The last e-mail... :(‏

Hey you guys, looks like this is it for the e-mails.

This last week has been insane crazy. A lot different from last week. Michelle and David have taken a turn for the worst. It's really weird. Both are accusing the other of being abusive and not wanting David to move out. David says Michelle wants him to lie so they can stay together and she can still get baptized, and David says that it's not that big of a deal for them to lie because they're already breaking the law of chastity by living together, then why not just do it all...

I don't know who to believe. So needless to say I'm not sure if Michelle is getting baptized or not :( At least maybe not this weekend. It's sad too because she was so prepared, or so I thought.

At least we still have Regina going strong. She is the lady from Brazil and she's doing so awesome. She's really excited to be baptized and her date is for the 5th right now. We taught her the Word of Wisdom yesterday and she only has a problem with tea but as soon as we said it, in her head she made the decision to give it all up, then we told her herbal teas were fine and she just has to give up the green tea, she was totally fine with that. She's so awesome. She really was prepared to hear the gospel before we ever met her.

Well I guess I'll see you all soon!

Love ya

Elder Harris

Finishing strong‏

So things are looking good right now in the Casas Adobes ward. This last week I taught more lessons than I've ever done my entire mission, and it's not often that I've had more Member Present Lessons than not. Things are going so good for me right now. Heavenly Father is really blessing me these last couple of weeks.

We had 11 people at church (also my mission record) and it was so good to see them all. Michelle Greco got her interview on Sunday and she's all good to go. All that needs to happen is for David to move out and she'll be all set. Now her son Grady who wasn't too motivated to learn really wants to get baptized before I leave. We're going to really start working with him to get him ready and hopefully his older brother Grant will follow suit.

I love being a missionary. This is so much fun. It'll be sad to leave it all. I know the e-mail is short but I'll be seeing you in a little bit anyways. Talk to you all later.

Elder Harris

1-10-11

This last week ended up being pretty good for us. Michelle was able to come to church with her family and they really enjoyed it. She is progressing so well right now and we set her baptismal date for Jan 29th. Her two sons Grady and Grant aren't too keen on the whole baptism idea but they are at least coming to mutual and really loving that. They'll come around one day, hopefully soon. Grant likes to claim that he's atheist but he's just trying to be different.

Valorie wasn't there at church yesterday which was a bummer. We had a great lesson with her on Sunday and she said that she was planning on coming. We're not sure what happened. We're going to be trying to see her today sometime to see whats up.

Rita and Robert have taken a turn for the worst it seems. Robert called us Saturday night to tell us that Rita had hurt her ankle and wouldn't be able to come to church. I was understandably devastated because that would mean her date would drop back to after I left and would mean that I wouldn't be able to baptize her like she asked me to. "That's not going to be a problem is it?" Robert asked"Well... to be baptized we like to see people come to church three times and..." I started"Well! Rita is offended about your lesson on Friday!......" And Robert just went off about how we offended Rita when we taught the word of wisdom. He said we were too pushy in asking to take their stuff and throw it away and that Rita didn't want to get baptized any more. He said he would talk to her and we should wait for a phone call. We're not so sure that I believe Robert. Rita had such a great testimony. I think it's more Robert not wanting to change and so he's stopping it all. Which is too bad for Rita. Hopefully she'll call us sometime and we'll be able to work this thing out.

Finally we got a phone call from Bro Mathis, who is the High Priest Group Leader, telling us that one of his home teaching families has an un-baptized child who wants to get baptized! We have an appointment tomorrow to start teaching her. We're super excited about that!

Well hope all is well on the home frontLove you guys.

Elder Harris

What a week‏

This week was pretty awesome! Elder Rangel and I found 6 new investigators and they are pretty awesome. Well almost all of them. One dropped us two days after we started teaching him, we dont' know why, he seemed really interested at first but we went to see him to make sure he was still coming to church and he handed us the Book of Mormon through the door and told us he wasn't interested anymore. Too bad, but the others are awesome.

