8 November 2010
Dear mom and papa and family and friends,
This week has been great. Very hard work. But good. Monday, I saw David and that was awesome. But I am pretty sure I wrote about that in my last week’s letter. Then after emailing last week, I got my hair cut. I was so fed up with it being long, but now it's pretty short and super British, and I am not very much in love with it at all... but I guess now I have it for a while. That’s what I get for being in England. Then that night we had dinner with R and T Hopkins. T is getting baptized Tomorrow on the 9th of November, which is my 14th anniversary of my baptism! We are pretty excited for him!
Last Tuesday we spent all day in Tewkesbury. When we first got here, we thought everyone was saying Chukesbury, because that's how it sounds with their accents, so when we found out it was actually a "T" we were shocked! But Tewkesbury is lovely. And we had a lesson with a little lady named E. And she is adorable. We taught her part of the plan of salvation for her first lesson, and it went really well. And then we had a lesson with a less active man who has decided to start his own type of religion and sings these weird yet awesome folk gospel songs. He sang for us the whole time we were there, and then gave us two CD's to listen to. They are hilarious.
Wednesday I turned 22! Very fun. Sister P is the best companion in the whole world. She made me cake and breakfast, and gave me the most hilarious card ever. We went to District meeting, which was a great meeting, then we all had cake, and we got mail and that was fun. I got some surprise mail from people I hadn't heard from in a while, so that was exciting. Then we brought the district leader and his companion back to Evesham with us so that they could interview T for his baptism. But first we did some finding, and got some new investigators, which was great. And then we walked up to R and T's home. But when we got there, the elders realized that they forgot the sheet they needed for the interview in the car. So we went finding, while R took them to get it. After the interview, we had to run (literally) about a mile and a half back to the car to get them to the train station. Quite the workout when you are wearing heavy boots and have a backpack on. That night, K, a less active 19 year old made us dinner and we had a lesson. It was a good day! Thanks to all the friends who sent birthday cards. I so appreciated them! And Hailey! Thanks so SO much for the gift. I love it so much, and you have a letter on the way. Gosh, you are the best friend ever!
Thursday we gardened with a member in the morning, and then visited some other members and less active members, and then had dinner at the Wharrad's home. It was so fun! Sister Wharrad made a big birthday meal, and there were balloons and a cute cute birthday cake! It was so much fun! I loved it. What a sweet sweet lady! And her two kids, E (4) and Th (2), were adorable. They made me a very pink cake, and E helped me blow out the candles! Such sweet people. Then we had a lesson with the B family. G B married a member and since then has been looking into the church. And since about 14 years ago, he has been basically a member. He comes to church every Sunday, and reads the book of Mormon every day, and prays and does everything. But he hasn't been baptized. He has been investigating seriously for about 3 years, and we had an amazing lesson with him. He had major concerns about the atonement, so we had been studying for him all week to be able to answer his questions. Well, we taught, and the spirit was so strong, and we actually dissolved his concerns. It was amazing! I think he was really surprised. But it was so powerful! We thanked the lord when we got in the car for the spirit that was present.
Friday (the 5th of November. you know, "remember remember the fifth of November") it was bonfire night, and it was really fun. We had weekly planning, and then we tried to visit lots of other people, and nobody was home. But the fireworks were really cool, and we could smell the bonfires for a few days after even. Very fun!
Saturday we met again with J. She was baptized in February, and since then has started smoking again. So that day she decided to stop smoking. So we started that on Sunday. On Saturday afternoon, we started our fast, and we fasted for the missionary work in the Evesham area. We asked the ward, 2 weeks previous to also join us in fasting for the area. That night we visited an 88 year old woman in the ward and I saw a huge spider behind her couch. And so I was brave, no screaming or even showing any fright, and I got up and stepped on it, and got rid of it. I am so proud of myself!
Sunday we had church which went great. And then a dinner afterward at a members home. Then we went to J’s and did the stop smoking workshop with her. Now we are pros! We did so well, and she is committed! It’s awesome! We are so happy for her! Then that night, we went to the B family again, and again had a very spiritually powerful lesson. We ended by setting a date for G's baptism, and he is working on his faith to be ready by then. So prayers for G would be lovely!
This week has been great. We loved it. We tracted a lot, and did lots. We both got seriously fed up with our clothes. But oh well. And we laugh all the time. I love it here. And I love serving the lord.
Love,
Sister Clark
I hope you had a great birthday mum! Love you!
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