¡Hola! I hope everyone at home is
doing great. This week was a big one for all the Santiago missions because on Tuesday
we had the opportunity to have a meeting with Elder Holland of the quorum of
the 12 and, wow, was it amazing. It was a meeting with the four Santiago
missions (north south east and west) and it was the most fantastic thing. Elder
Holland spoke a lot about how this work is on a curve and it’s getting steeper
and steeper so enough we are going to be vertical and us as missionaries and as
members need to be riding that curve. From what I have heard it seems like that
same push is coming to the members the work is truly hastening faster than it
has ever been before and we got to work harder than we did before. Also he
talked about being a missionary is not just a 2 year or 18 month thing it is
for life. Once we enter this road once we make this change there is no going
back like peter of old how left his nets to follow the lord there is no going
back. I want to echo his call to every missionary whether serving now already
returned preparing to go and every member missionary. Let’s make the change we
all have a work to do find out what you can do and do it. like the beloved hymn
says ¨we all have work, let no one shurk, put your shoulder to the wheel´´ I
love the symbolism there of putting your shoulder to the wheel not just pushing
with your hands or on and off pushing but putting all you might and strength to
the work. I know this work is the work of the lord and will bless us with all
we need to succeed in it. I can promise everyone who puts their shoulder to the
wheel will be rewarded amazingly with the rest of the lord for his burden is
easy and his yoke is light. I know it’s true I do
Elder Holland spoke of a lot of
things and with it all he was happy he was so happy I can tell he has the fire
of mission work in his soul I can see it in how he talks, the way he acts, and
the love he shows. I don’t know that I could put in words the feeling
that was felt while he was there. such power and authority. we were so blessed
to get to hear from him. After he spoke we had a chance to meet and mingle with
the other missionaries from the four mission and guess who I ran into, none
other than Jacob Wilson from my ward. It was so great to see him he has been
out oh close to 1 and 6 months I think and wow. From the moment I shook his
hand I could feel the testimony that was in him. I know he is a great
missionary and that inspires me to want to be a better one.
Other than that this week has been a
fast one it just flew by we were able to meet with our investigator Jacob from Hatii
we talked about baptism and invited him to be baptized and he asked if he could
go home and pray about it first and he did. He then had some amazing experiences
that have lead him to want to be baptized but first learn more. Which of course
we are happy to teach. Also we were able to give one of our investigators a
blessing of health he has been having some real struggles lately.
I got to go but I hope you all have
a great week this week.
Elder Harrison
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