Hey everyone :) How
are you all doing? I am doing pretty well! See what happens when Elder
Harrington goes to Colorado? The Broncos go to the Super Bowl! Haha jk. I
really hope that they win. I might have just jinxed them but it’s going to be
cool! I wish I was in Denver area so I could hear the roar of the crowd.
It would be awesome! Colorado people are really big football people. I don't
think it’s because they are good this year but they are just really big
fans of the game. It’s awesome!
This week was
pretty interesting, Savannah asked her parents if she could get baptized and it
didn't go so well :( But we are praying really hard for her and hoping that all
will go well.
We met with a lot of
members this week too and it was really nice. It’s hard to believe this is my
third week here in Arapahoe. It seems like I am still brand new to the area and
I don't know everyone, but yeah. Good things are happening here.
We went to a former
investigators house and we felt prompted to go there for some reason and it’s
this older guy named John and his girlfriend Michelle. They live
together, they are both around their 50's and he wasn't doing too
well when we came to him. He really felt like he wasn't doing enough
to make it to Heaven. He was kind of just going through the motions and He
doesn't really feel the joy that he knows he should be feeling from doing those
things. So we challenged him to read the Book of Mormon and we
promised him that he would know what to do after reading the book. He
accepted the challenge and so now we are going to go see him back again this
week.
So that was really
awesome :)
There was a funny
moment that happened this week. We were going to go to dinner and we really
weren't sure which house. So Elder Farr said "it’s this
one", only it wasn't that one… Haha we walk up to the door and I see
someone at the window right next to the door and then she opens it and
I was about to like walk in for some reason and then she goes “uh,
who are you ?”and we said " uh... WE’RE MISSIONARIES FOR THE
CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS! (: going around sharing a
message about Christ" and she said "oh" and we said "sorry
we aren't government and we aren't selling anything and we know it’s kind
of weird that two guys come up to your door" and she said "haha
yeah, well thanks but not interested." haha okay. So, it turns out the
next house over is our dinner appointment.
Sometimes when we
knock on people’s door they get really turned off, and it’s just really
sad. Sometimes they will say, “Not interested, but I appreciate what you are
doing” or “I appreciate the visit”. So next time when someone
says "we appreciate the visit" I am going to ask them, “Why?” because I really want to know why they
say they appreciate it, and I hope they open up to us more or just get
a conversation with them. Sometimes, I really just want to be their
friend, I don't want them to just say, “Not interested” and we go our own ways.
I still want to just be their friend. Some really don't accept that either but
I think it is good no matter what happens. As long as we are working with all
our heart, might, mind, and strength the Lord will do marvelous things.
So needless to say I am
learning and working a lot. Every day is interesting and different. I am happy
though and I hope you are all as well :) So two days ago we practiced doing the
haka! haha It was pretty fun. We are putting together a luau for some people
and that's where we will do the haka. So, I am pretty excited! Also today
we are playing against the Mission President in basketball and his missionary
assistants so it should be a fun 3 on 3. :) I am super excited. They are a good team. The President
is a really good player for being 58. He likes to foul a lot… haha then they have
Elder Hoyt who is 6'8”. He is a beast and can dunk on us. So hopefully, we will
play some MTC rules: No dunking! haha. I am most likely going to guard him. I
am going to record it on my camera and send home my SD card soon. So
you can all see our game of basketball. We got a lot of shooters on
our team and all-around players. So I think it’s going to be a good game :)
anyway. Love you all!
--
Love,
Elder Garrett Steven
Harrington
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