tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76800859391847344392024-03-05T01:08:51.767-08:00Elder Harsh in the Dominican Republic Santo Domingo East Mission-nowTrinidad, Port of Spain MissionMission change: Now in the Trinidad, Port of Spain: Effective July 1, 2015VHarshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13425082276870785945noreply@blogger.comBlogger103125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7680085939184734439.post-6846584712747253292016-07-11T16:50:00.002-07:002016-07-11T16:50:50.257-07:00Week 100<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;">
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VHarshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13425082276870785945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7680085939184734439.post-46797345817709496692016-07-10T08:44:00.005-07:002016-07-10T08:44:59.764-07:00Week 99<div class="MsoNormal">
Well I guess this is it! My last full week as a full time
missionary..... It feels really weird but I am LOVING Curacao. Back to the 4
language craziness that I love so much! Also the Islands made so much progress
while I was gone! I want to tell you a story that I just barely heard the end
of. It was back when I was in San Nicolaas almost a year ago, E. Carrillo and I
were looking through our area book and noticed that there were no teaching
records for this certain part of our area that is literally the bottom tip of
Aruba. So we decided to take one afternoon and go contact the heck out of the
area. It ended up being just a bunch of retired mean Dutch people but the
Hansens live down there and saw us and told us to come back to their house when
we were finished. So we went down the last few streets with very little success
and we were about to head back towards the Hansen's house when we saw a
shortcut through some bushes and we took it. We ended up walking by a house
that was still being built and there was a guy working on it. (he was black so
we figured he wasn't dutch :)) Anyways so we went up to him and he was a
Jamaican so we contacted him and he gave us his address and told us to come by
the next week. We then went to the Hansen's house and they gave us dinner
because they knew that they lived in a tough area. So the next week we went
searching for his house but couldn't find it. We figured it was a fake address,
and while we were searching for it we accidentally knocked on the door of a
different person who had heard a lot about the church and believed it was true,
but didn't know it was on the Island. So we started teaching her and I kind of
forgot about the Jamaican guy until the next time I was in Aruba, a few months
later. I was in the other area, but right before I left to go to Guyana I
called the Elders and told them to go try and find the address one more time,
just to check, and they ended up finding it. When I came back I learned that
not only him, but his entire family ended up taking the lessons and were
baptized 3 weeks ago. There are so many things like that that happen while you
are on a mission, and I have seen so many smaller miracles like that happen
especially this week! It makes me never want to stop being a missionary. I know
that everybody says you never have to stop being a missionary because member
missionary work but that is not the same. Its such a great feeling to be so
focused on others and the Savior for such an extended period of time and I can
honestly say that this time I have spent out here really has been a blessing. <o:p></o:p></div>
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VHarshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13425082276870785945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7680085939184734439.post-74081324002244597692016-07-10T08:44:00.001-07:002016-07-10T08:44:18.778-07:00Week 98<div class="MsoNormal">
So let’s play a game called where in the world is Elder
Harsh....Hint It’s not Guyana!!!! You got that right I am in Curacao!!!! I am
the happiest elder in the world right now to be back in my beloved
islands! I swapped out an elder who ran
out of time and I am so happy to be back here for the last few weeks! I feel
like a greenie again because I am so excited to speak Papiamento I want to talk
to everyone!!! I have been going since 3 am this morning so I am pretty tired,
and I am not sure when I am going to unpack. I think I won’t, because I have to
pack in like a week anyways haha . That was the best random phone call I have
ever gotten is the call that I was coming back to the islands!! So the Elder
that is serving in Curacao ran out of time for immigration and so Pres. decided
to swap us out! The only sad thing is that I will be missing Zianni's baptism.
I am going to miss all my new friends from Guyana but I can't explain how happy
I am to be here! I am not sure how much of Papiamento and Spanish I have
forgotten so that will be fun this week finding that one out. But I could not
be happier right now to be finishing in the islands!! <o:p></o:p></div>
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VHarshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13425082276870785945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7680085939184734439.post-89053484319140247812016-06-20T14:13:00.003-07:002016-06-20T19:33:59.262-07:00Week 97<div class="MsoNormal">
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Well another great week has flown
by! But no worries, if I ever forget that my time is slowly dwindling down,
EVERYBODY feels like they need to let me know that I am going home soon. AS IF
I DON'T ALREADY KNOW IT. haha anyways it’s gonna be weird and sad to leave. E.