First was a part member family, the Pratts. I told you a little of the story last week, but they are doing really well. They're progressing great! Unfortunately they were sick yesterday and weren't able to come to church :( but they're planning on coming this next week! We also started teaching a family of 3 that moved into our area. The other missionaries had taught them a little but they are awesome! Michelle, the mom, is excited to learn and loves the church. Her two sons Grant(14) and Grady(12) are pretty cool kids. They're still trying to figure out who they are and so they don't have a firm baptismal commitment like Michelle does but they'll come along. We have an appointment with them tonight.

Finally is a lady named Valorie. She was a former investigator that we found in our area book. I remember meeting her when I was with Elder Bliss and our first appointment with her was after transfers so I never got to actually teach her. We asked her what her experience with the missionaries was and she said that it was a good one. She said that she was at the point where they were going to come to church but they never did and the missionaries stopped going over. She then asked us what time church was, we showed her around the church the next day and she came on Sunday. She loved church! She is planning on coming back next week and is going to take her 14 year old son, Josh to mutual tomorrow night! She is awesome. She doesn't have a firm baptismal commitment because she doesn't want to just be flip flopping around religions, she wants to commit completely so she wants to study it a little more. We're seeing her tomorrow night as well. We're excited to have so many wonderful people to teach.

But thats not all. Elder Rangel and I met a few people tracting who had met missionaries in the past, have co-workers who gave them a book of Mormon, and are excited for us to come back and teach them again! The work is so good right now. God is just so good to us.

Well hope you all are doing well. See you guys soon.

Elder Harris

Christmas is Over-Back to Work

Hey everybody! It was great to be able to talk to you guys a few days ago.

Christmas was great but I'm excited it's over! Now we can get back to work.
Elder Rangel and I had a miracle yesterday. Elder Wallis and I had bee searching for a former investigator and we ended up leaveing a note on the door we thought was hers. Yesterday we got a call from a man named Robert who said that he was a less-active member of the church and that his wife was close to being baptized once but had a bad experience in Safford (I don't believe it) and so she had decided against it. Well they want to try again so we're seeing them today. We're really excited to be able to have the opportunity to teach someone!

Other than that, all our other investigators are kind of in the same boat. The Zarows are coming along really well. Roy is participating more and more in the lessons every time and Kathy is coming around too! We had Christmas Eve dinner with Gary and Janie and in a lesson a little before that Janie told us that she wanted to make sure she was getting baptized for God and not for her husband or us. We have some great investigators but they just want to be sure. Everyone comes at their own pace.

Well I don't have alot of time. We're with a member in a classroom at the university because the library is closed. He's a teacher here and was nice enough to let us come in here for a little bit. Love ya! Bye!

ELder Harris

Merry Christmas‏

Hey Everybody!

So transfers have come and gone and here I am once again with another greenie. His name is Elder Rangel from Idaho Falls, Idaho. He seems like a good guy whose excited to be a missionary. We should have a great time together, allthough I was sad to see Elder Wallis go. My dream of having 3 companions for more than one transfer was dashed but the Lord knows whats best for all of us.

Sunday night was really fun because we got to go to the Messiah presentation at the church. All the missionaries in Tucson were there and it was good to see them all there. The show was great, the music was really well done, especially for how small of an orchestra and choir it was. Also, on Christmas, President has invited everyone over to his house, so we're excited about that. We'll get to see a bunch of missionaries again there at his house. It's wierd that Christmas is allready here again. Time has cruised by this last year.

This year we're helping the ward out with some secret santa stuff for a few people in the ward. It's going to be pretty sweet.

Things are going well for us right now. We' still have the same investigators as before. We found out that Gary is already a member but we're still working with his wife Janie. The Zarows and Kathy are still coming along and Gail is doing great. The work here is good. I'm glad I get to finish my mission here.

Love you all. Talk to you soon.

Elder Harris

Happy Birthday!

Happy 21st Birthday Andy!!

We Love You.


