Hi Family!
This week was marvelous!! We saw a lot of blessings and we are receiving a lot of help from the members! But, first, I want to share a few pictures.
On Monday, our P-day (Preparation Day) we got to play soccer.
Tuesday was Elder Valencia's birthday so people gave us cake all week!
Bolivian tradition is to put your face in the cake and contaminate it with your germs before everyone else eats haha.
I have to say, for the first time in my life I was sick of eating cake.
Happy Birthday Elder Valencia!! (The cake is pink because it was also their daughter's birthday, just so it's clear!!)
We also were in a trio with my Grandson Elder Limaico, (trained by the one and
only Elder Cohelo) who will also be training this transfer! 
He is from Ecuador
and we had a great day with him!
He is from Ecuador
and we had a great day with him!
First trio in my whole mission which was really
weird, but no one was seriously injured and that's the important thing.
As for our investigators, we couldn't visit Familia Callejas this week. We
are teaching a 15 year old girl named Raquel Amblos and she has been having so
much trouble with going to church. Well yesterday she finally went and stayed
all three hours. The young women did a great job befriending her and she is on
track for her baptism the 23rd of September.
Javier has been having some family problems, so please pray for him that he
can attend church this Sunday. He hasn't gone for the past two weeks!
Another family we are teaching is Familia Zambrana Nina. The husband was
originally not interested and rejected our invitation to go to Church, but his
heart has totally been softened and they are a really prepared family! More to
come next week...
Last night we visited a less active man named Alfredo. Alfredo served a
mission in Bolivia and later on was a Bishop, but had some problems in his life
that caused him to move to Santa Cruz. His life has taken a turn for the worst
in many aspects and he told us he kneels down and prays every day, but things go
worse and he feels like Heavenly Father doesn't hear his petitions.
As I listened, I thought of the Savior in the Garden of Gethsemane.
Yesterday during the Sacrament I read the account of the Atonement of Jesus
Christ in Matthew and learned something new: Christ asked his Father THREE times
to pass this cup from Him. THREE times he made the same plea, yet the
unimaginable pain, heartache, and suffering continued.
Did God not love Jesus Christ?
Did He not listen to His prayer?
Yet our Savior's petition was not granted. But did Christ lose faith in His
Father? No, because He trusted that God had something more important in mind and
understood that what He was going through, for some reason or other, was
necessary, or His request would have been granted.
There is nothing wrong with asking for what we want when we pray. The Son
of God did so three times! But when our request is not granted, we have to
understand that it is NOT because Heavenly Father didn't hear our prayers. It is
NOT because He doesn't love us. It is because He knows what is best for our
eternal good, and true faith is trusting that His will is and always will
be what is best for us.
I know He lives and I know He loves us. He does answers prayers! But when
He doesn't, we have to continue putting our trust in Him and have faith that He
sees what we do not see and knows what we do not know.
I love you all and hope you have a great week! Trust Him!
Elder Harris
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