All Is Well‏

I love the words of that hymn. It really is an indication that if we keep ourselves engaged in the Work, keep ourselves willing and dedicated to accept God's will whatever it may be, and if we seek the good of our brethren here, then all really is well and we've nothing to fear, nor doubt, nor despair.

This week has been a good one. I did two back-to-back divisions on Wednesday, Thursday, and a good half of Friday as well. One was with Elder Fortney in Kokueré (Elder Fortney is my District Leader). It was good, and was a nice experience to grow together. And then the other was with ELDER DAY! a good friend (and my current Zone Leader), in his area, CAPIATÁ B! So, I just got to tour the old area for a day and a half. It was really nice, although it was on Thursday, when every living soul in the cities go and visit their grandmas out in the country, so all the plans were falling through and it was kind of difficult. On Friday, we got up and went out to give service in the old Asentamiento, the poor part. A group called "Techo para mi país" (a roof for my country) came by to build a member's house and another person's house. The houses come build, and so you just kind of have to assemble (think Ikea but on a bigger scale). So, without machines, we had to carry heavy walls across some odd 200 meters of hill, full of obstacles, trench-like dirt gutters, and sand. That was nuts. But, we helped them move and assemble the house for the people we'd never met, and looked at the clock, and realized that we had to go before even being able to help the members out. So, we got the other people up from the break that they'd done, did all the heavy lifting part of the work, and skipped town. It was very nice though.

Another nice thing about this week:

Chipa.

Chipa is a traditional paraguayan food that I don't like from the street, but I love it when it's doen either professionally or home made. I LOVE it in those cases. It's also Paraguay's Holy Week tradition to get together and make it as a family, so I have eaten enough chipa this week to last me the rest of my life!!!! Which is miraculous, because it's also just crazy unhealthy (I'm pretty sure it contains straight pig fat at some point in the creation process).

So, that made it a good week.

What made it a great week was

GENERAL CONFERENCE!

I loved this Gen Con. I felt so strengthened by their words, and the more I study and listen, the more I'm starting to feel the truth of all of this. The testimony I have resonates so powerfully with what they communicate to us, and it serves as a powerful assurance that keeps me firm in what I'm doing. I hope that I can keep strong in the faith and continue growing more humble and more constant in the faith.

Because of these things, I wasn't really able to work much in my area. No investigators or anyone came to Conference, although I did get to see Elder Monzón's parents! They are really great people, and his dad is actually the first or second counselor in our mission presidency, so it was nice to get to chat with him again.

I hope that everyone has a wonderful week and that everyone can review the conference and set those personal goals to be able to live the Gospel so much more fully in the next six months. We have some wonderful opportunities with the talks that were given.

I love you all.

Sincerely,

Elder Harris

P.S. I have some pictures to send! One of myself and my companion on our first day together and another one just of me in the new house. Just to prove that I'm still alive and am actually the person writing you all. ;)