March 12, 2012
Hello again,
Another week gone. Tuesday to Wednesday I went on exchanges to BYU and we had a good time. One of them, Elder Gallo, is from Fort Lauderdale but his family now lives in Orlando. It is funny when people ask us where we are from because Orlando usually gets the "Wow Disneyworld!" response and when we go on exchanges it is doubled. His companion Elder Harpole got baptized just over a year ago and this is his first transfer. It was cool to hear his background story because he comes from a pretty rough background and the gospel has helped him to make huge changes in his life. He has a very powerful testimony.
Wednesday we had interviews with President Pitts. He said I could go talk to a BYU counselor if I wanted to discuss what classes to take. I guess that is a benefit of being 10 minutes from BYU. Only in the Provo Mission..... Speaking of BYU, about 2 years ago exactly Dad and I came out here for Christina's wedding and we checked out the place that I was going to be living at. We took a tour and everything. I had some serious Deja Vu because this week I did a baptismal interview for the BYU sisters and it was at the same place where I was going to be living and I remember walking around there. Time sure goes by fast.
Hno. Gonzales is doing okay... He drank so we had to move his date to the 24th and he wasnt at church yesterday for some reason. Katy wasnt at church either. It is very draining trying to teach her because she has some crazy questions and the people we bring to fellowship her are awesome but talk a ton. In our lesson Friday her first question was whether or not Mary had other kids after Jesus. I opened up the bible right to the part where it says Jesus had brothers but for some reason she just kept saying that she was unsure.
Yesterday we had a pretty awesome experience. Earlier on during the week a guy had called us saying that one of his employees who lives in our area had told him that she wasted to receive a priesthood blessing. We set it all up then met at her house. They arent members but there entire family was there, even her grandparents, and some aunts/uncles and cousins. The girl is about 20 years old and has a brain tumor. She had been taught by missionaries awhile ago and had received a blessing before. It was pretty powerful when we talked to them about faith, the restoration of priesthood authority, and miracles. Elder Williams gave her the blessing and the spirit was really strong. We are going back this week and will probably start teaching her and her family.
I hope you all are doing excellent. The weather has been great the last couple of days. Maybe not as perfect as Florida but respectable nonetheless. Have a great week!
Love, Elder Clark
Hello again,
Another week gone. Tuesday to Wednesday I went on exchanges to BYU and we had a good time. One of them, Elder Gallo, is from Fort Lauderdale but his family now lives in Orlando. It is funny when people ask us where we are from because Orlando usually gets the "Wow Disneyworld!" response and when we go on exchanges it is doubled. His companion Elder Harpole got baptized just over a year ago and this is his first transfer. It was cool to hear his background story because he comes from a pretty rough background and the gospel has helped him to make huge changes in his life. He has a very powerful testimony.
Wednesday we had interviews with President Pitts. He said I could go talk to a BYU counselor if I wanted to discuss what classes to take. I guess that is a benefit of being 10 minutes from BYU. Only in the Provo Mission..... Speaking of BYU, about 2 years ago exactly Dad and I came out here for Christina's wedding and we checked out the place that I was going to be living at. We took a tour and everything. I had some serious Deja Vu because this week I did a baptismal interview for the BYU sisters and it was at the same place where I was going to be living and I remember walking around there. Time sure goes by fast.
Hno. Gonzales is doing okay... He drank so we had to move his date to the 24th and he wasnt at church yesterday for some reason. Katy wasnt at church either. It is very draining trying to teach her because she has some crazy questions and the people we bring to fellowship her are awesome but talk a ton. In our lesson Friday her first question was whether or not Mary had other kids after Jesus. I opened up the bible right to the part where it says Jesus had brothers but for some reason she just kept saying that she was unsure.
Yesterday we had a pretty awesome experience. Earlier on during the week a guy had called us saying that one of his employees who lives in our area had told him that she wasted to receive a priesthood blessing. We set it all up then met at her house. They arent members but there entire family was there, even her grandparents, and some aunts/uncles and cousins. The girl is about 20 years old and has a brain tumor. She had been taught by missionaries awhile ago and had received a blessing before. It was pretty powerful when we talked to them about faith, the restoration of priesthood authority, and miracles. Elder Williams gave her the blessing and the spirit was really strong. We are going back this week and will probably start teaching her and her family.
I hope you all are doing excellent. The weather has been great the last couple of days. Maybe not as perfect as Florida but respectable nonetheless. Have a great week!
Love, Elder Clark
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