Soccer Tournament with the entire mission!

May 26

OK so I'm writing today because we had a mission activity yesterday that took up almost the whole day! It was awesome! The whole entire mission went to a super nice school that President rented out right next the ocean and we had a small devotional and watched a few videos. It was pretty good. And after this we had a huge soccer tournament with the whole entire mission! President made a huge bracket and each zone played against other zones! My zone got to the semi-finals and we lost in a shootout. It was pretty intense. We played on real fields and they were huge, so I was dying but I loved it. We had refs and everything! After the tournament we had a huge barbecue and ate a ton of hamburgers! And then to finish it off we went to a theater and watched meet the Mormons! It was an awesome activity! I had a blast! This week went well. We keep finding more people but they haven't been progressing very well. Romina was doing great until the end of the week she had a few doubts and we lost contact with her and we haven't seen her for days. Eugenia is doing good. Right now she is visiting her family in another part of Argentina but she is improving a lot with quitting smoking. The last we heard is she only smoked 2 cigarettes in one day! Keep praying for her! I am still loving this ward! The members are incredible and do so much! Welp that's it for this week! Love you guys!

Elder Roberts

June 1

Hola familia!!!! I went to the city today for p-day so I don't have too much time to write but this week was good. We are working alot with the Ponce family. They accompany us almost everyday! The ward is working super hard. This ward does so much! Every Friday night this ward does a family home evening with the whole entire ward. This week the elders were in charge of the activity. We did an acting/play thing that is super funny. We have videos so I will show them to you later but it was awesome! This week Eugenia came back from vacations and is struggling a bit with smoking and the gospel so please pray for her. We started working with a kid named Brian. We dropped him about 2 months ago but we have started working with him again. He is super awesome! Please pray for him. Welp that's about it for this week! Time flies by! I cannot believe it! I love you all!

Elder Roberts

Mini MTC for a day!

City Streets

Milk in a bag!

Awesome Ward Mission leader!

MTC for a day!

May 18

How's it all going? this week was the temple dedication for the Cordoba, Argentina temple! It is the second temple to be built here in Argentina so everyone was so happy! Every stake center in the whole country of Argentina broadcasted the dedication of the temple so every stake center was an extension of the temple. President Uchtdorf and elder christofferson came down to dedicate the temple. Elder Christofferson served his mission in Cordoba so it had to have been very special for him. They both gave awesome talks! The dedication was an awesome experience! Since Sunday was like going to temple our investigators couldn't go but we brought them to the broadcast of the temple celebration Saturday night. It was super fun. We have a new investigator named romina. She was referral from a recent convert. She really liked the temple celebration! We are working with her right now so please pray for her. We are still working with hermana ponce. She is progressing pretty well. She is quiting smoking very well. Keep praying for her. This Saturday my stake did an mtc for one day and we were the teachers! It was super fun! Next Monday we are doing an activity with the whole mission! The only info they told us is we have to show up in sport clothes and its possible we wont have time next Monday to write so maybe i will write you guys next Tuesday! Love you all!

Focus on finding!

May11

Hola familia!!! Yesterday was great! It was so fun talking to you guys! I think I told you guys everything yesterday so I don't have too much to say but this week was great! We are focused on finding more investigators right now. We are still working with Adrian. He is an awesome kid. We are also working with Eugenia Ponce. She is the mom of the Ponce family. She works Monday through Friday until late in the night so we can only see her Saturdays and Sundays. She has a baptismal date for the last week in May or the first week in June. Please pray for her. Her main problem is she smokes like 15 cigarettes every day. She sets goals to quit so please pray to help her. Here it is starting to get super cold but I kind of like it. Today for pday we are going to McDonald's and then to play soccer!  Welp that's about it for this week. I love you guys!

Staying with Elder Bonilla in Virreyes

Magali's Baptism

The Navone Family

The Ponce Family

Today is transfers and I will be staying here in Virreyes with Elder Bonilla for my last transfer in the mission! I cannot believe it. Josh Jensen wrote me a letter today. He is my friend that was in Grandma and Grandpa's ward in Peru! He said Grandpa is a legend in Peru. He said Grandpa baptized so many leaders there!

