¡Buenas tardes! This week I was the sickest I've been my whole mission, which isn't really saying much because I've been really lucky and haven't had any health problems. But this week I had a sore throat and was coughing and sneezing a lot. I'm mostly better now, but my voice is still a little hoarse.
Thursday we had a lesson that was so inspired, even though we didn't know it at first. After Weekly Planning, we walked to the house of our 9-year-old recent convert Giovanni to teach him one of the new member lessons. When we got there his mom, who is also a member, told us he was sick and asleep, so we ended up teaching her instead. We had prepared a lesson for Giovanni, but when we found out we would just be teaching his mom we quickly chose a Mormon Message video to show her on our iPads. We showed her a video called "The Will of God", which talks about how God sometimes hurts us or gives us trials for our own good because He sees the bigger picture. Turns out that it was exactly what she needed to hear because she was struggling to understand a certain trial she was going through. Towards the end of the lesson I was getting worried about walking home. It was about 8 pm and it was really dark outside and we had about a 45 minute walk ahead of us to get back to our apartment. We walk home in the dark all the time without any problems, but for some reason I was really nervous and just had a feeling that we would get robbed if we walked home that night. When it was time for us to leave, Sister Ivie casually mentioned that we were walking that day, and Giovanni's mom offered to drive us home, which was such an answer to my prayers. We almost never get offered rides home on walking days, but I know the Lord was protecting us that night :)
Friday was Zone Conference, which is when about 3 zones get together and listen to trainings from President and the Assistants and usually a guest speaker. These happen about once every 3 months, and it was sad knowing this was my last one. In the meeting they emphasized teaching people simply and powerfully. The guest speaker was Elder Cherrington, who taught religion classes at BYU. He talked for a whole hour about Joseph Smith and the history of the coming forth of the Book of Mormon. It was super interesting and I loved every minute of it. They also fed us a great lunch which is always a plus :)
In Sacrament Meeting yesterday I gave a talk on the blessings of being obedient. Obedience is something we hear a lot about as missionaries so I had plenty to talk about. I quoted from my favorite scripture, Mosiah 2:41. I love it because it says that those who obey the commandments are blessed both temporally and spiritually. So we just need to keep the commandments and have faith that God will take care of the rest.
Yesterday was crazy busy. We only had time to come home after church and eat a quick lunch before heading off to back-to back appointments all afternoon long. It was pretty stressful because we had appointments every hour and we had to drive around to pick up and drop off some members that were coming with us so we had to keep each lesson to about 30 minutes or less, which is a challenge with Hispanics because they talk so much. We were teaching our Cuban investigator last night and he hardly let us say anything at all because he would not stop talking.
Sister Ivie and I are working hard and having fun. We keep each other laughing all the time no matter what is going on. Each day as a missionary feels like the longest day of my life but it is also so rewarding. I am so grateful for this time I have to focus on what's most important. I know it will be over all too soon so I am making the most of it.
<3 Hermana Hannah Harris
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