Why hello sweet family,
The sun is shining in Puno. We played soccer this morning, like we ALWAYS do every monday, and after a year and a half, I am still a lousy soccer player, haha.
It's so crazy to think that I'll see my mom and dad next week. That is something so weird. I am so excited to have two more missionary companions with me(my Mom and Dad), that I love so much, for a week here in my mission. Is that the biggest blessing or what?
I've been thinking a lot about my mission lately, and it really feels like I have been here in Peru for my whole life. It's weird to think that the CCM was part of my mission, and being in quillabamba sweating in the heat feels like a different time in my life. Like, not my mission. I don't know, it's really hard to explain.
This work has really become part of me, and yes, it makes me so sad to end being a missionary, but not horribly, because I know that God will give me opportunities to serve and share the gospel for my whole life! Even though, of course it's different.
This was a good week. Like I've said, this ending time has been stressful, especially with training two new hermana leaders and teaching them the sector, but it has been good. There are a lot of people that are progressing. We had 7 investigators come to church yesterday, and 10 the week before.
Elder Uceda (that spoke at last general conference about prayer and the inca bridge) visited us this week, and he speaks WITH POWER. He invited the whole mission to repent, and was just throwing fire the whole time. I think it was really good for our mission to hear what he said. One thing I liked that he said is that Satan wants us to buy the lie that if we disobey, nothing will happen. He also invited us to be wise, and a lot of other things, but whenever he talked about being missionaries, and how sacred of a calling that is, it made me get all teary, and man, I just feel that so much. This time has been SO SPECIAL, the most special.
This week, I got to meet baby Ian, the baby of Hugo and Adelaida. He was born two days after their baptism!! haha is that crazy or what? It was good that they were baptized that sunday, and we didn't wait another week, that was the spirit for sure! They were married, baptized, and have become parents ALL in the month of July. Something pretty darned special, I'd say.
Going into my last week. Please pray for Hermano H, that he receives an answer to his prayers.
Please pray for D, that she'll accept the date to be baptized on the 19th of August.
Please pray for her mom, E that she will feel the desire to be baptized as well, and that her heart will be softened.
Please pray for E and M as well, that their dad will allow them to be baptized. He came to church with them yesterday, it was the coolest thing!
Please pray for P and R, a couple that have expressed their desires to be baptized in the church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints as of late, that they will endure to the end.
Please pray for M, that she can leave drinking behind, and be baptized.
Please pray for all of them! Plus my two sweet companions, Hermana M and Hermana Q.
Well, I love you all, and continue to pray for you always always.
I love my Savior Jesus Christ.
I know this is HIS church, and HIS work.
Love you all,
Hermana Clark
