Family!
How is everyone doing! I hope you all had a
wonderful 24th of July! I was able to watch the movie 17 miracles yesterday. I
am so grateful for our ancestor’s sacrifices, testimonies and examples.
This week was a great week! We were able to
really get the members involved and to see lots of miracles!
Funny stories/ Highlights
So yesterday after church we went to go see
'grandma' Sister Corigan. She is a recent convert and she LOVES the missionaries,
she is also very determined to feed us till we are stuffed. I have experiences
some very interesting meals with her and have tried lots of new things for
example; Broccoli Robb or as my companion calls it the vegetable from Hell, Onion Salad and so forth. But really she is
great and such a sweet heart we love her a lot. So we were sitting with her
after the prayer about to leave and then she says "oh! I just read
something on Facebook that is suppose to help your memory.....but I can't
remember what it was..." we all burst out laughing. Oh the people in
Jersey are classic.
We had a lesson this week With Mary our
investigator at a member’s house. When we pulled up our investigator got out of
her car and expressed to us that she was having a bad day and she did not
really want to be here (Jersey girls we tell you what’s up). Sister Allen and I
looked at each other nervously because we also were about to teach her about
the law of tithing tonight.
As we
walked inside our member sister Pollaro was so sweet and just talked with Mary.
Although Mary wasn't really in the mood to talk she was kind and spoke to her
anyways. Eventually the conversations turned awkward and then sister Pollaro
realized that she had lost her cucumber she was holding in her hand for our salad.
We went on a massive cucumber hunt; it turned out to break the ice. THUS THE
SAVING CUCUMBER as we prepared to go share the lesson with her in the living
room we found the cucumber on the living room table. We laughed for a couple of
minutes and it set the perfect tone for our lesson. Mary is doing so good and
is so excited to be baptized! She has seen a lot of trials but she is strong!
We also were able to go and help with another
stake primary activity this week. The kids are so cute. They all dressed up and
acted out their favorite Book or Mormon missionary stories.
We were able to also get on top of the Newark chapel after and just look at the jersey skyline.
I love serving here in Jersey:) great memories are being
made, and life long friends as well.
As I have been studying recently in the Book of
Mormon my focus has been on how God speaks to us. It has widened my horizons to
see that he speaks to us in so many different ways; through the spirit, through
others, through prophets, scriptures, weather, constraint, commandments,
parents, visions, dreams, angels.
As I was reading this morning I came to the
realization that yes the Lord speaks to us in many different ways, but are we
listening for it? Sometimes I think I run through life doing 'God's will' with
horse blinders on, closing my eyes and plugging my ears and moving forward. And
I wonder why he's not answering sometimes ha-ha.
I've
noticed that our Heavenly Father also tends to speak to us in ways that we will
recognize it. Like for example. For me when it rains, I feel like it's God
speaking to me and reminding me that he is there and that he loves me. I wonder
how many blessings I have not counted or miracles I have not noticed because I
was not looking for them, or my 'ears where not opened'. You defiantly find
what you are looking for, if you are diligently seeking Him, with open heart
and mind and 'real intent…. You will find him.
Thanks for all you do family, thank you for the
prayers. They are felt:) love you!
Love,
sister Clark
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