tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50064408114280184512024-03-05T01:08:22.065-08:00Elder Marc Harris : Mongolia Ulaanbaatar Mission Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01887380310955095135noreply@blogger.comBlogger116125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5006440811428018451.post-9020416315013845142015-12-14T11:45:00.002-08:002015-12-14T11:45:14.821-08:00My Last Letter as a Missionary <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Dear Family,</span><br /><span style="color: #5856d6; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">As
I have pondered on what to write about today, I have realized that
nothing is as important to me as my gratitude and testimony that I've
been blessed with over and over and over again here in Mongolia. The
opportunity to come here, Mongolia, and be a representative of Jesus
Christ, was only given to me by a loving Savior through His infinite
atonement. The gratitude I have in regards to the opportunity to serve
here in Mongolia among these people, the Mongolians, is something I
truly I cannot express in words or in my final letter home. However, it
is something I will continue to try to express throughout my life by
example "in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in
purity," as Paul said to Timothy.</span><br /><span style="color: #5856d6; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">A
mission is not about stories. Those are important, but for talks down
the road with my family and friends. It is about things obtained
spiritually. It is about habits and knowledge obtained.</span><br /><span style="color: #5856d6; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">As
my time in the mission field comes to an end, I have reflected much
upon my Heavenly Father and His only begotten son, Jesus Christ. I know
that we have a Father in Heaven. He is perfect, and He loves us and
knows us infinitely and perfectly. He knows His children. He made a plan
of us. This plan gives us the opportunity to live with Him again for
forever and ever. In this plan, there was a need for a Savior. One who
would stoop below them all. One to be led like a lamb to the slaughter.
One to tread the wine press alone. One to suffer in a garden for the
sins, pains, afflictions, and shortcoming of all of God's children. One
to be nailed to a tree, die, then three days later, walk out of a rented
tomb, conquer death and prove that the grave has no victory. John <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_2048112756" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">3:16</span></span>
says, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son,
that whosoever believed in him should not perish, but have everlasting
life." Heavenly Father send His son, Jesus Christ.</span> <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">He
is Emmanuel, Jehovah, our Redeemer, our Advocate with the Father, but
most of all He is our Brother. I know He lives. I know He atoned for our
sins so we too, like Him, can conquer death, be delivered from our
sins, and meet our Heavenly Father again in that great day (Alma <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_2048112757" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">11:44</span></span>).
I love Jesus Christ. I testify that He is the Savior and Redeemer of
all mankind. I testify that His love is infinite, and forever with us.
"For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor
principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor
height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us
from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord." (Romans
8:38-39)</span><br /><span style="color: #5856d6; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">I
can testify that Christ formed His church through priesthood power when
He was on the Earth during His short ministry. That being so, it also
fell into an apostasy, a time where God took his priesthood power from
the world. In 1820, when the time was right, Heavenly Father restored
the Gospel of Jesus Christ on the earth again in its fullness as so was
the gospel in the primitive church containing "...apostles, prophets,
pastors, teachers, evangelists, and so forth." He did so through Joseph
Smith. Joseph was a prophet. He was called of God to do a special work.
Through him the Priesthood was once again restored to the earth, never
to be taken away again. John Taylor said, "Joseph Smith, the Prophet and
Seer of the Lord, has done more, save Jesus only, for the salvation of
men in this world, than any other man that ever lived in it." I love
that man, and I testify that he restored the fullness of the Gospel of
Jesus Christ in these latter days, The fullness of times. "Millions
shall know 'Brother Joseph' again."</span><br /><span style="color: #5856d6; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">I
can testify that families can be together forever through priesthood
ordinances. Families are ordained of God. I testify that a family
consists of husband and wife and is essential to Heavenly Father's plan
for us returning to Him again. I can also testify that I know ..."God
has commanded that the sacred powers of procreation are to only be used
between man and woman, lawfully wedded as husband and wife." (The Family
a Proclamation to the World). Just as God places care and concern on
how His children return to Him by giving us the commandment that “Thou
shalt not kill” (Exodus <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_2048112758" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">20:13</span></span>),
He cares how His children enter this earth. "Children are entitled to
birth within the bonds of matrimony, and to be reared by a father and a
mother who honor marital vows with complete fidelity. Happiness in
family life is most likely to be achieved when founded upon the
teachings of the Lord Jesus Christ." I know this to be true.</span><br /><span style="color: #5856d6; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">I
know the Book of Mormon to be the true, pure, word of God. Together
with the Bible, we have the fullness of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.</span><br /><span style="color: #5856d6; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">I
love Mongolia. Mongolia has truly become my home. The true blood of
Israel is here. The lost tribes of Israel are here. My work here has not
been anything less than truly gathering Israel. The prophet Zenos talks
of this in the Book of Mormon. The love of the Father is real. I have
been so blessed to have been given the opportunity to serve in the
Ulaanbaatar Mongolia Mission. (Jacob 5:71-72)</span><br /><span style="color: #5856d6; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">I
love these people. They changed my life. My family and I will forever
be grateful for the Mongolian people. Хангай шиг сайхан xүмүүс. </span><br /><span style="color: #5856d6; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Family, I love you. I am so proud to be a Harris. This truly has been the best two years of my life. </span><br /><span style="color: #5856d6; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">"And thus we see, that there was a time granted unto man to repent, yea, a probationary time, a time to repent and serve God." (</span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Alma 42:4)</span><br /><span style="color: #5856d6; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">-Elder Marc Douglas Harris</span><br />
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A selfie with President Benson! A picture to treasure!</div>
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Brother Batbold and I. Brother Batbold is our “everything” man here in the mission. He has worked for the mission for 20 years. He is such a great example to all of us missionaries! I LOVE him!<br />
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Ryan and Angelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02895059134031255455noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5006440811428018451.post-23586775611510685982015-12-05T08:01:00.000-08:002015-12-05T08:01:08.196-08:00Flew to Khovd, Mongolia for the Weekend<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Dear Family,<br />
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Well I write you today from Khovd, Mongolia, буюу Ховд Монгол. We are
out here on assignment from President. We are here to go on splits
with the Elders, no other reason but to just work with them and report
to President on how they are doing. Being this far away from the body
of the church in UB can be hard, ya know. I remember those feelings
when I was way out in Choibalsan a year ago. It was a special
experience to attend church meetings with them. I gave a talk on
tithing and Elder Hatton gave a talk on the atonement. Khovd is the
farthest city away from Ulaanbaatar where there is a Branch of the
Church. If you look at Google Maps, it is like 900+ miles west of UB,
so that being said, I just keep up racking my frequent flyer miles
seeing more and more of the beautiful country of Mongolia and meeting
the faithful Saints from this branch of the Lord’s vineyard! I have now
flown 13 times on my mission, with four flights still left.<br />
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Well, we left for Khovd <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_51766319" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">on Saturday</span></span> around <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_51766320" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">noon</span></span>, and we landed around <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_51766321" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">3:00 p.m.</span></span>….not
in Khovd, but in Ulaangom, Uvs Mongolia (Улаангом, Увс Монгол). So we
got off the plane "thinking" it was Khovd. Seeing an opportunity to
have some fun with two young Americans, the flight attendant and a (come
to find out) less-active member of the Church who was on the plane
also, played with us and told us we got on the wrong plane!! Elder
Hatton and I were kind of worried about how to tell President we got on
the wrong flight, but we were also way pumped seeing that we are easily
the first Elders to touch foot in the Uvs Province. There is no church
Branch there. So anyway, after a bit, we realized they were joking with
us, but we never found out why we landed there. After about 20 minutes
of just waiting on the runway, we got back on the plane and headed to
Khovd. The mountains were absolutely breathtaking as we flew right at
cloud level. Easily the prettiest mountains I have ever seen.<br />
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We got to Khovd and just got to work with the two Elders out here, Elder
Mulder and Elder Bat-Orshih. They are the only two missionaries out
here in Khovd. They are doing great and it has been fun to work with
them. Today we had the opportunity to go to the Western Mongolia
National Museum. Here in the Khovd Province, there are nine
nationalities, or tribes, of Mongolia. At this museum, they have each
tribe’s National ger, clothes, etc. on display for learning and Kodak
moments. It is safe to say we got tons of pictures of us in all the
different clothes. My favorite was the Kazakhstan ger and clothes. My
old companion, Elder Murat, is Kazak, so it was just fun to be in a
Kazak ger. Their culture is really colorful as you can tell from the
pictures! Next we went up a huge staircase to a little mountain to a
Зайсан look out point and just took in all of Khovd and it's greatness!
