Hey family!!
Well first things, first.
I want to say that I love you guys so,
so much! I am so incredibly blessed to have an amazing family like you! I know
that we can be together forever and that brings so much happiness to my soul!
Well this week we did a lot of walking,
ha ha, mission life! We are continuing to contact every area that we go to! We
have been going through the ward list and contacting as many as we can find.
Wow, our list needs to be updated, but hey we are just doing more work for the
ward. We have found a lot of less-actives and tried to talk to them!
Well, one of the big things for this
week is that we had Zone Conference! It was a great opportunity to get a
reboot. To be spiritually uplifted and to be recharged! We focused on the 9th
chapter of preach my gospel, finding people. Honestly, it was exactly what we
needed for our area! It really makes you think about how to meet people. It
really is the little things where the Lord prepares someone that is ready for
the gospel. We are constantly in the streets talking to people we pass, in the
buses, in the gas stations getting change for the buses, everywhere! All of
Heavenly Fathers children need the gospel so it is worth the time and effort to
try to talk to each one of them! I love zone conference and it was also a great
opportunity to be able to talk to all the missionaries in my zone! I had the
opportunity to see three missionaries that were in the CCM with me, so that was
amazing!!
The next amazing occurrence of the week
is that I had the opportunity to meet and listen to two members of the
seventy!!! Elder Packer (Elder Boyd K. Packers son) and Elder Martinez!! They
were here talking to our stake about family history! Wow, it was so powerful!
It is amazing to hear them talk about the importance of family history. One thing
that was said that I loved was: Family history is really simple, first, just
start talking to any family member that has a story, and write down memories
that we have. One of the speakers said this
"1. Find a name of an ancestor,
2. Take it to the temple, and
3. Get someone else to do the
same."
How simple is that? Really, if everyone
just continued to do this cycle, time and time again, just think about how
grateful the ones in heaven waiting will be. I know that when I get off my
mission this will be one of the ways that I will continue to be a missionary.
We have the opportunity everyday to bring the gospel to our ancestors through
family history! The church has made it so much simpler these days with famlysearch.org.
Well another really cool thing about
this week was yesterday. So we were walking to an area really close to our
house. Normally we take the long way around. I was just kind of being lazy so I said, like what
is the point at taking the long way when we can cut off some of the walking
time? It just happened that when we were walking the short cut we passed a
newly moved less-active!! They got in their car an followed us to where we were
walking. They stopped next to us and explained that they had seen us walking
and really wanted to talk to us. It just so happens that they had just moved to
this area. They wanted to know where the church was. The husband is a less
active and admitted it. His wife has never even looked into the church! I am so
excited to teach them this coming week!
Well, that is all for my week! I love
you all so, so much and miss you always!
Con amor siempre,
Hermana Harris
