Hi Family! Glad to hear everyone had a great thanksgiving and
enjoyed their birthdays!
This week was a tough week, but also one of the most memorable weeks of my
mission. As we witnessed a lot of investigators struggling to keep their
commitments, something I learned is that this is a gospel of doing your part. It
is so simple! Heavenly Father wants to give us so many blessings and all he asks
is that we keep his commandments and do our part! Everything we teach as
missionaries centers on keeping the commandments that he has given us and making
covenants with our Heavenly Father. He has promised us so many amazing things,
but we will never be able to experience them if we aren´t willing to do our
part!
I am also learning so much from my companion! Elder Cohelo is a convert of
three or 4 years and has a powerful testimony of the restored gospel. He also
has such a pure love and concern for the people that I have never seen before in
any missionary. He is helping me so much to refocus on my purpose and on other
people instead of myself!
This week Sonia came to church which was such a blessing! The Familia Vaca Mendez told us they were going to come, but didn't which was sad.
We found a new family to teach. Kathy and Carlos have a 5 year old daughter
and they are super prepared to receive the gospel! They accepted a baptismal
date for the 13th of January and we are so excited to help them progress towards
this goal!
This week the Lord truly allowed us to have the Spirit with us and testify
by the Spirit! We had to be bold and fearless in testifying this week,
especially with a man who has read the entire Book of Mormon, but will not be
baptized. We testified of priesthood authority and it was a sad choice that he
made not to be baptized, but we did all we could.
I am so grateful for the Spirit and the power of the Priesthood! I have
such a strong testimony of the power that we hold and have access to! I am
excited to start this Christmas season and hope we can all become more like the Savior one choice and action at a time!
Love you all! Happy Birthday Hilary and Reuben! Have a great week!
Elder Harris
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