An interesting bit of information...The Khovd Province is known mostly
around the world for their….(drum roll).....SNOW LEOPARDS! Yes Kinzie
and Addisyn….SNOW LEOPARDS! I know that the Snow Leopards we saw at the
Boise Zoo are from here. To see a snow leopard in the wild would be a
once-in-a-lifetime experience for someone, but that time was obviously
not today for us!<br />
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Next we were off to the airport to catch our plane back to UB, but when
we got to the airport we realized our flight was not until tomorrow.
The dates are off a little over here, I guess ;) So we just made good
friends with the taxi driver and will be using him tomorrow for our
taxi. Elder Hatton and I are having a great time and really have become
great friends. He is a stud. Honestly the most humble kid I have ever
met and he will be a life long friend. He is truly an amazing disciple
of Christ.<br />
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Well, the days are getting few…..Don't really know how to describe the
feelings I have. Ээжээ дахиад тэврэхэд бэлэн байна гэвч Монгол эх
ороноосоо уугуул нутагдаа буцахад яг үнэн хэлэхдээ бэлэн биш шүү. Би бол
яахав дээ хөөгдөж явна л даа гэвч зүрх сэтгэл минь Монголдоо үлдэнэ
ээ...<br />
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Бака-<br />
Ахлагч Харрис<br />
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Thanksgiving Dinner with our District.</div>
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Elder Bat-Orshih, me, and Elder Mulder here in <span style="font-size: medium;">ховд монгол</span> (Khovd, Mongolia).</div>
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Western Mongolia National Museum.</div>
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Here we are at the Western Mongolia National Museum. Elder Hatton and I.</div>
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Western Mongolia National Museum.</div>
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Elder Hatton and I are here in Khovd, Mongolia. We flew here <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_51766323" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">on Saturday</span></span> and will fly back to UB <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_51766324" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">on Monday</span></span>.
We are splitting with Elder Mulder and Elder Bat-Orshih. We took
this from a lookout point. Khovd Province is known mostly around the
world for their…….. (drum roll) ...SNOW LEOPARDS! Yes Kinzie and
Addisyn….SNOW LEOPARDS! I know that the Snow Leopards we saw at the
Boise Zoo are from here. They are obviously like a once-in-a-lifetime
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Ryan and Angelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02895059134031255455noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5006440811428018451.post-86344597947209290972015-11-24T19:24:00.002-08:002015-11-28T19:21:32.611-08:00This is your Frozen Mongolian Missionary Son!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span>Dear Family,</span><br /><span></span><br /><span>Well this past week
was good, nothing too crazy. It got super cold, just out of nowhere. I
mean COLD! Way below "0" cold! Mom, if you ever come to this
beautiful country, which I know you will, you cannot come in the winter.
You will FREEZE, then die! This week, we had -24 degrees in the
evening when we were walking to appointments. Funny thing is, we don't
even wear beanies in that weather. We are just so accustomed to it that
-24 means nothing. Ears are a little cold and that's it. Welcome to
Mongolia!</span><br /><span></span><br /><span>This week we were able to
meet with one investigator. His name is Kharibold and he is 30 years
old and in law school and pretty smart. He is a super fun investigator
because he really wants proof for everything, and he likes to talk
science. He wants the scientific reasoning behind a lot of subjects.
We are really trying to teach him simple truths and to help him
understand the principle of faith and help him to understand how the
Holy Ghost can help him know the truth of all things. We are praying
that his heart softens and that he will decide to be baptized on <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1070519562" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">December 12th</span></span>,
before I leave. His mother is a great member and he testified to us
that he has seen how the gospel has blessed her and her family.</span><br /><span></span><br /><span>Also
this week, we went and met with two less active brothers, Tsogtsaikhan
and Dashjamts. President Benson came with us. It was such a treat to
have President there with us. We were able to teach such a great
lesson, but man, it is nerve racking when President is sitting next to
you in a lesson because his Mongolian is flawless, I mean perfect!
Anyways, the lessons were great and we brought the Spirit into these
brothers' homes. Brother Dashjamts came to church <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1070519563" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">on Sunday</span></span>, so that was real special. Brother Tsogtsaikhan is homebound, so we took the sacrament to him and his sick mother <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1070519564" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">on Sunday</span></span>
after church. It was a great experience. He had no bread, so we just
used dried crumbs from old Tsaagan Sar boov (hard pastry) for the
sacrament. You make do when you have to!</span><br /><span></span><br /><span>Elder
Bilguun and I are doing great! He is an amazing Elder. I love him and
am so thankful for him in this part of my mission. I am learning so
much from him and he is giving me far more than I feel like I am giving
him.</span><br /><span></span><br /><span>Anyways, it is really cold here!
Too cold! I get snowflakes on my eyelashes and eyebrows when we are
out and about! I just went out and bought new socks to double layer
them when walking around outside! Have I told you lately that I love
Mongolia!</span><br /><span></span><br /><span>Love,</span></div>
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<br /><span>Elder Harris, your frozen Mongolian missionary son</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">My comp and me! Elder Bilguun is an amazing Elder. I love him and am
so thankful for him in this part of my mission. I
am learning so much from him and he is giving me far more than I feel like I am
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Ryan and Angelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02895059134031255455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5006440811428018451.post-21756278921641055552015-11-19T08:39:00.004-08:002015-11-19T08:39:41.450-08:00This week was pretty awesome! <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Times;">This
week was pretty awesome! Elder Bilguun and I are just loving our time
together. Well I know I sure am, and the smile on his face seems like he
is too! He is such a great missionary! He's truly a huge blessing to
me here in my last few weeks here as a full-time missionary. He comes
from a member family up in Erdenet, Mongolia. He got baptized when
he was a kid with his mom, and later his father followed, along with his
little sisters when they became of age. His father is the Branch
President of one of the Erdenet branches now, and his mother is truly a
saint! I have had the opportunity to meet her twice and she is just so
nice and tall and looks just like Elder Bilguun so much. Elder Bilguun
is such a great member of the church and always has been a great example
of a kid who followed the prophet. Sounds weird, but he is just a kid
who loves the prophet with all his heart and understands his calling
as a representative of Jesus Christ. Elder Bilguun and I did some
pretty great work this week and were able to teach a few lessons, and
boy did that feel good. We have a goal to get a baptism in the next four
weeks before I go home. We will be working really hard for that! </span></div>
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the big surprise of the week is that Sister Esplin and Sister Marriott
(and their husbands) came to Mongolia for a few days while they were
traveling in the Asia area with Elder and Sister Wong. They are General
Auxiliary Leaders in the church. Sister Esplin is the first counselor
in the Primary General Presidency and Sis. Marriott is the second
counselor in the YW General Presidency. They came and did a focus group
with Mongolian Primary kids and with the youth. They also went to a
few gers and met with some members, like my sponsor Sister Ukraine
Naraa. Sister Esplin went there and then shared about it at the
fireside that was held. Sister Ukraine Naraa teaches her little nieces
and nephews a scripture a week, and shares the gospel with them
daily. Sister Esplin brought Sister Naraa up on the stand and asked her
some questions and gave Sister Naraa a chance to share about how
learning scriptures has affected her nieces and nephews who she takes
care of. It was awesome! Sister Esplin gave a talk at the fireside
about how the adversary tries to destroy our family by distracting
us from what matters most. Sister Esplin is just the sweetest most
humble lady I have ever talked to. Sister Marriott is a little southern
women who is funny and has the biggest smile! You may remember her as a
speaker from October's General Conference. Hearing a southern accent
here in Mongolia was sure a treat, let me tell you! She gave an amazing
talk about what a high five means. I want to tell you about it but
that would take a lot of time! I will tell y'all in 4 weeks!</span></div>
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we were able to take pictures with them both and that sure was a great
experience! They both loved us Elders and were so grateful for our
service. Elder Bilguun and I actually have a really funny story with
them and Elder Wong of the 70's from this weekend. We were getting in
the elevator in the church to go home <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1401844618" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">Thursday</span></span>
night and there they all were…..Sister Esplin, Sister Marriott and
their husbands, Elder and Sister Wong, and President and Sister
Benson. Well we both were introduced to them all as the Assistants and
we got to introduce ourselves and talk for a little bit. We have a
mission rule that we must wear these masks to prevent us from breathing
in all the smoke/pollution because we are in the second most dangerous
polluted city in world, UB. Well President gave all those leaders masks
and explained the rule, etc., and well we didn't have our masks and the
mission doctor had already gone home so we couldn't get new ones. So
we just left real quick so we could get home on time, and well they all
saw us leave the Bayanzurkh Building without our masks. So we got home
and we got a nice little text message from President Benson. Then we
felt terrible and like we had committed a huge sin since we were
disobedient about always wearing these masks, especially in front
of those leaders. We went to bed kind of sad. But then first thing <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1401844619" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">Friday</span></span> morning we were given an opportunity to redeem ourselves! President called us around <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1401844620" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">8 am</span></span>
and told us to go to the church office and get copies of Neal A.
