Oh happy delayed Memorial Day everyone! All the libraries
were closed yesterday so thus, the delayed e-mail. I am so grateful for the
freedoms that we enjoy, especially the freedom of religion. Because of that
freedom so many miracles have happened. ... this week was so epic!!!!!!
This week started with a fantastic district
meeting about faith and about how to avoid the 6 destructive D's.
1.doubt
2.discouragement
3.lack of diligence
4.disobedience
5.disbelief
6. (I forgot sorry...)
These 6 'D's' really got me thinking. The weapon
to defeat these D's is by none other then faith! I was reading in Mathew today
and there is a scripture that talks about a mustard seed. Although it is the
smallest seed, it grows into one of the most grandest, important herb. That
fail, even just a little can do great and wonderful things, things you never
thought possible.
Moroni 7:33-34 "and Christ hath said if ye
will have faith in me, ye shall have power to whatsoever thing is expedient in
me". This week started with an increase of faith, a cast out of doubts and
the result... miracles!
I will just hit the main highlights
First miracle.
-We were heading into the weekend and there were
a couple of our number goals that we had not hit yet. So in order to catch up
we needed to get 2 new investigators and 2 referrals. For some reason all week
I have just been so excited and pumped about everything. (That crazy little
thing called faith).
We were
about to go on an exchange so when the sister who was coming with me came, I
gave her a million high fives and told her what we were going to do that day..
then we went to work. One miracle after another, we ended up with 3 new
investigators and 2 unexpected member presents.. We taught Shelly and Alicia. They
are 2 of our investigators with a lot of dogs.. we don't know exactly how many
but we know it's more then 7.. but we went and the dogs were quiet while we
taught about the plan of salvation and it was amazing. We had a member with us
who was just teaching exactly to their needs. It did end a little rocky when
our member started to talk about the pros of polygamy (face palm) but it didn't
seem to scare our investigators so it was good.
Then we got in contact with a young man who is a
less active and shared a message with him. We ended up sharing Helaman 5:12 (Christopher’s
favorite.. well he might have a new one now) and we also sang the song the wise
man built his house upon the rock.. it was an interesting door contact to say
the least but it went really well.
Then the last miracle of that day. We started
teaching a less active member and her 10-year-old daughter Aleigha wants to
learn about the church. So we started to teach her as well. We had Stephanie (a
2 year old) putting stickers all over our faces and our hands as we taught the
restoration but we got the lesson across. Day of miracles!!!! When you make a
goal. Pray and seek for the lord’s guidance and then put full faith in him and
go to work.. He always provides!!!
Second miracle..
Ok. this miracle starts with a confession. So
Dad.. remember how you use to have those armor of God coins that you would give
to the young men.. well... before my mission I found one of your and took it
with me on my mission... sorry.. but when you hear this story it was for a good
cause!
So we had a lesson last week with our recent
convert Luis and Denise. They have been going through a rough time so we talked
about enduring to the end. And used emphasis to teach about the armor of God. As
we taught I remembered I had that coin in my bag. I was prompted to give it to
him. So I did. Luis was so grateful.
Then this week we had a lesson. Luis brought his
sister Katharine. They had won a singing competition in Newark the night
before. He talked about throughout the week there were lots of trails and hard
things but every time he would get discouraged he would feel the coin in his
pocket next to his phone, he would pull it out read it and then keep moving
forward. When they had the singing completion the night before his brother (who
is very critical of the church) was really nervous to go on stage so Luis let
him hold the coin.. His brother talked about how it gave him such a peace and
asked Luis about his baptism... MIRACLE!!! And we also picked up Luis’s sister
as an investigator. So dad thanks for the coin:) it is working miracles.
Third Miracle.
Last the best of all!
So sister shearer and I were walking in Nutley
and were just not having any luck finding people. I had remembered that Sunday
that our member told us if we ever needed to knock some doors that there was a
house down her street and the people where really nice. So Sister shearer
and
I started walking.
When we arrived at the house we knocked and an
elderly man answered. He looked at us and then he pointed to our tags as a huge
smile spread across his face. He eagerly invited us in. His wife was home so we
entered. He invited us to sit on the coach. We sat as he went upstairs.. Sister
Shearer and I at this point are very confused and not sure if he's really
accountable.
But not to worry, the man comes down the stairs
with his Book of Mormon in hand and points at it, he eagerly sits down and
shows us the inside cover where a missionary had written his testimony in it
for him.
Long story short… His name is Jerry. He met the
missionaries when He was in Poland and he was investigating the church for 3
years there. He was almost baptized 2 times. But they were both canceled. One,
because the owner of the pool where he was going to be baptized canceled at the
last minute. Then the second time they were going to do it in a river and there
was a huge rainstorm so the members canceled. He eventually came back to the
states but lost contact with the church.
Jerry was just so overcome with emotion as
he thanked us for finding him. The spirit was so strong in that room. There is
no doubt in my mind that Heavenly Father loves Jerry a lot. If you've ever
doubted that God is aware of you.. I testify that HE IS.
We've shared the Jerry story with members of our
ward in ward council and it's gotten everyone so incredibly excited about
missionary work. I'm so grateful to be apart of the 'Jerry story'.
So that was basically my week. I am so so
grateful to be serving a mission. I love this work. I love being a missionary..
I love my Heavenly Father and my Savior. I know with a surety now that this is
exactly where he needs me at this time. It took a long time to come to that
realization in full but the Joy and Peace I feel is undeniable. MISSIONS ARE
THE BEST! Well family I love you all! Thanks for the pictures of the cute kids!
I pray for you all always!
Love,
Sister Clark
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