Monday, November 20, 2017

Pray Always!

                                                                                                        Nov. 6, 2017
Hello Family,

I hope everyone enjoyed Halloween! We kind of forgot it was Halloween on Tuesday until we saw a group of kids going from store to store asking for candy. (I doubt they had too much success because Halloween is not part of Bolivian culture haha.)

On Saturday we ate some Reese's peanut butter cups, so I guess that counts for something. But, the closest thing to Halloween this week was Day of the Dead!!!! We have been super excited for this day the past few weeks because we had 2 big activities planned!
 
Everyone had the day off so in the morning there was a ward activity organized by Grandpa Ernesto. We all met up at 8 am, ate breakfast, and then we trained the ward members how to contact people and get down their info to be able to pass by and teach them another day! Lots of members showed up and they went and contacted all over the area and now we have a ton of great referrals to contact so it was a big success!

Here in Bolivia EVERYONE goes to visit a dead person on November 2nd. So the cemetery was packed all day. With that in mind, we got a dry erase board, a table, and some pamphlets and set up a little booth outside the cemetery next to all the people selling food and flowers! We wrote "Where do we go after we die?" and "Will I be with my loved ones after death?" on the board and then contacted the people passing by.

Later on I went into the cemetery with Elder Sierra where everyone was sitting, eating, and spending time with their families and we sang "Families can Be Together Forever" and afterwards gave out pamphlets of the plan of salvation! It was really fun and nerve wracking to just start singing, but it went great and we found some good new families!

When we were done I called a taxi to carry the dry erase board back to the chapel and we needed a taxi with a rack on top. In Spanish, they call the rack "Parilla", but I accidently said "Parillada," so instead of asking them to send a taxi with a rack on top, I asked them to send a taxi with grilled steak. Good times.

The best part of this week was Raquel's baptism! There was a huge amount of support from the ward and lots of the youth went which was great!
 
It was a neat service and we are so happy for her and the step she is taking in her life! Her cousins went to church yesterday and we are starting to teach some of her family which is good!

 
 
 
 
This week I was reminded of the power of prayer. Whenever you are feeling inadequate and like you can't measure up to the tasks that lie before, pray. He listens and will give us the strength we need to magnify our callings and meet the demands placed upon us! "Pray always, and I will pour out my spirit upon you" (D&C 19:38) I know that promise is true!

Love you all, have a great week and don't forget to pray!

Elder Harris

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