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Hello everyone!

We did some serious work this week. We had 7 new investigators and 4 investigators at church. One of them was an older Ecuadorian man named Pedro. We contacted him on the street my second day here. On Saturday we called and invited him to church, and he came and he loved it! I love Elizabeth. So many people are willing to listen and actually come to church when they say they will.

We had two more exchanges this week. Tuesday I went to New Brunswick and Friday I went to Plainfield. Part of my job is to make sure that the sisters we work with are being obedient. It is hard for me to correct their behavior because I'm not a confrontational person and I don't usually feel comfortable telling someone they are doing something wrong. But that's something I've been able to work on the past couple weeks- correcting people in a loving way so they know that I'm only trying to help them.

Saturday we had a couple hours without appointments so we took the ward directory and went in search of members we didn't know. Most of the houses we tried had nobody home. At the last house we tried, an old Ecuadorian lady opened up and let us in right away. Turns out she is a very active member and we just had never met her before (our ward is pretty big). She told us she usually goes to the temple once a week but that her recommend expired recently and she was trying to get an interview with the Stake President to get it renewed. She hadn't had any luck getting a hold of him and had been praying that someone would come help her. She said she knew we were the answer to her prayers. We are trying to get in contact with the Stake President to help her.

The weather is being weird. The first couple days this week, it was disgustingly hot and humid, but by the end of the week it was chilly, windy, and rainy. On Thursday, Hermana Ivie and I were going to leave the apartment to walk to an appointment (we can't use our cars on Thursdays so we walk). We looked out the window and saw that it was drizzling but figured we'd be fine without umbrellas and rain boots as long as we had out raincoats. It was fine for the first 20 minutes or so of walking, but then the rain got heavier and heavier. Our wimpy little ballet flats were completely soaked. Luckily our iPads stayed dry because I kept them in my purse under my raincoat. I don't mind the rain because the past four months or so have been so hot. Hopefully the summer is finally over (never thought I would say that, but Jersey summers are gross)!

It was crazy hot on Tuesday and two days later it was pouring!

Eduardo hasn't been able to come to church the past couple weeks because of work, but we are still teaching him regularly and he is progressing well. This week we taught him in the home of the Corzo's, a really awesome member family from Peru. Hermana Corzo testified to him of how the Gospel has changed her life and how she knows it will change his. We then explained that since faith is the first principle of the Gospel and he already has a lot of faith, he now needs to follow the second principle- repentance. We invited him to pray and repent of his past mistakes so he can prepare to be baptized and start a new life. He is always so good about keeping his reading commitments. We are hoping to get him on baptism date soon.

This week Hermana Ivie and I also got our flight itineraries for when we go home in December. We're definitely having mixed emotions. I miss a lot of things about home but I am loving my time here and I'm not ready for it to end yet. I have just over 3 months left and I am trying my best to focusing on the work so I can give the Lord my all during this short time.

I love Elizabeth and I love being a missionary!

<3 Hermana Harris