Hello Everyone,
Hope y'all had a happy “National Fat Kid Day!” We spent Thanksgiving with a recent convert and his wife, and that is what they called Thanksgiving!
Last week started off pretty smooth, but got hectic very quickly. Monday and Tuesday were pretty normal days. Wednesday we went on exchanges and I was with an interesting Elder. I can't tell you exactly what it was, but something about him was just kinda weird. He's a really nice person but something is just a little off. His area is an hour away, so we had plenty of time to sit in the car and listen to MoTab. It was kind of an awkward 24 hours!
Thanksgiving was kind of awkward also. We went to the Cutler's house to eat like fat kids. They had some other people over. Nobody that we really knew, and everyone else knew everyone, so we mostly just ate and listened to everyone else talk. There was this newlywed couple there being newlyweds and somehow Elder Kiddle and I ended up sitting right next to them. There was a man there from Nigeria that was really fun to talk to. We were able to give him a Book of Mormon. He had only been in the US for 5 days, so it was fun to talk to him about all the little things that are different from Nigeria. Our light switches apparently are the opposite of theirs. So he will go to turn the lights on or off and try to push the switch the wrong way.
Then on the night the Black Friday sales started, we went to the mall and passed out cards. Which was again super awkward! No one would stop and talk to us so we would just give people cards without really being able to say anything to them.
There was a lot of awkwardness going on last week. Highlight of the week was Sunday night. Sunday night at 8:15 we still needed a New Investigator to achieve our goal for the week. Elder Kiddle looked at me and said that we wouldn't find one until 8:55 (because success never comes till the end). We started knocking on doors, and we found 2 potentials but no one to teach on the spot. Sure enough we knocked one last door at 8:55 and a man named Travis stepped out and started talking to us. We shared the Book of Mormon and a brief restoration lesson, had him read Moroni 10:3-7 and he said he really liked the book and that we could come back this Wednesday. If you ask in faith, you shall receive.
Love y'all!
Love,
Elder Harper
Monday, November 30, 2015
Monday, November 23, 2015
Fort Bragg/Fayetteville - Week 3
Hey y'all!
Not a lot happened last week but we had a good time!
We went on exchanges with the Assistants on Tuesday. I went to their area. We drove pretty much all day delivering stuff to other missionaries and all kinds of administrative stuff. Not the fun stuff!
Wednesday we had our Zone Training. That was fun! :) The theme was conversion, and how we need to be constantly strengthening our own conversion. It was really interesting.
Most of the week we spent knocking on peoples doors. Not a whole lot of highlights there, but we had Stake Conference over the weekend and there was an area seventy there, Elder Bluth. He shared this story... (it is trimmed due to lack of time)
When Elder Bluth was young his Dad had lots of sheep. One year there was a late frost after all the sheep had been sheared and that killed a lot of the sheep. It left 350 baby lambs without their mothers. Without theirs moms they had no way to eat because they were too young to eat the grass because they didn't have teeth. So, the Dad went to Elder Bluth and his brother and told them if they helped him care for the baby lambs he would split the profit with them in the fall. They got right to work. They built a feeding trough and put some milk in it and herded the sheep to the trough but they wouldn't eat. After trying and trying they came to the conclusion that they would need to take each lamb in their arms and feed each one with a bottle or the lambs would starve to death. At night coyotes would sit on the hill and howl. In the mornings they would come and find their handiwork, 3 - 4 dead lambs here and there. When their Father was home, he would go out and fire his rifle into the air to scare off any coyotes. They were safe while Father was home. With all their efforts some still starved and passed on. Over time they got used to disposing of the dead lambs. Until they named one. It had a black spot on his nose and would stay at their feet while they worked. He knew their voice and would come when they called. Then one morning they came to find him under a tree. Elder Bluth picked up the dead lamb and carried him in his arms to his Father and said, "is there anyone to help us feed our sheep?" His Father held him while he cried, then they dug a grave and buried the lamb. Then his Father reminded him of when the Savior said "Feed my lambs. Feed my sheep. Feed my sheep."
