Hola 'errbody!
Bueno pues, this week was a little crazy. I was only in my area for like 2 days because of exchanges, but it was fun! There is not a whole lot to write about this week...but transfers are this week! Elder Miles and I are staying together so thats exciting! We are pumped about that! He is awesome! President said we are one of the lucky few companionships who are staying together! Anyway, so yeah! And sadly we will be living alone for this next transfer...the elders we live with are getting doubled out and they are putting in sisters so we wont have roommates for a little bit. Good thing Elder Miles and I get along! Haha so that will be fun! I honestly don't really have anything to talk about haha. Oh! Hey! So idk if you remember Oscar and Aurora, the investigators who were baptized like my first weekend in Yakima? Anyway, they have a daughter who is 8 and she was baptized on Saturday by her dad! It was sooooo awesome! She is so cute! Her parents asked elder Miles and I to speak at the baptism about the Holy Ghost and it was so cool! It was so special to see Oscar who just became a member 3 months ago, baptize his daughter. Seriously so dang cool! Love them! After the baptism and confirmation I was talking to Crystal (the little girl) and I asked her how she felt when she was baptized and then received the Holy Ghost. And she was like,"When I got in the tub, I felt sooo good, I just wanted to stay in there!" And then she said after the confirmation,"I felt soooo comfortable! I feel like there is something inside me and I never want it to leave. It just feels like there is someone hugging me all the time, I love it!" She is so awesome! Anyway, it was sweet to be a part of that, and to know this family. They told me when they go through the temple next year that I am coming haha so that will be cool! Man they are just the best! I just love this gospel with all my heart. It is amazing to see the change and pure happiness it brings to people. It literally changes lives completely. If there is one thing I have learned out here, its how blessed we are to have the knowledge of the gospel. We are lucky. I'll talk to you next week! Happy Birthday America! love you all! here are some pics we took today! Elder Harman
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Hello everyone!
Well this week was good! Much better than last week for sure! I am not sick anymore, except my ears are still plugged and I can barely hear anything. So that has made things interesting this week. But other than that I am fine now! So we have been doing a lot of tracting this week and just trying to find new people cause everyone that was in the teaching pool when I got here have been dropped. So we are kinda rebuilding like the Jazz have been for the last decade...haha. Seriously though, we are finding some really cool people that could have some serious potential! So yeah this week some cool stuff happened, we almost got shot! Elder Miles and I were walking back to our car after tracting for a while and on the way walked past this two guys who were yelling at a homeless man about something he had done and Elder Miles saw what we’re pretty sure was a gun under one of the guy’s shirt. We were worried because we would have been the only witness if things had escalated and we definitely stood out. Thankfully they calmed down and we were able to get home safe. I also showed Elder Miles the tent city in downtown Yakima. Also, this week we found a super cool lady named Esther! We found her tracting on Wednesday and set up an appointment for Thursday. We went by on Thursday just thinking it was going to be another typical, "Otro dia"(another day), that every Mexican seems to say whenever we talk to them. But she sat down with us outside in her yard and we just talked to her and got to know her for a little bit and ended up teaching the Restoration to her. She seemed to really like it. She said she used to talk to missionaries before but slowly stopped. But when we asked her to be baptized she was super excited and kept saying, "Es me toca"(It’s my turn). She is so cool! And is on date for the 16th of July so we will keep you updated on her! We have been working with our branch to try and get them excited about doing missionary work. And we started doing a Branch family home evening to try and teach the importance of this work and get members pumped and wanting to come out with us. So we taught a little bit and played some games it was a blast! Hopefully it helps get them wanting to do some missionary work of their own! Well that is all I have for this week. I just really encourage you all to pray for missionary opportunities. Missionary work is the most important thing anyone could possibly do in this life. I think if we all understood the importance of it, we would want to do it. I wish I had a better understanding of it when I was home. I think I would have done things a little differently. So I invite you to pray and ask for those opportunities and take every chance you get to share this gospel with others. It is a huge blessing in our lives as members and it is our duty to share it. Anyway, I’ll talk to you next week! Hope it’s a good one! Love you all! Elder Harman Ps. Did you know Jesus was a gangster? I didn’t either...but we had a former member of the church tell us that while tracting one day...interesting haha. |
Return Date: 10/10/17
Elder Harman is currently in Wenatchee, WA
Current Companion: Elder Walker
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