Dry feet

Well it rained a bunch this week. Luckily, I bought some really nice boots before coming on the mission. So my feet have always been dry. :) It's really starting to warm up here, and I am loooooving it! Also, I apologize if I repeat things over the weeks. I can't remember what I have and haven't said anymore haha. Things tend to blur together lately... People just tell me it's cause I'm getting "old" in the mission. But whatever haha. I swear I just got to the mission yesterday!

So we are teaching two people in particular who have decided to get baptized next month on my birthday! I'm hoping that I will still be here in Barcelona, because next week are transfers. So it is possible that I could be leaving. But I would looooove to stay! We have worked so hard with these people. I have been blessed to see their progress from the beginning. The gospel of Jesus Christ, when applied and lived, really does change lives. Christ can literally do anything. But we don't get anything in this life if we don't work for it. This applies in everything. Work, school, church, everything. Be the best at whatever it is you want to be. Become something. To me it makes sense that our Heavenly Father is going to make us work for things. What perfect father would teach us to be lazy or idle? He wouldn't. Because He is perfect.

Anyways, please just do good and be good. I'm so grateful that God asked me to serve a mission, and even more grateful that I said yes. That I would go and serve. I have learned so much. The mission is way harder that I expected, but for different reasons. I am always having to remind myself that my circumstances don't define who I am, but that I don't want them to either. I decide who I am. Well, I love you all so much! Keep plugging along in life!

-Hermanita Clark :)

Ps- Spaniards are very direct and straight-forward. It's stinkin hilarious! I really love Spaniards so much. I have learned so much from them :)

Some Casual Watermelon

I learned how to make a Spanish food called Tortilla de Patata the other day. I'm not sure if I have ever talked about Tortilla de Patata before... Well, first off, it doesn't involve tortillas. At all haha. It basically looks like a round cake of potatoes and eggs and stuff. But it's not really "eggy" either. It's hard to explain. But I really love it :) I want it to be a normal food for my future kids one day.

We were walking in the street and there were four little kids in front of us about the age of 9 or so. It was really, really windy. These kids had unzipped their coats and were using them as pretend parachutes. It made me giggle because I thought of when I was little and my brother Cade and I used to tie sheets on our ankles and wrists and then we would jump on the trampoline.

We met a man in a fruteria (fruit store) last week. We were just casually looking for some watermelon, and now we are teaching him. He's from Peru and wasn't necessarily looking to join a church, but I love helping him resolve his questions and stuff. I love watching people progress and learn. I think I will miss being a missionary one day :)

I love you all sooooo much! You are always in my prayers :) Don't take the little things for granted! Life goes by way too fast. Keep working hard and progressing, but don't forget to enjoy things :)

-Hermana Clark

Ps- Pride kills everything. Do everything you can to learn to be humble. I've been learning that a lot lately...

Mexican Soda

Does anyone know what the Mexican drink called Jarritos is? We were in a mall today and I saw a Mexican bar. I was just looking at it, cause you know, I miss my mom's Mexican food. I was looking at the lines of beers and drinks, and I noticed that there were a bunch of Jarritos lined up. Almost crying with excitment, I walked into that bar and bought a guava flavored one. I felt pretty successful and happy. Except, I still haven't been able to drink it because I don't have a bottle opener haha. So, I guess I was half-successful haha.

I was sitting in church yesterday listening to the speaker, and he asked the congregation if we were willing to give our lives for Jesus Christ. It was supposed to be a rhetorical question, but a little girl a few seats down automatically raised her hand high into the air. Those of us around her started giggling at her cute response, but it made me think. How often do we think like this? "Sure, I'll give my life for Christ, but right now I am too busy with work to go to church." "I love my Savior, but I just can't afford to pay a full tithe." "I want to grow spiritually, but I need to finish my essay. So I can't go to the church devotional tonight." I want to be able to instantly raise my hand to offer my service and devotion to the Savior. I don't want to procrasatinate or hesitate. Idleness is a dangerous tool in the world. You feel mildly happy, but aren't really progressing. You're just there. And it's comfy. And it's worthless. Yes, I know that I am a missionary, and "church stuff" is literally my life 24/7. So I guess writing this paragraph here for all to see will help me be committed to it.

Today we just wandered around Barcelona and I really just loved it. I love Barcelona so much, but I have no desire to live the rest of my life in a big city. It's exhausting. But I really do love how I have come to love so many different people and cultures. Being in Spain has changed my life so much. Being a missionary has changed it even more. I just love to help people and serve them. It makes me so happy :) I will miss this one day, but lucky for me, I still have a good chunk of time left!! I love you all so much! Remember to enjoy the little victories. Do the right thing, and be nice to everybody :)

-Hermanita Clark

Ps- I have been walking in the streets without a coat on lately. It feels so good! I love Spring!!

All bout dat hairrr

I've decided that I want to take better care of my hair out here. The water in Catalunya and Valencia have basically wrecked it. So I've been drinking more water than normal, and have been doing some hair masks. It's a good time to be alive.

We have a woman that we are teaching, and she really wants to get baptized. She wasn't able to come to church yesterday because her son was sick, so we had her watch a movie of Joseph Smith and the Restoration of the Church. About an hour later we got a whatsapp message that every missionary wants. She told us that she wants to be baptized as soon as possible!!!! We were so excited because she really has a testimony and knows that this church is true.

I know that I say it all the time, but I really love being a missionary. It's crazy hard, but I wouldn't trade it for anything. I have learned so much. I have really been able to see the hand of God in my life. It helps me not to forget the good times when the bad times come. There will always be hard times, but I really just don't want them to drown out the good. I can't let them. Thinking about giving way to the bad stuff scares me. I just want to be happy.

My companion's hair got stuck in the metro door the other day. We laughed pretty dang hard haha. She only lost a little hair haha. It's been raining a ton here. It either feels like a nice spring day, or it's cold and raining. I'm really looking forward to the Spring. Although, it feels like just yesterday I was stepping on autumn leaves in Valencia. The time seriously goes by so fast. It hurts.

I love you all so much! Be good and do good things! God loves you! Work hard! Don't get down on yourself! Remember that there is a girl out here in Spain thinking about you!

-Hermana Clark :)

Ps- Literally everyone flipped out about the snow last week. Aparently it only snows in Barcelona every 8 years or so