Birch and I are having so much fun together. There is never a dull moment with
us. <o:p></o:p></div>
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These last few weeks we have been
focusing on less actives and strengthening the leadership of the branch. We got
a relief society president called, and an elder's quorum president is on his
way! Also we have been seeing the attendance slowly going up as more and more
families start coming back and the branch is starting to get excited about the
gospel again! It was really cool to see the difference these past few weeks,
and we had a really really good branch council! It was the second one ever, but
we had literally pounded the red handbook into our branch president's head and
we had a very productive meeting! <o:p></o:p></div>
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Also we met a new family that we
are teaching and one of the daughters looks like Nikki Manaj only with
less....features...... Anyways fun fact Nikki Manaj is from Trinidad. Once you
visit Trinidad all her craziness kind of starts to make sense haha. Well I have
to wrap it up because I need to send in this big long speech thingy to the
mission office and I am not looking forward to that. Have a good week!<o:p></o:p></div>
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VHarshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13425082276870785945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7680085939184734439.post-30350656884772099122016-06-13T16:14:00.005-07:002016-06-13T16:14:28.836-07:00Week 96<div class="MsoNormal">
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So I was going to send some
pictures because I need to send some to Trinidad but I forgot my camera.....so
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Buuuut this week was great! First
of all apparently my paperwork for an extension didn't go through and so I
became illegal so I got to head out to Trinidad this past Friday! That was a
lot of fun! I spent some time in the office, saw E. Hunt, and ate a lot of free
food because I am tight with the mission financial secretary :) So I had a good
time in Trinidad this week, as well as helping out the Branch.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Our branch is really struggling because the
leadership is um...interesting. But our Branch president is at least willing to
do something if we tell him exactly how to do it and he loves to delegate his
responsibility onto us but hey, that’s why we are here haha so we finally got a
Relief Society president so this week we are going to hopefully set up some
sort of visiting teaching and not to far down the road they should call an
Elders quorum president. <o:p></o:p></div>
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As for our investigators, it was a
really rough week. Our two progressing investigators kinda stopped progressing.
Derek relapsed and started drinking again after almost two months of being
sober, and Zianni is having personal problems and says she can't focus on this
until that kind of resolves. What she doesn't understand is that she is cutting
herself off from the one thing that could solve her problems! So hopefully this
week will be better. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Also this Sunday we are taking
another road trip down to Berbice to teach the Spanish people again, so I am
looking forward to that! Should be a good week this week!<o:p></o:p></div>
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VHarshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13425082276870785945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7680085939184734439.post-3024992966306169352016-06-06T13:16:00.000-07:002016-06-06T13:16:48.274-07:00Week 95<div class="MsoNormal">
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Well this week was great! We had a
lot of bike problems and other things that kinda made it tough to work but it
was still a good week. I am staying with E. Birch and I think that President is
coming to the country one more time before I leave. <o:p></o:p></div>
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This week we had a really cool
suprise! Out of nowhere one night pres. Egbert called me and said that in the
other zone, (about 2 hours away) the missionaries contacted a Spanish couple
and he wanted me to call them and see if they are interested. So I called them
and they were and so Pres. gave us permission to head way out to Berbice to go
teach them. It was so much fun! E. Birch and I on a road trip was great, the
lesson went phenomenal, and I got to speak Spanish! It was great the people
were very prepared to hear about the Gospel and they were begging me to come
back so we could explain more. I will be talking to Pres. to see if he will let
me go. haha. But it was tons of fun! We ended up staying with the Elders down
there and then came back up early this morning. It was a blast. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Well we got transfer calls and its
official, I am dying here in Guyana! It is so weird to think this is my last
transfer! It doesn't feel like it, except for the fact that EVERYBODY reminds
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But in other news, Arifa's sister named Zianni
has been taking the lessons from us and came to church yesterday! She has seen
a big change in Arifa since her baptism and that example has influenced her a
lot. She has a baptismal date coming up about mid June, so we will see how that
goes! So far so good with that! This past week was Guyana's 50th anniversary of
Independence and they had a big celebration that kind of made it hard to work,
but I guess it was cool. I wasn't sure what it was going to be like, and I told
the members they should have a BBQ and talk about freedom but then I realized
this isn't America so they basically
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Also a member had a wedding on Saturday
and we went to go help serve drinks and stuff, and we got TONS of free food and
drinks. It was great. Also the theme of the wedding was Indian and African so
everybody had on really cool dresses and stuff. The groom had a giant stuffed
lion on his shoulder. It was weird haha but way cool. Nothing we won't do for
free food :)<o:p></o:p></div>
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VHarshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13425082276870785945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7680085939184734439.post-42153446949206576982016-05-23T16:14:00.001-07:002016-05-23T16:14:14.022-07:00Week 93<div class="MsoNormal">
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Well this past week we had a zone
conference with Pres. Egbert and it was really good, BUT I was rudely awakened
to the fact that it is my last zone conference by having to give my departing
testimony. THAT was a wakeup call! It feels so weird to just have one transfer
left! But not gonna let that time go to waste.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Zone Conference was great! It was all about
the temple and helping us understand what happens and everything. Two of the
most repeated quotes were: "The temple is different, not weird" and
"I didn't tell you that, the scriptures did" So it was very
interesting. We read a lot from the Old Testament and DyC about temples and he
made me really really excited to be able to go when I get home! It answered a
lot of questions and gave me lots more! He had this big long discussion and
said it was only about 20% of the whole thing, which he will give to us when we
get home. So do your research because we are gonna have some learning to do!
