Hey family!!!
I just have to say it was amazing to see
your faces yesterday!!! I miss you all so much and it was so great to be able
to talk to you all even to just tell you about my day and hear about yours!!
Another week has gone by. Honestly, this was
the hardest but most blessed week!! I had been a little bit distracted because
last Monday, I received the news that Kody (a boy Saydi and Haleigh knew from
Elementary School) had committed suicide. It was so hard to think that someone
at 16 yearsold could make a decision so severe. It was so sad to think that
maybe there was even something small that someone could have done to help him. Maybe
if he knew the love of his Savior. Or if he could have known that someone knows
how he felt and can help him! So my week definitely didn't start on a great
note…
I just felt a deep sadness come over me this
week. It was disheartening to think that everyone doesn't have the chance to
know of His gospel in this life to make things better. For this, I am so grateful
for Sister Pardo. She really tried everything to try to get me out of this
weird funk. This week was one of the most important for our investigator as we
where preparing for his baptism.
It seemed that Satan was fighting really,
really hard against us.
Juan Manuel got food poisoning one day so he
was having trouble concentrating because he was so sick. Thank Heavens, it only
lasted a day! All week long, he kept saying that he was completely ready to
start this new life, to start a life devoted to Christ and to never look back.
He has had a troubled past in drugs, family problems, and a lot of difficulties
with getting a job. So the gospel for him really came at the perfect time!! He had
never told us but before the baptism he bore his testimony that he felt that in
the past 6 months that there was a bad spirit in him. It was incredibly strong
to see him crying after he got baptized to know that through Christ and the
priesthood that he can be clean and be separated from this bad spirit.
The bishop, while he was sharing his
testimony, had the impression that he should be given the Holy Ghost that same
night, not the next day to be sure that he has been completely free from the
spirit. It was an incredible blessing that they gave him as Juan received the
Holy Ghost. The next day in church the bishop interviewed him and gave him the
priesthood. Juan told us that every hour in church that he was there, he just
felt like the spirit stronger and stronger. He was to the point of bawling by
the end of sacrament. It was so nice to see someone that really has changed
their whole life and as seen the blessings in his first day. Just think how
many more, he will see in the eternities.
So what started out to be a rough week was
really a week full of blessings. Sometimes, life needs to start with a trial to
be able to see the green grass on the other side. I really got to see the green
grass and all the blessings that come with one person making their life more
devoted to Christ! The cherry on top this week was that I got to see my
beautiful family!! It was so amazing to hear all our your voices and know that
you all are doing okay!! I love each and everyone of you!! I can't wait till
Christmas when I can talk to you all at the same time!
Con Amor Siempre,
Hermana Harris
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