June 12, 2017~"If You Stumble, Rise Up, Go On"~ Boyd K. Packer

Wow glasses... that's crazy Mom haha.  That is awesome about the Temple.  I want to go to the temple and do work but I can't here hahah.

This week was a pretty good week.  We went to help out Jardines so we were there and helped them find some new people as well as help them in there companionship.   We have been really working hard and had two interviews but they didn't tell us they smoked when we taught them the commandments and didn't pass so we were pretty sad because it has been like that the whole time and I was a little frustrated because we are working but everything seemed to fall through and I feel like we won't Baptize.  I was talking with my comp and some other missionaries in the Zone about how I feel like everything has been falling through for us and I got some advice that I hadn't really thought about and that is I should pray that God will help me with my personal goal of now in my misión and so I talked with him through my prayers and well the next day we had a cita with a fecha and he told us that on this Saturday he wants to get baptized!  I was thanking Heavenly Father for that anwsered prayer because I had been really working and working and nothing and now I have seen his hand.  That morning before the cita I read a scripture that said in Alma 55 that we need to always remember him even through our struggles and like the Nephites we can have victory over a bigger army because we are with God.   I can't remember the exact scripture or the exact verse but it was good and it was right and I just keep seeing these answers in my life and its so clear to me that it is the answer. That is something I have really learned because I have been reading about the wars in the Book of Mormon and the Nephites won due to having trust in god and we too will have power over our enemies. 

Elder Cleverly

Elder Cleverly with Elder Edwards, one of the APs

Looks like a new jersey for Elder Cleverly and its nice to see his #18

I wonder how long it took to stack these chairs

Cooked up some Fries

Showing his Baptism picture to others

June 5, 2017~"You Are Somebody's Reason to Smile"

Yes, its really hot here haha and yes I have been writing in my journal everyday and recording every experience, I think.  So this week I learned a lot. First was Monday and we won in the soccer game... you already know I was the MVP...then we played Pool and as well me and Elder Edwards took the Gold as always haha.   On Tuesday we had our consejo de liderazgo (Leadership Council) and well it was super good because we talked about sloths and how when they are young they try to get to the top of the tree but since they are young they grab their arms because they are confused and they fall. Sometimes we are the sloths and try to trust in our own arms and strengths and we fall but if we trust in the Lord or in the branch that we won't fall and we will be firm and strong. 2 nephi 4:34-35.   On Wednesday we had our junta de districto (District meeting) and well we had to clear some things up with the Elders in Granjas.  They wanted to change comps but we cleared things up and everything ended up good.  On Thursday we had to de-insect our house because we had coach roaches.  We got them all and it was disgusting to see all the coach roaches that left.   On Friday we had a good week with some investigators named Jorge, Luis and Manuel... they are brothers and they are working towards Baptism so we had a good lesson with them and they accepted everything.   Saturday we had three great lessons with Carlos (investigator), Hector and with his children and with hermana Teo (mama) and I sewed myself a new bag for my dirty clothes because mine was breaking. It is good because I did it with the machine and it turned out great.   On Sunday we had a good day because we did service for a family but the bad part was I ripped my pants of my grey suit... but the good part is that its repairable so I will get it fixed.   That was the week and we should have some Baptisms this week so I should be sending some fotos of people getting in el agua.!!!!!   I love ya Mom... thanks for the email!!!!

Oh...something spiritual that I learned was  reading in Alma about how the Nephites were dressed in thick clothing and the Lamanites weren't and the Nephites won and then I looked at my coin and I read the scripture about the Armor of God and it was good.  I loved the story about what happened and it was a good example of People who had the Armor of God and stayed with the trust of God and they won and they didn't have death.   I am trying to keep the Armor of God on everyday and I want to be a soldier in the Army of God!!!!

Elder Cleverly 

Its nice to see him put some sewing skills to use

Ripped suit pants while doing service

New Laundry Bag that he sewed

May 29, 2017~"We Were Not Placed on this Earth to Walk Alone" ~Thomas S. Monson

1.  Do you have to speak every Zone Conference?
Yeah... haha its part of my responsibility.

This week was good....super hot but a good week.  I got a little sick because we ate pizza and it didn't sit right in my stomach but that's alright.  I found something really cool in Alma 37:37 because I hadn't been sleeping much.   We have been continuing to teach Hector and his kids as well as two brothers, Jorge, Luis and Manuel and Carlos and Alfredo and Rosalia so we are doing good with that. We are hoping for all of them to get baptized this month.  We have dates so we will see what happens. Today we played soccer against the other Zone Leaders and the APs and it was super fun.  I will try to get the pics.  I played super good...I hurt now and I am so out of shape but I played good and I think people were surprised that I could actually play haha.   Its not a sport that I take time in but I'm an athlete and so I feel I can do it haha.   Not much more...we are going to be having Concilio (Council) and so I will have a lot more things to talk about because its been the same thing everyday so it feels like I don't have much news but we have been doing good... helping a lot of people so I'm enjoying it.  I have been able to see Elder Edwards and Osorio more.  We slept in there house yesterday and we talked a lot.  It was super fun.  I really enjoyed it and after the game we bought pizza and had a huge feast in their house haha. It was a good day today!

