Lipestk and all could be the Kardashians.

3/09/14

Hi there! For the first time in my mission I am not writing home from the senior couple's house in Nizhny. Crazy town up in here. Lipetsk is a good place though and I'm sure I will love it a lot. The branch is great and there are so many Armenians. So many. My last days in Nizhny were perfect. I got to visit with members and see so many huge miracles. One of them being that we ran into the girl that got the blessing that said we were her angels! Do you remember me talking about her? Well, we've been trying to meet with her for the last three months and she hasn't answered her phone. Punk. But we ran into her! One and a half million people in Nizhny Novgorod and we ran into her. Huge miracle. She said she still reads her blessing. And that it does help her but she had felt like she was slipping back into the same depression. And then she ran into us. I promised her that if she would meet with the missionaries there that she would find happiness and she said she was willing to try it. And then we met with her again before I left. SO GOOD.  Lipetsk is fine. I do like it here. It's definitely not Nizhny and that's rocking my world a little bit. But the branch is way cool and I like Sister Hardcastle a lot. She likes you a lot because you rocked her like a baby and gave her chocolate. Your legend lives on! My last days in Nizhny were perfect. So much fun and so many happy things. I had the greatest district there. Such good elders. I am their number one fan because they handle all my crazy so well. I got a blessing before leaving from one of the elders. It helped me so much. I was blessed to know why I was being sent to Lipetsk and that Heavenly Father was proud of the work I had done in Nizhn.  One of the best parts of the last days in Nizhny was buying a night gown that matches my favorite babuska. Did it. Sending a picture. I love that lady a whole lot. Also, my last night in Nizhny was so perfect. We climbed on top of the roof of the building by the branch and set off a lantern with our district. REAL LOVE I LOVE MY DISTRICT SO MUCH.  Also, I got way bad blisters this week. And embarrased my whole district by hobbling around like a cerebral palsy friend. Keepin' it real in Russia Town. Holler. I'm doing great and I got the greatest news from Nizhny yesterday. The family we've been teaching, remember them? The dad is getting baptized at the end of this month. He legit said, "I've found my religion." SO COOL. I talked to him on the phone yesterday and he said that he was so excited and that this was the most important thing to him. I'm just the happiest girl in the whole world. I love being a missionary. I have never loved anything more. I was reading a talk yesterday about James E. Faust. He once gave a seven-minue sermon that I really like, " Remember who you are and act accordingly." Doesn't get much better than that. And I'm grateful for reminders like that. We are all children of God. We are members of the true church. I am a missionary, a representative of Jesus Christ. If we all remember those things and then act accordingly, think of the impact we could have. Way cool. I love you all! Have the greatest of weeks. Love, Sister Harris