This week was good. Magali got baptized! She is also from the Ponce family. She is awesome! The whole family are members except the mom and her son who is 18 yrs old. But they are all so awesome! This past Friday was a holiday in Argentina. Every year for this holiday everyone makes a stew called locro. Its pretty good. It takes like 6 hours to make it. Our ward made it Saturday and they started at 5 in the morning! But its super good. Its full of all sorts of meats, a ton of vegetables and also intestines. Right now we really need to find more investigators. Sunday we found a kid named Adrian. He is 15 yrs old and his dad is a member. He is so awesome. He went to church and loved it. He is really open with us and he really wants to change! Please pray for him. Welp that's about it for this week. I can't wait to talk to you guys on Mothers Day. I think I will be calling you guys at like 6 or 7 in Argentina time so I think that will be like 2 or 3. Love you guys!

Elder Roberts

Grandma and Grandpa Clark with one of Sam and Parker's good friends from Alta, Josh Jensen, all serving in Peru.

Love the Ponce Family

This week was great! The ward is super excited about the Ponce family. They are so awesome! Lucas, Facundo and Sergio received the priesthood yesterday! Johnny and Andrea are incredible people! They came to church again yesterday! The ward has done a lot for them also. Our Stake President also went and visited them this week! Johnny and Andrea have so much faith. Andrea told us she wants to get baptized so bad and they both love learning about the temple. They told us this week that their son won't return to them but they have to return to him! Thanks for the prayers and keep praying for them! The area is going pretty well right now. We really need to find new people right now. We are working with Magali right now. She is another member of the Ponce family. She could get baptized this week so please pray for her. The mom of the family also is doing great but we cant see her Monday through Friday because of her work schedule. She has been coming to church and really likes it. She smokes a lot so we are trying to help her with that. Her name is Eugenia. I am loving this ward. This ward is amazing. Everyone is so united and involved! Thanks so much for all the prayers! Love you guys!

Sweet Bastian!

Hola!!!! This week was awesome but also really sad. I don't know if you remember Johnny and Andrea. They are awesome investigators. They go to church and everything, but they cant get baptized because Johnny doesn't have his DNI and they can't get married. This Thursday, their 3 yr old son was hit by a motorcycle and killed. The story is so sad. The guy that hit him, robbed the motorcycle and when he hit Bastian, he gunned off and they can't find him. Friday we went to a funeral thing that they held for Bastian and it was so sad. Johnny and Andrea are devastated but they are also so strong. Sunday they went to church! They both have a testimony of the plan of salvation. They are huge examples. The ward is also devastated. But the members are doing so much for them, it's incredible. Please pray for them. Yesterday 5 members of the Ponce family got baptized! It was so awesome! This family is incredible! This family has a ton of potential and they will do great things in the gospel! We are working with a kid named Andres. He went to seminary everyday this week but we are struggling to find time to teach him. We have only taught him once. He went to church yesterday and really liked it. Please pray for him! That's about it for this week. Please be praying for johnny and Andrea! Love you guys!!!

Conference weekend

4-6

Conference weekend was awesome!!! I loved the talk Elder Ringwood gave on Saturday! I also loved Elder Holland's talk! My stake center is the mission office of our mission, so I got to watch it in English in the mission office! It was super nice. My Stake President here got called to be in the Seventy!! He is a super nice guy! Yesterday Pablo got baptized! It was a good experience. His brother Ariel last minute decided not to get baptized but I think he will do it this week. A lot of Pablo's family came to the baptism! His uncle that's not a member started clapping when he got baptized but quickly stopped when he saw that no one else was clapping. It was kind of funny. The family Robles did not come to conference. They really need help. Keep praying for this family. We found an awesome family this week! Its the ponce family. The whole family went to the Sunday morning session! One of their sons, Sergio, is super awesome. He is 21 yrs old and went to every session this weekend except for one. We didn't even invite him to the Sunday evening session and he showed up! Please pray for this family! This week President Ayre came out and worked with me and Elder Bonilla one night! It was a super good experience! I learned alot from him! Thanks for all the prayers! Enjoy spring break! Love you all!

4-13

Hola familia!!! Tell Jaxson happy birthday from me!!!! This week was great! Ariel got baptized and had a great experience! He has a really rough life. We have been working a ton with the Ponce family this week and they are progressing super well. Two of them, Lucas and Facundo, went to seminary everyday this week and they love it! A lot of this family could get baptized this week so please pray for them. Its an incredible family! They surprise me every time we teach them! This ward is so awesome! The Bishop here is amazing. It is so impressive what he has done in this ward and what he is doing! The converts here are so strong! Felipe the guy that got baptized a bit ago shared his testimony in Sacrament Meeting yesterday and it was awesome! He is such a funny guy. Everything is going super well here! Thank you so much for the prayers. Keep praying for the Ponce family! Love you all!!!