It's snowing. The what.

10/20/14

Yes. Outside, it is snowing. I was hoping that I wouldn't see any snow before I left but alas, Mother Nature had different ideas. It's okay though. I like it and it makes everything look very pretty. Today we are in Moscow. We got on a train early this morning and just got off about an hour ago. We'll be here for a couple of days so that my companion can get a new visa. That means I get to go on a split with cute Sister Southworth. I am the most excited girl in the whole world. 

This week was great. The Mom of our family is officially our newest Sunday School Teacher! And the Dad was ordained to the Aaronic Priesthood. I got to sit in the room while he was ordained and it was so cool. They are the greatest people and I feel like the proudest mom in the whole world getting to watch them grow in the gospel. We also met with a new family this week, their grandpa actually got baptized on Saturday. He was the elders' investigator and we had a great baptismal service on Saturday. It's really cool because every single one of the eight baptisms our branch has had this year have been member referals. That is one of my absolute favorite thing about Armenians. They love the gospel and then they tell everyone they know about it. Way too cool. 

We also met with the youth of the branch and with our senior couple who is also the branch president. We have the best youth in the whole world. They will be getting their patriarchal blessings next week when the patriarch comes. We had a really cool lesson with them and got to teach them about patriarchal blessings and how they can be a guide for our lives. During the lesson I was just continually blown away by how much God loves us and how he knows every single one of us. I'm so excited for them to hear even more about his love for them through their patriarchal blessings. They are the future of our little branch here and I know they are destined for great things. 

Also, one of the coolest things ever happened this week. Eight months ago when I got to this area one of the first people I met was an eternal investigator. He came around for all the activities and english group and had met with missionaries but never progressed. We all deemed him an eternal investigator who just would continue in his ways. We even met with him and he told us he liked his life without God. This week, the elders announced that they had been meeting with him and that he had a baptismal date. It will be the last weekend I'm here. THAT IS MIND BLOWING. He came to the baptism on Sunday of the grandpa and to church on Sunday. He's a different person. I honestly cannot describe to you how different he is. And it's been the coolest thing to see. If there's anything I'm convinced of, it's that we live in a world of miracles. 

I love you and hope you have a wonderful week. Love, Sister Harris