Semana Noventa y Seis (Bienvenidos a Dallas!)(Dallas, TX)

Where to even begin this week......

Early Tuesday morning, after some very fond and heart felt goodbyes to the people of Louisiana, Elder Patchett and I set off for a final ride into the sunset. I've only been gone a week, and I can already tell that I'm really going to miss the people of Louisiana. There's something special about that place, and I know that they will always hold a very place in my heart. But enough of that mooshey-gooshey stuff. After only getting lost once on the way to Frisco we arrived and I met up with my new and final companion, Elder Estrada from Hollady Utah. We drove down to Oak Cliff in South Dallas (the super ghetto) and within an hour we were already on exchanges. 

The next day we had MLC (mission leadership conference) which was powerful. This whole year our mission has been building up to this transfer which we call our "White Christmas" transfer. The idea is that every companionship is to baptize a family on or before December 7th. Normally our mission baptizes between thirty and fifty people a month, but at MLC our mission president informed us that the number of souls the Lord wants us to commmit to him for White Christmas is 100 souls baptized...... As soon as he said the number, a stunning and awe inspiring spirit washed over the room. Not once has this mission baptized even close to that number in this short a period of time. I know that if every missionary in this mission gives it their all over that month and a half, that we're going to be witness a of miracle. (Yes, I'm talking to all you TDM missionaries that read my weekly...... I know who you are.)

That evening we exchanged again, and we found this incredible, golden hispanic family who invited us back for tacos this evening. I love tacos..... 

On Friday, we ended up having another mission conference. Elder Ochoa of the Seventy came to our mission and gave us a training on "Connecting with Hispanics". It was a little bit of a weird conference, but I still learned some good things. Since then we've been working hard, and hitting the pavement. (of which there is a lot here in Dallas........)

On Halloween, we ended up having a lot of car troubles which really slowed us down, but it ended up being okay because we had a really powerful zone conference call that evening where we rolled out the zone plans for this transfer. 

As you can probably tell, I'm staying busy and just getting enveloped by the work here in Kessler Park. (That's technically the name of my area......) Life is good, but loco al maximo...... I miss Louisiana, but the city calls. I mean you have to admit, it's cool living right under the Dallas skyline. Be blessed ya'll! See you in five weeks!

Elder Clark Fox
(La Iglesia De Jesucristo De Los Santos De Los Últimos Días)
(Bell Bishop Arts Apartments 1836 W Davis St. #1164 Dallas, TX)