There was a few times where I was mad because we weren't in the temple, but
when we get home, we can just head over to the temple and then have the
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He told us our priorities when we
get home should be 1- hug your mom and 2 -run to the temple. I think under the
circumstances step 1.5 will be take a hot shower and step 3 will be go to Cafe
Rio. But this Saturday we get transfer calls but from the looks of it I am
dying here in Guyana with good ol Elder Birch which I am happy about. Also he
is happy because he wants a lot of my stuff when I leave haha. But we had a
great conference and I am looking forward to finishing strong this transfer!<o:p></o:p></div>
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VHarshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13425082276870785945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7680085939184734439.post-20877205080151377342016-05-16T12:35:00.002-07:002016-05-16T12:35:26.186-07:00Week 92<div class="MsoNormal">
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Well this was definitely an
interesting week! My companion started a trend and all the missionaries were
getting sick this week! There was only one companionship out of the whole zone
that didn't have at least one of them sick, and a lot of them had both sick!
Kinda weird, and two of them have the Zika virus so hopefully I don't get that
haha don't worry I’ll be fine. <o:p></o:p></div>
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But this week we actually had a few
days where the sun came out so that was a nice change, but it was HUMID because
it had been raining so much. E. Birch was sick for half the week so I don't
really have much to say, but next week is zone conference and Pres. Egbert is
going to teach us about temples and I am really excited for that! <o:p></o:p></div>
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I kinda broke my permanent retainer
on the left side, but I think I’ll just wait to get it fixed. Apparently if you need work done on your
teeth, they inject you with cocaine!
That would definitely make your face numb. Haha! So maybe it would be better to have Dr.
Andy fix it…. Third world countries are
fun!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Well it was great talking to you
yesterday!! Today it’s gonna be quick because E. Birch is sick and so he needs
to get home....BUT we still went down to the Rainforest!! We went down and
hiked up a big sand dune to a really cool lake and took pictures but then it started
to rain a lot so we put our electronics in the Car and explored the rainforest
a bit!! It was lots of fun but it was too wet to take pictures....oh well. We
were all soaking wet and had a great time! Even E. Birch liked it even though
he was puking a bit! So I can now check off Explore the Amazon Rainforest off
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VHarshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13425082276870785945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7680085939184734439.post-811347729096844882016-05-03T11:31:00.002-07:002016-05-03T11:33:51.852-07:00Week 90<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
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Hi Everyone,<o:p></o:p></div>
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Well this week was really busy! We
kind of forgot about Mother’s day coming up, but we remembered this morning
right in time to plan it out! Hahaha! <o:p></o:p></div>
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We found this new area that I had
never been to before so we took some time out of our week to go
exploring/contacting and it was pretty good! We met a lot of nice people and a
few of them are very interested in our message. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Also it’s the rainy season so it has literally rained EVERY
DAY for the past two weeks. Usually it just rains early morning and cuts off
around 10 or 11 but sometimes it hits us all day long! So that is good for all
the plants but it just makes out for a couple of wet missionaries. Luckily the
rain here doesn't make you sick like the rain in the DR. That’s nice. But
something really good/really sad that happened this week was that we challenged
a member couple to find a friend that they think would be ready for the gospel
and invite them over for a family home evening with us. We did it just so that
they would cook us dinner, but they ended up bringing a friend that was taught
by missionaries 15 years ago. She already had a testimony and had actually been
attending church in a different place! We told her about the church that is
closer to her house and she also wanted to be baptized but then her husband
came back into the country and he doesn't want anything to do with us and told
her she can't do any of that stuff. So that was sad. It’s hard to see how
sometimes ignorance can be so hard on people. Like even if this gospel wasn't
true,(but it is) the church doesn't teach anything but things that bless your
life. But lucky for us, we have teachings that bless our lives and also the
fullness of the gospel of Jesus Christ as well as his authority. I am very
thankful for the opportunity I have to not only have the gospel but to share it
with everyone! <o:p></o:p></div>
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VHarshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13425082276870785945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7680085939184734439.post-65877499625882908442016-04-25T15:26:00.000-07:002016-04-25T15:38:59.606-07:00Week 89<div class="MsoNormal">
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Well this was a good week as usual!
Guyana is nuts but I love it! The only problem is they only speak one language
but whatever. <o:p></o:p></div>
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My new companion is a guy named E.