Mom and Dad

The Baptism on Saturday was Awesome

The baptism on Saturday was awesome, but at first we were sweating a little though. Because they are re-tiling the North Stake Center font we had to do it at the Tucson Stake Center. Because of that, our baptismal candidate didn't show up until half and hour late and the person baptizing her, Bro Andrews (who doesn't have a cell phone), didn't show up at all. Even though I know we told both of them to make sure they went to the Tucson Stake center and not our normal ward chapel. Because Bro. Andrews never showed Elder Wallis had to fill in. Thankfully there was an extra towel in the bathroom but he was a little wet going home because he didn't have an extra change of garments. Bishop Stewart was convinced that I made Elder Wallis baptize for that reason. He's been bugging me everytime I see him since then and I don't think he's going to drop it anytime soon. I really just wanted Elder Wallis to have the opportunity to baptize her. My intentions were benign I swear.

One of our investigators, Kathy was able to attend with a mutual friend of both her and Gail's named Joyce. Elder Wallis made an interesting observation last night. Apparently when he and Elder Elton started teaching Kathy, Joyce would constantly tell her not to talk to us because we were from the devil, but over time she's mellowed out and realizes that we're not too bad. Which is good because when she found out that Gail was going to get baptized she tried to convince her not to. But Gail was able to tell her that it was what she really wanted and so Joyce gave her blessing. She seemed really skeptical at the baptism but after Elder Wallis and my talks on Baptism and the Holy Ghost, completely centered on Christ, plus the spirit that was there seemed to soften her. Kathy will be baptized soon and then it's a matter of time before Joyce is also baptized. I know it!

The temple trip this last week was also pretty awesome. I'm excited for you to see the Gila Valley Temple. It really is awesome. Tiny though, not much bigger than a stake center but still gorgeous inside.

Other fun stuff that is coming up here: President Walker invites all the missionaries in Tucson to his house on Christmas for a party so that should be cool. I didn't know that he did that because I was in Safford last Christmas. Also the North Stake is doing a presentation of "The Messiah". I heard them practicing last night and it was awesome. They have a 30 piece choir and 20 piece orchestra. It's a community thing and all the missionaries are going to be ushers and hopefully we'll find some investigators through it!

Other than that, not much else is going on.

Love you guys

Elder Harris

Temple Day

Wow what a day. Elder Wallis and I just got back into Tucson. We left this morning at 6:30 drove 2 hours, to go to the Gila Valley, went through a session, visited a couple of the missionaries there, and then drove the 2 hours back.... ugh I'm tired. The session was awesome. I was able to invite Terrell Taylor and it was good to see him again. He's excited about us visiting in February.

This last week ended up being really awesome. I don't know if I told you about Gary and his wife Jane, but my first or second day we met Gary on a bus stop and he invited us over. This last week we finally got a chance to teach them and Gary is really excited about getting baptized. His wife just got out of neck surgery and she's still confused as to why she needs to be baptized again. We're going over again tomorrow night to hopefully help them to understand. It should be good.

Then there is the Zarrow family: Roy and Erika (dad and mom), Jenny (20), Willie(18), Charles(17), and Uma(14). They'rea are such a great family. I haven't gotten to know them too much because every time we have a lesson set up with them I seem to be on exchanges. The Zarrows have been coming to church for about a year now and for the most part are ready to be baptized but for some unknown reason Bro. Zarrow isn't "ready" and so the family won't move forward without him. Willie is probably the most ready. He's really excited to serve a mission and has already finished the Book of Mormon once and he always speeds through his dinner so he can read to the rest of the family while they finish dinner! On Sunday night we had the great opportunity to teach the family with President and Sister Walker accompanying us. It was so sweet! We talked about eternal families and the restoration to accomplish the fact. The spirit was so strong, probably one of the best on my mission. After we left Sister Walker suggested a special fast for the Zarrows and so the 4 of us have been fasting for them. After we got out of the temple, Sister Zarrow called us and talked to us about how Roy might be ready to accept a baptismal date! We're seeing them tonight and we couldn't be more excited! God is so cool.

