When it rains, it pours, and it's still hot, but that's okay!

It finally rained!!! We were seriously soooo excited it's ridiculous haha. But then it turns out that when it rains here, that doesn't really mean that it cools down. It's still hot, and the air is heavier than it was before. But it does feel nice while it's raining.

In other news, my little 12-year-old investigator got baptized on Saturday! He is just the sweetest little boy ever! His Mom got baptized in April, and so it was a very special day for her too. I honestly think that her smile was bigger watching her son be baptized, than it was for her baptism. He's a very timid boy, but you could tell that he was really excited. Every time I asked him if he's excited, he would get this timid little half smile and nod his head a bunch. He was so perfect to teach. He remembers everything, and he just knows that it's true. (It's true, all of it. #namethatmovie)

I have some other exciting news...... snow cones exist in Spain!!!!! They are called granizados. My goodness gracious they are just the most beautiful icy creations to ever be eaten. In order to survive the sweltering heat of Barcelona (shout out to the Málaga missionaries who have it worse than we do) we buy granizados at least a few times each week. My favorite flavors are maracuyá (passion fruit), fresa (strawberry), and mango (mango). We have become really good friends with the shop owners of a few different places. They love us haha.

The work is still progressing here. One important thing I have been thinking about lately, is that we need to always have an eternal perspective. People are real people. They have thoughts and feelings just like me. I truly do love the people of Spain. I want them to have happy families that can live together for eternity like mine. I may not see the end results of some of the people I have taught, and that is perfectly okay. I did my part and that's all I can do. But I need to make sure that I do my part, because I don't want to leave my mission with regrets. Work hard, but enjoy the work. Take a break and have a strawberry snow cone. Then get back up and work again. I have always loved some advice that I heard years ago. "You need to be comfortable with being uncomfortable." It's so true.

Well, that's all for this week, folks! Love ya all! Os quiero! (Hehe I had to throw in some vosotros for all you Spanish speakers out there hehehe)

-Hermanita Clark

Ps-The sour skittles from America are better

Balcony, Bubbles, and Beer

Top of the mornin to ya! (That is how you say hello in Cockney, which is a British dialect.) I am learning so many different British phrases from my companion. It is sooooo fun! My goal is it be British by the end of this transfer haha.

Anyway, this week was an interesting one, but before we get into that. I have a super fun story for y'all from last week that I forgot about! So it was the end of the day, and we had gotten to piso and were just hanging around with the other hermanas that we live with. And Hermana Anderson had just recently recieved a package from her family, and in it were two big tubes of bubbles (which smell like jelly beans, by the way). Not sure how we got the idea, but we decided to stand on our balcony and blow bubbles down into the street while Hermana Spencer serenaded us on her accordian. Super normal missionary adventures, right? Haha People would just be walking down the street and see these random bubbles. And then they would look up to the night sky and see us blowing them and Hermana Spencer playing her accordian. Haha it was the best! Some people told us that we made their day. And we also got a few invites to go and have a couple of beers, but obviously we're not going to do that hahahaha. By the end, people were out on their roofs listening to us and saying hi. It was seriously just soooo much fun!

But yeah, this week was a burning hot one.  My goodness gracious! Everyday is hotter than the one before. We were told the other day that it was 104° F. We are always sweaty and damp. I can't imagine serving somewhere like Málaga or Puerto Rico or something... I have sooo much respect for those missionaries. So much respect. This week we met with a lot of members so that my companion could get to know them. I am seriously so excited to be working with my companion. She is the best! We are getting so much done and this area is going to be so much better for future missionaries. My companion just knows soooo much. She's amazing!

Well, I need to head out. I love you all so much! I think I learned this week that personal growth often comes in phases. In pieces. We often have moments where we stretch and grow a lot in a short amount of time. And then we plateau or level out for a bit. I want to make sure that I am never declining in my personal growth. Growing is hard, but it is more than worth it. My brother Paul gave me the advice to just remember that I am having a growing and stretching day when it has been a particularily hard day.  I am sooo thankful to be serving in the Spain Barcelona Mission. I have learned so much here. Thank you all so much for your support! Y'all are the best!

