calls on Saturday afternoon. One of my favorite ZL perks is that we get called in the afternoon and I dont have to wait until the night. I was expecting the APs to call but President's name showed up on the phone so I knew something was up. There was a bunch of changes with ZLs and to my surprise, I found out that I would be staying here in Orem. My new companion will be Elder Williams and he is from Oregon. He has been out a transfer less than me. I dont know him too well but I have met him at zone conferences and stuff.
This week we had significant problems with idol worship. Normally it is just the Virgin de Guadelupe but we have a lady who worships la Santa Muerte. The only prior knowledge I had of the Santa Muerte was that it is pretty big in Mexico, especially with the drug trafficking people. They have a church and everything. The subject came up in the lesson as we were just starting and Elder Cordova asked what the little statue on the table was. She responded that it was the Santa Muerte then went off about how she prays to her and she gives her money. Crazy. The next day we were teaching a lady who has been pretty accepting about the Restoration but it was pretty clear she had some special feelings for the Virgin. She has a big picture of Maria that lights up and everything outside her front door. So, we went over the 10 commandments. We talked about how there was only 1 God then we moved onto the second one about not having idols and how we arent supposed to pray to them. She was just kind of nodding her head in agreement until we mentioned how praying to her Idols of Maria wouldnt exactly be in line with that commandment. She got really defensive and closed the Bible she was reading from and walked over and handed it to us. Obviously we respect Mary for her role as the Mother of Christ but these people take it to far some times.
The investigator who made the most progress this week was Carlos. An older guy from Mexico who lives with his son and daughter in law. During one of our lessons this week he told us that about a week before we showed up he prayed that God would give him guidance in his life. He said that he felt that we were that guidance. It is always nice to be told that you were the answer to someones prayer. About a month ago it was about 8:30 on a Sunday night and we couldnt think of anyone else to visit. We prayed and then remembered about a small apartment we had knocked on before but nobody had been there. We went and Carlos invited us in. He was kind of skeptical at first but has been doing well. He came to church yesterday and he looks good. Cool story right?
This week I interviewed a UVU student for baptism that is from Kenya. Him and three friends were just looking on the internet trying to decide where to go to college and ended up here. One of his friends already got baptized a couple months ago. It is amazing to see how people end up here from all over the world.
Well, I think that is it. I hope you are all doing awesome.
Love, Elder Clark
Well, we received our transfer calls on Saturday afternoon. One of my favorite ZL perks is that we get called in the afternoon and I dont have to wait until the night. I was expecting the APs to call but President's name showed up on the phone so I knew something was up. There was a bunch of changes with ZLs and to my surprise, I found out that I would be staying here in Orem. My new companion will be Elder Williams and he is from Oregon. He has been out a transfer less than me. I dont know him too well but I have met him at zone conferences and stuff.
This week we had significant problems with idol worship. Normally it is just the Virgin de Guadelupe but we have a lady who worships la Santa Muerte. The only prior knowledge I had of the Santa Muerte was that it is pretty big in Mexico, especially with the drug trafficking people. They have a church and everything. The subject came up in the lesson as we were just starting and Elder Cordova asked what the little statue on the table was. She responded that it was the Santa Muerte then went off about how she prays to her and she gives her money. Crazy. The next day we were teaching a lady who has been pretty accepting about the Restoration but it was pretty clear she had some special feelings for the Virgin. She has a big picture of Maria that lights up and everything outside her front door. So, we went over the 10 commandments. We talked about how there was only 1 God then we moved onto the second one about not having idols and how we arent supposed to pray to them. She was just kind of nodding her head in agreement until we mentioned how praying to her Idols of Maria wouldnt exactly be in line with that commandment. She got really defensive and closed the Bible she was reading from and walked over and handed it to us. Obviously we respect Mary for her role as the Mother of Christ but these people take it to far some times.
The investigator who made the most progress this week was Carlos. An older guy from Mexico who lives with his son and daughter in law. During one of our lessons this week he told us that about a week before we showed up he prayed that God would give him guidance in his life. He said that he felt that we were that guidance. It is always nice to be told that you were the answer to someones prayer. About a month ago it was about 8:30 on a Sunday night and we couldnt think of anyone else to visit. We prayed and then remembered about a small apartment we had knocked on before but nobody had been there. We went and Carlos invited us in. He was kind of skeptical at first but has been doing well. He came to church yesterday and he looks good. Cool story right?
This week I interviewed a UVU student for baptism that is from Kenya. Him and three friends were just looking on the internet trying to decide where to go to college and ended up here. One of his friends already got baptized a couple months ago. It is amazing to see how people end up here from all over the world.
Well, I think that is it. I hope you are all doing awesome.
Love, Elder Clark
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