This week was a great one! We had the BIGGEST miracle that
anyone has ever seen from our mission. Our Mission President cried when he
heard it. This is what happened....
So we went on splits earlier this week. I went with a kid named
Ryan Bos (He is 19 and just sent in his papers) and Elder H went with a new
ward memeber named Matt Smith. We have a new investigator named Charlie. She is
in her 70's, black, and from the south. She is so funny! So Elder H went with
Matt Smith to go visit her. They showed up at 7 and right then she was
walking out of her house. When she saw them she said, "I'm heading to my
bible study and you're coming with me!" They were nervous it would be at a
church and just turn into a bible-bash but it was just next door in a litle
house. As the walked in, there were 3 older women already sitting down. Elder H
said he thought he just walked into a sewing party! One of the older ladies
named Rose said, "Dave is going to be so happy to see you!" Within
minutes Dave pulled into the driveway in a giant van. 10 people got out of the
van and came into the house for the study. Dave told us tha he was told by the
Lord that "..These are the latter days and we need to prepare for he
Second Coming." THOSE WERE HIS EXACT WORDS!!! Basically, he goes and picks
everyone up in his van and then they read a chapter from the bible and try to
figure out what it says. They eventually had Matt and Elder H take over and
lead the study session. As they finished the chapter and Elder H was about to
leave, Rose said she wanted to bear her testimony. She told us that she was in
the hospital with cancer and bleeding in her brain. The doctors told her and
her sons that she had 7 days left to live. The boys came in the next day
and said the Lord told them she wouldn't die and they wanted her under house
care. The doctors argued and argued but eventually had to let her go. It has
now been 3 weeks and the cancer is basically gone. The bleeding in her brain
has stopped and she is able to walk again. It is truely a miracle! We asked if
we could come back next Thursday and teach them again and they said YES!!! So
in other words... WE FOUND 12 NEW INVESTIGATORS THIS WEEK!!! What a miracle!
The Lord blessing us more than we could imagine. The next night, Elder H
dreamed that we invited them all to be baptized for the same day and they
accepted! I know it was inspiration and I am so excited to see what happens wih
this group!
So this is the beginning of week 5 of transfer 2. This means
that we have 2 weeks till transfers... President came to Elder H's training on
Wednesday so he's most likely getting stepped up to Zone Leader this transfer.
I have mixed feelings cause we've grown close and accomplishing a lot. But I
know that with a new companion, I'll learn a lot and it will help me grow.
Roger is our other black investigator. He is in his 50's and has
been investigating the church since 1995. He is finally getting baptized this
Saturday! I'm SOOO Happy for him!!! :)
We went to dinner the other night with a family named the Foss
family. He said something profound about the Spirit and unfortunately I don't
remember what he said! But I wrote down the first thought that popped into my
head. It was this.
"Isn't it crazy how we have a member of the God-head with
us on this Earth that can guide us and be with us always and yet we don't take
the time or effort to come to know or recognize Him." I have been thinking
about that since we had dinner with them. So that is my goal and what I would
like to extend to you. Do everything you can to focus on the Spirit; the
feelings you feel, the ideas that come, and the thing's He's telling you to do.
We all could use the Spirit in our lives more and I know that He will NEVER
lead us astray.
I love you all so much! Never forget that but more importantly,
never forget the Lord loves you! Miss you all! Write back soon!
Much Love,
~Elder Harris
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