Well, this week was a good week. We
have been spending a lot of time with a family of less-actives and we came to
find out that almost all of the kids that they have… haven’t been baptized.
Next week we are going to have a baptism of four children. It has been really
fun teaching them all because number one we have to teach really simple, and number
two we have to teach really simple, and number three we have to really teach: I
think you know what I mean. This has been a really rewarding opportunity
because it has really helped me think about the basics of the gospel and has
helped me to be more interesting as a teacher. Sometimes it’s really hard to
hold the attention of the kids, but they are learning really well. I know that they are all going to be ready
for their baptisms this Saturday. I have been
thinking a lot about Dad´s mission and how I really don’t know anything about
it. I just know where he went and ….. Yah that’s it. I think that it would be
really cool if you can send me something. I would really like to read about it.
We have been really focusing on the
people that we are teaching right now and well it hasn’t been all that easy to
help them understand the importance of the gospel. We spend of our time with
our investigators teaching to what they need and this has really helped us
understand the perfectness of the plan of salvation and the restoration of the
gospel. I really like the way that sometimes I can enter a lesson and have no
idea what I am going to say but leave the lesson feeling like the person has
understood. One of the greatest privileges of being a missionary is the fact
that we are so directed by the spirit. I
discover at times that I don’t know where the words are coming from just that
it all makes sense. One of the experiences that have really marked my life was
once when I was explaining the Atonement and the power that it holds for us in
the final judgment. As I was explaining, I came to a conclusion that allowed
the investigator to really understand why Jesus did what he did. I had no idea
that I held the capacity to explain the Atonement the way I did… I realize that
the spirit inspires us to say the un-say-able and do the un-do-able. The Lord
uses his servants to harvest the vineyard; we need to humbly comply with his
will, trusting in his wisdom and plan.
I have been thinking about Saydi and
Haleigh and Aubrei. I realized that I have never been the perfect brother. I
have never stood up for you like I should and I have spent more time making you
all mad than happy. I humbly seek for you forgiveness. I really do love all of
you. I am not just saying that. I would never change you for brothers… or for
any other sisters. I understand that each one of us is a little different but
without us kids in the family we aren’t the Harris that everyone knows. I want
you Girls to continue family tradition of being great examples. The people that
we meet in this life can change when they see the impossible in action.
The Easy: we already did it
The Hard: we get done like it´s easy
The Impossible: we might be a little
late in finishing, but it gets done
I Love you all and I hope that you
have happy birthday Saydi!
Con Amor, Elder Harris
No comments:
Post a Comment