Birch from Idaho and he is a way chill guy! He has 4 months in the mission and
this is his first transfer in Guyana. He is a hard worker and likes to have fun
so yeah, we get along great. It’s nice finally having a companion that wants to
work as hard as I do! It’s been great. But on transfer day I got to stay in the
senior couple apartment with another Elder and took my 5th hot shower in my
entire mission! #Blessed Then we took a
road trip all over Guyana to drop and pick up random elders and then my comp
flew in and we went home. We had our district conference this weekend so we all
went up to the Chapel downtown to do it. On Sunday we had a pretty good turnout
but on the Saturday adult session there were only like 25 people there,
including the 8 missionaries...... But Pres. Egbert was there! He didn't have
time to do interviews but we were able to talk with him a little which was
nice. <o:p></o:p></div>
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We also finally were able to have a
lesson with Arifa's sister! She is 24 and didn't seem too interested because
she would always leave and take care of her baby whenever the lesson started
but we "happened" to stop by when Arifa wasn't there and so we
cornered her and had a really good lesson! She had some questions about the
plan of salvation because her mom passed away a few years back so we talked
about that and the spirit was so strong as she learned about everything. She
had tons of questions and agreed to meet with us again on Wednesday. Arifa will be so happy! <o:p></o:p></div>
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But the work is really starting to
explode out here! It’s so different here than the islands because there are a
bunch of prepared people!! It’s a fun
change and I can't wait for this next week!<o:p></o:p></div>
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VHarshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13425082276870785945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7680085939184734439.post-79521484512707514692016-04-18T13:43:00.002-07:002016-04-18T13:44:04.606-07:00Week 88<div class="MsoNormal">
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Well this week lots happened!
Probably the biggest news is that my paperwork for Trinidad didn't process yet
so I have one more transfer here in Guyana! I am glad I can stay but I do miss
speaking other languages. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Yesterday we had Arifa and
Krystal's baptism!! It was such a neat experience! Krystal's whole family
except for her dad are fully active now and very supportive and the dad came
out to the baptism! Arifa was super ready and participates more than any of the
other YW in church! It’s been really neat to see her progress these past few weeks.
The funny thing was that the water in Guyana is really dirty so when we filled
up the baptismal font the water was green! That is normal for the people here
in Guyana because they know their water sucks but it kinda destroyed the whole"clean
again"imagery......BUUUUUUUT it was still great and we had a lot of
members from the branch come which was good because we had to do it in the
chapel in town because we just meet in a house and we don't have a font.<o:p></o:p></div>
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In other news I learned how to make Roti and
Pumpkin which is my new favorite food and it’s really fun to make!! We eat a
lot of Curry and Roti because there are a lot of Indian people here (like from
India Indians not Lamanite Indians) But it’s a really neat culture! I like it
here the only problem is E. Alatasi got transferred and that’s kind of a bummer
and I have no idea who my new companion is but he flys in Wednesday. Also last
week we took a boat ride across the river and saw an alligator! I didn't get a
photo but it was cool and I ordered a sweet gator skin cover for my scriptures.
All in all it was a great week! <o:p></o:p></div>
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VHarshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13425082276870785945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7680085939184734439.post-91094958997895590872016-04-11T14:45:00.003-07:002016-04-11T14:45:40.368-07:00Week 87<div class="MsoNormal">
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It’s weird to think we are already
on the last week of the Transfer! Crazy how time flies! But at the same time
the fact that I haven't had to fly out in a few weeks makes me feel like I have
been here for a while!! But this week was great! <o:p></o:p></div>
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We are preparing for the Baptism of
Arifa and Crystal which should be nice! Arifa is doing great! She has such a
strong testimony and is getting baptized next Sunday! It was going to be Saturday
but she can only have work off one of those days so of course she chose to take
off Sunday.<o:p></o:p></div>
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It’s a lot different here than in
the Islands! The problem is that baptisms come easier so the missionaries feel
like they don't need to be as obedient. I saw that back in the DR as well. In
the islands I was able to watch the old (DR) missionaries leave and E. Walker
and I Trained almost all the newbies, and it was incredible to see the
difference it made with the obedience and the work out in the islands. But here
there is definitely work to do, but I'm glad that at least I understand that
obedience brings blessings, and exact obedience brings the miracles I have seen
out in the islands.<o:p></o:p></div>
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We were talking with Arifa and she
started talking about the way she received her testimony and how she feels so
good about this decision and it was one of the most powerful moments of my
mission. I kind of suck at describing that kind of stuff but it was a really
neat moment and it has been so great to see the change that she has gone
through. She is very ready to make that covenant with the Lord and I can't