Maxwell's Dedicatory Prayer (from when he dedicated Mongolia for the
preaching of the gospel back in 1993). He told us to call him when we
had them. So we busted over to the church and got those papers, then
called President. He wanted them because he was taking the auxiliary
leaders and their husbands up to the top Zaisan Hill to read the prayer,
along with our new missionaries. Zaisan Hill is where Elder Maxwell
offered the prayer 22 years ago (June of 1993). Well President was
driving on a road about a 15-minute walk away from us, so we needed
to hustle and catch up with them. So we took off running....with our
masks on of course! We caught him at a red light that if
we would’ve gotten there any later he would have been gone through that
light and been a lot farther for us to catch. So we ran up to the car
and President just yelled “Thank you!" and that he loves us, and all
the leaders just waved and smiled at us. It was pretty funny, but
terribly hard to breathe in the mask. Anyway, I think we redeemed
ourselves. So this week was good! I love Mongolia!</span></div>
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have homework for all of you this week. Please read Elder Neal A.
Maxwell's talk, "Why not now?" That is your homework! Do not waste
time and don't put off the blessings that come from giving yourselves up
to the Lord and declaring that He is the Christ. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times;">Elder Marc Harris</span></div>
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leaders, and all the newly arrived missionaries. We are reading Elder
Neal A. Maxwell’s dedicatory prayer when he dedicated Mongolia for the
preaching of the gospel. Zaizan Hill is where Elder Maxwell offered the
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Wow, we just barely got back from our weekend trip to Murun. We just pulled in here to UB at about <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1451126473" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">5 pm</span></span> <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1451126474" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">on Tuesday</span></span> evening. Boy was it fun. So we pulled out of UB at <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1451126475" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">7 am</span></span> <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1451126476" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">Saturday</span></span>
morning, and headed to Murun. On the way up there, since Elder Bilguun
and I didn't eat breakfast due to an empty fridge, we starved. Our
mission driver/secretary/everything-<wbr></wbr>man, Brother Batbold, thought
it was funny to make us starve so we "jokingly" said we will just start
to fast. He then pulled off the road to a little guanz (food place) just
past Bulgan to get food for himself and Brother Bayarjav and Sister
Suvdaa. It was funny and he sure got a kick out of making us suffer!
He honestly is THE man, I love him. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">We
pulled into Murun around 5 at night and Elder McHam, who serves up
there, and I were able to go meet with a little family who were
potential investigators and invite them to church......and they came <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1451126477" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">on Sunday</span></span>! That night we all spent the night up in Murun and went to church <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1451126478" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">Sunday</span></span>
morning. That little branch of the church is really something special.
I have been so blessed to travel the countryside and spend Sundays
across this beautiful Mongolian country. They met in this old
Russian-style apartment building, more or less, on the first floor where
it looks like a store should be. It was small with just three rooms,
but they sure do fill it up with tons of priesthood brethren and women
and children. President Benson called a new Branch President during
Sacrament Meeting. The new Branch President is Buyanbat, who is a
missionary I served with. He just got married to another sister
missionary who I served with named Zaya. They are young and now are
leading a Branch. <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1451126479" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">Sunday</span></span>
night we headed up to the Ger camp next to Hovsgol Lake. The drive was
beautiful but it was dark by the time we got there so we could not see
the lake. We pulled in and the local family that runs it asked us if we
wanted a Ger or a little baishen (shack house). The Mongolian elders
were not too excited about staying in a ger because they know how cold
it would get, but obviously I had to put my foot down and make an
executive decision and say the ger is where we are staying! HaHa.
Luckily, they understood that this would be mine and Elder McHam's
once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and they complied! So we got settled in
and got the fire going and then dinnertime came in the main little
cabin dining hall of the ger camp. They made us some great food! But
they had this jam.....Oh my! This jam! It just might change your life
just hearing about it from this email. I took a picture of it! Words
cannot do it justice, but I will try to explain this jam to you. It
comes from a wild berry up in the mountains around Hovsgol Lake. This
wonderful blessed Sister who owns the place and is a less-active member
with her husband, well she makes this jam. It is just two ingredients,
wild berry and sugar, that's it. Manna from Heaven! So President stays
at this place every time he comes up here because it is like $25 a
night, but usually less. They were closed, but since it was President
who was ordering a stay for a night, they opened and let us stay there.
So needless to say, he knew about the jam. He was talking all about it
on the way up, and he did not lie. Needless to say, it was heavenly.
So we put the jam in this hot drink called "hyaram." Hyaram is boiling
hot water that has milk added to it. We just pretty much drank it up.
She also made hushuur. President and I sat by each other and just
downed like three glass bowls of it that night, then we even took some
leftovers of it to our ger for the night with hot water to mix it in for
drinking purposes.<span> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">After
we finished dinner, President had a quick little fireside in our ger
where he talked about how to be a real man. Brother Bayarjav and his
wife Suvdaa shared how the church changed their lives in 2002 and their
conversion stories. Then President had Brother Batbold share about what
being a real man means. President Benson says that Batbold is the most
honorable, man he has ever met. I learned that being a man means #1,
being true to your covenants and #2, being trustworthy. Batbold shared
about how his 20 years of service for the Mission has changed his life
and how missionaries have the best opportunity to change their lives and
others. He talked about how he only has to be asked to do something one
time and he does it without a reminder from anyone else and how he has
lost trust and faith in some missionaries because they were not true to
their word. I really learned a lot about being trustworthy and true to
my word, and the importance of someone believing in you rather than them
just loving you.<span> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Well
as we were getting ready to go to bed, Elder McHam and I went down to
the lake real fast and got about three glasses of fresh lake water
(right from the lake) and just enjoyed the purest water you will ever
drink. It was literally amazing. If I wouldn't have told you that it
was lake water you would have thought it was bottled Aquafina from
Costco! No lie. After drinking the water, we rushed back to the ger
and got the fire going. We had to be up and ready at <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1451126480" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">6:45 a.m.</span></span> to see the sunrise with President so we set the alarm for about <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1451126481" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">6:20</span></span> just to be sure. Well during the night, boy did it get cold! At <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1451126482" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">2:00 a.m.</span></span> the fire burned out, and Elder McHam took his turn to make the fire. Again at <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1451126483" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">4:00 a.m.</span></span>,
it died out again and I got up to build it that time. It took about 10
minutes to get it going again since I was just starting with ashes, a
few logs, and my mouth breathing air into the furnace. The fire got
ripping again and it kept us warm for the rest of the night.<span> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Well at <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1451126484" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">6:28 a.m.</span></span>,
President swung open the door to our ger as we were just getting
dressed and was really impressed that we were both up and awake getting
ready before <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1451126485" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">6:30</span></span>!
He thought it was hilarious that we both just looked at him, kind of
in a daze, and said nothing when he walked in. We were both just so
tired from being up during the night to keep the fire going! We got in
the car, headed up to a mountain and watched the most beautiful sunrise
over the lake. It was FREEZING! Easily 30 below zero with the wind
chill. We stayed up there, took in the scenery, sang "High on a Mountain
Top" in Mongolian, and headed back down for more Jam, oops I mean
breakfast! Well, we downed like three more bowls of jam and then got to
spend a few minutes down by the water before we left. I drank some
more water and took in the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be there
with my companion and Mission President, then we headed on back to
Erdenet for the night. We worked there for the rest of the night with
Elder Browning, Elder Kettley, Elder Memmott, Elder Buyanbadrah, and
Sister Bolor Erdene and Sister Harker. It was fun and I was able to
meet my companion's mom and family again at the church in Erdenet. Only
in Mongolia do you get to meet your companion's family with your
companion and it is okay! Well we got up, President came over and did
some studies at the place we stayed at with some Elders, and we were off
again back to UB. The best things about riding in the car with
President Benson for a long time is just hearing stories about his life.
He truly is a great man. I love him. He is a great example to me. He
is loved by all and is such an honest, smart man. No one has a better
mission president than I do! I mean he is only 36! Also, we get to eat
great food with him!! :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">President
shared with us a lot about being an RM, keeping covenants and being
active in all the activities being an RM has to offer. He talked a lot
to me about skill sets and acquiring skills. His boss that hired him as
an attorney right out of college was in San Diego. He then sent him to
Singapore after five years to run a huge real estate focused law group
in Asia with a new firm owned by a Stake President in San Diego. He
chose President Benson to run the entire operation, an area of law that
he wasn't even trained in as a Attorney. President is a patent lawyer,
remember. President was shocked and asked why him? Yes he knew
Mongolian and Chinese, so he could converse with the foreign executives
and what not. But plenty of attorneys who have experience in real
estate, </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">could have done that</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">.
