Well
it´s transfer day here in Mission Santiago. My daughter, Hermana Buchanan, and
I are still here together! We´re pretty pleased. A ton of my mission friends
are leaving though. Hermana Pierre, Elder Torres, Elder Mendoza, Hermana Veras
(my trainer), Hermana Navas (one of my Sister Leaders) and Elder Castro, the
dance instructor. haha. I am actually kind of sad to know that they´re headed
out and I may not see them again in person... ever. That´s the cool/hard part
about serving a mission... I have friends from all over the world... but it
might be hard to stay and touch and maintain those friendships. Thank goodness
for facebook, though. :) Assuming that is still the big deal when I come home.
lol. Some fun transfer news is that Hermana De La Cruz is still in Moca! I´ll
probably see her this transfer. Also Hermana Parker (my Texas twin) and Hermana
Bates (my first comp here in Tamboril) are now training! Did I tell you that
Hermana Parker opened an area in Samaná?? Look it up... you will be so excited
for her. :)
Well, this last week, we
were supposed to have another baptism, but we think his mom doesn´t want him to
be baptized. We were kind of bummed, but we´re not giving up. :)
In my
studies, I have been focusing on the Book of Mormon and Doctrine and Covenants.
I love studying church history... I will probably go hide in a hole somewhere
when I get home and just read the History of the Church. I might take breaks to
watch pioneer movies. haha. In the Book of Mormon today, I was reading in
Alma about Ammon. That story is written like a movie. I would love to make a
church video (HBO series? lol) adaptation of the Book of Mormon. What drama one
senses as Ammon asks Lamoni, ¨What wilt thou that I should do for thee, O
king?¨ The guy just sits there looking at him for an hour! I think I would
convert that into about 2 minutes of screen time, that way the viewers get all
antsy. Or if it were like those bible videos, about 30 seconds. I sure would
love to be a part of that project, though. In this day and age, I just want to
help everyone realize how REAL the scriptures are. We´ll see where that
mountain wind blows me when I get home. :)
Well that´s the latest
and greatest! I hope you are all having an amazing week. Don´t forget to go
back and study those conference talks! Enjoy the cool weather for me!!
Hermana Harden
No comments:
Post a Comment