Another crazy week in Sahuarita‏

So this last week went pretty crazy.

Alexis is still on track for her baptism on the 7th. We're super excited for that. Unfortunatly Sister Vault started having some issues with another of their foster kids and so there was a lot of stress on that family this last week. We really didn't get to teach her at all this last week and so that was kind of a bummer.

We did however find 5 new investigators this week and set dates with all of them!

First is Amy Kirkland. She is way funny and has a great laugh. Kind of reminds me of aunt Amy. She went through kind of a rough divorce a few years ago and a lot of the members reached out to her. She is really excited to learn and accepted a date for the 22nd of May. Unfortunatly she didn't come to church yesterday. She got called by the church that she is currently attending to help teach the "Primary" that week. We'll get her this week though.

Then we started teaching this really kool Family. The McGee's. Tristan Mcgee married Rhonda about 6 years ago and she and her 3 daughters moved down here with him. Rhonda and her girls are all Catholic but Tristan is a member of some wierd break off of our church that exists down here. They believe that Joseph Smith is a Prophet and they use the Book of Mormon but they have some other crazy beliefs as well. We didn't get too much into it but from what Tristan was telling us they kind of believe that they are a Branch of Gods Church. They referred to us as the Fishers and they were the Gatherers. They believe that McGee Ranch, which is kind of like the place where Enos has property, will be a gathering place in the last days and some day. Baptism will be provided for them. Needless to say he wasn't too keen on joining the church but the girls sure were. Tristan is very warm and accepting of the church but he just has his own beliefs.

Sadly though, they didn't come to church either yesterday. Because they live on a ranch there is always lots of work to be done and they got super busy yesterday(stupid Satan...) and weren't able to make it to church.

It was kind of a bummer ending to a great week. But we'll get ém there next week.

One reason I miss the Gila Valley though is there isn't a whole lot of places out here to go hiking. This morning we went to help some ranchers brand, de-horn, and castrate their calves. We ended up going to the wrong place and when we did get there, there were plenty of people there so I just sat back and watched. Remind me never to be a rancher. It's some pretty nasty business.

Well I miss you all and wish you a great week!

Elder Harris

Sahuarita‏

Pronounced Sow-Rita Is a nice little place south of Tucson. It's starting to heat up down here and life is interesting. The area has two types of people. Young married couples and lots of them living in Rancho Sahuarita, a really nice neighborhood full of cookie cutter stucco homes, and then crazy old people that live out on the ranches full of dirt roads and trailers. It's lots of fun out here. I miss Safford but it looks like Sahuarita is going to be a good place.

Right now we are teaching a young girl named Alexis Vault. The Vaults are both converts to the church and are super kool. They are foster parents and have had Alexis for about a year and a half now. She loves primary and loves the church. On wednesday the Vaults were able to get permission from her real mom to adopt her. Kind of sad but great at the same time. Alexis is going to be baptized on May 7th! we're really excited for her.

There really isn't a whole lot else going on here but we've got some great Bishops and great ward mission leaders who are going to help us get this place jump started!

Oh and my new companion is named Elder Hansen. I replaced him in my first area with Elder Burt and served next to him for 3 months in Las Cruces so I already know him which helps a lot. We're going to be doing some great things out here in Sahuarita.

Well we'll talk to you all later!

Love ya

Elder Harris

(I'll send pictures next week, my computer is stinky)

Tranferred!!

Andy has been transfered to Sahuarita, Arizona for his next area in the mission. I'm sure he'll give us more information in his email on Monday.

Good luck in your new area!!

Hey everybody!‏

Sorry about last week, P-day got all mixed up with running errands and so e-mail time was pretty short.

But Davaunte was baptized this last Saturday! It was such a great baptism and I was glad that I got to be a part of it. Seeing his dad come up and hug his son with tears in his eyes after the baptism was such a great sight. It's moments like those that make this whole mission thing a real blessing and not a sacrifice at all. There really isn't anywhere I'd rather be right now than here in the Gila Valley. If it weren't for you all staying in Utah, I would live down here in a heart beat, and I would not miss all the snow.

Unfortunatly tonight are transfer calls and it's really up in the air as to whether I'll be staying or going. I've been here for 3 transfers so I could be up for a change anyways, also with new mission leadership and some mission cheese that has been happening, Elder Davis thinks that President will step me up to be a zone leader. On the other hand, our Stake President here is really pushing for all his missionaries to stay put so that they can reap the blessings of the temple that we've been working so hard with members to produce. We'll see though, I really can't tell. I'm trying not to think about it because whenever I've been confident I'm leaving then I end up staying and when I'm confident I'm staying I end up leaving. Such is life here in the mission field. I'm hoping for one more so that I can stay here for the open house and the dedication. We'll see what happens.

We've been teaching a lot lately and we've found some pretty good investigators.

One is named Travis Ziggler. He is married to a member and wanted to take the lessons. At first it seemed that his desire to learn was more a desire to fit in with the family but as he's been learning, a testimony has been growing and he's really enjoying the Book of Mormon and the church. He has a baptism date set for the 8th of May!

We're teaching a handful of other people right now and we'll keep you updated on them as things progress. No one else, besides Travis, has a baptism date as of right now but we're going to be setting some new ones this coming week.

Well, tell everyone that I miss them all and hope they are all doing great. Send my love to all those in the Taylorsville 16th Ward and the Taylorsville South Stake. Oh and Glen Roundy from the 26th ward is here in the mission right now. He's waiting for his visa so he can go to Argentina. I haven't gotten a chance to see him but I've had President Walker tell him hi for me.

Love you all

Elder Harris

No Time

Hey everybody.

P-day got a mooshed up and i don't hardly have any time.

I'll write more next week i promise.

Love you all

~Elder Harris