2015-06-21 Father's Day

Hello! Thank you for your prayers! I definitely feel them! This week has been enormously better, the devotional the district has been arranging went great, and we have been figuring out different ways to work with the YSA. So brother Chris was confirmed yesterday. and on July 11 we have two more baptisms! So i can't remember how much I have told you about this family, but it is the Santos family. So we found them in street contacting, they have been to church every week, they keep every commitment, and are so excited to learn. They will be baptized on July 11. They are the fastest progressing investigators I have ever found. They are so happy all the time, and the father has been talking about how he wants to invite his whole family to be baptized, and they are reading and highlighting the book of mormon all the time. When we contacted them about 3 or 4 weeks ago, we extended a baptismal date of July 11, and he said why is it so far away? Haha they are both doing so good, I feel it is the fruit of just working hard every day, and being obedient.

I love you, sorry my email is late, but I miss you and love you!!!!! 

Love elder Clark

Thank you for your letter this week, it reminded me of my earthly father and Heavenly Father. My own father is such a great man, and that letter touched me, I don't know why. I guess its because whenever I am tempted to be lazy or disobedient, I think of my earthly father, and I realize that is not what he taught me. He grew up working on a farm and he is the hardest working, and most diligent man I have ever met. Unfortunately I grew up in the city, but I try to always base my work ethic off of him. This week there was a big change around, I don't even really know what happened but this are just going a lot better. I have been praying so hard for things to become better, and I feel that they are. I have been pondering the training supplement for district meeting, and it is so great. We really are commanded to pray for what we need. I saw the power of this as I prayed for specific investigators/RCLA to come to church, and as I prayed to find new investigators. We found this great new investigator named Dante, and more people came to church this week. I realized in Alma 31 when Alma was praying for his bretheren, that that is really what caused so many great miracles among the Lamanites, prayers of the faithful. I have committed myself to pray much harder and pray for all my investigators, and less actives and for the whole district by name each night. Also about the language, I have been reading the Book of Mormon in Tagalog a lot. When I went on exchanges with Elder Bell he inspired me to read it, and I have seen a great difference in my Tagalog, it is improving a lot, hopefully I will be close to finishing it by the end of this transfer.
So with the wards and stuff, it is going better. The lady that had a little beef towards me is perfectly fine now, I don't think she was really even mad at me in the first place, she just kind of has up days and down days. The fireside went great! President and Sister Hiatt were great, and the spirit was strong. And now we have been thinking of new ways to hasten the work, President Hiatt suggested that we get the students more involved with the media by making like a video and stuff, so this might be one of the next things we try to do, we will try to get the members inspired to do it, so we don't spend much time on it if any. We are also doing showings of meet the mormons, for the members to invite friends, (Don't worry the missionaries aren't watching it) and we are doing training starting this week in the student leaders committee meeting, I will tell you how that goes next week. Love you president!

Love,
Elder Clark