Mission Adventures of Elder Clark Lovell

Hola todos! Elder Carpio and I with Jimmy, the man we are teaching who will be baptized next month I have negative infinity amount of time to write today, because of transfers being tomorrow, but it has been a fantastic week here in North Vegas! We did a ton of service including moving a shed (yes we literally moved a building) across a large yard with many potholes in it. We found this family that is from the same part of Honduras as Elder Carpio, and we ended up having to refer them to the Spanish ward today, but they are golden! The thing that is even cooler, is that Elder Carpio will be going to the Spanish ward in this stake! So he will be able to teach them anyway!  Us missionaries and the Monte Bello ward mission leader at the "Why I Believe" Fireside We also met this man, who told us that he was baptized over 40 years ago, and wanted help getting back to church. In the last couple of days we have been growing really close to him. This w...

Hola todos! This week kinda flew past me. I caught two colds this week. That was fun. But the highlight actually was this morning. We got up early to do help someone move that some elders in my district had met last night. He had this ginormous Bob Marley Banana that he didn't want to keep. If I was only allowed two suitcases, I would have taken it with me. Easy. So the motto of the week is "Don't Worry, Be Happy!" Yesterday we went to a Hibachi Grill with members and a return missionary and his wife, and Kayla, a recent convert in our ward. I had crab legs for the first time. It was pretty good! I almost had a craw fish, but when I cracked it open, it didn't look right at all, so I decided to not subject my companion to the torture of having his companion in the bathroom the whole day. I'm trying lots of new foods out on my mission because...  I am always hungry! We had a family basically drop us, that we had been teaching for a...

Hola todos! Alejandro said, "Yes! Yes! Yes!" when he was baptized This past week has been pretty great! We had the baptism for Alejandro on Saturday, which was so cool. He came out of the water praising God and smiling ear to ear. He kept saying "Yes! Yes! Yes!" It was so cool to see an older man act like a little boy on Christmas Day. He truly wanted to follow Christ, and he is on the best path ever! We had exchanges on Tuesday and Wednesday with our zone leaders. They serve in the top most part of the mission. Their area is the nice "Henderson" part of North Las Vegas. We did a lot of talking to people. We taught a lesson to a new convert from Mississippi and her goddaughter. They both had really thick southern accents. It was hard to understand them at some points.  We also went to this place called "Raisin' Canes Chicken Fingers" which had amazing chicken. It was pretty great! When I was on exchanges, I g...

Hola todos! the corner of Spiritual Way and Salvation St. When I left for my mission, I thought I would never see snow for the next two years. But I was wrong. Yup! It snowed in the desert on Thursday. It didn't really stick but it was fun to look out my window and see snow on the mountains. That was a fun surprise. It melted by noon.  I don't have a ton of time today, but it has been a pretty busy week. I have learned a lot of patience and humility this past week. We had a ton of appointments fall through, but that's pretty normal.  Yesterday we had an appointment with someone who we hadn't taught in a while asked us to come over, and that he would be inviting some friends over. Turns out that his friends just wanted to bash, which is a huge waste of time.  Saturday we had a baptism in another elder's area, that was really cool. It was all in Spanish, and it was a cool experience. Two young boys that I got to interview got baptized, ...