Finally, Gail is getting baptized on Saturday and everything is all set for that! Things are going so nice!

Hope everyones Christmas season is as good as mine!

Love you all

Elder Harris

BRRRRRRR. the cold is not very fun - Just Wait Andy

Thanks again for the package that you sent me. I went out and bought the stuff for chip dip and it's been like home munching on it. This year for Thanksgiving it was kind of wierd. We really didn't have any legitimate invites for Thanksgiving, just a bunch of people who said that if we didn't have anywhere to go we could go to their place. Kind of awkward. We ended up eating with the Sinema family. It was pretty nice but mostly we sat around all day and relaxed. It's been freezing lately though. Temps get down in the 40's at night and I've had to break out my sweater again. BRRRRRRR. the cold is not very fun.

Our investigators are doing really well. Gail is all set to be interviewed on Tuesday. When we taught her all the commandments this week she was all fine with everything. When we taught the Word of Wisdom she told us, "well whenever I buy coffee anyway, it takes so long for me to drink it that it turns into a rock anyways. I haven't had coffee in a month or more so that shouldn't be a problem." She really does have a lot of faith and it's great to see her accept the gospel.

Kathy is still dragging her heels. It kind of frustrating... :( it makes me sad.

We found a few new investigators this week too but we really weren't able to teach them much. We'll be seeing them here soon and so hopefully they'll start progressing soon.

Other fun news, Elder Wallis and I are going to the temple on the 7th so next week I won't be writting on the 6th. When we go to the temple, we have to move our P-day to whatever day we're going. So I'll talk to you all next Tuesday!

Love ya

Elder Harris

Thanksgiving Week

So these last few weeks it's started to cool down here in Tucson. It's usually in the 40's in the morning and evening and gets up into the 70's during the day. My companion has been making fun of me because I'm so cold in the morning/evening. I'm going to freeze when I get home.

This last week was kind of a fun, one of our investigators, Gail, accepted a baptismal date for December 11th! She's doing really well, she came to church yesterday and really enjoyed it. Also one of our other investigators, Kathy, who has been investigating for 3 months is starting to make some progress. She likes a lot of the doctrine of the church but still isn't sure if it is the ONLY true church. Mostly I think she just doesn't want to give up her coffee. We had a great lesson with her and her fellowshipper and during the lesson I had a thought. I looked at Kathy and in a serious but loving way I quoted John 7:17 and told her that she could NEVER find out if this is the truth unless she tried living the word of wisdom. I bore testimony and promised her that if she lived it she would get her answer. Her response was "Damn Good Argument." It was so hard not to smile. I was trying to be all epic and she had to make me laugh just like Kathy always does. Anyways, she hasn't smoked for a few days and we think she's giving up the coffee too. I love teaching Kathy. She's so much fun. I know she knows it's true but for what ever reason she wants more. She's getting close though. Elder Wallis is especially excited. He's been teaching her for the past 3 months and she was one of the first investigators that he found on his mission. I hope she gets baptized before he has to leave. Anyways Life is good.

Hope you all have a great thanksgiving!

Love ya!

Elder Harris

It's fun being back‏

It's good being back here in Casas Adobes again. The area is a little different because they added another block when they redid boundries and a lot of people have come in and a lot have left, but there are a lot of old faces that are good to see again. It's sad that they split the area though, Bro Nicodemus, the WML from Coronado ward, saw me riding around the other day, and chased me down to talk for a second, then last night at a fireside I saw a few families from Coronado that were excited to see me again but sad that I wasn't in their ward too. I'll at least see them on Sundays at church, so thats pretty kool.

The fireside last night was great. It was put on by a sister and I forget her name but she was the first of Joseph and Emma's direct descendents to join the church. She told of her experience and her and her husbands "mission" to reach out to the whole Smith line and try to bring them into the church. It really wasa great fireside. If you ever hear of it in Utah I would definitly suggest you go to it. Yesterday was also exciting because it was a regional stake conference broadcast from Salt Lake for all of Arizona. The talks were really good. Bishop Burton spoke on Gratitude, Sister Thompson spoke about the Book of Mormon, Elder Cook spoke on finding strength in the storms of life and President Monson spoke on Rescuing those who have wandered. It was a great conference.

