dear mom,
so kind of a lot of crazy things happened too this week. early last week i was sick with the cold, and it was raining a lot so it was just miserable. And later in the week, i even had that crazy feeling that you were actually going through some tough things, i had the prompting to pray for you, like a lot, and i was scared too that something bad had happened, like potentially death. i prayed extra hard, and i am glad that you are feeling well now.
I actually got signed up to be on the stakes choir, because i have an amazing singing voice now.. (lol not really, but i do sound a heck of a lot better) so speaking of music my piano skills are picking up now, i can play with the right hand and read the music and keys and all that, i still have a tough time with all the flats and sharps, but when it comes to the bass, the left hand, i am LOST.... kinda stinks, but practice makes perfect.
this past week has been kind of tough. my companion and i love each other too much, we are like brothers. so because of that all of a sudden we dont agree with something and argue and we lose the spirit, and this week stunk....! terrible, but we decided to take one day at a time, not look at the long term things, because this area is a bit harder and it would get us depressed. we are actually excited, normally i hate tracting, but i am excited and have been talking to and convincing myself that i "like" tracting.. needless to say, im excited to tract all day now.
mom i love ya, thank you for that scripture, that sure did help. [I wrote to him: Daniel 3:16 He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God. ---When you don't bow to the world, look who you get to walk with... :) which was shared in the Youth Conference closing fireside last night.] this past week was a big test of trials and enduring to the end and to "dont give up"..
conference was great, i keep thinking about Elder Lynn G Robbins talk about DOing things so that we can BEcome who God wants us to be like, and Elder Oaks talk about sorting out our priorities.. I still have a lot of changing to do, but i know i can do it. thank you for your prayers, and support, and the package! that was awesome, all the letters and stuff. i appreciate it big time.. love lots, Corey
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Elder Corey Harris
1755 Shimer Ave Apt # 15
Bethlehem, PA 18018
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Letter and email excerpts (posted by The Mom) from our son Corey while he serves in the Pennsylvania Philadelphia Mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
PS: I am not going to take the time to correct his capitalization, spelling and/or grammatical errors, since I don't want to turn this into an editing project. (There. All explained. The control freak in me can relax now. Phew.)
PS: I am not going to take the time to correct his capitalization, spelling and/or grammatical errors, since I don't want to turn this into an editing project. (There. All explained. The control freak in me can relax now. Phew.)
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About LDS Missionaries
- The Church’s missionary program is one of its most recognized characteristics. Mormon missionaries can be seen on the streets of hundreds of major cities in the world as well as in thousands of smaller communities.
- The missionary effort is based on the New Testament pattern of missionaries serving in pairs, teaching the gospel and baptizing believers in the name of Jesus Christ (see, for example, the work of Peter and John in the book of Acts).
- More than 50,000 missionaries are serving missions for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at any one time. Most are young people under the age of 25, serving in nearly 350 missions throughout the world.
- Missionaries can be single men between the ages of 19 and 25, single women over the age of 21 or retired couples. Missionaries work with a companion of the same gender during their mission, with the exception of couples, who work with their spouse. Single men serve missions for two years and single women serve missions for 18 months.
- Missionaries receive their assignment from Church headquarters and are sent only to countries where governments allow the Church to operate. Missionaries do not request their area of assignment and do not know beforehand whether they will be required to learn a language.
- Prior to going to their assigned area, missionaries spend a short period of time at one of 17 missionary training centers throughout the world. There they learn how to teach the gospel in an orderly and clear way and, if necessary, they begin to learn the language of the people they will be teaching. The largest training center is in Provo, Utah, with additional centers in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, England, Guatemala, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, the Philippines, Spain and South Korea.
- Male missionaries are addressed with the title “Elder” and women are addressed with the title “Sister.”
- A typical missionary day begins by waking at 6:30 a.m. for personal study. The day is spent proselytizing by following up on appointments, visiting homes or meeting people in the street or other public places. Missionaries end their day by 10:30 p.m.
- In some parts of the world, missionaries are sent only to serve humanitarian or other specialized missions. Those missionaries do not proselytize.
- Missionary work is voluntary. Missionaries fund their own missions — except for their transportation to and from their field of labor — and are not paid for their services.
- Contacts with family and friends during this time of service are limited to letters and occasional phone calls to family at special times. Missionaries avoid entertainment, parties or other activities common to this age-group as long as they are on their missions, so they can focus entirely on the work of serving and of teaching others the gospel of Jesus Christ.
- See http://newsroom.lds.org/ldsnewsroom/eng/background-information/missionary-program
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