Hey everyone!
So this email is going to be super short this week but, IT HAS BEEN SUCH A GREAT WEEK! We found 2 new investigators which is so great because we have been so busy with service, appointments, and meetings lately that it feels like we haven't had anytime to find so it is amazing when the lord blesses you with people to teach. Last week we did the have anyone set for a baptismal date but now we have 4 dates set for investigators and they are all progressing! We found one of our new investigators, Jesse, at another one of our investigators house. We felt prompted to stop by to quick and say hi and see how she was doing before we were heading to a meeting. Her friend Jesse came to the door and we quick gave him a card with our number on it and didn't really expect anything to come out of it. Two days later he called us and asked if we could have a lesson with him that day. We shared with him the restoration and he showed up at church the next day! We had another lesson with him about the gospel of Jesus christ and he understands everything and wants to be baptized! He told us that it was pretty crazy we found him. He said that the circumstances were so weird that it's crazy we caught him at that time and at that place. He said he was at rock bottom and then we showed up just at the moment he needed us. He described it as the gospel filling a hole he never knew he had. This was such a great experience to know that by following the spirit we were able to find one of God's children that has been prepared to receive the gosepl! Also what's really cool is that we had 8 investigators at church that Sunday! That's about all I have time to write about today but I love Y'all and have a great week! Gospel love, Sister Harris Hey hey hey! How was everyone's Easter? It was so great out here on the mission. We had 6 investigators come to church! That's so unheard of here! So that was pretty cool! Anyways I don't have much time to email this week so I will just give a quick low down of what happened this past week. Something cool: We went to a referrals house and he wasn't there but we found his dad and this random girl outside his porch. We talked to them and the girl asked if we could pray with her. We did and had a good conversation with the two of them and shared the Easter video the church put out. The girl was so glad we showed up and was eager to have us start teaching her. The guy said it was like two angels had come to see them. So that was pretty awesome! Funny moment: I was in the bathroom at Walmart washing my hands and I look in the mirror and I see a DUDE walk right in and go into a stall. I was so confused and I had to make sure it was the women's room WHICH IT WAS. Ya that was really weird. Anyways I hope you all had a great week! Love ya lots! Sister Harris Just two photos this week. 1. DERBY HATS! Derby hats are on sale everywhere. We were at Dillard's and there was an entire section of derby hats. They're all about $100 2. Sister Mendon and I taking time appreciating nature. How neat is that? Hey everyone!
So last week was not a very eventful week but it was a good one! We moved into the elders apartment and... IT WAS NASTY! Elders had lived in that apartment for 17 years and everything was disgusting. We even found a dead mouse under the sink. Sick. So all last week sister mendon and I have cleaned the apartment all day erry day. And now it is finally clean and is so nice! We love our apartment so much! All it needed was a little TLC. With being so busy with cleaning we didn't have too much time to actually do missionary work but we had a couple lessons. Brandon was one of the solid investigators the elders had before they left. We went over to have a lesson with him and he had his mom be there with us so we could all have a lesson together. His mom sparked a new interest in the gospel and is receiving the gospel really well! We are so excited for them! The coolest thing happened during that lesson though, we were just finishing teaching brandon and Debra (brandons mom) and then someone knocked on the door. It was brandons friend and he asked brandon if he could meet with the mormon missionaries and sister mendon and I were like "were right here!" He told us that he had already read the book of Mormon twice and it makes so much sense. So we are super excited to start teaching him! Well that's about it! Hope everyone has a great week! Sister Harris Hey everyone! This was our last week before pink washing! Basically this week all we have really done is pack our things and clean to get ready for moving tomorrow. We are really sad to see the elders leave but we are so excited for our new area! So the other night I guess I taught a lesson about recognizing the holy ghost in my sleep. Haha sister mendon told me I was sleep talking and I gave an entire lesson about recognizing the spirit. She said I even used quotes from apostles and I made some profound comments haha. Literally all of my dreams have to do with missionary work now haha. This week was awesome because we had general conference! I love Conference! On Saturday we went to the Nehrings home (awesome madison ward members) to watch conference. We filled out a fantasy conference bracket and we're all competing for a conference trophy. So glad I was able to be a part of their tradition! Since Saturday was April fools day of course there were many pranks. The Nehrings convinced their kids that the world was ending and that they had to evacuate madison and drive to Utah. They were so extra haha. They had their relatives, members of the ward, and even the elders call and leave messages that the prophet received revelation that the world was ending. It was so funny to see their kids reactions! One of them just wanted to save their guinea pigs, the other was wanting to save their food, and another was packing extra underwear. They got all of their kids and packed everything in the car (including the guinea pigs) and drove 30 minutes away until the told their kids it was all an April fools day prank. Hahaha the kids loved It! After the first session of conference sister mendon and I went acknowledge to our apartment to do some c,eaning. When we came back to their house for the second session of conference, brother nehring and the kids ran outside and told us sister nehring got hurt and the elders had to take her to the hospital and we had to follow them to the hospital. Sister Mendon and I ran into our cars and followed he down the street until the kids jumped out of the van and told us they had just prayed us haha it was so awesome! We love them so much! So we wnt to the nehrings for saturday and for sunday conference we went to the Searcy's (another awesome family in the madison ward) they made us quiche, cinnamon rolls, and monkey bread. It was so good! We sure love the members in our ward! Conference was so amazing to watch! It's like the Super Bowl for missionaries. I took lots of good notes. I felt a common theme was to keep our faith and to keep progressing and become the best people we can be. I love hearing the inspired counsel from the general authorities that will truly help us in our everyday lives. Definitely pray about the things that we heard at conference and see how we can apply their country sell specifically in our lives. I'm so grateful for the prophet and apostles that we have today! We had one of our investigators watch general conference with us and we are so excited for him! He is almost done reading the entire book of mormon! He plans on finishing it by Wednesday! We told him that if he prays to know that the book of Mormon is true he will receive an answer at conference. I'm especially grateful for president Monson's talk about the truthfulness of the Book of Mormon. Hopefully brother Kubik will know of its truthfulness. We have a date set for him to be baptized on easter if he receives his answer! We think he will and we are so hyped! So the title of my email is #rip because that is literally what is happening all the time now. Rip elders, rip phone (our phone broke), rip Hanover apartment, rip shelter, rip tina (baby goat), rip Elijah (our old Toyota corola. We drive a Nissan rogue now her name is Ramona), rip Cox (elder that died in our district). So ya it's been kind of sad with all of these things changing but at the same time it is going to be so fun! Well its been a great week! I'll let y'all know how moving goes this week! Love Y'all! Sister Harris 1, 2, 3) we took some boss district pictures 4) there are some beautiful fields with purple wild flowers 5) there are Amish crossing signs and I think that's hilarious 6) I found Harris street! 7,8) we had to take some cool pics with brother kinman's swords for our last ward coordination 9,10) some pics after Sunday conference. Yes I got people to back dab Now! Except elder Irwin :/ 11) when we had a broken windshield we biked everywhere, even in the pouring rain. We were soaked. It was awesome! |