August 13, 2012

Hola, me llamo Hermana Harbison and I love to recieve letters :):)


Here's my address:

Felicia Harbison
Peru Lima South Mission
Av. Jorge Basadre, 592, Oficina 604-A
Edificio Torre Azul, San Isidro
Lima 27 PERU
Or you could try dearelder.com and select the Peru Lima South Mission. That's just an FYI for you all,  thanks.

Nestor and Elizabeth were baptized by the Bishop (the one kneeling) on July 14th, 2012. The daughter next to me isn't a member and the daughter next to my companion is. This family is the best, I could really see the change that the Gospel brings to people's lives.


This week was pretty normal. A lot of our appoinments fell through BUT Sunday was the best. We didn't have many attend church like we wanted but here's what happened. I was sitting in Sunday School and looked out the window and our investigator, Antoni, was standing out side.  I was shocked and told him to come in and join us. At the end of class he told us he wanted us to talk with him. (Here's a little background, he had the lessons a long time ago and had a baptism date that fell through. A week ago he called us and said that he wanted to talk to us about the Church. We had an appt. and asked if he believed Joseph Smith was a prophet and if the Book of Mormon was true. He said he had doubts, so we told him to read the Book of Mormon with the things found in Moroni 10:4 and he'd get an answer.) Well, when we sat down to talk, he recites the things from verse four of Moroni ten and asks what's next to be baptized? Hna. Riveros and I were totally shocked and said well we just have to review eveything and you need to continue to read and pray and attend church. He explained things to us that we should be explaining to him, like he doesn't need to have a perfect knowledge of everything but to have faith and believe and then how he was baptized when he was 5 and doesn't remember anything about it because it wasn't his choice and it wasn't with the correct authority. We then set the date for September 1st. We were totally surprised, but I can tell he's ready after we review things with him. Needless to say it was a great surprise. I know that the Lord prepares people differently, because he was taught by missionaries earlier and wasn't ready to be baptized then and he came looking for us to truly become a member of the Church of Jesus Christ.

That was the highlight of the week. Hope your week is going great!
Love,
HERMANA HARBISON