April 9th - Well hmmmmm….
Well two thoughts… the brother in me
wants to give it to the boy who humilated Saydi in front of others and made her
cry.. Like there is no tomorrow and thank Haleigh for not letting this go by
like it was nothing. However the missionary part of me thinks that it would be
best to show an increase of love for those that we have chastised. (D&C
121:43) Forgive and Forget. I can summon up thoughts of a time in my high
school life when my sister exposed picture of me to all of her friends for her
English class project… I abandoned all hope thinking that I would never live
the ridicule down. Really just thinking about it now, I realize that I worked
myself up too much about what had happened, letting my relationship with my own
sister become offended. Just like President Utchdorf spoke in this last
conference…. When we have grudges or have ruthless thoughts about others we
should just ¨STOP IT¨. I encourage Saydi and Haleigh to repair, instead
of extinguish, the friendship they have with another member of the Lord´s
church. I know that I am speaking boldly, but where there is love there cannot
be fear. (1 Juan 4:18)
Well we had a pretty slow Easter here
in Iquitos. It has been tremendously hot during the day and then it rains just
about every afternoon. This last week here in Peru the whole country celebrates
the national holiday of LA SEMANA SANTA (THE HOLY WEEK). Basically it is an
excuse for all of the preposterous movies about Christ to be played on every
single channel. This week, is the cause of literally all of the confusion the
people have about religion. Every movie that these people watch that depicts
the life of Christ is different, showing different baptisms, different
miracles, and different teaching. All week long we had questions like ¨do you
guys baptize with a lot of water or just a little water? ¨or ¨Was Christ just a
revolutionist that wanted to start a rebellion against the established norm? ¨
Or the most wild of the questions ¨Just like God sent his son to be the Christ,
will the Anti-Christ be the son of the Devil in the flesh? ¨ well as you can
read, it has been a tough week. I have found a lot of comfort in knowing that
for every difficult question the Book of Mormon can offer a precise answer. I
am passionately in love with the Bible… there is a ton to learn from the
stories and the teachings of Jews specifically in the New Testament when it
talks of Christ. Nevertheless I have gained a deep respect and admiration
for the directness and sincerity of the truth found in the Book of Mormon.
When I say that I feel inspired as I read it, I am not able to adequately
express my thoughts. When I read, I am filled with spirit just like Nephi. (1:
Nephi 1:12)
Well I love you guys a lot.
Side note: Erin Dobbins sent me a letter… just tell her
that I don’t have a ton of time to write hand written letters and that she
should go on a mission. I hope she will understand.
Side,Side note: I am super hungry for a super delicious
hamburger from Chilis or Fuddruckers or from where ever really.
Side, Side, Side note: I think the girls looked
super cute in there Sunday clothes for Easter.
Side note to the Fourth Power: I keep showing the
pictures that you send me to my best buddy here in the mission named ELDER
EMETT… he wrote Haleigh a letter, he is going to try to send it off.
Another side note … You, mom, and you dad are looking
pretty hot and young. I don’t think that you have changed at all. Maybe just
that mom looks younger that’s all. Late 20s, maybe early 30s.
Don’t worry, be happy.
ELDER HARRIS
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