wait! Also we try as much as possible to get members to baptize investigators
but when we talked to her about that she said that she wanted me to do it and
once again it made me feel so lucky! Being a missionary really is the greatest.<o:p></o:p></div>
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It’s kinda short this week because E. Alatasi
had the flu AND an ear infection so I was really bored for a few days. But I
did learn how to solve a rubiks cube. I guess that’s how this one is going to
end.<o:p></o:p></div>
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VHarshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13425082276870785945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7680085939184734439.post-73680645207707090942016-04-04T14:12:00.003-07:002016-04-04T14:12:44.649-07:00Week 86<div class="MsoNormal">
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Man conference was great wasn't
it?? I have found that not only does conference have the message that I need to
hear it also has messages that are perfect for our investigators!! We tried to
have it at the church, but this is Guyana so we ended up going to the mission
office to watch it with just us missionaries.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Arifa was talking to us Friday
about how it is tough with her parents divorced and her mom passed away and her
dad is a Muslim but she knows that this is true and has the support of her
brother, but she was talking to us about how it was hard. I had never felt so
blessed to be from the family that I am from! But when I heard the one talk
that talked about keeping strong when you don't have the ideal family I knew
they were talking about that for her! But yeah, great conference! <o:p></o:p></div>
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Also we had a really cool
experience with an investigator named Derek. He had been taught the restoration
but couldn't accept the fact that Joseph Smith was a prophet because it didn't
talk about him in the bible. He said everything necessary for us to learn is
found in the bible. So we were in that and we didn't really know how to go
about it so we just went and decided to listen to him so we could get a better
idea of where he was coming from. We sat down and we started analyzing
different scriptures from the Bible, some of which he would show us and others
we would show him and had a big lesson on prophets. The spirit was so strong
and after about 30 mins of the spirit testifying to him his heart was softened
and we ended up introducing the Book of Mormon and he not only accepted it, but
was so excited to read it that when we were on our way out, we were talking
with his wife on the porch and he left and sat down inside and started reading
it! He also was really excited to watch conference so I can't wait to go back
and see how it all went!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Thinking about Jos going through
the temple, I thought I would share a few experiences I have had out here in
the mission field. I have spent the last
year around very converted people who would give anything to go to the temple.
I have seen people break down because they wanted to go to the temple but they
could only afford to go once for their lifetime and their husband wasn't worthy
to go yet. I have seen a member who cried like a baby because when we were with
him somebody answered his prayer by giving him enough money for a plane ticket
to go to the temple. I have sat next to people in the Chapel long after church
ended because they said that because this is where they take the sacrament, and
this is the most holy place they will ever sit in this life, because they
simply weren't able to go to the temple because they couldn't afford it. I
could go on and on, but bottom line is, don't take it for granted that you can
go through the temple like I did. It’s a big deal and I will never know how
those people feel because I am lucky enough to live in Utah.<o:p></o:p></div>
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This area is starting to get moving and I'm
really starting to like Guyana. We eat curry and rice and Roti mostly and it’s
pretty good! But that’s about all I can remember for this week!<o:p></o:p></div>
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VHarshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13425082276870785945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7680085939184734439.post-83241508190687620452016-03-29T18:48:00.000-07:002016-03-29T18:48:47.163-07:00Week 85<div class="MsoNormal">
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What a crazy week it’s been! First
of all it’s been a solid 3 weeks since I have been on an airplane and it feels
weird! haha also this week was full of a
bunch of different traditions. There are Muslims, Hindus, and Christians here
so this week we kinda got a little of all their cultures which was great!<o:p></o:p></div>
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We got fed TONS of Curry! Duck curry, chicken
curry and some other stuff that I have no idea what it was but it was good!
Also last Wednesday was a holiday called Pawgwa. It is basically the hard core
version of the festival of colors. The thing they do in Utah. It’s like that
except they use that chalk stuff, paint, water, dyes, and basically everything
else that ruins a white shirt, and the streets and just madness with everybody
painting and soaking everybody. It was the funnest thing in the world! I'm
white so I was obviously a big target and got COVERED in paint! So another
white shirt bites the dust.....<o:p></o:p></div>
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So that was awesome and then Monday
we had to change our P-day because everything was closed. It was the celebration
for the Resurrection so the custom is to go out to the sea wall and fly a kite
and have a bbq. So we went with some members and flew a kite and it was so fun!
There was easily twice the population of Bonaire just around where we were and
EVERYBODY was flying kites! There were literally thousands of kites in the air!
