day 37

day 37.

 hola familia! como estan?

week 6!!! holly guacamole? already another week down!

ya know this week has been grand as usual! learnin learnin learnin! and im lovin it!

    this amazing language has been more of a struggle than ever...and through that struggle my studies have gotten so much better..i know the reason of this struggle was for me to become more humble. through it like i said my studying has become ten times better and by the end of this week my spanish has gotten ten times better! Elder Shipp has gotten so much better! the gift of tongues is real! during lessons with investigators and through teaching through the spirit ..constantly the spirit puts words into my head.

    last week i forgot to tell you about the closing of hollands talk...because of all the missionarys coming in..especially the sisters... 3 new buildings had to be dedicated! elder holland closed his talk with a dedicatory prayer. the spirit was so strong! it was flippin amazing! this week ive been really workin on the way i study the scriptures.. now more than ever i find answers formyself and for our investigators because of diligent study and pondering. my scriptures are starting to look like a missionary owns them... elder shipp and i actually had a pretty cool companion study this past week. we found exactly what we needed to teach to our struggling investigator through the book of mormon! i have a strong..very strong testimony of revelation through the book of mormon i know we can all find answers for ourselves in it if we have faith and ponder the words.

    so our devotional on tuesday...AMAZING. it was on faith...and through faith miracles are brought to pass. in order for miracles to occur we must act on our faith... for the past couple weeks or since ive been here in the mtc ive been praying to have the opportunity to give a preihstood blessing... hermana miller(one of the sisters in my district) randomly became super super sick tuesday during class... after our fireside president sanchez told me that she wanted a blessing...it was probably one of the worst days for her to get sick because they were scheduled to leave for the guatamala mtc the next day at 5 pm... sooo after the fireside my whole district and i went to give her a blessing. elder olenslager did the annointing and then i had the amazing opportunity to give her a blessing! i was a little nervous since it was my first one but i knew the spirit would guide me to what i needed to say. ....hermana heap and hermana miller both left for the guatamala mtc yesterday. hermana miller had the strength. what a great experience.

   well the mtc is great! just got back from a great temple session and eating that amazing celestial food!! love ya all so much! sorry this is a little on the short side. just know its been an amazing week and im still loving it hahaha!! i dont think i will never not love it!

  con amor,

        Elder Harper-Smith

 p.s probably will be able to write more later maybe! love you all!! hope all is well!

He looks SO happy!