I just wanted to tell ya a story about what happened this week too. We had a lesson and it was a weird lesson because they didn't accept to listen to us again.  I went into the lesson dizzy and not really feeling well due to the pizza that I ate but then after we started teaching and I didn't feel bad again till after we got done. I thought it was a great lesson even though we didn't get accepted by them to come back but I saw the blessings of the power of God ...honestly it was cool.   Well that is what I got...I love ya and stay safe Mom!!!

Elder Cleverly with Elder Edwards

Mission Soccer

Eating Pizza with the AP's

May 23, 2017~ "Kindness is Powerful"

Thats too bad about baseball and well maybe next year will be better.  I know who his son is because he has come a couple times to the misión so I have met him.   Is Charly coming here for the MTC??????

So this week was just a normal week.  We didn't do too much but yesterday we had a Zone Conference and it was super good but super hot haha.  I spoke about Baptism and I compared it to Thomas Edison and how he spent the whole time trying to make the light bulb and if we do that with our lives... focus on the Góspel the entire day, it will have an impact and we will have more success and growth in the Góspel.  It was fun yesterday but other than that nothing really to report.   I Love You Mom... sorry for the short email.

Elder Cleverly 

May 15, 2017~ "Every Day May not be Good, But There is Something Good in Every Day"

We are working on the Baptisms right now.  We have some people so we will see how many and when.  We are working with Alfredo and Rosalia,Hector and his children and we have some references so we hope we got some good people.

Yeah, the world has gotten bad and it is just a way we can show our faith and its the truth that we are the strongest people because its a lot harder to grow up in this world.

Thanks for the letter Mom.  It was fun to talk to you guys and I hope that you guys play well!!!!

Elder Cleverly 

May 8, 2017~"Perhaps This is the Moment For Which You Have Been Created"

1.  Looks like its a transfer week...Do you know if you are staying?  

We had changes and I stayed but my comp left.  I have the child of  Davy Adams... his name is Elder Solis

Thats so funny about Davy because now I'm with his companion and I have heard a lot about him ...he was a leader in the mission haha. 

Thats super cool about the family of Fernanda... Will I see her on Sunday????  

I don't want to say too much because then we will not have anything to talk about on Sunday... so this week my comp left to another area and I got a new comp.  I'm LZ1 now and I'm super excited for this change... we will see how it goes. I don't know what else to say because this last week we didn't do much because we had to worry about numbers and stuff like that but now we are going to start off the new change right with a lot of people to teach so I'm hoping it will be good.  I love you Mom... keep up the good work!!

Elder Cleverly 

May 1, 2017~"The Holy Ghost Warns, Comforts and Testifies"

1.  Did the Baptisms happen?
Yeah we had two...Alma y Monica

2.  Are things still going good with Elder Batz?
Yes,  we are having a good ole time... honestly its not the same as Elder Osorio but its still good haha

3.  So do you feel like you stay pretty organized as a Zone Leader?  Able to juggle things pretty well?  
Yeah we are doing pretty good... sometimes we forget things but thats alright... we aren't perfect haha

Thats sweet about the Jazz but now they play the Warriors which will be hard but a good game too.
So not a ton this week because we had to travel a lot and take a lot of pictures of the houses and do inspections of the houses.  We had to do 7 interviews for the Zone haha but we had a good week.  I will just tell you the story that I like the most... so we had two baptisms... the Mom Alma she lost her sight about 4 months ago and she has had a fear of water before, so now it is worse.  We had the interview and she passed but on Sunday we were really worried and her fear of the water and so was Paty her child and Monica her other child.  I was the one going to to do the Baptism and she usually screams but when I got in with her she didn't do anything... she was calm and controlled her fear and was Baptized... it was the scariest thing of my life but it ended up working out and I'm so glad that it did haha.   I know that the Lord allowed me to baptize her and it was honestly a miracle to be able to do it.  That honestly was my week.  We didn't work a whole lot this past week but we got what we needed to do.   We did get to hang with Elder Osorio and Elder Edwards because they did the interviews and we ate with them today!!!!   Not much else...sorry but yeah hope we have some more news next week... love ya!!!!

Elder Cleverly

Alma and Monica's Baptism

Obviously Elder Cleverly is getting fed well...KFC

Hanging with the AP's Elder Edwards and Elder Osorio