Monday, November 20, 2017

Finding the Elect

                                                                                                       October 30, 2017
Hey Family,
 
This week was incredible! We were really blessed as a companionship and as a zone and I am really excited to see the fruits over the next few weeks!
 
The competition went really well, everyone was really hyped during the week and we ended up finding three times as many new investigators than we did last week! We surpassed our goal as a zone by a lot and I am just really grateful Heavenly Father helped us meet the goal and then some. 
Elder Sierra and I were able to find a lot of people the Lord has been preparing and several of them quickly recognized us as representatives of Jesus Christ.
Raquel went to church by herself yesterday which was all we needed to see to make sure she is ready for baptism! She has a testimony and a big desire to be baptized, so this was the last piece of the puzzle for her. Her baptism will be this Saturday and we are really excited for her. She has been investigating the church for almost a year!
On Saturday as we were working we saw a man across the street and decided to talk to him. From the first few things he said to us it became obvious he was different than most of the people we meet. He told us he would like to hear more of our message and to come back later that night.
Marco Antonio is one of the most prepared and elect people I have met in my whole mission! He recently got separated from his wife and is struggling to raise his five year old son on his own, which has made him incredibly humble. As we talked about repentance and baptism he told us he wants to be baptized and he is preparing to be baptized on November 18th!
Lots of progress in our area and lots and lots of people to teach. I feel really blessed.
This week we taught several people who told us we are not true Christians and felt like we were trying to take away their faith in Jesus Christ. I want to bear the testimony that they didn't give us the chance to share.
I believe in Christ. He lives and He loves us. Only because of Jesus Christ we have hope, because "there is none other way nor name given under heaven whereby man can be saved in the kingdom of God." (2 Nephi 31:21) I know that He loves us so much that He calls prophets to testify of His divine mission. He has called prophets in these latter days to restore His church and to teach His gospel. We are not asking anyone to put their faith in these imperfect men who God has called, but rather to rely "wholly upon the merits of Him who is mighty to save." I testify that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is His restored church. He is at the helm, and as members of that church, we believe in Christ!
Love,
Elder Harris
 

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