I really liked this story. I pulled a lot of symbolism out of it. Hopefully y'all enjoy it! Love y'all!
Love,
Elder Harper
Not a lot happened last week but we had a good time!
We went on exchanges with the Assistants on Tuesday. I went to their area. We drove pretty much all day delivering stuff to other missionaries and all kinds of administrative stuff. Not the fun stuff!
Wednesday we had our Zone Training. That was fun! :) The theme was conversion, and how we need to be constantly strengthening our own conversion. It was really interesting.
Most of the week we spent knocking on peoples doors. Not a whole lot of highlights there, but we had Stake Conference over the weekend and there was an area seventy there, Elder Bluth. He shared this story... (it is trimmed due to lack of time)
When Elder Bluth was young his Dad had lots of sheep. One year there was a late frost after all the sheep had been sheared and that killed a lot of the sheep. It left 350 baby lambs without their mothers. Without theirs moms they had no way to eat because they were too young to eat the grass because they didn't have teeth. So, the Dad went to Elder Bluth and his brother and told them if they helped him care for the baby lambs he would split the profit with them in the fall. They got right to work. They built a feeding trough and put some milk in it and herded the sheep to the trough but they wouldn't eat. After trying and trying they came to the conclusion that they would need to take each lamb in their arms and feed each one with a bottle or the lambs would starve to death. At night coyotes would sit on the hill and howl. In the mornings they would come and find their handiwork, 3 - 4 dead lambs here and there. When their Father was home, he would go out and fire his rifle into the air to scare off any coyotes. They were safe while Father was home. With all their efforts some still starved and passed on. Over time they got used to disposing of the dead lambs. Until they named one. It had a black spot on his nose and would stay at their feet while they worked. He knew their voice and would come when they called. Then one morning they came to find him under a tree. Elder Bluth picked up the dead lamb and carried him in his arms to his Father and said, "is there anyone to help us feed our sheep?" His Father held him while he cried, then they dug a grave and buried the lamb. Then his Father reminded him of when the Savior said "Feed my lambs. Feed my sheep. Feed my sheep."
I really liked this story. I pulled a lot of symbolism out of it. Hopefully y'all enjoy it! Love y'all!
Love,
Elder Harper
Wednesday, November 18, 2015
Fort Bragg/Fayetteville - Week 2
Hey everyone!
Last week felt really long but I can't really remember a whole lot that happened so I'll focus on the highlights.
I went on exchanges with Elder Conteh, in Pembroke, on Wednesday. He is originally from the UK but he moved to somewhere in Utah. He has a British accent which is always fun to imitate. They live in a trailer. I wish I would have taken a picture of it because for some reason it is pretty hilarious.
We got to bike a good ten ,which is always fun, and I got to meet, James. He is a recent convert, used to be a drug dealer, has one leg, is in a wheel chair, black, and awesome. He was baptized around April and he has already read the BOM twice. He cooked us some deep fried fish and some fries.
On Friday we went to teach Brian and Tristen. Brian is our investigator, I think I mentioned him last week. The Spirit was super strong and he said he wanted to get baptized. Hopefully we will be able to set a date this Tuesday.
Sorry I don't have a whole lot to say this week.
Love y'all!
Elder Harper
Last week felt really long but I can't really remember a whole lot that happened so I'll focus on the highlights.
I went on exchanges with Elder Conteh, in Pembroke, on Wednesday. He is originally from the UK but he moved to somewhere in Utah. He has a British accent which is always fun to imitate. They live in a trailer. I wish I would have taken a picture of it because for some reason it is pretty hilarious.
We got to bike a good ten ,which is always fun, and I got to meet, James. He is a recent convert, used to be a drug dealer, has one leg, is in a wheel chair, black, and awesome. He was baptized around April and he has already read the BOM twice. He cooked us some deep fried fish and some fries.
