It's a beautiful day! The last couple of days have been getting
up into the nineties, but today is nice and cool. I guess it's a great way to
end the miracle-filled week we just had!
Things are happening here. I found out that the Livermore zone
is one of the lowest baptizing zones in the mission. But I'm excited because we
have a zone goal of seeing 15 baptisms this transfer. Fifteen! On Saturday
night, we all got together and started a zone fast for the missionary work in
this area and for the fifteen people that we will help bring into the fold. It
was a great experience and now we just need to exercise our faith!
So Sunday was amazing. It seems like fast Sundays are always the best on the mission even though you're hungry, tired and starving. It is a testimony to me that sacrifice truly does bring forth the blessings of heaven. So we had a member is a college professor and she invited two of her students to church on Easter. Unfortunately, there were so many new people there on Easter that we weren't able to talk to them. I guess that's good problem to have. But this week they came back! We had the opportunity to teach the Gospel Principles class (for people who aren't members and less-active members.). So we taught the Restoration and it was a great experience. The less-actives were testifying of the Restoration and telling experiences from their lives and the Spirit was so strong! We invited Mercedes and Mitchell (the couple) to read and pray about the Book of Mormon and they said they would. So it was a great lesson but it didn't end there. After Relief Society, the member who brought them invited us over to their house after church to spend more time with them. So we brought over the Restoration dvd and watched it with them. Again they felt the Spirit and we planned a temple trip in a couple of weeks with them and the members. It was amazing! On the day we were fasting and perishing with hunger, the Lord blessed us with two new investigators! It was really exciting!
So Sunday was amazing. It seems like fast Sundays are always the best on the mission even though you're hungry, tired and starving. It is a testimony to me that sacrifice truly does bring forth the blessings of heaven. So we had a member is a college professor and she invited two of her students to church on Easter. Unfortunately, there were so many new people there on Easter that we weren't able to talk to them. I guess that's good problem to have. But this week they came back! We had the opportunity to teach the Gospel Principles class (for people who aren't members and less-active members.). So we taught the Restoration and it was a great experience. The less-actives were testifying of the Restoration and telling experiences from their lives and the Spirit was so strong! We invited Mercedes and Mitchell (the couple) to read and pray about the Book of Mormon and they said they would. So it was a great lesson but it didn't end there. After Relief Society, the member who brought them invited us over to their house after church to spend more time with them. So we brought over the Restoration dvd and watched it with them. Again they felt the Spirit and we planned a temple trip in a couple of weeks with them and the members. It was amazing! On the day we were fasting and perishing with hunger, the Lord blessed us with two new investigators! It was really exciting!
We're doing well here. We're working hard, praying, and working
some more. I'm excited for this upcoming week to see what blessings the Lord
has in store for us! Isabel is progressing toward baptism and even stood up for
us in a strange situation. A mother came over to Isabel's apartment to pick up
her son and when she saw us she started acting strange. When she was about to
leave, she started trying to argue with us about Christ and religion. She
didn't want to listen to anything we were saying, so we just smiled and nodded.
Sometimes that's all you can do. After she left, Isabel said "Sorry about
that, she's crazy. I'd rather talk to you guys than her any day." I'm so
impressed with Isabel's strong testimony and desire to be baptized. It has
really been an inspiration to me.
I'm excited for mother's day! It kind of snuck up on me! But I'm
excited to see some of you and to others, Happy Mother's Day!
I love all of you!
Sister Julie Catherine Harris
"The difficulties which come to us present us with the real
test of our ability to endure. A fundamental question remains to be answered by
each one of us: 'Shall I falter, or shall I finish?'"
Thomas S.
Monson
Julie Harris
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