The work in the ward is going pretty good right now. We're working with quite a few people who think they believe that the church is true but for various reasons they haven't joined the church. One is a family of 7 who have been coming for a long time. The mom and two of the kids know for sure that it's true 3 more of the kids are pretty sure, but they're all waiting for the dad. He's dragging his heels on the matter. He has no problem with the others getting baptized but they are waiting out of respect for him. It really is a great family but it's too bad that they haven't been baptized yet. They are meeting with President Walker tomorrow night so we're excited about that.

We're going to be working hard to find some more investigators so we can keep this ward rolling. It's a great ward for missionary work. I'm glad to be back.

Love you all

Elder Harris

Guess Where I Went?‏

So transfers have come and gone again and guess where I ended up? I'm back in my greenie area. They've split it since I left but I'm back in the Casas Adobes ward! I'm so excited to be back. Leaving Camino Principal was really hard but it's good to be back home. On the way back to the apartment Elder Wallis and I stopped at Kathleen's house and she was so excited to see me. She's not doing so well and so we're going to help her to get ready to go to the temple. For no other reason maybe thats why I'm back. It was a bitter sweet transfer because I really loved being in my last area, but if I had to go anywhere, I'm glad to be here.

Elder Wallis is a stud. This is his 3rd transfer and he's actually from West Valley. He said he lives behind Valley Middle School. We're going to have a lot of fun this transfer. Other than that I'm not sure what to report.

I'm still here in Tucson so if you want to send the care package down with your friends they can just take it to the mission office and I can get it from there. The mission office is close and yes please send me more meds before Thanksgiving. As for Christmas, it might have to come early because transfers are on the week right before Christmas. I'm not so sure what I want. I know I need new garments for when I come home... last christmas my companion had a really awesome Christmas cd that we listened to all the time. It was by a group called Ocapella... I don't know what the name of the CD was though. Also Elder Patterson had a few "pillow ties" (Pillowtie.com) they were pretty sweet. Maybe a few of those for Christmas would be awesome. But other than that I don't need/want anything. I already have too much stuff. When I made this last move I stuffed my big suitcase with just I don't need to use the rest of my mission... I have too much stuff. Anyways. Thanks for everything.

I hope all is well with you. Love you guys

Elder Harris

Another week come and gone.‏

Hey Everybody!

This last week was a really good one. We got to go to a couple of Halloween parties and that was a lot of fun. The whole "Wow, mormon missionaries, great costumes guys!" Got really old really fast but thats ok. We got free candy and that was all worth it.

This last week we started teaching a really great couple, Ronnie and Baily. They're about 23 years old. Ronnie is a member but hasn't been in a long time. I think his parents let the ward know and so Bro Busby the EQP has been trying to get us in the door for about a month or two. We finally caught him and started talking a little about the church. His girlfriend Baily asked us if you needed to be baptized to go to heaven. We told her yes and she asked if we could baptize her... again we said yes. The big hurdle will be getting them married but hopefully it will happen soon and it will be a great experience for the both of them!

We also got a call from a lady named Kristen who wanted to be baptized. She came to church and we're meeting with her tonight so that we can teach her the first lesson and get her progressing.

Robert is getting really flaky, but we're still trying to help him to progress.

Other than that we're still just chugging along. We're going to have a great week, I know it!
Happy halloween, Happy Birthday Sam! and Audrey if Rora has an e-mail I'll send her a birthday e-mail next week.

Love you all so much!

Elder Harris

P.S. At an Albertsons type grocery store here in Arizona they had a deal where you could buy 10 lbs of potatoes for $1! (Limit 2) Elder Patterson and I each bought two and we're going to prank our Zone Leaders by filling their car up with potatoes.... I'll send you pictures next week.

Laury got Baptized!!!‏

Yay Laury got Baptized!