I tried to take a picture but it didn't really work haha but it was way cool! <o:p></o:p></div>
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On top of that Arifah came to
church and loved it! She likes to talk a lot and that night when we passed by
all she could talk about was how much she loved it! Also we reactivated a
family and their 9 year old daughter wants to get baptized so we are really
starting to get the work moving along in this area! <o:p></o:p></div>
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Besides the fact that it is only
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VHarshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13425082276870785945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7680085939184734439.post-56901293940091910762016-03-21T14:21:00.000-07:002016-03-21T14:21:59.436-07:00Week 84<div class="MsoNormal">
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Well another week has gone by just
like that!!<o:p></o:p></div>
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To answer your questions its pronounced
Guy-ann-a and they speak English, if you
could call it that. It’s like what you would picture Jamaican English but worse
and with less grammar. People here only
speak English but a few days ago we had a tender mercy of the Lord and we
contacted a guy from Cuba! E. Alatasi starts talking to him and to every
question he kept saying "good" and then tried to walk away. I asked
him if he spoke English and he said a little and from that accent I got really
excited and started speaking Spanish to him and 30 Mins later we were best
friends and E Alatasi was lost. haha It was so nice to talk Spanish again and
it was cool to hear what a Cuban accent is like.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Other than that this week was pretty normal
for Guyana. E. Alatasi had a bad habit of not making appointments with people
and just showing up so I have been trying to beat some sense into him so that
we can actually have people to teach instead of just walking around aimlessly.
At first he was kinda against it but after we tried it for a few days he was
blown away by how well it worked. We have a really good investigator named
Arifa. She is 18 and we recently started teaching her sister and sister's
husband as well. She has a Muslim dad and a Chistian mom that died a few years
ago and she is loving the gospel and is really studying it out. Like she
literally writes reports on the chapters and stuff we assign her. Who does
that?? It’s going very well with her and she has a lot of faith.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Also tomorrow Pres. Egbert is coming with the
Church Historian and we are going to have a conference so I am pretty excited
about that! The only bummer is Pres. Egbert decided to have interviews today,
which basically ruined our P-day....<o:p></o:p></div>
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Greetings from South America!!! Man
this place is cool! It is kinda like the DR but the culture is way different! I
like it and there are TONS of people!! Maybe
it’s cause I am used to tiny rocks in the ocean but I feel overwhelmed when we
go to the town center and I see the entire population of Bonaire walking about!
Pretty weird! <o:p></o:p></div>
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My companion is a big Somoan dude
from Australia and he is way cool! I am a district leader because President
says he needs my help down here but the zone leaders need to know the area to
drive around and stuff so he told me he wasn't able to keep me as a zone
leader, which I had NO problem with! Less responsibility :) haha anyways I got to Guyana and the airline
lost my bag with all my clothes and underwear and I just barely got that today
so that was fun.<o:p></o:p></div>
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On my first day somebody was burning trash on
the other side of the house that we were teaching at and it lit this entire
field on fire and we had to go and dump buckets of water on it to try and
control it. It ended up getting way out of control but we were able to help
enough so that the house didn't burn down and then the fire department came and
did the rest. Pretty great first day! Also funny thing, Elder Atkinson (my
companion from Bonaire) lives in the branch I am serving in! So that was cool
to see him and everything. You can't drink the water but we always have running
water and power so its better than the DR! The accents are hard and they speak
broken english so just when I thought I could get transferred without having to
learn another language/dialect I was wrong! But it’s pretty humble here and the
people are nice. <o:p></o:p></div>
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To end I want to tell a story from
my last Monday in Aruba. We had a family night planned with one of my favorite
Venezuelan families and I was really excited! It was my birthday but they
didn't say anything about it so I assumed they didn't know. They came out with
a big cake and surprised me and sang happy birthday and I was really touched
because they are really poor and to buy a cake must have been tough on them. So
we cut it up and I thought it had sprinkles in the middle of it but AFTER I had
finished my piece I noticed that the inside was MOLDY. I thought meh, what is a little mold gonna
do? So we said goodbye and as we were biking home my stomach exploded and I
puked up all of the cake and dinner right there on the side of the road! Happy
Birthday. The best part was E. Nance didn't want to be sick and so after seeing
me puke he forced himself to puke so we were puking together on the side of the
road! We bonded that night. Anyways, hope you have a great week!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Well sorry about last week! I got
flown off to Trinidad and that destroyed my P day! But SO much has happened I
don't know where to start! First off we went to Bonaire and had such a good time
there! We worked with the Dutch elders so it was kinda weird because I spoke
Papiamento and Spanish and he spoke English and Dutch so between the two of us
we talked to EVERYONE but he had no idea what I was saying and I had no idea
what he was saying! haha but I learned a fair amount of Dutch! I can bear my
testimony in 4 languages now!!!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Also I got to see Vaquero and it was
incredible! He has progressed so much! But is still the same ol’ Vaquero! haha
We showed up and he was reading the Liahona! He is doing so well! He even
remembered my birthday!! Then we went back to Aruba and on Monday I got a phone
call that said I am flying off to Trinidad in 4 hours so that was a surprise! I
had to go and get my fingerprints done to try and apply for my papers in
Trinidad. <o:p></o:p></div>
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So I came back on Tuesday and here
comes the biggest news of all! We received transfer calls this weekend, and no
I am not going to Curasao like we thought, I am not going to
Bonaire........Drum roll please.......I AM GOING TO GUYANA!!! SOUTH AMERICA
HERE I COME!!!! Yeah that was the curveball of the century. I am still in the paradise called Aruba but
leave this week. I am pretty excited but
I am bummed because they speak English there and I am going to have to say
goodbye to my beloved islands. But it’s all part of the adventure! Guyana is
third world, kind of like the DR so I am pretty excited! I will let you know
next week if it’s anything like the DR! But that's the huge news for this week!
