Nov. 13, 2017
Hi Everyone!
This week was really good, lots of blessings and lots
of good food. Elder Sierra is trying to lose weight in these last couple of
weeks, but it is pretty hard in this area because the members love to feed us!
Our investigators are doing really well, we are working with some young
adults towards baptismal dates in December and right now we are teaching a few
part member families and also Franco, an 8 year old kid who has been going to
church by himself for the past year. Last Sunday he came up to us and asked if
he could be baptized so this week we talked to his parents and made sure they
will support him and help him! His brother and uncle are members of the Ward and
live a few houses away so he has a good support system too!
Fun Bolivian Culture fact: No one here likes the Chileans because a long
time ago there was a war between Bolivia and Chile and Chile won and took away
the coastline Bolivia used to have. So any time someone here meets a Chilean
missionary they make jokes like, "When are you going to give the ocean back?" haha
it's pretty funny.
So we don't have a real beach in our mission, but on Monday we went to the next best thing: Sand dunes in the middle of a shallow river. We played soccer and frisbee as a district and it was a blast!
Also we hit up Cotoca on the way and the sloths were feeling pretty photogenic that day.
Something I learned this week is that often when the Savior invites us to repent, He says "come unto me," immediately before or after. When He invites us to repent, He is inviting us to make ourselves worthy to be nearer to Him. When we sin, we distance ourselves from Him and are not worthy to be close to Him. So we can really only come unto Him as we repent and become worthier to be in His presence!
So we don't have a real beach in our mission, but on Monday we went to the next best thing: Sand dunes in the middle of a shallow river. We played soccer and frisbee as a district and it was a blast! Also we hit up Cotoca on the way and the sloths were feeling pretty photogenic that day.
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| We found a really cool train track bridge |
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| The sand dunes near Cotoca |
Something I learned this week is that often when the Savior invites us to repent, He says "come unto me," immediately before or after. When He invites us to repent, He is inviting us to make ourselves worthy to be nearer to Him. When we sin, we distance ourselves from Him and are not worthy to be close to Him. So we can really only come unto Him as we repent and become worthier to be in His presence!
I love teaching the gospel and understanding it better each and everyday!
Read the Book of Mormon every day and you will learn and feel incredible
things!
Love,
Elder Harris
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