It was such a great baptism sevice. I'm so glad that she made the decision to join the church. She is so happy. It was great to see Kim baptise her too. He did a great job. He was so nervious he probably started the prayer 15 times before he got it right but, only one dunk so it was great. Robert, our 7th Day Adventist, was able to come and he really enjoyed it. We're excited for him to get baptized here soon too.

We also saw Jeanie last night and she's going to be gone for 2 weeks. She going to be with a friend so she can go cold turkey off her pain meds and cigarettes. Thankfully she's not abusing the pain meds but she hates being on narcotics and wants to be off them. We're praying that all goes well and afterwards she should be ready to progress and come to church and eventually get baptized!!

Funny sign &
foot massager some random lady gave me for helping her move.

Well, not much time but hope all is well

Love you all!!!

Elder Harris

Pic of Thelma's Baptism!

This last week was a lot of fun!

Laury Windsor is all set to get baptized this Saturday. Her baptism is set for 6:00 pm and her husband received the Aaronic Priesthood today and will baptize her on Saturday! We're way excited for her! She's been a lot of fun to teach. She reminds me so much of mom.

This week when we were trying to see one of our investigators, her neighbor stepped outside with a beer in his hand and asked if we were Mormons.
He then said, "Oh, you know I was almost baptized Mormon once..."
"Why weren't you?" we asked him
"Well at the time I was on Parole and they said I would have to wait... that made me kind of mad so I stopped going."
We talked a little bit about repentance and about how the policies in the church are made under the direction of a Prophet of God and if something needed to be changed the Lord would do it through his Prophet.
"That makes sense." he said.
We then set up a time to see him the next day. (When he wasn't drunk) We taught him, he came to church the next day and has a baptism date for the 13th of November. We're excited for him to progress.

Jeanie and Jarom's dates dropped because they couldn't come to church. Jeanie still is sick and Jarom hasn't been able to change his work schedule yet. We're still working with him and hopefully we'll be able to get them progressing soon.

Other than that not a lot going on. We found a few other investigators and are trying to help them gain a sincere desire.

Hope all is well back home. Love you all!

Elder Harris

We've had a great week and the best is yet to come!‏

This week was a great one!

Thelma's baptism was amazing and she was so excited to get confirmed! The ward is hoping to get her to the temple with the ward on the 23rd. She's awesome!

Right now Lorie Windsor is doing awesome. She passed her interview with President Raehl and is really excited to get baptized. She was especially grateful that President Raehl used to be Catholic and understood a lot of her frustrations and questions. She is so awesome and her baptism is on the 23rd at 6:00. She could be baptized this weekend and we invited her to do so but she's already scheduled her family around the 23rd so she wanted to stick with that date, but she was really excited that she was "ready."

Jeanie has a date for Nov. 6th and she is an awesome lady. She has a lot of health problems, (Fibro Myalsia, migranes, arthritis...) and so she's not too mobile. She has a roommate who is even less mobile than she is. They sought out the church for both financial and spiritual help. They received financial aid and we're working on the spiritual part too. Jeanie is really excited and believes everything we tell her and wants really bad to go to church and get baptized. Her roomate Rosie, has a little less faith and while she wants to learn doesn't think that she will ever get baptized. She called us Saturday night to tell us to relax on Jeanie that we were "moving too fast..." and that Jeanie needed to be "at full health" before she was going to church and getting baptized... I'm sure that some of it legitamate concern for her friend but I think most of it is abandonment issues of some kind. We're not sure whats going on...

Our last date is a man named Jarom. He's from Tanzania and he's awesome. He has a little bit of a language barrier and we're not sure how much he understands but he is willing to learn and listen. His date is also for the 6th of November. He wasn't able to come to church because of work but should be able to change his schedule and come this next week.

Ennass (enos), our muslim, investigator also came to church this week and she really enjoyed it. A member stole her away from us and took around all of church and even took her home. She's sometimes hard to get ahold of but we're plugging along with her. Because she's Muslim we need to get some high up approval to make sure she'll be safe.