Well he told President that he does not hire skill sets, he hires
people he trusts then teaches them the skill sets. I found that very
profound. A man's word is everything. He told me to just acquire skill
sets like I have been, and the job/profession will find me. I need to
be proactive in looking, but acquiring skill sets will provide the road
for any job, if I am trustworthy and can solve </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">problems
instead of creating them. Brother Harper shared tons of insight from
his years as a President of a large potato factory in Ruppert, Idaho.
He hired a 25-year old guy to be the new president just because he was
trustworthy and solved problems. I really enjoyed talking for hours
with these two men that I respect so much. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Well we are home now. I will never forget this past week. We now have to train the 13 new missionaries <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1451126486" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">tomorrow</span></span>
on a lot of things, like the ins and outs of our mission, and how to be
good missionaries, etc. President trains them on obedience for an hour
and brings on the heat. Elder Huckvale will train the trainers. Then
we have a Zone training <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1451126487" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">tomorrow</span></span>
night. Elder Huckvale is my Zone leader, so it is always a blast and a
special opportunity to learn from him. I love this country and these
people. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">I love you guys,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Elder Marc Harris</span></div>
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All of us missionaries at sunrise with President Benson at <span style="font-size: 17px;">Khuvsgul Lake</span>.</div>
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My companion and I at sunrise with President Benson at <span style="font-size: 17px;">Khuvsgul Lake</span>. </div>
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President and I at <span style="font-size: 17px;">Khuvsgul Lake at Sunrise.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">This old
Russian-style apartment building doubles as the LDS church building in
Murun. The church is on the first floor where it looks like a store
should be. It was small with just three rooms, but they sure do fill it
up with tons of priesthood brethren and women and children. President
Benson called a new Branch President during Sacrament Meeting. </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">The
new Branch President is Buyanbat, who is a missionary I served with. He
just got married to another sister missionary who I served with named
Zaya. </span></div>
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Elder McHam and I spending the night in our ger!</div>
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Had to get the fire going. It was COLD!</div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Ger camp next to</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span>Khuvsgul Lake.</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">This is the JAM I’m talking about in my email. This
wonderful blessed Sister who owns the place where we stayed makes this
jam. It is just two ingredients, wild berries and sugar, that's it!
Manna from Heaven!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">We put
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Ryan and Angelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02895059134031255455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5006440811428018451.post-13541809109218436442015-11-02T15:22:00.001-08:002015-11-02T15:22:38.280-08:00Thirteen Missionaries Arriving this Week from the MTC<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This past week Elder Murat and I were
able to get some pretty good work done. Despite only teaching one lesson
last night, we were able to find another investigator whose mother is a
member of our Ward. His name is Haribat and is a lawyer. He is pretty
good guy and really wants to know what the truth is. He took a liking
to me and just smiles at me and says “Harris!” It is pretty funny. He
is in his mid-20's and a good looking guy, has an education, and wants
to know all about the church, and that is something that you don't
really come by too often here, or at least I have never.</div>
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Well
this week is transfers. We will have thirteen new American missionaries
here this week and also 6 missionaries that are still in their training
phase, so that is 19 new missionaries with 19 trainers. That is 38
missionaries and about three-fourths of our entire mission. From what is
planned, most American missionaries in the mission will all have to be
in the city and all Mongolian missionaries will go out to the
countryside. Almost all leaders in the city will also be trainers and
that also goes for the AP's. So my new companion might be a brand new
American. We will see though! </div>
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This week I got pretty sick. Not like with a cold, but just no energy. I can't wait to just sleep all day on <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_264587014" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">December 18th</span></span>
in my bed, or on the carpet in the basement. I literally had to sleep
all day one day this week because I could hardly get up or raise my head
up, my companion also. I think that also comes from having like no
money at the end of the month for food. Just preparing for college I
guess… haha!</div>
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Elder Huckvale and I went on a
split this week and had a great discussion about our mothers and being
open with them. I really love Elder Huckvale and how he pushes me to be a
better person. I think we were almost both in tears as we talked about
our mother’s love for us when we needed it the most in the hardest parts
of <span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">o</span>ur lives. I love you mom. <br /><br />This
week I have been reading in the Book of Acts quite a bit. I really have
come to love Paul, his change and his desire to spread the gospel.
Mostly, I love his determination and perfect decision to follow Christ.
Paul was preaching the gospel, going from place to place among the
Gentiles and among the Athenians. In chapter 18, he comes to Corinth.
They bade him to stay and in verse 21, he, .." bade them farewell,
saying, I must by all means keep this feast that cometh in Jerusalem:
but I will return again unto you, if God will. And he sailed from
Ephesus." Paul needed to be back in Jerusalem for his Sabbath day. He
was ready to sail across the ocean waters just to make it back for the
Sabbath day. Are we also willing to do that? We are covenant people. Do
we keep our covenants like Paul and do whatever it takes to get to
church and renew our convents no matter the distance? </div>
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I love you guys,</div>
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Elder Harris</div>
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Huck and I. </div>
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Ryan and Angelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02895059134031255455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5006440811428018451.post-83513597662647565032015-11-01T14:11:00.004-08:002015-11-01T14:11:56.098-08:00Grateful for the Opportunity to "Change!" <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Dear Family,<br /><span style="color: #5856d6;"><br /></span>So this past
Thursday, we were supposed to go to Murun, but it was pushed back to
Friday. Elder Murat and I ended up driving to Darkhan first with
Brother Batbold in the Mission Land Cruiser (I thought they were way
comfy....wrong.) We got there, gave some water filters to missionaries,
and went to Erdenet for the night. Then we got the word that the trip
to Murun would be pushed back until <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_2145978263" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">November 11th</span></span>.
That was a bummer for my companion because he will be an RM by then.
The 4th floor of the Bayanzurkh Building had a lot of welding done on
it, and it made President Benson's home smell terrible and all smoky.
So he took his family to a hotel and just couldn’t leave them alone if
they were not at home. So the trip to Murun was pushed back. Instead
we worked with the Erdenet elders for a day, and I was able to meet my
old companion, Elder Munkhbold’s, family! They knew exactly who I was
when I walked in. The next day we took a taxi back to Darkhan to hit
the train to Selenge, Mongolia to do splits with the Zone Leaders up
there. So we got here Saturday night, went to church here, and will
leave tonight around <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_2145978264" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">9 p.m.</span></span> It is a 9 hour train ride back to UB….not looking to forward to that one. </div>
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Here
in Selenge, we have met some great people, and done some great work.
Today for P-Day we took a taxi to a little city called Altan-Bulag,
which is literally right on the Russian border. It was awesome! I
definitely walked right to the border fence, and stuck my foot under it
and touched the Mother Land Russia for a great picture! Just on the
other side of the fence is a really old church in Khyagt, Russia. It
looks pretty cool, and maybe you can find it on Google or something and
see just where I was. Anyway, there were watch towers and guys marching
with AK's and large guns off in the distance, so taking pictures with
your back to Russia was pretty scary to say the least. I now have been
to South Korea (stopped there on the way to Mongolia), Mongolia, and
Russia (haha) on my mission, and soon I will go to China (on my way
home)! So much for saying three years ago that I didn’t want to go to
Asia on my mission! What was I thinking?! </div>
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Mission
life it great. I am tired, but that is okay. I love what I am doing.
I love my Savior, and what he does for us. I am so blessed to have the
opportunity for change. Change means everything. It is our purpose. A
prophet said that our purpose is to go from bad to good, and from good
to better. Elder Bednar said that is more or less putting off the
natural man, then becoming like a child. How I pray for us all to
change, to love our neighbor, and to become who Christ suffered us to
become. <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">When the
times get rough, or you think you are never good enough for the change
that God and His Son's perfect Atonement has in store for you, remember
that He will make of you a masterpiece. You will make of yourself merely
a smudge. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #5856d6; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">I read this in Personal Study today. I love the early brethren of the Church. They really understood the word “change."</span><br /><span style="color: #5856d6; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="color: #373737; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 19.5px;">"As
you know, the Brethren used to announce in General Conference the names
of those who had been called on missions. Not only was this the way
friends and neighbors learned of the call, more often than not it was
the way the missionary learned of it as well. One such prospect was Eli
H. Pierce. A railroad man by trade, he had not been very faithful in
Church meetings. His mind had been given totally to what he demurely
calls “temporalities.” He said he had never read more than a few pages
of scripture in his life and that he had spoken to only one public
gathering (an effort which he says was no credit to himself or those who
heard him). He used the vernacular of the railroad and the barroom with
a finesse born of long practice. He bought cigars wholesale—a thousand
at a time—and he regularly lost his paycheck playing pool. Then this
classic understatement: “Nature never endowed me with a superabundance
of religious sentiment; my spirituality was not high and probably even a
little below average.” </span><span style="color: #373737; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 19.5px;">Well,
the Lord knew what Eli Pierce was, and he knew something else. He knew
what I’m pleading for today. He knew what Eli Pierce could become. When
the call came that October 5 in 1875, Eli wasn’t even in the Tabernacle.
