June 24, 2013

Familia y Amigos,

Hope everyone had a great week this week. Last Monday we went to the zoo and there were alpacas walking around so my companion and I took picture with them. Enjoy.


Last night they transmitted a training about missionary work for all the leaders that they did there in Provo. It was a great presentation and training about Missionary Work. Missionary work is truly taking a turn in this last year and as Elder Nelson told us in conference, I too invite you all to "catch the wave".

This week we will be receiving 16 new Hermanas Misioneras. Well I don't know what will be in store for me this transfer but there are only 12 Hermanas here in the mission....If you do the math that means there will be a couple of trios...I'm truly grateful to be a part of the work of the Lord here in the field. I love it.

Have a great week and support your local missionaries by giving them references!

June 17, 2013

Dear Family and Friends,

This week was a great week. On Tuesday we received a call that President Douglas was going to work with us from 5 pm until the end of the day. Needless to say, we scrambled to have set appointments so that we could wisely use our time with the President. It was a great experience, not as nerve wracking as I thought because he totally acted like a missionary ready to teach and invite people to be baptized. I learned a ton from the President in just a short 4 hours. Other than that, the week was pretty uneventful. Hope all the Dads out there had a great Father´s Day yesterday!  Have a great week and stay safe!

Love Always,

HERMANA HARBISON

June 10, 2013

Mis Queridos Familiares y Amigos,

Good week this week here in the field because we had a baptism here in the ward!

El Hermano Jhon. He works in the other side of Lima and his friend talked with him about the Church and he did some research and sent a letter that he wanted to hear the missionaries. Hermana Odar, my companion, and her companion before had the opportunity to have the first few lessons and when I got here we finished teaching him and preparing him for baptism. He was seriously so prepared to have the gospel in his life and it was such a privilege to be part of the process.

Well I found out what my job is as Lead Trainer, we have to do exchanges with the other Hermanas here in Lima. Well this week we did the first one with one of the companionships here in our zone. It was a great experience. I got to go to the other area and work with Hermana Cahuas.

Well turns out part of her area is super touristy and they have a Burrito Bar there that sells burritos just like Chipotle and oh let´s just it was so delicious. Needless to say it was a great exchange haha. Besides the great food we had great lessons and I had the opportunity to teach her a few things and we both learned together.

I´m excited to finally be able to do my part with my new calling and I´ll let you all know how the other changes go.

Have a great week!

Love Always,

HERMANA HARBISON

June 3, 2013

Family and Friends,

Good week this week here in Perú. We had the chance to have a conference with a member of a 70s Quorum, Elder Torres. He´s from Venezula and came to do a tour of our mission with his wife to see how everything was. As leaders, we got to meet with him first and he taught us some new things on how to be a better leader and that was great. Then we had the conference with all the missionaries from here in Lima that are part of our mission. We did a few practices, President and Hermana Douglas taught us and all in all it was a great conference. I still have yet to find out what my title as Lead Trainer includes, but I think tomorrow we´re going to get more info...I hope.

Last Monday we went to a museum about the electricity here in Perú. It was a fun culture time with interactive things. Here´s a picture of me on the electric bike that was there.

It was a fun time for our P Day.

Hope you all have a great week!

Love Always,

HERMANA HARBISON

May 22, 2013

Familia y Amigos,

This week was transfer week and I had a transfer! My new companion is Hermana Odar

She´s from here in Perú, from the north, a place called Chiclayo. She has almost the same amount of time in the mission as I do, just a little less and we´ve been called as Lead Trainers. We have yet to find out what this calling encompasses because President Douglas is just putting it into practice this transfer for the first time. I´ll let you know when I find out more, because I´ve heard about a million descriptions so we´ll see. I think it´s just a fancy way of saying that we´re the Hermanas that are going to do interchanges, working with the other hermanas of the mission...But I´m not sure yet.

We´re in an area called Chorrillos (pronounced Chor-ee-yos), here in Lima. It´s right next to the ocean so it´s super cold here. Everyday there is fog all around in the morning, it tends to lighten up in the afternoon, but it´s always cloudy here...In the evening it´s cold as well. It´s going to be hard to get used to the cold, but I´ve got to because the winter is coming.

