This week was by far the best week yet!! So many amazing things happened!
To start off, on sunday we were in our classroom studying, and our Branch President came in and asked to see me in the hall! So we went out and talked for a while, and finally at the end of our little meeting, he extended an invitation to me to be the new District Leader! and of course i said yes! I was so excited!! So, basically i pick up all the mail, and attend a ton of meetings throughout the week, and i get to conduct all of our district meetings, and its fun! Plus, now i can pray for my district more, and hopefully be able to help them as much as i can!
Also on sunday, we always have a devotional, and usually the sunday devotionals are just someone thats not very widely known throughout the church, and we knew we werent going to get like an apostle or anything cause we had elder Christopherson last week! But we thought wrong.. As we sang in the choir, Elder M. Russell Ballard walks in the building!! It was so amazing to hear him talk! He just talked about how important it was to have a good attitude as a missionary, and what things we can do to make the mission more enjoyable! a few cool things that he said were:
"as a missionary, you are literally standing in for the lord"
"Christ is our Hero! Act like it in every way!"
and last, "Its not about teaching knowledge, its about teaching the spirit"
So that was amazing experience!
Then came Tuesday, and we knew that an apostle wasnt coming cause we had already had 2 in the past week! well.. To our astonishment, Elder Quentin L. Cook walks in, as the whole place goes silent! He talked about The 4 ways to love your mission more! Love your companion, the people, your mission Pres, and mostly the lord! He also asked us to all read d&c, so i will be doing that soon!
So, in one week in the MTC, we had 3 apostles of God Come and speak to us!!!
That was probably the best part of my week! Other than that, The french is still really hard, But its coming! We have 2 'investigators' that are progressing really well! Alice, commited to baptism, and is doing great, and Hospice hasnt commited just yet but i think he will soon!
Teaching in french is actually really really fun! I love the language so much! Something cool that my teacher said, is basically that the language shouldnt ever be a barrier in our lessons.. he said if you teach with the spirit, and are very prepared, then the lord will always help the lesson progress!
Speaking of, I love my teacher! He just got back from Benin, and He says that he compares Benin to Haiti! The people are basically the same, they are just as poor, and everything is pretty rough over there.. But he said you just get used to things not ever working! haha like the water, or the power.. he said you cant really rely on anything.. so. CANT WAIT!!!!
We had a Malaria Appointment yesterday with the MTC Doctor guy, and he said he has been to every single country in africa, but not Benin!! He said that Benin is the Malaria Capital of the world.. He scared the crap out of our whole district! But then he said that everything was going to be okay cause the church is really really good at treating it.. haha He said dont be scared of malaria, but we HAVE to respect it! whatever that means..
I love this mission, its so hard, yet so dang good! I miss everyone so much, but thank you all for your prayers! S/O to Connor! Happy 16th Birthday buddy i love you so much dont kiss too many girls!!! And Special S/O to Sydney!! Good luck with everything!! I hope that the baby comes this week!!!!!!
-Elder Harris
Quote of the week: How do you bring people Heaven? Teach the Hell out of them.
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