Next week I will be writing from South America!! I officially have the coolest mission in the
entire world, If I didn't already have that. :)<o:p></o:p></div>
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He was flying from Aruba to Bonaire, to Trinidad.VHarshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13425082276870785945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7680085939184734439.post-63368354077598555792016-02-22T13:54:00.001-08:002016-02-22T13:54:49.759-08:00Week 80<div class="MsoNormal">
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Welp, just like that another week
down! This week was kinda crazy but I feel like I always say that so I guess I
could say this week was normal? I was able to stay in the country this week but
no worries, this Thursday I am flying out to Bonaire for 2 days to work with
the Elders over there and I get to see Vaquero!! I am so excited to see him! <o:p></o:p></div>
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But this past week was great! Last
P day I finally convinced the other Elders to bike the island with me! We went
from the very south tip, dipped our hands in the water, and then went up to the
north tip and dipped our hands in the water! It was way cool and I feel very
accomplished! It honestly isn't that big of deal because this island is tiny
but it’s still cool to say!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Then this week was busy because our branch had
2 activities that we had to set up for, help run, and help clean up! The
members always call us to help them with stuff like that but it’s ok because
they are all so cool we love spending time with them! Also E. Nance got sick so
that killed a day, so I was able to watch the restoration video in 12 different
languages! That was kinda fun, but I was so bored! Hahaha! <o:p></o:p></div>
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And Saturday morning we had a
baptism of an 8 year old member in San Nicolaas, (my old Aruba area) and he
wanted me to be a witness for his baptism! So that was SO nice to go into the
Caribbean water! Also, plot twist, there is a tradition in San Nick that I
didn't know about to always push the elder in the water so he can get wet too
#thanks so the guy's dad pushed me in right before they took the picture after
the ordinance! I wasn't even mad :) <o:p></o:p></div>
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Also I don't remember if I told you
this or not but I am really pushing to get more Papiamento materials for the
church down here and after months of pestering I finally convinced Pres. Egbert
to get us Papiamento Nametags! He is still in the process of ordering them but
it’s gonna happen! It doesn't sound like much, but stuff like that really means
a lot to the members down here. When I told Sis. Odor that we were going to be
getting Papiamento nametags she started to cry. It really does mean a lot to
them. So that's about all that I can remember right now!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Love,<o:p></o:p></div>
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Elder Harsh<o:p></o:p></div>
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This is the only thing I got from Elder Harsh this
week. I totally forgot to write
him! I have never done that! Ever!!! I
felt so bad, but then I just laughed at his response. So I had to draw from Keven’s and Josilyn’s
letter for this week’s report! <o:p></o:p></div>
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My letter… <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Hey remember you
have a kid on a mission......out here.....lonely........with an empty
inbox........missing you.........<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>Love,<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>Elder Harsh<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<o:p> From Keven's letter:</o:p></div>
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The Chacon Family is doing good
but we are adjusting their baptism date. We had it for this Saturday but they
aren't ready yet, but they are progressing very well! They accepted the Word of
Wisdom like it was nothing and threw out all the alcohol from their fridge and
haven't drank any coffee since! The mom stopped taking care of children on Sundays
so she will be able to come to church and the dad is looking for another guy to
help him in his carpenter shop for the same reason! They aren't ready but they
are preparing very well! Did mom forget about me? or is she just mad because I
wrote on Tuesday a few weeks in a row. Haha!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Aruba is great! I told President
I want to finish my mission in Aruba and he said probably not. Well he actually
said "I am not in control of that" which means "no" so
bummer so I am probs going to Curacao or something which I am alright with I
guess, but Aruba is by far my favorite island. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Mom forgot about me this week so
that’s cool. #StillFavoriteChild<o:p></o:p></div>
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Looking back on my mission is
weird. Thinking back to when I was in the DR feels like forever and a half ago,
but when I was in Bonaire (first area in the islands) feels like last week! I
really feel like I have put my whole self into these Islands!! Like really
every area I have been to, I have had to start at 0 either because I
whitewashed, opened up a new area, or saved it from a bad missionary who wasn't
working. It has been so tough starting new every transfer like that and not
really seeing much success as far as baptisms go, but as a zone leader I see
all the numbers of the missionaries and I see all the areas that I opened and
saved and I see them flourishing and teaching tons of people and baptizing and
it honestly makes me feel so good. Even if I can't be there to see the products
I know that I was there to plow the ground and plant the seeds and it’s a
really great thing to see. I love these islands.<o:p></o:p></div>
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So even if his Mother forgot to
write- he sounds like he is doing great!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Thanks for everyone’s support!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Valerie</div>
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Whew the weeks keep getting crazier
and crazier out here in paradise! We have been scrambling like crazy to figure
out the preparations for the zone conference this week! Oh, yeah, in other news
we have a zone conference this week so all the missionaries are flying to Aruba
for a conference with President. It has been quite a while since we have seen
him so we are excited for that! But that puts a lot of stress on me to figure
everything out for transportation and food and sleeping arrangements for 10 extra
missionaries! <o:p></o:p></div>
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And to put the cherry on top… the
sisters crashed their car into a rock!!! So not only do we have 10 missionaries
coming but we have no car to transport them!! Nice one sisters..... Also I am
writing late again (sorry) hopefully for the last time! On top of all that
happened I also have to head out to Curacao for a day to renew my tourist visa.
