Companions & Highlights

Chapter 5

COMPANIONS & HIGHLIGHTS

Sister Rosza

This week was awesome. Everyday is literally packed to the brim so it is pretty hard to remember everything that happens, but here are some highlights. I love my companion Sister Rosza!!! She is the kindest, sweetest, serviceful person you would ever want to meet. I was waiting for her because she was late arriving at the MTC. When she came in we were so excited! We started hugging and jumping up and down. The MTC Mission President's wife thought that we already knew each other. I am so happy!

Temple- Last week Monday we had our first P-day so we got to go to the temple in the morning. It was wonderful of course. When isn't the temple wonderful?

Sofia!!- I got to see Sofia!! While coming back from a trip to main campus on Monday, I recognized a girl who was sitting in the back of the bus as Sofia's roommates, I just happened to have a letter to Sofia in my bag that I hadn't put in the mail yet, so I got super excited and rushed to the back of the bus to give the letter to her roommate. I didn't think her roommate knew who I was, but Sofia must have told her about me because she was already in the middle of writing a text message to Sofia to tell her to come to the bus stop. It was really funny. I'm so glad I got to see her. 

 

Sister Chen

Yep we have a car:) Sister Chen is the driver. She just got her license 2 days before I got here... I’m not gonna lie, she is kind of scary sometimes. I think we are going to call the mission home and see if I can drive sometimes too. I think Danville will be a good place for me to start driving because it isn't too busy here. I seriously, love her!

Sister Tui'sila

Sister Tui'sila is awesome. I love her so much!!! We both get along great. It's funny because we are pretty much opposites in personality but we balance each other out pretty well. She had a hard time at first approaching people that she doesn't know but she told me yesterday that she is starting to feel more comfortable. I believe in talking to EVERYBODY. She told me the other day that sometimes she get worried when she sees me heading to talk to people and thinks "what is this crazy girl doing?". She doesn't talk as much as I do, but when she does it is very well thought out and powerful. Sometimes I feel like I just jabber on and on to people without actually saying what anybody needs to hear. She is teaching me to slow down. We are having a lot of fun together. We laugh a lot. It gets us along. Another thing about her is that she is super protective. Yesterday she asked me "If I ever needed to protect us and ended up hurting someone, do you think president would send me home?" haha... does that remind you of anyone?

 Sister Vaiusu

Just a funny story from the week: Last week Monday we got a text from the Spanish sisters asking us to call them ASAP. Apparently due to a bed bug infestation their apartment was getting fumigated, so President Meredith told them to come and spend the night at our apartment. We only had two mattresses in our apartment so the zone leaders told us that they would come and bring the extras from their apartment over to ours. I have no idea how they did it but somehow they fit an entire twin mattress into their little Toyota corolla! It was really funny to watch them pull it out, but I am still baffled!!! The elders couldn't come up to our apartment so they sat in their car and watched us struggle to get the mattress up the stairs and in the door. In their defense, they did encourage us from the car window and promise us blessings. Hahaha… it was fun having the other sisters over for the night though. One of them was Hermana Kiley Cash, who I was friends with at BYU so it was fun to see her!

Oh and if you are wondering, the other mattress was a blow up air mattress so that one was easy to get up. 

 Sister Losi

 Finally! Sister Harris 1st official post!

Hello from Concord!!!

Have I ever mentioned that I love being a missionary?? Well, I do. Friday we had the awesome opportunity to go to San Francisco for a mission wide conference to have Elder Quinton L. Cook address our mission. It was so cool to be able to shake an apostle’s hand and hear him speak. There was definitely a special spirit present.  I don't remember a lot of what was said off the top of my head   (notes for future reference I just don't have them right now) but what impressed me most was Elder Cooks humility. At the end of his talk he bore his testimony and explained his role as a special witness of Christ. It struck me hard that the reason this man was so special wasn't because of any "worldly" attributes but because of the witness he can stand as for our Savior, Jesus Christ. People "take a stand" for things all of the time, and do all sorts of things to make a point and there cause known, but there was something so powerful in his simple testimony of the Savior that touched my heart. 

I remembered that moment last night as my companion and I were walking in a part of town that we have been told more and more lately to be careful in. As we were walking we stopped a man who was passing us and offered him a Mormon.org card. Out of the corner of my eye I was distracted by something happening on the street corner. All of a sudden my purpose as a missionary came very clearly into focus and I felt a huge responsibility to help this man see that there is more to this world then the chaos we live in. I felt so strongly the importance of my calling to be a representative of Jesus Christ and what it means. I did my best to bear a simple testimony in Spanish and give him a number for the Elders and he went on his way. There is power in truth. The world might be loud but the spirit is undeniable. I don't know if that man will ever look at the website or call the Elders but I felt so strongly that in that moment I was fulfilling my purpose. "By small and simple things, great things come to pass". I love this work and I pray every day to have the strength to do it the best I can. The Lord is really patient to have me as a missionary. 

I was going to tell some funny stories but that will have to wait until next week because P-day is slipping away. But there I do have pictures so I guess i am not doing too bad. 

Love, Sister Harris