Hola Family,
Really good week! It has been great being back with Elder Sierra and I have been brought to tears laughing several times this week.
Monday we got to visit some converts in Guapilo... It was really special to go back to where we lived a year ago and see so many wonderful people!
Some of the people we taught are still struggling with old habits, but we were able to give some motivation and there was no better way to spend our P-day!
This week we were really busy planning an initiative to help the zone find
more people to teach so they can start out the transfer well! Finding is so
important in the work and we based it on 2 Corinthians 9:6 which says:
"But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly, and he which soweth bountifully shall reap bountifully."
So this week we have a huge competition planned to see which companionship
and which District can find the most new investigators and we are really pumped
about it! The prize is a miniature rake we painted gold and put on a trophy
stand. Every Elder and Sister in Zona La Pampa will be competing for the
golden rake these next 7 days.
We were blessed to find a really prepared investigator this week named
Sebastian. His brother is a member and before he wasn't really interested in the
church. But this week we decided to give it a try and he accepted a baptismal
date for November 11th! He went to church yesterday and made some good friends
already, so we are really excited for him!
Raquel has another baptismal date for the 4th, but she didn't go to church
yesterday and we really need her to go! Please pray for her! We are doing
everything possible and she already has a testimony, but she just really needs to
attend more consistently!
This week we got a nice break from the heat, on Thursday it rained like
crazy!!!
We had to walk through flooded streets to get to a baptism of a boy from the Ward. I got to speak at the baptism and it was really special.
The rain
in Bolivia is such a beautiful reminder of baptism because it cleans out all the
garbage from the streets and leaves things nice and clean. Every time we sin it
is like throwing a piece of garbage on the ground and every week that garbage
accumulates leaving our lives dirty. But as we are baptized and later on partake
of the sacrament, we are completely cleansed and get to start again!
Never
forget the importance of the sacrament. As we prepare ourselves and partake
worthily, we are made clean and we can let all that filth be swept away!
Love,
Elder Harris
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