He was out working on one of the railroad lines. A fellow employee,
once recovered </span><span style="color: #373737; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 19.5px;">from
the shock of it all, ran out to telegraph the startling news. Brother
Pierce writes, “At the very moment this intelligence was being flashed
over the wires, I was sitting lazily thrown back in an office rocking
chair, my feet on the desk, reading a novel and simultaneously sucking
on an old Dutch pipe just to vary the monotony of cigar smoking.” (For
my friends in the English Department I would just hasten to add that the
novel reading was probably a more serious transgression than the pipe
smoking.) </span><span style="color: #373737; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 19.5px;">He
goes on. “As soon as I had been informed of what had taken place, I
threw the novel in the waste basket, the pipe in a corner [and have
never touched either to this hour]. I sent in my resignation . . . to
take effect at once, in order that I might have time for study and
preparation. I then started into town to buy [scripture].”</span></div>
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<span style="color: #373737; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 19.5px;">Then these stirring words:</span></div>
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<i style="color: #373737; line-height: 19.5px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Remarkable
as it may seem, and has since appeared to me, a thought of disregarding
the call, or of refusing to comply with the requirement, never once
entered my mind. The only question I asked—and I asked it a thousand
times—was: “How can I accomplish this mission? How can I, who am so
shamefully ignorant and untaught in doctrine, do honor to God and
justice to the souls of men, and merit the trust reposed in me by the
Priesthood? </span></i><span style="color: #373737; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 19.5px;">With
such genuine humility fostering resolution rather than defeating it,
Eli Pierce fulfilled a remarkable mission. His journal could
appropriately close on a completely renovated life with this one line:
“Throughout our entire mission we were greatly blessed.” But I add one
experience to make the point. </span><span style="color: #373737; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 19.5px;">During
his missionary service, Brother Pierce was called in to administer to
the infant child of a branch president whom he knew and loved.
Unfortunately, the wife of the branch president had become embittered
and now seriously objected to any religious activity within the home,
including a blessing for this dying child. With the mother refusing to
leave the bedside and the child too ill to move, this humble branch
president with his missionary friend retired to a small upper room in
the house to pray for the baby’s life. The mother, suspecting just such
an act, sent one of the older children to observe and report back.</span> <span style="color: #373737; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 19.5px;">There
in that secluded chamber the two knelt and prayed fervently until, in
Brother Pierce’s own words, “we felt that the child would live and knew
that our prayers had been heard.” Arising from their knees, they turned
slowly only to see the young girl standing in the partially open
doorway gazing intently into the room. She seemed, however, quite
oblivious to the movements of the two men. She stood entranced for some
seconds, her eyes immovable. Then she said, “Papa, who was that . . .
man in there?”</span> <span style="color: #373737; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 19.5px;">Her father said, “That is Brother Pierce. You know him.”</span> <span style="color: #373737; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 19.5px;">“No,” she said, matter-of-factly, “I mean the </span><i style="color: #373737; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 19.5px;">other</i><span style="color: #373737; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 19.5px;"> man.”</span> <span style="color: #373737; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 19.5px;">“There was no other, darling, except Brother Pierce and myself. We were praying for baby.”</span> <span style="color: #373737; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 19.5px;">“Oh,
there was another man,” the child insisted, “for I saw him standing
[above] you and Brother Pierce and he was dressed [all] in white.” </span><span style="color: #373737; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19.5px;">Now
if God in his heavens will do that for a repentant old cigar-smoking,
inactive, swearing pool player, don’t you think he’ll do it for you? He
will if your resolve is as deep and permanent as Eli Pierce’s. In this
Church we ask for faith, not infallibility." (</span><span style="color: #373737; line-height: 19.5px;">Elder Holland (For Times of Trouble) March 18, 1980)</span></div>
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This is where we were, right on the Mongolian-Russian border.</div>
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A long-time member here in Selenge, Sister Enkhsuren. She always feeds
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Elder Bat-Erdene and I on a split in Selenge.</div>
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Ryan and Angelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02895059134031255455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5006440811428018451.post-62308917157357827542015-10-22T14:36:00.004-07:002015-10-22T14:36:56.174-07:00Zone Meeting in Darkhan, then to Murun<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Dear Family,</span><br /><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">So this will be short this week.</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Sorry, but I'm short on time.</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">This past week was pretty good.</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">My companion and I went to Darkhan for a Zone training there. This <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_254837960" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">coming Thursday</span></span>, I will be flying to Murun with President Benson and others.</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">I'm looking forward to that and will let you know all about it next week.</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Also,
this week Elder Murat and I found quite a few new investigators and
have started to meet with them. I am very hopeful and see success coming
from them. We taught 12 lessons this week, which we are very excited
about. It is super nice being busy.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Love,</span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Elder Harris</span><br />
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Ryan and Angelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02895059134031255455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5006440811428018451.post-54642165558531061442015-10-14T11:58:00.002-07:002015-10-14T11:59:44.463-07:00Trains and Taxis between Zuunharaa, Darkan, and UB<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman;">Well
not too much this week. I got back to UB from Zuunharaa. It was kind
of crazy all week riding on the trains back and forth from UB to Darkhan
and to Zuunharaa, etc. One morning at <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_416934881" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">1:00 a.m.</span></span>,
Elder Ulziijargal and I were supposed to catch the train from Zuunharaa
to Darkhan for a Zone Training meeting we had to be at. Well we slept
through the train and the only way to get there was to take the train
south to UB and catch a taxi from UB to Darkhan. We went a long ways
south to go back a long ways north. Good times on the night train! We
had to laugh at ourselves.</span></div>
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too much missionary work was done this week in my area of Selbe. That
is how is usually goes for AP's, unlike other missions. Most missions
have AP regulations that are 100% opposite of ours. They have to lead
the mission in baptisms and lessons weekly. Mongolian AP's have not had
a baptism in over a year. Hopefully we get one! That's our goal. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman;">I will be going to Murun on <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_416934882" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">October 23rd</span></span>
with President Benson, Brother Harper, and Brother Batbold. I am super
excited about that! Then if I get to go to Khovd before I leave, I
will have been to all three far places in the mission. Crossing my
fingers. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman;">This
week I loved General conference. I prayed to know how to be the best
RM I can be. That prayer was answered in so many ways, that I barely had
room too write all of it on my note pad. I know Heavenly Father is
mindful of me and has called messengers to warn and protect us. Those
messengers are called Prophets and Apostles and they, like in the days
of old, are here on the Earth. I know this is true. I am so thankful
for the great week of conference and for the many answered prayers and
counsel that I received from the Lord's called messengers. I am not
trunky by any means, but I am excited and pray daily to be an amazing
returned missionary. </span></div>
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Zuunharaa city limits.</div>
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Ryan and Angelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02895059134031255455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5006440811428018451.post-2019285706563536472015-10-08T14:08:00.001-07:002015-10-12T15:20:51.687-07:00A Russian sister, a wheelchair, and a smile.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Dear Family,<br />
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Right now my companion and I are in Zuunharaa, on an assignment from the
President. I had a very spiritual experience in Sacrament Meeting
yesterday. As I walked into the church, I saw a white woman, Svetlana.
