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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