On Friday we went to teach Brian and Tristen. Brian is our investigator, I think I mentioned him last week. The Spirit was super strong and he said he wanted to get baptized. Hopefully we will be able to set a date this Tuesday.
Sorry I don't have a whole lot to say this week.
Love y'all!
Elder Harper
Monday, November 9, 2015
Fort Bragg/Fayetteville - Week 1
Hey everyone! This last week was a whole lot of fun!
On Tuesday I got transferred to the Fort Bragg Ward and the Fayetteville YSA Branch. Covering two units is lots of fun! We get to meet a lot more people!
Tuesday we got to our area and went to see some people. Wednesday, we went on exchanges with some other Elders, so I wasn't even with my new companion, Elder Kiddle, or in my own area for my first day here. Thursday I don't even remember what we did. Friday we had a meeting in Raleigh and Saturday we spent most of the day knocking on doors.
The Highlight from last week was a referral we got. We went to contact the referral and it was a married couple (they are both 19 (younger than me)). She is a member and he isn't, but he said he knows the Book of Mormon is true and he feels really good when he is at church. So we are pretty excited to teach him.
Well not much else for this week. Love y'all!
Love,
Elder Harper
On Tuesday I got transferred to the Fort Bragg Ward and the Fayetteville YSA Branch. Covering two units is lots of fun! We get to meet a lot more people!
Tuesday we got to our area and went to see some people. Wednesday, we went on exchanges with some other Elders, so I wasn't even with my new companion, Elder Kiddle, or in my own area for my first day here. Thursday I don't even remember what we did. Friday we had a meeting in Raleigh and Saturday we spent most of the day knocking on doors.
The Highlight from last week was a referral we got. We went to contact the referral and it was a married couple (they are both 19 (younger than me)). She is a member and he isn't, but he said he knows the Book of Mormon is true and he feels really good when he is at church. So we are pretty excited to teach him.
Well not much else for this week. Love y'all!
Love,
Elder Harper
Monday, November 2, 2015
Wake Forest - Week 19 (Training Week 12)
Hey y'all! Last week was nuts!!!
On Monday we had a zone activity in Raleigh. There were about 30 missionaries at the activity. We were all playing baseball, tennis, volleyball, football, etc. and having a great time!
We had a pile with all our stuff in it and our keys apparently ended up on top of the pile. Someone picked up our keys while we were off playing games and drove our car away. After we finished our games we went to get back in our car and I thought another missionary had the keys, and they didn't, and they thought I had the keys, but I didn't, and then we realized our car was gone.
Luckily our mission President was at the activity and he called the police. We also called the vehicle coordinator and he pulled up the GPS tracking information for the car.
Elder Bleckner, myself, and President James all jumped in his car to go track it down, but the thief ripped the GPS out of the car and smashed it. Then on Friday we got a call telling us they found the car and that it was in an accident and it was no longer driveable. That was a rough day!
I gotta get going, but I love you all! Have a great week!
Elder Harper
On Monday we had a zone activity in Raleigh. There were about 30 missionaries at the activity. We were all playing baseball, tennis, volleyball, football, etc. and having a great time!
We had a pile with all our stuff in it and our keys apparently ended up on top of the pile. Someone picked up our keys while we were off playing games and drove our car away. After we finished our games we went to get back in our car and I thought another missionary had the keys, and they didn't, and they thought I had the keys, but I didn't, and then we realized our car was gone.
Luckily our mission President was at the activity and he called the police. We also called the vehicle coordinator and he pulled up the GPS tracking information for the car.
Elder Bleckner, myself, and President James all jumped in his car to go track it down, but the thief ripped the GPS out of the car and smashed it. Then on Friday we got a call telling us they found the car and that it was in an accident and it was no longer driveable. That was a rough day!
I gotta get going, but I love you all! Have a great week!
Elder Harper
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| Elder Harper and his Companion, Elder Bleckner |
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| Elders in good spirits after their car was stolen!!! |
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| Elder Harper knitted himself a scripture case, since his scriptures and case were stolen with their car last week!!! |
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