-Hermana Clark :)

Ps-It has gotten hot enough here that I have taken scissors to one of my dresses and now it has short sleeves! Yay!

Guess what country my new companion is from!

I have a new companion! And I am officially out of my training! Wooo!! But my new companion is just the sweetest! I already love her so much! Her name is Hermana Allen. And she is from England! I could just listen to her talk all day! Haha and she loves musicals! Yay! Haha I have a feeling that we are going to get along really well :)

Well, not a whole lot to tell this week. We're just here melting in the heat haha. It is seriously getting soooo hot. I have never sweated so much in my entire life. It's gross haha. Plus, our piso doesn't have air conditioning, so sleeping is just the best thing ever! Haha We sleep with a fan blowing on us, but still sweat anyways. And it's only going to get hotter!

I don't have much time, so I will have to end this here. I love you all soooo much! Remember that the Church and the Gospel is always true, even if the people are not. We are all humans. We make mistakes. This is how we learn. This is how we grow. So we need to remember to forgive others, but also to forgive ourselves. Christ knows everything. Rely on Him. He is always, always, always there for us. Trust Him.

-Hermana Clark :)

Ps- I have become addicted to freezing watermelon. It's the best summer treat there is!

My companion cut my hair!

First thing first, my companion cut my hair last week! We were in an elevator one day, and I was just looking at myself in the mirror, and I just decided that I wanted to do something different with my hair that I have never done before. I decided that I wanted straight across bangs. So I turned to my companion and said, "Hey, do you want to cut my hair tonight?" She said, "Sure!" So after we got back to our piso at the end of the day, I sat on a bad and she cut my hair! And it's super cute! I really like it! She did a really good job. Especially since she's only cut bangs into hair one other time before. She cut Hermana Spencer's hair a few weeks ago. But anyways, that was an exciting mission moment for me. I was feeling pretty adventerous.

So we have been teaching the sons of the my recent convert, and they are getting baptized on the 24th of June! I'm really excited! The older boy is a little more hesitant and has some doubts, but that's okay. :) Because it's something that we have to know for ourselves. But holy cow! The younger brother, he is amazing! I can't wait to see him be baptized! He knows it! He just knows it! And I love it! So I will keep you all updated on that!

Today for preparation day we went to a science museum and it was honestly soooo much fun! There was a whole section on the brain, which we spent probably around over an hour in. I just loved it! I actually miss learning science stuff haha. There was also a whole section with a tropical enviroment, and Hermana Chas who is from the Dominican Republic just died! She was in heaven! Haha It made me think of my brother Cade and just that he served his mission in Puerto Rico. And when he came home, we went to the Aquarium, and they have a tropical enviroment section, and Cade loved it too, cause it's like Puerto Rico. It's humid here, but not like an island humid. But anyways, we went to the museum, and then we jusy wandered around the shops in Barcelona. Everything was fine until my companion realized that she had set her bag down, and forgot to pick it back up. So we ran and found her bag where she had left it, but her ipad had been stolen. So we found the security guard in the store, but there aren't any cameras right where she had left it or anything. So there's nothing we can really do. We called the mission office, and they are going to get back to us tonight on what to do. So yep. It's a stinky situation.

Well, transfers are next week and I will officially be finished with my training! And I will be getting a new companion with me in Hospitalet. It's a weird feeling, but I'm excited!

Well, that's it for today! I love you all! You're all the best! Be good! God loves you!

-Hermana Clark :)

Ps- I forgot to mention last week, but I was asked to sing in the zone conference with 4 other missionaries. We sang El Cristo Es, which I think is This is the Christ in English... Not sure... But it went pretty well! I enjoyed it :)