Ups and Downs

April 28, 2014

This week has probably been the hardest week of my mission. The twin girls we had on date for Saturday fell off date because of their parents. We're not completely sure why, but all we know is that they want them to wait. :/ It's been really hard on Elder Bischoff and me because we don't really know what to do. One moment everything was fine and they were progressing, and now it's hard to even get hold of them. We're just gonna keep trying to show them that we love and care about them and hopefully they'll see and understand that. I got sick this week and because of that we weren't able to go out and work for 2 days. It was the worst feeling in the world not being able to do anything. I felt bad for Bischoff because all my body could do was sleep. I think that's why I got sick in the first place, not getting enough sleep. Anyways, that made our week just that much harder. We had another devotional this week from President Hallstrom, who is in the quorum of the seventy first presidency. He talked to us about not just "being" missionary and members of the church, but fully "becoming" one. It was really interesting and motivational to "become" all that we can be and not just taking a back seat. Then we had a mission-wide service project on Saturday. It was Comcast Cares day, and we volunteered with 700 other people to do community service at a local junior high. It rained all day on us, so that made things a little more interesting. All of the missionaries had fun with it though. It was cool to change up our routine and go out and work for several hours. We picked up a new investigator this week!! We've been visiting a lady from Kentucky, and her non-member friend just moved in with her from there. She moved straight out of Lexington. She even lived in Nashville for a time. They are both nurses and awesome southern people. It makes me feel like home when we go over there. She even keeps saying that we need to marry her daughter and come over for biscuits and gravy. She's so funny. We just barely started sharing the Gospel with her friend, so we hope she can feel the Spirit and the truthfulness of what we share. Hazel is still progressing really well. Several people have told us that it's obvious that she's feeling the Spirit. Her surgery is coming up on May 7th, so keep her in your prayers. Elder Bischoff is loving it here. The members are starting to gain trust and love in us, and that's so important. I love and miss all of you!! I hope you all are doing your best to be amazing member missionaries. I pray for all of you everyday to have missionary opportunities. I deeply love and miss my sweet Taylor Lindsey and our turd of a dog, Ralphie! :)

Love, Elder Clark

Elder Clark's parents received a very special letter this week. The letter is attached here as well as photos from the service project and devotional!