Weird. I knew she was Russian right away, she just had that look. I
walked up and she said in Mongolian, "Elder….", and I replied,
"Harris." She smiled and sat down. Next we were called to go down from
the 3rd floor church building and carry the Branch's 2nd counselor,
Brother Erhembayar, up the stairs. We walked down, grabbed him in his
wheel chair and carried him up the stairs and rolled him over to the
stand for him to take his seat. I then saw a woman, Sister Sansaraa,
running around after a baby, and she was just smiling from ear to ear,
talking to her child with the sweetest, softest voice. Sacrament
started, and testimonies were shared. Sister Svetlana bore her
testimony. With a soft, slow voice, speaking perfect Mongolian, she
thanked her Heavenly Father, and said that she was so grateful to have
made the right choice. Next Sister Sansaraa bore her testimony and said
how great it was to be back to church. She and her husband, married in
the temple, had been inactive for about 3 years, and were reactivated 3
weeks ago. She said that in the past 3 weeks everything in her
family's life changed. The meeting ended, and after church we carried
Brother Erhembayar back down the stairs. He smiled at me the whole way
down the stairs as I carried from the front. Then it hit me hard. I love
this place. I love this gospel. I love my Savior. He is always there
waiting to help, succor, and bring us back into his fold. How blessed am
I?<br />
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For the closing song in Sacrament Meeting we sang, "The Spirit of God",
and as I looked through the large windows behind the pulpit, looking
over the beautiful mountains that surround this town and I couldn't hold
back the tears. Jesus Christ is our Lord and King. His gospel is here
in the Earth, and it changes people! It has changed me forever, and
forever. Not only me, but a Russian sister with a solemn testimony of
gratitude, a man in a wheelchair with strong faith, and a woman whose
smile shows how she feels with the gospel's light back in her life.<br />
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"We'll sing and we'll shout with the armies of heaven,<br />
Hosanna, hosanna to God and the Lamb!<br />
Let glory to them in the highest be given,<br />
Henceforth and forever, Amen and amen!"<br />
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Elder Harris<br />
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Ryan and Angelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02895059134031255455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5006440811428018451.post-15361639405100292312015-10-08T14:04:00.000-07:002015-10-08T14:09:28.200-07:00Blessed with a New Assignment, New Responsibilities, and lots of Traveling <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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this week has been pretty hectic. Transfers came out and there was a
lot of work to be done getting missionaries to their new areas. I have a
new companion, Elder Murat. Elder Murat and I trained the new group of
Mongolian missionaries this week. We are APs now (<i>Assistant to the President</i>), and with this calling comes TONS of new responsibilities. We also worked a lot for the upcoming Zone Training Meeting. It’s a lot of work, but it’s fun. I am now in the Selbe Ward, which is in the Stake. My first <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_995806241" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">Sunday</span></span>
in the Stake was nuts! There were like 25 elders in the Ward. I have
never seen that in Mongolia. Literally nuts! This is the last area of
my mission, and they have a “Feed the Missionaries” pass-around
schedule!! Can you say “Blessed?” This week we ate a lot of food. That was awesome!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria;">To answer your question about what my new responsibilities are, well as
an AP we work very close to President. We are the connection between
President and the missionaries for the most part. We meet with him
pretty much daily, over such things as transfers, training for new
missionaries, monthly trainings for missionaries, we have weekly staff
meetings with everyone running the mission, etc. We are not office
Elders, so yes, we do missionary work as much as we can. We are in the
office a lot though doing clerical work. Right now we are in the Selbe
Ward because they are the most self-relient, and
not-really-needing-missionary-<wbr></wbr>work-ward in the country. Of course,
they need tons of missionary work like everywhere else, but we cannot
commit to the full load, if that makes sense. Two other sisters are in
the ward with us and they carry a huge load and lead the missionary work
for the most part. We travel a lot. This coming week I will be
traveling to Zuunharaa, Mongolia, about 3 hours by train from UB north.
I am doing splits with some Elders who needed some extra help, so
President is sending me <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_995806242" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">Saturday</span></span>
night by train for a few days. Tomorrow night we are off to Darkhan
for a Zone Training, then off to Selenge for splits with Zone Leaders.
We are going to Murun soon with President too! So lots of traveling. </span></div>
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birthday was great. Elder and Sister Hill took some elders and I to
Shargrila (A HUGE BUFFET LIKE AMERICAN STYLE) for my birthday! I was
amazing! Also, Sister Hill made me a amazing pumpkin cake!!! I have
missed that flavor!</span></div>
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I am so excited for General Conference!! I think we are all going to
watch it in Mongolian this year so we will see how that goes!<br /><span style="color: #00afcd;"><br /></span>I read a talk by Elder Bruce R. McConkie this week called, “The Seven Deadly Heresies," and I really loved this quote:<br /><span style="color: #00afcd;"><br /></span><span style="line-height: 19.5px;">"And
so what we do in this life is chart a course leading to eternal life.
That course begins here and now and continues in the realms ahead. We
must determine in our hearts and in our souls, with all the power and
ability we have, that from this time forward we will press on in
righteousness; by so doing we can go where God and Christ are. If we
make that firm determination, and are in the course of our duty when
this life is over, we will continue in that course in eternity. That
same spirit that possesses our bodies at the time we depart from this
mortal life will have power to possess our bodies in the eternal world.
If we go out of this life loving the Lord, desiring righteousness, and
seeking to acquire the attributes of godliness, we will have that same
spirit in the eternal world, and we will then continue to advance and
progress until an ultimate, destined day when we will possess, receive,
and inherit all things."</span><br /><span style="color: #00afcd;"><span style="line-height: 19.5px;"><br /></span></span><span style="line-height: 19.5px;">What I learned: His is ours to have! </span><br /><span style="color: #00afcd;"><span style="line-height: 19.5px;"><br /></span></span><span style="line-height: 19.5px;">Have a great week family! </span><br /><span style="color: #00afcd;"><span style="line-height: 19.5px;"><br /></span></span><span style="line-height: 19.5px;">Love, </span></span></div>
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mini-missionary for a whole transfer! So proud of him. He will be a
valiant missionary.</span></span></div>
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Tsendee, a 17-year-old who we used to meet with in the American Denj Branch. Great kid.</div>
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This week Elder Radman and I had a great week.
We taught 9 lessons, and met with many less actives. Along the way, we
got many referrals and have made great contacts with some great
investigators. I am very excited for his coming week!<br /><span style="color: #5856d6;"><br /></span>In
our District Meeting this week, we talked about receiving revelation.
Sister Harper mentioned a quote by Elder Bednar where he said that you
receive revelation after you have acted and decided on a course of
action. Like Nephi entering Jerusalem not knowing before hand what he
would do. I feel like this has been the case many times on my mission. I
have not always been one during the planning stages to get revelation
that is so prompt and precise on what to do and what to teach. However, I
have had experiences my whole mission that I remember vividly where I
received revelation in a Ger, at the pulpit, or in mid-lesson. I always
thought that because I never had these revelations come during nightly
planning, I was doing something wrong. Well, this past week I finally
realized that there was nothing wrong with me. Hearing that quote and
talking about it in District Meeting, I was flooded with thoughts and
experiences that I have had where we received exactly what we needed to
teach in the very moment we needed it. </div>
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We had this exact experience with Brother U_________ this week. We went to his house at <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1580438168" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">7:30 p.m.</span></span>
He knew we were coming because we had made an appointment. We
knocked and no one came. We felt he knew we were there, but just
didn't want to meet. Seeing that he wasn't coming to the gate, we
stopped and took a picture of the sunset. By the time we finished
taking the picture, about 3 minutes had past. We both thought, well
maybe no one is home. Despite that feeling, we had the idea, or
prompting, to open the gate and go in and check to see if the Ger was
padlocked from the outside. So we just walked in past the dog barking,
and we see the door open on his little shed entrance to the Ger. So as
we turned the corner to go in and knock, he comes out, with his head
down reaching for the rope to close the door and make it look like no
one was home. We startled him, and he knew he was caught. He
reluctantly let us in and his wife was not too excited to have us over
either. Well let me just say that that lesson turned out to be powerful.
We shared a story from the brown Priesthood manual, and he literally
was so touched, he was nearly in tears, bearing testimony on ways he
should and will honor his Priesthood. He started asking questions from
his soul, and the Spirit helped us answer them. WE WERE SO PUMPED! He
took his glasses off and looked us dead in the eye and said he will
never forget that lesson and the truths we shared. We got on the bus
home and were still in shock. We know that that was the the Light of
Christ telling us what to do. Go in, and check. If we would have waited
10 more seconds the door would have been shut, and he would have
succeeded in tricking us. We got in and he was blessed, we were blessed,
and he knew it. Truly amazing. </div>
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The members that I told about in my email, with their cat, Papenfuss, named for Elder Papenfuss!<br />
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The Ger neighborhood we walk daily.</div>
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Our area….at sunset.</div>
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You know I want to taste or at least try everything while here in Mongolia. You don’t even want to know what this is. Trust me.</div>
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Elder Huck and I just had to try it! Pure protein! </div>
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Mission conference with Elder Wong and his wife sitting with President and Sister Benson. I’m on the right.</div>
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Ryan and Angelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02895059134031255455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5006440811428018451.post-43620470885346023212015-09-15T12:34:00.001-07:002015-09-15T12:34:25.904-07:00Mission Conference this week with Elder Wong from the First Quorum of the Seventy.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Cambria;">This
week was awesome here in Mongolia for Elder Radman and I. Starting
off, we were fed American meals for every meal this whole week except
two. Blessed are we! So amazing to eat Brownies and Ice Cream and Cafe
Rio pulled pork! I love Sister Hill, one of our Senior couples here! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #010101; font-family: Cambria;">We had Mission Conference this week! </span><span style="font-family: Cambria;"> Elder Wong, from </span><span style="font-family: Cambria;">the </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Cambria; line-height: 18px;">First Quorum of the Seventy,</span><span style="font-family: Cambria;"> came with his wife. You will recognize him from General Conference. He recently gave a talk in Cantonese. </span><span style="color: #010101; font-family: Cambria;">I
was blessed to personally meet him in Missionary Leadership Council
with the Zone Leaders, Sister Training Leaders and the Assistants to
President, and then I got to know him even more over the next four days.
