Semana Ochenta (Of Fireworks and Marshmellow Towers!) (Longview, TX)

Man..... Eighty weeks in and another year older....... What the whack.

Anyways, how's it going ya'll? The work continues to roll here in the land of Texas. The 4th of July was a blast...... literally. Texas hold nothing back when it comes to the 4th. I swear there were more gun shots than fireworks. It was in fact..... legit. In other news...... I'm 20 now! I'll be honest, I'm happy to be 20 and all that, but I do miss the days at the begining of my mission when I would tell people that I was 18 and they'd be like, "What! You're only eighteen? I guess this is important and I should listen......" Now they're just like, "Okay, so you're twenty...... whatever. Get off my porch weirdo." No, I'm just kidding..... mostly. But anyways.

This was a great week. We found this SUPER solid family! La familia Najero. During our second lesson they were already asking about church and baptism. They're actively reading in the Book of Mormon (which is key in conversion) and can't seem to get enough of our message. They're awsome. Sadly they're about to go to Mexico for a couple weeks, but they'll be back. We also had flipping awesome zone conference this week. Sister Dalton, our mission president's wife, gave a great training on companion and district unity, and as part of it we did the o'l "build the tallest tower out of marshmellows and tooth picks challenge"......... I'm proud to announce that our strategic and educated design we called SMOOSH-IT-ALL-TOGETHER-INTO-AN-INDESTRUCTABLE-BLOB worked quite well and took us all the way to second place at 13 1/2"....... Well done gentlemen! #gentlemeninthewilderness #totallyslab #longviewdistrict #webeatgilmer

In other goodnews, the Spanish is finally starting to just flow. (About time!) We did a lot of finding this week, and had quite a bit of success. Maybe it's because people were in a good mood from the 4th of July. In addition to our finding efforts, we're spending a lot more time teaching these days...... which as much as I love finding, that's a good thing. We're on the brink of some baptisms that I really want to happen, so keep your fingers crossed and remember that prayers are always appreciated.

Before signing off, I just want to put in another plug for the greatest book in the world, the Book of Mormon. If for some reason I miss a day and don't get a chance to read from the Book of Mormon, I end up feeling spiritually starved the rest of the day. It is a vital component of our spiritual nutrition, and if we aren't regularly inmersing ourselves within it's pages we will spiritually starve our spirits. If that starvation continues long enough, our testimony will shrivel and may even die. Look. All I'm trying to say is don't be stupid. Read from the Book of Mormon daily. You won't regret it.

Well...... that's about all she wrote. Keep it fresh ya'll!  

Elder Clark Fox
(La Iglesia De Jesucristo De Los Santos De Los Últimos Días)
(Saddle Brook - Taylor  1400 H G Mosley #2206  Longview, TX)