Carol, Thelma's neighbor also came to church. She really enjoyed it and is planning on going to a relief society activity this Thursday night. She seems to be really enjoying the church. Now if we could get her to have faith in herself so that she has confidence to accept a date, that will be the next step.

The Lord is really pouring out blessings upon us. I attribute it all to the faith of Elder Patterson. This always seems to happen whenever I train new missionaries. They're always so excited for the work and their faith rubs off on me and we end up having a great transfer together. They just put sister missionaries to cover the spanish part of our area and they've been hooking us up with a lot of referrals. Sisters just have a way with talking to people, I don't know what it is but it's helping us out. Last night they gave us 13 referrals! We're really blessed!

I hope all is well back on the home front.

Love you all!

Elder Harris

Oct 4, 2010

This last week has been pretty good. We are teaching a part-member family called the Windsors. They are awesome! Lorie is ready to get baptized! She is drinking the gospel right up and loves every minute of it. We're able to teach her at her neighbors house most of the time which is really nice to be able to do. She's a lot of fun and I've really enjoyed teaching her.

Thelma disappeared on us again and it's quite frustrating. She calls and sets up an appointment and then isn't there. We're not sure if her baptismal date is still good for the 9th. We're hoping it is.

We also started teaching a couple of sisters who are going through a rough time right now. They're in dire straights and are working with the bishop to get their finances in order. Thanks to the testimony of a recent convert friend on the north side they are also investigating the church. Their money problems are primarily due to a lot of health concerns and so we were only able to set a date with Jeanie. Rosie dosn't think that she can go to church at all because of her health but she still wants to learn. We're trying to increase her faith so that she can come and be baptized also!

Finally one of Thelma's neighbors called us with the number we left on the sticky note of her door. She wanted to talk to us. We tried teaching her but she's not sure about God and Jesus Christ. We tried extending a baptismal date but everytime we mentioned baptism she said, "Oh I'll never get baptized, in any church." Our second lesson with her, Elder Patterson and I looked at each other and both thought "This is going no where" so we invited her to conference and never planned on seeing her again. Well... she called us Saturday morning and said she wanted to come on Sunday. We arranged a ride for her with the second councelor in the RS Presidency. She took her to conference and she liked it enough to want to go again. So Sister Moore took her to her house, fed her lunch, and brought her back. She really enjoyed it and is opening up. She still isn't too sure but she's at least willing to listen. With a lot help from the spirit, she'll come.

The Lord is really blessing us this transfer. Elder Patterson is doing awesome and we're seeing a lot of success.

Love you guys!

Marta's Baptism

Transfers have come around again and here I am, still in the Camino Principal and Hidden Valley Wards! and suprise suprise, I got another new companion. This time another greenie! I love it so much. Being a trainer is the best thing in the world! My new companion's name is Elder Patterson, from Grand Junction, Colorado. He seems really cool, we're actually a lot alike. I'm excited about this transfer, it should be a good one! They also stepped me down from being a District Leader which is awesome too... I thought I really enjoyed it, but I guess the Zone Leaders in the Gila Valley were just awesome... it's hard when you don't get along with he Zone Leaders... plus I seem to be getting more tired and not having phone calls until 10:20 at night is really nice...

So Marta was baptized this weekend. Only one dunk too! It was a great service and Marta is so excited to live the gospel. On Sunday she signed up for the temple trip and she's working on getting some names ready so she can go up to the temple.


Thelma is also doing really well. She was able to go to Marta's baptism and also the Relief Society broadcast and she really enjoyed both of them! She's excited for her baptism on the 9th and she got rid of all her cigarettes and isn't going to buy any more! Hopefully that will work out, because you need to be living the Word of Wisdom for two weeks before you can get baptized!

We haven't really found too many new investigators this week, but we're excited about this coming week. We have a lot of great referrals to follow up on and we should be setting a bunch of baptismal dates this week! It's going to be awesome!

Love you lots!

Elder Harris