He is one funny man! Mission Conference was so GREAT and I learned a
lot about BECOMING! I love that. </span><span style="color: #010101; font-family: Cambria;">We
have the potential to be like God. I know it. Too much to write
about, so I will talk about it in December! :) Also, Elder Radman and I
were invited to sit up on the stand during District Conference to help
translate for the senior couples and the newer missionaries. Then Elder
Wong called on me to come over and translate for him his talk into
Mongolian….in front of the entire group! I have never been more nervous
in my life. He is a GENERAL AUTHORITY! Anyways, I did well, and felt
the gift of tongues coming up clutch for me in that moment. He really
liked Elder Radman and I over the week, so we each "gifted" him one of
our Mongolian ties with our names written on the back :)</span><span style="color: #010101; font-family: Cambria;"> He loved them! Needless to say,</span><span style="font-family: Cambria;"> I
feel so blessed to be here at this time and to learn from Elder and
Sister Wong, and from President and Sister Benson. I loved every talk
given and all the words that were spoken. I am so happy and so blessed
to the Lord's missionary here in Mongolia. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria;">I want to share what I learned this week while preparing for a talk on the Lord’s Sacrament from John 6:48-50, 53… </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria;"><i>"I
am that bread of life. Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness,
and are dead. This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a
man may eat thereof, and not die. Then Jesus said unto them, Verily,
verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and
drink his blood, ye have no life in you."</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria;">Manna
as defined in the Bible Dictionary: It is impossible to find any
natural product that will answer to the requirements of the scriptural
narrative in regard to this heaven sent food. With regard to the name,
we are told (<a href="https://www.lds.org/scriptures/ot/ex/16.15?lang=eng#14" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0433ff;">Ex. <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_998089889"><span class="aQJ">16:15</span></span></span></a>)
that the people, seeing the small scale-like substance, said one to
another, “Man-hu,” “For they wist not what it was.” This also
translates “What is it?” </span><span style="font-family: Cambria;">Manna provided
for Moses and his people daily substance for 40 years. Without it, they
would have died. It was not a over abundance but enough to make it day
to day, for 40 years as they journeyed in the wilderness. They survived
from this heaven sent food. </span><span style="font-family: Cambria;">But Christ
said, "Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead."
Christ was the one that provided that substance day to day, but says
more or less, that it literally has no importance and no more relevance
because they are no longer here living among us. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria;">He
is the Bread of Life. We must go to church and partake of His
Sacrament, and live. I love the Sacrament. We should never take it for
granted. We need it for weekly change and perfection. We should use
it the way He instated it, in remembrance of our nothingness and
dependence on Him.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria;">Well, this is the last 3 months of my mission and I have work to finish. </span><span style="font-family: Cambria;"> I
love my companion, Elder Radman. He is a huge example to me of someone
who understands his calling. He works hard, and receives revelation for
his sheep. He pushes me to be better. He has a huge heart, and truly
came on his mission with a strong desire to serve his Father in Heaven.
We are doing great together and I am happy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Cambria;">Well, I love you all. Got to go!</span></div>
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Elder and Sister Wong on the right at Mission Conference.</div>
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My group for Mission Conference.</div>
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President Benson and four of his children with me and Naraa, my eternal
friend from Choibalsan, who I baptized one year ago. She’s heading to
the Hong Kong temple on September 15th for her endowments!! I’m so
happy for her!</div>
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My comp and I out on our balcony, overlooking UB.</div>
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Elder Radman and I.</div>
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Ryan and Angelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02895059134031255455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5006440811428018451.post-20786501924372428252015-09-12T13:27:00.001-07:002015-09-12T13:27:11.120-07:00Our talent is God’s gift to us. How we use that talent is our gift to God.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Dear Family,<br />
<br />
Well, this week Elder Radman and I only taught four lessons, but the
success really isn’t shown in the numbers. We met with six less active
Melchizedek brethren. We had really good discussions with all of them,
and two of them came to church this week. We will continue to be working
with them, but we are confident that we can reactivate these six
brethren. They are all just kind of on the fence and with a push from
the Branch President and the Elders Quorum, they will be back.<br />
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This week I read a lot about talents and light. “Therefore let your
light so shine before this people, that they may see your good works and
glorify your Father who is in heaven” (3 Nephi <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_989655174" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">12:16</span></span>).
I really loved this scripture. I have realized the talents I have and
the light I can show for the cause of Christ, and it is extraordinary.
This week I read a talk by Chad Lewis, a former NFL player and BYU stud.
He quoted a friend of his who was an inductee to the NFL Hall of Fame.
He said, "Our talent is God’s gift to us. How we use that talent is our
gift to God. My sincere hope and prayer is that God finds my gift back
to him a worthy one." I really just can't wait to let my light shine to
the world after the mission and show others that I am truly His
disciple. I have been doing it on my mission, but I can't wait to carry
His name as an Returned Missionary who glorifies the Father in all he
does.<br />
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Love,<br />
<br />
Elder Harris<br />
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Elder Radman and I in front of the Bayanzurkh Building in Ulaanbaatar.</div>
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The famous, or infamous, camel painting in UB.</div>
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Ulaanbaatar at Sunrise.</div>
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Bayanzurkh LDS Church Building in Ulaanbaatar. This building houses a
church, the Mission Headquarters, and the Mission President’s home.</div>
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(Not sure what they are doing, but they look like they’re having fun! Marc is in the back…with the glasses on?)</div>
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Ryan and Angelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02895059134031255455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5006440811428018451.post-12441304672122701762015-09-03T11:54:00.000-07:002015-09-03T11:54:04.747-07:00Transferred back to Ulaanbaatar!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Dear Family!<br />
<br />
Well, TRANSFERS happened!! My new companion is Elder Radman from
Holliday, Utah. He's been out for a year now and we've been joking for
like five months about being companions some day. <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_184586995" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">Tuesday</span></span>
night that joke became reality. He is such a stud and I couldn't be
more blessed to have him as my very first American companion. Truly, he
is an answered prayer at the end of my mission, and someone I truly
needed at this point. I know I will be able to learn much from him.<br />
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I’ve been transferred back to Ulaanbaatar. Elder Radman and I are in a
Branch/area called American Denj. We go to the Bayanzurkh Building for
church, so that is nice! I am humbled to have been called again to be a
Zone Leader. Elder Munkhbold and I will work a lot with the District
Leaders here in the next coming weeks. And again, we are WHITE
WASHING! I love whitewashing, though. We came in <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_184586996" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">on Sunday</span></span>
and were able to bring a different mood to the meetings. People
always seem to like seeing new Elders in the Branch. This will be to our
advantage, and it already has! We have a big week in front of us, and
looks like we are full with appointments! We got together with tons of
less actives and have set up many appointments. More to report on that
next week. We are both so excited, and ready to get to work!<br />
<br />
I love you all. I am so grateful for my family, my friends, and the
people that have influenced my life in so many ways here in this great
land. Elder Radman and I just feel blessed to be in this part of the
Lord's Vineyard at this time. Mongolia will always be a part of me.<br />
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Until next week,<br />
<br />
Elder Harris<br />
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My new companion, Elder Radman! My very first American companion.</div>
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President Benson spoils his missionaries!</div>
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Ryan and Angelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02895059134031255455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5006440811428018451.post-40542702949606117152015-08-27T14:36:00.003-07:002015-08-27T14:36:36.814-07:00What Missionaries Live For!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Dear Family,<br />
<br />
So this past <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1909205740" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">Friday</span></span>,
my comp and I had one baptism! U________ (15 year old girl) was
baptized. She was super happy and ready for it. U_________’s mother
came out to support her, and she seemed to like what she saw. We have a
plan to meet with her now that she seems to have opened up more. Also
baptized was the other two Elders' two investigators, and there was also
two Branch baptisms, so Nalaikh just added five more to their rolls!
It was a truly a cool sight to see so many people entering the waters
of baptism together. Mashbat, the investigator who we were supposed to
baptize, got pushed back. But that is okay, he is a great guy and
still right on track. This is just what missionaries live for!<br />
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My companion and I are doing great. I am grateful in so many ways for
the time I have had with him. It looks like we will be splitting up
here this week when transfers come out.<br />
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<span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1909205741" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">Saturday</span></span>,
we had a Elders Quorum outing at one of the Branch Sister’s little
cabin out of town a little bit. We bought a sheep, (dead and
pre-prepared), made Horhog, and just went down to the river while all
the brethren “swam.” I realized that with the lack of organized swim
lessons offered by the local recreation center in Mongolia, most men
don’t swim well... It was scary. It was a great activity all in all.
