GOD LOVES HIS CHILDREN, GOD ANSWERS PRAYERS, AND HE REALLY DOES WORK MIRACLES.

Hello family!!!

Well well well what can I say about this week? Unfortunately we are running a little bit late and I don't have too much more time to email but I did have some good experiences this week so I'm going to try to type really fast jaja. So if there are a ton of spelling and grammar errors that's why. So since I don't have too much time I'm just gunna get right to it.

So this week was pretty dang busy and unfortunately we didn't have nearly enough work time. On Monday we had the cosejo de LÍderes which took our whole day on Tuesday district meeting. Wednesday we lost our morning to go to the government offices to pick up some of the newer gringos in our zone passports and visas. Then on Thursday we had capacitations (training) with the President and the assistants, which took most of the day. Then on Friday I had to go apply for my new Chileno ID card because mine is expired ( oops!). And on Saturday we went to the pueblo of Laja to do baptism interviews. But every free moment we had available to work, we worked and the Lord knows that we gave it our all because he truly did bless us this week.

One Little miracle that we saw happened on Friday morning as we passed by the McDonalds in the center to get an ice cream on my way to applying for my ID card. As a little bit of background information, there is this investigator in Laja who has been going to church for 4 months and has stood up two of his planned baptismal services with the font filled and people waiting and everything. Now as we were walking passed the McDonalds, this investigator from Laja (Oscar) ran into us and started to talk to us. He told us of his desire but fear to get baptized because of possibly messing up or going innactive afterwards. So we talked to him about Lehi´s dream and the importance of the sure path of the iron rod and we also shared with him Helaman 5:12 (its a great scripture folks). Short story long he said that on the way to LA in the bus, he was praying for God to answer him about if the church is true and if he should get baptized and less than an hour later he ran into us. He got emotional and told us that that was the sign he was looking for so he told us that he wanted to do it and get baptized right away. The following morning we went up to Laja to do his baptismal interview. 23 hours after running into him in the center of Los Ángeles, he was in the font getting baptized.

Miracles truly do happen and I am very grateful that the Lord used us as instruments in his hands to help this guy get baptized. It's just amazing how he put us in his path (through my id card and us wanting a McDonalds ice cream) to answer his prayers. God loves his children, God answers prayers, and he really does work miracles.

So we were stoked about that whole experience but a little bummed when Sunday morning came around because due to the lack of work time we had, we didn't have too many people to bring to church. Miraculously, five minutes after church started this family (the Cruces family) that had been progressing but hadn't come to church in two months (loooong vacations) walked through the chapel doors with dress and suit and tie and everything. Even their two year old kid had a shirt and tie. That never happens here!!!! Then the Dad of the family bore his testimony in Elders quorum saying how they've made some big mistakes recently but missed the church and how they are going to start coming back now and work towards being baptized. Yeah you can only imagine how happy we were to hear that!

So even though things aren't going perfectly here, they are picking up and we are seeing the Lord's hand in the work so we are happy and will be working hard this last week of the cambio to find new investigators and help the ones that we do have a ton. Just the usual jaja. Well I got to go but I love you all very much and am glad that you all had a good week, I hope this next one is good too. SO until next Monday... CIAO CIAO!!!!!! chaito!!!!!

con amor, Elder Harper =)

p.s. congrats Bay on your first meet!!! you stud you!!! and I'm glad you finished out Lacrosse season good Izzie; your awesome.