Hola! Bueno pues, this week was super good!! We had transfer calls this past weekend so that was exciting to hear! Um, this week we were almost attacked by dogs! Went tracting with the branch, and yeah it was a good week! So my greatest challenge this week was I think the heat. It got super hot up here. We were dying! And we did a ton of tracting all week so we were in the sun a lot! So I think the greatest blessing was all the people that let us in their homes and gave us water and stuff. My favorite person this week, I think it would have to be this girl named Magali. We found her tracting on Wednesday and she is super cool and was just super nice and pumped about learning more! The only thing is she says she would prefer to go to church in English, she is Mexican, but doesn't really understand a lot of Spanish. So that was lame just cause every time we find someone cool, they either don't live here, or its a referral that we give to the English missionaries! This week I didn't really have a fav scripture, but something I started doing this week in my studies was an idea Elder Bednar gave in one of his talks. And that is to take a pass along Book of Mormon, and start reading it with a specific topic or question written in the front. And studying it based on that topic as you read through it and highlight things that have to do with your topic or question. And then do that every time you finish it. So I started that this week. And it has been super awesome! My question is "How can I be the best representative of Jesus Christ possible?" And yeah its pretty awesome, I have never studied like that. So the funniest thing this week, we were tracting and knocked on this door that nobody answered, so we went to the next house. Then the guy before came outside in a robe telling us his neighbors were not home and yelling and cussing at us telling us to leave! And I was like, "Okay thank you! We will see you later!" So we knocked on the next door cause it was like a duplex thing. And he kept yelling, telling us to leave. We just stood there and told him to stop and we would find out if they are home and want to listen for ourselves. Then he walked away, then next thing we know he is walking towards us holding these two huge dogs by their collars and yelling, "Get out of here or I'll show you what the real Jesus looks like!" Haha this guy was crazy!! So funny but kinda scary too haha. White people are nuts! Well I am running out of time, but here is the news. So I am being transferred to Moses Lake, training a brand new missionary from the MTC! Its gonna be super fun! I'm pumped! I'm sad to leave Yakima and Elder Miles, but it will be good! Anyway, here is a recording with a little more about my week if you care to listen, sorry if its long haha love you all! Elder Zev Harman _____________________________________________________ Audio and some photos are below. Also, here are some cool facts about Moses Lake from Sister Lewis if you're interested.
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Hola!! Aight so this week has FLOWN by!! Seriously, I feel like it was yesterday that I was emailing, kinda crazy! Anyway, this week was really good! We had a lot of lessons fall through so that was kinda disappointing but everything else was really awesome! So there are a few questions I am just going to start answering in my weekly emails to make them more interesting...hopefully! haha So, our greatest challenge this week was on Thursday we had like 6 super solid lessons set up and had members coming to 5 of them! Buuut, literally every single one of them fell through. So that kinda sucked. But the greatest blessing this past week was that a less active family that I have been working with since i have been here, finally came to church!!! We have been going by them like once or twice a week since I have been in this area and we have had some awesome lessons and we always thought they would come the next week and they never did! But this Sunday they were finally there!! We were sooo pumped to see them! And they were pretty excited to be there again! Hopefully we can keep them coming! My favorite person this week was probably this little asian kid a family we ate dinner with adopted about a year ago. He was hilarious! He just would not stop talking and asking us questions! it was so funny! He was probably my fav. A scripture that had an impact on me throughout the week was Alma 26:27: Now when our hearts were depressed, and we were about to turn back, behold, the Lord comforted us, and said: Go amongst thy brethren, the Lamanites, and bear with patience thine afflictions, and I will give unto you success. I read it in my studies and it was just exactly what I needed at this point. Super good scripture, one of my favorites! The funniest thing, we talked to this guy that said he has been chosen by God to teach people all he knows. The funny part is that he told us first off, that Yakima is where the Garden of Eden was because every single kind of fruit grows here apparently, and its the only place in the whole world that it makes sense. Second, he told us one day he needed some drugs but didnt have money, but he found $20 bill on the ground, he said it was from God. We tried to explain to him that God would not give him money for drugs but it didnt seem to help. I guess thats not really that funny...kinda sad. But yeah that was interesting. Some goals we accomplished this week, well we were able to help that less active family finally come back to church so that was cool! Some goals for next week, we are hoping to have a church tour with one of our investigators, her name is Kika, she is super cool! So that will be fun! What I love most about the area is the lessons I have learned since I have been here. Its a hard area, but when the going gets tough, you get tougher right? But yeah I think I have/will love the lessons learned here. And also how much I have been able to practice my Spanish since being here. I dont feel like I really started learning it until I came here! What I love most about serving a mission this week, I love seeing how happy the gospel makes people. The less active family I talked about just had smiles on there faces the whole time they were there. It was just so great to see that. This Gospel is such a blessing in our lives and I am so grateful for the opportunity I have now to share it with others. I have come to love this gospel and everything about it. I know with all my heart that this is the one true church on the earth today. I know Joseph Smith was called of God to do a marvelous work and wonder. I love the Book of Mormon. I encourage you all to read it. Start from the beginning, with the introduction. Something the mission trainers talked about when they were here was the importance of the Book of Mormon, and of 1 Nephi 1. Its the first chapter for a reason. Anyway, I just challenge you all to read it, ponder it, and pray about it. If you have already read it, do it again. If you have never read it, start now. Read everyday, even if it just a single verse. Even the Prophet reads in the Book of Mormon everyday. There is power in that book that we cannot find anywhere else. Anyway, love you all! Have a fantastic week! Elder Zev Harman |
Return Date: 10/10/17
Elder Harman is currently in Wenatchee, WA
Current Companion: Elder Walker
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