Well that´s all the news from the south end of the world. All is well and we´re ready to do work here in Chorrillos! Have a great week!

Love Always,

HERMANA HARBISON

May 13, 2013

Family and Friends,

I hope everyone had a great Mother´s Day. I know I did because I got to talk to my Mom and that was great! Well this week was a little different than the rest of the weeks, after the passing of two weeks my companion got sick and on Thursday she had to have a minor surgery. So all week we didn´t get a chance to really do missionary work. But I got the chance to take care of my companion and make sure everything with the surgery before and after ran smoothly. My companion is doing a lot better and right now it´s in question whether or not she´ll recooperate here in the mission or go home for a bit. But all is well and I´m just going with the flow. As Elder Wirthlin said, ¨Come what may and love it.¨ Next week I´ll have more details as to what´s up, but until then know that everything is going good. Needless to say, I´ve learned a lot about patience and charity. And since Christlike Attributes always go hand in hand just wanted to share the scripture that we find in Moroni 7:45, and I only have my Spanish scriptures with me so I invite you to go and read this when you get a chance. No other news here in the field.

Hope you all have a great week!

Love Always,

HERMANA HARBISON

May 6, 2013

Family and Friends,

Good week this week. We're doing work and I love it because that's what I'm supposed to be doing. Plus it's a great day today because I had time to make some pancakes! I found a Betty Crocker, "just add water" mix here in Monterrico so I bought it and every now and then I like to make some pancakes. Almost as good as being in America. This week the weather has been changing, fall is coming and it's getting cooler. Personally I'm not too excited, because I love the sun and here in Lima the sun never comes out in the winter. So every time the sun's out I soak it in. Well nothing else too exciting is happening here in the field. Everyday I'm learning new things and I love it! Hope you all have a great week!

Love Always,

HERMANA HARBISON

April 29, 2013

Family and Friends,

Dream come true. I met an Apostle of the Lord. Elder David A. Bednar came to visit our mission and the East mission on Wednesday. Only those of us that were in Lima had the great opportunity to be taught by him. It was a super interactive 3 hours with him. Beforehand we had to study 3 talks and then he had us share what we learned and ask him questions. It was pretty awesome because I asked him a question, pretty much talked with him. Then after the 3 hours were finished, he had us all come up and shake his hand and all the other General Authorities of the area that were there. He thanked me for my question :):) Starstruck. That was the highlight of my week and I hope you all had a great week as well. Scripture that I´ve memorized this week: 1 Nephi 19:9. Read it. Great example of love and patience.

Love Always,

HERMANA HARBISON

April 15, 2013

Familia y Amigos,

I hope everyone had a great week this week! Life here in Perú is going great! Here´s a picture of my new companion, Hermana De la Cruz, and myself.

She´s from here in Perú and this is her second area, here in Monterrico. She´s super excited to do work!

I was reading an old Conference Ensign from 2009 and I found this quote in a talk by Elder Dallin H. Oaks, he quoted Mother Teresa: "We can do no great things, only small things with great love." I really liked it and wanted to share it with all. Charity, the pure love of Christ, is a Christlike attribute that we should always strive to develop. I´ve learned that we are truly nothing without it.

Have a great week!

Love Always,

HERMANA HARBISON

April 10, 2013

Family and Friends,

Well conference was pretty much great. I hope you all enjoyed it as much as I did and if you missed it check it out on the internet. My companion, Hermana Toral, was transferred to Ica (the area I was in before I came here to Monterrico).  It was a SAD day to see her go, but if there aren´t any changes in life there is no way we can progress and become who our Heavenly Father knows we can become. My new companion is Hermana De la Cruz, she´s from here in Perú and is waiting for her visa to go to Argentina. She was in another part of the mission and now we´re here in Monterrico working together. Everything is going great here down south. I hope you all have a great week!

Love Always,

HERMANA HARBISON