Hello! Transfers are this week and I'm
staying. However, my companion is not. So I will receive a new companion this
week!
Things are going well. Everything is crazy!
This week we got to meet the new mission president and his wife and it was an
absolute treat! They are amazing and I felt an instant connection with them. So
I'm excited for the wonderful things they will do for the mission.
Last night, we got to sing at the outgoing
fireside (the fireside for all of the home-bound missionaries. They all speak
and so do a couple of their recent converts.). It was a sweet experience to
sing with all of my sisters! (:
I'll send a video!
The fireside was great and the Spirit was
so strong! Sister Livingston and Sister Tuala are both going home, so it was
fun to see them speak and wish them luck.
And then I realize that I'm not far behind.
I love the mission, but the only thing is that it goes by too fast.
Everything in Livermore is good. We've been
talking with people, serving, teaching, and sweating. This week was HOT.
The 4th of July was stressful but so fun!
In the morning, there was a stake breakfast and during the week we had
literally invited EVERYONE to it. One investigator showed up. But that's okay!
It was Irene and she had a great time. After the breakfast, we went to Quail
Garden (an elderly facility that we serve at every Friday – see pic) and had a
BBQ with the seniors!! It was so much fun! Us and the elders played Family Feud
and all of the residents there just loved it. Everything is more fun when
you're serving others. In the evening, we got permission to see the fireworks
if we had a less-active or non-member with us. We were so excited so we set out
looking for someone to invite us. haha.
We saw Jack(one of our investigators) and
his entire family outside, ready to watch the fireworks and they invited us to
join! It was so much fun. As I watched them, I realized how blessed I am to
live in this country. I realized how even more blessed I am to be serving my
mission in this country. It truly is great and I'm even more convinced that I
am serving in the best mission in the world.
It gets weird when holidays start to repeat
themselves on the mission. But that's okay. I'm just taking it all in and
loving every moment of it.
Great things are about to happen in
Livermore. I just know it.
I can honestly say that this last transfer
was the longest and most difficult transfer of my mission. However, I'm still
alive. My companion and I were talking the other day about how we feel
'carried' every day. The physical amount of work we do in the mission field is
more than any person can do alone. I'm so surprised I've not suffered heat
stroke, died of an asthma attack, spontaneously passed out on my bike, or
gotten hit by a car. I have been carried since day 1.
Anyone who knows me knows that I have the
physical stamina of a sloth. Walking up a flight of stairs wears me out. But
somehow, I am being carried by the Lord. I learned this transfer that Ether
12:27 is true. He will make weak things become strong. I myself am a weak thing
and I have done things that I never thought I could do because the Lord is
there. He knows me. He knows my capabilities and He takes me to my limit, then
adds a little more. Isn't He the best?
I hope you all had a great Independence Day!
I love you!
Sister
Julie Catherine Harris
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