i got the christmas box last monday after i was done emailing you, and i thought it was great! and the blanket too...
2) Did you have the 5 baptisms on New Years Day? How did it go? Do you guys usually give talks, etc...?
we had the 5 baptisms yesterday actually. it was a hectic week, we didnt take any breaks we were just so busy and i am very tired today. i like p days on monday to just relax after a week long of hard work. if i havent told you sunday is by far the most stressful day for missionaries to see if your investigators come to church, the fruit of your labors for the week so to say lol it was an awesome baptism. and we have another one this coming sunday as well. and something that president wants us to do is to teach the restoration at baptisms. while they are getting changed. an hour long lesson cut down to 5 or 10 minutes. really hard. i felt like when i bore my testimony to the people, (and among us was all of their extended families and friends, maybe 20 or 30? yea alot) of what they just witnessed, (5 baptisms) they felt the spirit then, and it was great.
3) How did your exchange with the assistants go?
my exchange with the ap's was amazing. one of them, Elder Elwood, i have a tremendous amount of respect for. he helped me figure some things out that would have taken me forever to recognize and fix. he was my zone leader from wilmington and i had already had a very powerful spiritually moving experience with him before. (it was when i wouldnt tell you guys but i had written it in my journal) he has a facebook account and a im a mormon account too. from bountiful utah, first name brendan, i think. he is a little guy but he is a spiritual giant, he is a future general authority for sure.
4) What did you end up doing the rest of Christmas day? Where did you go, what did you eat? etc...
christmas day we were so lazy. we just felt so sluggish, and just sorta hung out. and we went over to a members house that wasnt even in our branch that heard we had nowhere to go so she invited us over and we ate lasagna :)
5) How was New Years? Where you able to go see the fireworks from your roof or was it packed up there? And did you go buy a new camera card with the giftcard from Grandma?
there were fireworks at 6 which were cool, we slept through midnight though. it was cool. and it was packed. all over the waterfront was just full of people, looking up from the rooftop it was like watching ants just squirming everywhere lol and no, i have not bought a new camera card yet.
6) What's your favorite scripture (or study topic) from this past week?
my favorite topic and goal that i have been doing an extensive amount of study on,
is that of love and charity. i have been through 1 Corinthians 13 alot lately... Elder Elwood helped me to realize that even though i have all of these weaknesses of mine, there is only one way to erase them, and that is through the atonement and the first key is love. if i can develop love towards literally everything, i will be someone completely different when i get home. i havent finished studying, but i will send home my notes about it when i am done.
so anyways, the pictures were great. i am glad that you guys had a good week and sunday. looks like you guys had alot of fun [playing in the snow]! and i will definitely study out how to best help [that certain person], surprisingly, he has been on my mind lately for some reason, and now its obvious. brynnie-lou looks so adorable! she is a true baby, looks and all... i look back to pictures when i was that young, i didnt look like a "true" baby. haha i had figured that [the ward] dads would have had a huddle session talking about their phone calls with their boys. and we start our church at 12:30 now, so when you start church, we basically will too. :) President Schaefermeyer was at our branch yesterday just to see what it was like, and he got to meet our investigators. (we had a total of 9 investigators at church, and some that committed to come didnt!) but all is good, i have been feeling alot better, almost as if a weight has been lifted. it feels real good. well, i love you all very much, i know that i owe people alot of letters but we will see, ive been real tired. hope you guys have a great week!
love always,
-Elder Harris
(He's right, he never really did look like a baby. He had so much hair he was born looking like a little boy. Here's Corey at one month old.)
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