Happy Birthday Sabriel!

May we all take this moment to wish Sabe a happy birthday! My sister is already twenty-four years old! Please, eat a little too much cake and sing a little too loud in my absence, it'll be like I'm not even gone!

In any case, I have some new people to mention, and some old. We found a new investigator who has now gone to church twice in a row! That's a big deal for us. However, we've only had one lesson with him. His name is Jorge, and he's the husband of a Less-Active member whom we just met last week when they went to church the first time. They seem like a really beaten down family, and he especially seems to want to change his situation and find some happiness and relief from the storm. I've been really worried about him, but you know, he really wants to change things. Yesterday, he came to church alone, without the support of his wife or other family members. It was really really good.

Then we have Nilza, and her two inactive kids, who also came to church yesterday! She has two kids who are actually members, and we've had some really solid lessons with her. This time, we're probably going to give her a Book of Mormon and invite her to be baptized on a specific date a few weeks from now. It's really beautiful to see the Gospel work within families and help change situations like these.

Then, Sofía. Thursday, we went through the Baptismal interview questions, and she voiced that she doesn't feel ready or want to leave behind her religion. We told her to make the decision to be baptized, and then pray if it's the right one, and that we'd check up on her on Sunday. Well, that means we planned no lesson for Sunday. We were just going to ask her if she'll be baptized on Saturday, and that's exactly what we did. She said, "No quiero dejar mi iglesia, Harris." (I don't want to leave my church, Harris). That was a difficult moment, and I just sat there and thought, but fortunately Elder Brown prodded forth with a lot of questions, and we felt impressed to talk about the priesthood authority to baptize among other things. We talked a lot about various important principles and ended with the invitation to go and get her answer. Throw herself even further into this and we'll keep planning on the baptism up until the very last minute. We're putting our faith forward, and I believe it'll be answered.

That's all for this week though! Nothing awesome this P-day. For my birthday, send me whatever you may see fit. Food, seasoning mixes, candy, decorations, whatever. You don't even have to send me anything. I'll love you anyways. Just like this:

I love you all.

Chau.

Elder Harris