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well thiss week ...lets just say my journal is fillin up... monday after sports elder kanahele and i get a call from president...

 

elder kanahele got emergency transferred to jainsville... man i was sad ill be honest! that was hard way hard...haha its like loosin a brother! elder kanahele taught me so much...hes been one of the greatest examples in my life. i could never thank him enough for how much he has blessed my life! we will serve again with eachother! i know it. it was hard to say goodbye haha he had an hour to pack up and head out...love that elder.

  so i covered muskego lakes with an english elder and milwaukee spanish b with the spanish a elders...this week was crazy..! thursday we had training up in oshkosh...pres. jones showed me who my new trainer was and told me he would be at my apartment at 9! i was pretty stoked! just to get rollin again in this amazing work! wednesday night elder gibbs and i (exchanges) had an appointment with angel and his family at 7 with a member of the branch! we went over there and nobody was home... which is strange...because they are always home and angel is definently a man of his word. i called him and they were out lookin at new apartments.. so we set up friday night at 7 for our next lesson!  back to thursday...i was on my way home from muskego and i get a phone call ...its angels son...ive never met him but he was crying immediately.margarita angels wife passed away just before he called me... angels son just thanked me so much for all the peace and the spirit that we have brought into there home and how much we have blessed there lives. family... man ... this work is amazing. i was able to just bare simple testimony to him that god is our loving heavenly father and that they will all see margarita, his mom, again. he wanted us to come by friday at 7. the night before when we were suppost to teach them but they were gone was the night we were suppost to teach the plan of salvation to them. i know our heavenly father knew that margarita would pass on the next night . his plan is perfect. so now we had the opportunity to teach angel and alot of his extended family the plan of salvation!!!!!!!!!! gods plan is perfect. when we first got there...they were crying and they all said they felt lonely ...angel was having the hardest time. elder squirres (new trainer) and i and a branch member hno. rivera taught the plan of salvation! WOW. the power in the room was amazing. the spirit was definently there. at the end of the lesson they were all so happy. they knew margarita was in a better place. they knew our message was true... they knew! ya know...it was no "coincidence" that elder kanahele and i met angel that one night in that crazy blizzard... it was a miracle. gods hand was in it every step of the way. we were led there. he knew that they were ready and needed it now more then ever. im so greatful to be a missionary. to wear this tag. i see miracles evryday. sure this week definently didnt go as planned BUT i know one person always has a plan and that is our loving heavenly father... !!!!!

  last night elder squirres and i had a refferal appointment! Bernadine! she is awesome . she has a huge family. we taught her and her oldest daughter last night the restoration... they loved it! everybody cries here hahaha man the spirit was strong. we have awesome members that come with us and they bore such strong testimony... as elder squirres and i were planning yesterday morning for her we prayed to know what a good date would be for her to be baptized! april 20th.we invited her and her daughter last night to be baptized on april 20th...thats her birhtday! its way cool how that worke out!  so baptisms commin up !! i love this work and am so greatful for the opportunity i have to be a soldier in his army! to share my testimony everyday with so many people to see there lives change. this week was hard in alot of ways...definently had some obstacles thrown in the path of elder harper-smith...but i know its for a reason!  "give me mountains to climb" its hard to have trials...its our choice to grow!! love this work family! the language is still hard . elder kanahele definently taught me to be patient! it will come!

 i love you all! thank you for all your prayers! !!!!!!

 -Elder Harper-Smith

 

 

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