So it’s been pretty hectic here! But besides that the work has been kinda slow
because Carnival was going on but its all part of the adventure! <o:p></o:p></div>
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This week has been crazy and from
the looks of it this week that is coming is going to be nuts too! I made the
comment today to E Walker (the other Zone leader) that I wish I could just go
back to being a junior companion so all I had to do was worry about working in
my area and that’s it. I said it as more of a joke because of all the stuff we
were trying to figure out but then it kinda made us both think about how much
we have learned in the past little while being missionaries, Leaders, senior
couples, and everything else for these islands. It really is incredible how the
Lord qualifies you when you are called and how he strengthens you in your weakness
and makes it for your benefit! I still think it would be nice to go back to
junior companion, but I sure have learned a lot this past little while and
really do enjoy my calling as a leader out here!<o:p></o:p></div>
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I am really looking forward to this
Zone Conference! It is going to be about the Atonement kind of going more into
what Pres. Cornish of the 70 taught us at the last zone leader meeting. It
should be really good! But I don't really have too much time today because I
have to be at the airport pretty soon for my flight so I will talk with you
next week!!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Hey uh so we are writing late again
this week....I probably should have given you some heads up about that sorry
mom. I think next week is the last week of carnival so after that everything
should be back to normal! <o:p></o:p></div>
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But this week was great! We had
tons of help from the members with our lessons and were able to follow up on
some referrals and one of them is great! We had a great lesson with this girl
named Malli. She is from the Dominican Republic and she lived 3 streets outside
of my old area in the DR!!!! I thought that was a lot cooler than she
did......BUT we had a good lesson with her and then the next lesson we brought
a member couple with us and talked about the book of Mormon and it went great!
The only problem is that because of her work we can only meet with her on Sundays,
but she is coming to church next Sunday! The Chacon family is still doing well
but the daughter has kinda lost interest but we are working with her, but the
parents are doing great and have been coming to church and everything! Also we
had our branch conference so I got to see Pres. Albus from Bonaire and that was
a lot of fun to catch up with him! But we kinda have a lesson soon so we don't
have much time today so see you next week!!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Well sorry for writing a day late!
Its Carnival season and this past weekend was a big parade/party for the entire
island so Monday was a national holiday for people to sleep/get sober for work,
and EVERYTHING was closed. Worst P day ever! But the library was closed so we
weren't able to write yesterday. <o:p></o:p></div>
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So yes, this past week I stayed in
Aruba the entire week! It was nice, but we still had to go to the airport to
drop off Sis. Cuevas who finished her mission! It’s gonna be a lot more boring
around here without her haha. But this branch is finally starting to get its
fire back! It’s incredible how much missionaries affect the church out here
because it is so small, and this poor branch has had a really rough few string
of missionaries, but we have been working really hard with the branch and are
finally starting to see the fruits of it! <o:p></o:p></div>
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We watched the broadcast(the world-wide
missionary training meeting) and it was really good! It had a lot of really
good suggestions that we are going to implement into our zone including working
more with less-actives. It was a good broadcast.<o:p></o:p></div>
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This past Sunday was absolutely
crazy. Everybody wanted to feed us or for us to come over for family night or
they had a reference for us or wanted a Book of Mormon to give away and 3
people brought friends to church! It was the most stressful three hours of the
week! After church we went to get our bikes and had to sit there for a minute
to take in what had just happened. Needless to say we are going to be
ridiculously busy this week! <o:p></o:p></div>
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Also we had an incredible lesson
with the Chacon Family. We talked about our purpose on earth and faith
repentance and baptism and they agreed to be baptized on the 20th of February!
I am so excited for them! Also it was transfers but Aruba stayed the same so we
didn't have any problems there! See you guys next week!<o:p></o:p></div>
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