Hello! Thanks so much for the birthday package, it was perfect. The cake in a cup things are awesome, because that way my companion and I don't eat a whole cake in a week. The CD is great, it was just a good birthday gift. :) Thanks so much for all you do to support, I love you guys so much!
It sounds like you guys had a very good week! I'm glad to hear that David is doing well. If being bored is the biggest thing he's complaining about that's pretty good.
This week was quite nice, I was still recovering from being sick at the beginning of it, so I spent a good amount of time reading the Book of Mormon and sleeping. But, by Wednesday we were right back to it, so it's all good!
Wednesday we went to an apartment complex on the edge of our area. The first person we talked to was a woman walking to her car, and she turned out to be the apartment manager. We were thinking she was going to kick us out because it was a gated complex and we had sort of snuck our way into there. But then she told us that we were welcome to go around and do our thing, she herself just wasn't very interested in talking to us. From there we talked to a few people who didn't speak any English, then came across a young boy wearing a Black Panther jacket. We asked him if his parents were home, and he told us his grandma was, but she didn't speak English. We asked him if he knew any of his neighbors who did speak English, and he pointed out all of the apartments on the building he lived in who could speak English. We thanked him and started knocking on all those doors and were able to have some pretty good conversations, then we moved on to the next building. As we knocked on the door, I heard something behind us, so I turned around and saw the same kid hiding behind a bush. As we went to the next apartment he went along behind us darting from cover to cover so we wouldn't see him. He continued to do this throughout the time we were at the apartment complex, sometimes making high pitched noises from his hiding places. It was pretty funny, but not very helpful as far as teaching people, so we decided to go and try a different apartment complex. On the way out he told us to wait because he was going to grab something. He ran off into a nearby apartment and came out with eucalyptus flavored gum for the two of us, and we went on our way. I think we made a friend, so that's pretty cool. :)
The rest of the week was pretty nice. We have someone we're teaching who's really interested and wants to get baptized, but has troubles commiting to things come, and he came to church for the first time this week! We had a lesson with him on Friday and talked about what baptism is and what he needs to do in order to prepare himself for it, and he seems a lot more committed now that he understands it a little bit better.
The other cool thing from this week was that we got to teach someone we met about two weeks ago. He isn't really sure about God, and he doesn't really feel like there's anything after this life we're living. But, he does have a little daughter and he feels like his purpose in life is to raise her and help her to grow up right, and since he's heard that members of our church tend to raise their kids with pretty good values he wants to learn about our church so he can be a better parent. It's not exactly a testimony, but it's a good start. :)
And, that was pretty much it! Today we went the mission office and helped sort mail. Since our mission is so small all of the mail goes to the mission office so the zone leaders can pick it up and distribute it from there. So, since missionaries tend to get a lot more packages and letters around Christmas time there is a lot of mail there to pick up. After that we went shopping at another Korean marketplace and got more asian foods. This time we bought spicy ramyen (super yummy), cola flavored chips (not so yummy), and milk candies (pretty weird, but also pretty tasty), as well as some bamboo chopsticks, so that was fun, and now we're just relaxing a little bit at the apartment because we finished everything we need to get done today. So that's pretty much our week! Thanks again for the birthday wishes, hope you all have a great day!
Elder Clark
Pictures:
1. Our Asian foods
2. The seal of authenticity
3. A section of wall that got totally obliterated. I guess any street's a through street if you're going fast enough.
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