Hermana Clarke's Missionary Moments

 We'll let the pictures give the updates this week. Write to Rachelle at rachelle.clarke@missionary.org Brenda, a single mom, and her two kids got baptized this week. Rachelle says that they are literally her "best friends." (She seems to have found a lot of "best friends" lately.) Hermana Clarke helping Brenda carry her sleeping child down the hallway at church.  I love these next two photos: A spunky ward member stole Hermana Clarke's phone and took selfies of himself and other ward members with it. LOL! No wonder Rachelle loves this area so much. They have a lot of spunk, just like her! Selfie #2 with ward member #2. Hahahaha. The ward mission leader hugging Brother Gillespie. Apparently he's very happy with the work these sisters are doing.  Rachelle's best district ever. She says these are some of her favorite people ever. You can tell she is happy. Hermana Clarke, Hermana Richardson, and one of the l...

Hermana Clarke's Zone Leader, Elder Fusco, who has scheduled an appointment (It looks like) to visit Jessica's man, Jose, and teach him the Gospel. Hello everyone,  This week was the first week we got to Facetime and have a family conversation with Rachelle, and the face-to-face conversation seems to have supplanted her email this week. So, here is a quick recap of the things we talked about. Be ready for a hilarious little anecdote at the end. Most of our conversation revolved around Jessica and her six kids who are regularly attending church  for several months now. We learned that Rachelle and her companion had been impressed to take their bikes that day, and as they were biking through the park, they stopped to "OYM" (open your mouth) and talk to them. From there, they progressed and have accepted the message and have strong desire to be baptized. The one obstacle is that she is not married to her "man" of 15 years (and father to five of ...

"I love this [Edinburg]. It seriously is the promised land. Also, the Spanish language es el idioma de los cielos and I love the feeling of hitting the bikes and talking to 30 people!!! This is the most wonderful place in all of the armpit of America." -- Hermana Clarke Hi guys! This week has been great! I'm really bad at writing group emails haha I am so sorry. But we have seen a ton of miracles this week as always. This week was full of so many meetings - we had interviews with President, which are always life changing. Haha. We also had district meeting, Zone Leadership Council, and a two day MLC that changed my life. Haha. When President gives MLCs he gets really fired up and speaks really fast Spanish and it seems like he has so much energy he can't contain it all haha. It's nice that I can finally understand all his Spanish so I'm not lost anymore. The things I learned definitely changed my life and how I will minister to the missionaries in t...