Wednesday, October 2, 2013

September 23

buenas tardes!
 mom! im still district leader and now am training also sorry if last week was a little confusing!
  can you believe ive been out niner already? time continues to...fly.
 wednesday we took off to plymouth about a 30 minute drive through the countryside. couldnt complain. super green rolling hills cows the whole enchilada...but slowly the colors are changing. fall is here. its been like az winter a couple days here but im goin to the death with rockin the short sleeves. gotta get the most use out of em. so our idea for plymouth was to find a bunch of new investigators and have lessons with all our investigators that we found the week before. all our appointments fell through and we didnt find no one. BUT we had one heck of a lesson with indalecio. he is the man. it was the first time i got to meet him he was thrown off that i knew spanish ...i assured him i still got plenty to learn. but he was just talkin my ear off about everything. it was a good time. indalecio is a chef...he made us some dang good food probably if not the best pretty close to the best mexican food ive ever had. we taught the plan of salvation after. when we started talking about the pre earth life he stoped us and told us that that was new to his brain. hes never known that but when we said it ..it felt familiar to him at the same time. he said the closing prayer and after he said hes never felt how he had felt today. he is eaten up the lessons, reading the book of mormon, praying, he is golden!!! BUT he works like crazy...and sundays are his busiest days...this last week we had a companionship fast for indalecio. i was expecting a huge miracle when we called him on saturday to see if he would be coming to church... we were sad to hear that he couldnt. but the miracle and blessing is he has been reading everyday and praying! so hey thats a miracle and a blessing. and he will have next sunday off! 
  this week has flown by i cant beleive its already is gone! shooot. i get my new comp this saturday! im stoked to train and have to rely on my spanish so that i can really grow in the language. its gonna be hard but i can do it. new challenge. new mountain. and im stoked! so next monday ill give you the deets about it all. translating at church is getting better. its quiete a hoot sometimes but my spanish has definently increased because of it. its a good way to learn....
 one of my favorite parts of the day is studies. this week i received alot of revelation and just solid strengths and answers through the book of mormon. in jacob 4:8 Behold, great and marvelous are the aworks of the Lord. How bunsearchable are the depths of the cmysteries of him; and it is impossible that man should find out all his ways. And no man dknoweth of his eways save it be revealed unto him; wherefore, brethren, despise not the frevelations of God.
  how unsearchable are the depths of the mysteries of our heavenly father...we learn and learn and keep learning. there is no end! this week we  have mission tour with elder perkins from the seventy in appleton! im excited to learn even more and to be able to receive revelation through elder perkins to uncover and learn more through the spirit. as we search we will find. as we ask we will receive. heavenly father knows us and loves us. and though his depths are unsearchable we can continue to uncover his mysteries through our diligence in being worthy of the spirit and asking. personal revelation is such a blessing. and conference is coming up in two weeks!!!
love you all! mission is amazing. i love it. keep pressin forward!
-elder Harper-Smith

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