Monday for Pday we went to Split with the Matosiches. It was cool to see and fun to get out of Zadar for the day. When we got home we changed and went to Z's to do family home evening with her and her kids. We talked to them about the Word of Wisdom and drew pictures. We had one list of things that are good for our bodies and one list of things that arent and we would say something and they drew it on the side it went on. They actually loved it. We also helped K practice singing because she was trying out for a music school. For the rest of the night we took a long way home and contacted along the way.
Tuesday...This Sunday was supposed to be a big church attendance day throughout the mission. So they had us make invitations that we took to members, less actives, investigators, friends of the church, everyone and when we took it to them we were supposed to knock ten doors on the left and ten doors on the right and invite them. So we spent a lot of our week doing that...inviting anyone and everyone we could think of. So Tuesday morning we went out and visited/invited several people and knocked doors around them. We then had Branch Council and then we met with Z and K at the church to help K practice with the piano so that she could kind of hear it and sing. We had English class. So funny story with English class. We teach advanced class now. Ya, I am quickly finding out that I dont know English very well. I mean I speak English...but the grammar I dont know. Anyway so we were teaching them about something I dont even remember what. And one of the students raised her hand and asked a question. She said is that a (something I dont even remember) or a past participle. I probably looked like a deer in headlights because I didnt even know what a past participle was. Dont worry...I looked it up and now I know. I knew what it was I just didnt know thats what it was called. Tuesday night we went out and saw A. She was outside watching over her neighbors sheep. So we talked to her outside as she did that.
Wednesday morning we had piano with B and then we went around taking more invites to people and knocking doors. We had German class and then FHE. The Elders were in charge and we talked about member missionary work. Then guess what game we found at the church.....SET! I am being dead serious. So I taught everyone how to play it. They wouldnt let me play with them (which I would have gotten every match) but it was still really fun to watch them and be the judge. Everyone was super into it.
Thursday was zone conference. We were up at 4 to take a bus to zone conference and then we had zone conference and took a bus home. Zone conference was really good. It was sad because it was President and Sister Rowes last zone conference so they pretty much just talked to us the whole time. We did do some role plays of inviting people to church. President and Sister Rowe did a question answer thing where we just got to ask questions about anything and everything and they answered them.
Friday we had piano with B and then we had a meeting with Elder Matosich. They are leaving this week so we talked to him about the members. We got everything organized and kind of got on the same page of the information they have and got up to date so that we can know how to go find some more of these members. We then took more invites around and then had German class and then we went with the Matosiches to see S and M. It is so hard with them. They get it. They really do. And we have such great lessons with them. They just dont come to church. They tell us how much they miss it but then they just dont come.
Saturday morning we had to clean our apartment to get ready for cleaning check. We then practiced with K one more time before her tryout and then we went about tracting. We then had to clean the church and practice a musical number for Sunday with some of the members. We had this great idea to sing the EFY medley song...we did it but it did not sound very good. :)
Sunday...church was great. Our goal as a branch was to have 30 people at church. We had 31! That is the most I have seen at church here which was so exciting! We had a great Sacrament Meeting. The Matosiches spoke since it was their last Sunday. We had Sunday School and we taught the youth class. We talked to them about standing up for truth and read the scripture story in Alma 46 where Moroni raises the title of liberty...and we made our own title of liberty to hang up in the church. They loved it! We had a luncheon at the church after. We then had this great idea to try and find A...we havent had contact with him for awhile because he wont answer his phone. We are worried about him. Well, we know what time he comes home from work and we know where he walks. So we went and walked up that street contacting for almost an hour...and unfortunately he never came....but we will find him soon! Sunday night we went to V's and did Personal Progress with her.
It has been a good week. But another long week of finding. We are trying to come up with new ideas to find people but we are still struggling. But we will keep going and we are going to find them...hopefully sooner than later!
Funny story... So anyway, Saturday night we had the brilliant idea that we were going to practice the musical number and we told the members to come earlier than we wanted to start practicing to help us clean the church. Well...R played the piano, V came late but she actually helped clean and L told us he couldnt help us clean...do you want to know why? Because his dog was sick. Yes, he couldnt help clean because his dog was sick. Elder Lamb and him had about a 5 minute conversation/argument about it. Basically what it came down to is that L's dog was sick and because he looked at his dog he was sick too. Therefore, he couldnt clean. Their conversation was so funny and I was laughing so hard that I was crying. Anyways..I asked L to unstack some chairs...he did maybe 5 and then started breathing really heavy and complained about how exhausted he was. I gave him the dustpan to sweep something up and he told me that if he fell over it was my fault. Anyway...Sunday L comes to church and he comes up to me and says Sister Clark my dog is better. So I respond oh thats great and how are you. He said oh Im better too since my dog is better. Then he said do you want to know why he is better. I said why. He said that it was because last night when he started talking about his dog I started crying (I was crying from laughter which apparently he didnt know) and it was my crying that healed the dog. So I can basically heal things by crying now.
This week as we visited A and she was watching over her neighbors sheep I was thinking a lot about how Christ is our shepherd but that right now we as missionaries are his representatives. I was talking to A about the sheep and asked her if they all had names. She responded yes but that she only knew a couple but that their owner knew all of their names. I also noticed that a few times as we were talking one of the sheep would start to wander out of the area that they were supposed to be in and A would have to guide it back in but after not too long it would start wandering again. But as soon as the actual shepherd of the sheep came all of the sheep immediately did exactly what the shepherd wanted and followed her back into their home. It was just a good reminder for me that He is the Shepherd, not me. He is the one that can lead the sheep back to where they need to be. I can help, and I can do everything I can but He is the one that they will listen to. And more importantly, I dont know everyone, but he knows the names of all of them. And he knows where all of them are. None of them are lost to him.
Anyway...I hope that you all have a great week! Love you lots!
Volim vas!
Sestra Clark
Shoutouts...
Emails...Tys, Jordan, Lex, Carrie, Dad, Grandpa, Mom
Letters...got letters at zone conference from Amanda and Dad
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