At the end we played basketball against four other random guys who were
decent. They all had cigarettes in their mouths as they played. I was
the only one on my team who could dribble so it was a little un-even.
It was fun, and playing against Mongolians in Basketball really has
made my Bball game go away….not that I had game before!!<br />
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This week I just want to express gratitude for family:<br />
<br />
I am so thankful for a Mother who raised my in the Gospel. I love you
Mom. No matter how rotten I was, you loved me and were so good to me.
You loved me and helped me more than anyone on the road to where I am
today. You were always there through thick, thin, trouble, and sin, and
saw me how I know the Savior sees me. Not as who I was, but as who I
could become. I love you mom and I can't wait to hug you soon. You
remind me of Queen Ester. Brave and always standing up for the right. I
love that story and it really reminds me of you. Also, I’m looking
forward to some good country jam sessions in the car upon my return
home!<br />
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Dad, you are a man of integrity. I think of how to describe you, and I
just think of one word. Man. You are a God fearing man, who raised me
right. You were hard on me and I hated it, but now I look back on it
with the a humble heart and with more gratitude that I can express. You
are honest in your dealings with your fellow man. That is something I
will always look up to you for. I love our relationship, and I can't
wait to just learn from you more and more when I get home. Thanks for
being my Hero.<br />
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I love my two big brothers who were trail blazers for me and showed me
how to be successful. Thanks for your missionary service many years ago
when I was just a little guy. I remember you guys on your mission so
vividly, and it is truly your push and tough love that got me on my
mission. You two are men of God. Thanks for being great husbands and
fathers. Thanks for loving me and everything I bring to the family
table. I am different than you guys, always have been, but you saw me
as a brother who you couldn't leave behind. I will always remember the
talk we had before my mission. I love you guys.<br />
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I love my Grandma Harris. Thanks for being at every event I have ever
had, no matter the flight or drive from the Bay Area. I will always
remember you being at everything! That is the role of a Grandma, isn'
it! Thanks for raising my Dad. I am sure it was stressful at times, but
you sure did a great job. Matthew 7 explains this well Grandma….."Ye
shall know them by their fruits. Even so every good tree bringeth forth
good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. A good tree
cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth
good fruit. Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them." Thanks for a
life of church service Grandma!<br />
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Where would I be without my family, and those who helped me get here today? Well I don't want to know.<br />
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Love,<br />
<br />
Elder Harris<br />
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FIVE were baptized in Nalaikh this past <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1909205742" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">Friday</span></span>. It is so cool to see so many enter the waters of baptism at the same time.</div>
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Me, my companion, and U___________. She was so happy and ready.</div>
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At our Elder’s Quorum Activity. A member making Horhog!</div>
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Mongolia is so beautiful in the summertime.</div>
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Cool picture of horses.</div>
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Ryan and Angelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02895059134031255455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5006440811428018451.post-76918802874103039612015-08-19T20:24:00.004-07:002015-08-19T20:24:43.703-07:00Successful Week! Blessings are coming to Nalaikh!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Manaihan!<br />
<br />
So Family….This was a good week! I had a great time, but I’m tired!
This lifestyle of being “tired” all the time probably will never end
until I get home. No matter how well I sleep at night, that 8 hours
does NOTHING! Don’t get me wrong! I LOVE IT THIS WORK and wouldn’t
have it any other way.<br />
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Stories from this week:<br />
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We got the name of a family in the Branch that we needed to go check
on. So we headed over there and just a little girl was home, no adult.
So we told her that we would stop by later, like the next day or so.
Well that night I had the prompting to go back and check on them again
and my companion agreed that it was a good idea. So we went back and
the father was out front, and happily let us in! There were three
little happy girls just running around and climbing all over us! I’m
sending you picture of them. They just loved us and immediately started
talking about Sister Della Silva. She used to meet with them in the
first months of her mission, and they fell in love with her blonde hair.
To this day they call her Barbie! I’m sending you a picture of the
girls and Sis. Della Silva too. The mother of these cute little girls
is about a 20-year member of the church. Recently she was put in jail
on false charges from what the story is and from what the Branch
President says. She was/is an awesome member. The father was close to
being baptized many times, but he is a smoker and just hasn’t been able
to kick it. He is a great guy though, and just is having a hard time
raising these three girls without their mom. We are taking these little
girls to church now, and kind of being a "Big Brother" to them. This
story just breaks my heart, but we are so glad to be there to help! One
of the girls is ready for baptism, age-wise. But we think it is best
to wait for their mother to be there so she can take her daughters to
church. We are going to be working with the father also, so hopefully
that goes well. What a great little family, such potential. Please pray
for this sweet family!<br />
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We were in a lesson with a long time member who is known to be a little
outspoken and sometimes just rude. Well, in the first 5 minutes of the
lesson she got in my companion’s face and started calling him every bad
word in Russian, and was about to slap him. All over the Baptism
activity being being planned for <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_2008773899" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">Saturday</span></span>, not <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_2008773900" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">Friday</span></span>.
Well, I just grabbed his arm and we ran out, got locked in a pitch
black hallway to find our shoes and get to the door. We found the door,
it was locked... yup... it was just CRAZY. We did get out, though.
Kind of funny story.<br />
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A man named Mashbat moved to Nalaik from a branch in the city. His wife
Maria is a member, and he is an investigator. We spent about 2 days
unloading his things from a big trailer and building his Ger. He will
be baptized <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_2008773901" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">this friday</span></span>!!!
I am so pumped! He is so ready and the past Elders did so great with
him! We are just there to finish up! We are also having another
baptism this week. Undarmaa. She is 16 and ready!<br />
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This week, we got in a lot of homes and met a lot of people. I loved
this past week! If only every week could be this successful!<br />
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Love you,<br />
<br />
Elder Harris<br />
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Our investigator, Mashbat. We spend almost 2 days helping him build his
ger and getting moved in. He’s a great guy and will be baptized <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_2008773902" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">this Friday</span></span>. </div>
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Me and that family of 3 sweet little girls.</div>
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Sister Della Silva (and her companion) and the girls with their mother. </div>
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Did I ever tell you that I sang in a mission choir that traveled around and sang at Firesides?<br />
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Ryan and Angelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02895059134031255455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5006440811428018451.post-92147376025390289382015-08-16T09:41:00.000-07:002015-08-16T09:41:00.943-07:00Hoping for Great Things this Week!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Dear Family,<br />
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This week was rough up until <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_539597232" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">Sunday</span></span>.
We only could get one lesson a day with one investigator, U_________, a
16 year old girl. She is great. She was a referral from America
actually! Manchir, a Mongolian Elder serving a full-time mission in
Arizona sent it over to us and we started to meet with her a few weeks
ago. She is doing great and should have a baptism interview this week.
She is reading the Book of Mormon great, and has a testimony of it. I
think she will make for a great “fit" with our Young Women’s program in
Nalaik. </div>
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<span class="aBn" data-term="goog_539597233" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">Sunday</span></span>
we had a talk with Elder UlziiJargal (one of the other elders serving
here) asking for help. We have checked all people in our area books
(phone numbers and addresses) and there is just nothing to work with.
So we decided to ask him for a few people to work with from his book,
and he helped us out. Our Branch President is great, but has not been
too helpful the past few weeks with giving us names. But <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_539597234" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">this Sunday</span></span>
he was able to finally give us names and numbers of all our less
actives that need to be met with. That was a relief! The other members
in the Branch have been too busy to have us in their homes yet, but <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_539597235" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">this Sunday</span></span>
they were all willing to let us in this week! Blessing!! We had also
quite a few new investigators come out to church that we met up with, as
well as a less active family that came in! This coming week will be
packed if it goes they way we have planned! Pray for us!</div>
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Other
than that that, Sister T_______, who was about to get baptized but had a
death in the family a week ago and is no where to be found. We are
praying for her, and were able to see her mother this week. She says
she will be back shortly. </div>
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<span style="color: #5856d6;"><br /></span>My companion Elder Dulguun is great! I love him. I am grateful to have had such great companions. <br /><span style="color: #5856d6;"><br /></span>Gotta go now. Love you all,</div>
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Elder Harris</div>
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Elder Shotton, me, and Elder Huckvale at Gorkhi Terely in front of Turtle Rock. Meant to send this last week. </div>
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Ryan and Angelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02895059134031255455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5006440811428018451.post-12318175980468319082015-08-05T14:14:00.002-07:002015-08-05T14:14:38.404-07:00Mission Training at Gorkhi Terelj National Park<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Yesterday we had a Elders Retreat out at <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Roboto,Arial,sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">Gorkhi Terelj National Park </span>all day! It was great, so today is P-Day. Sorry if I worried you!<br /><div>
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yesterday, all the Elders loaded up in a bus and two Mission Land
Cruisers and headed out to Terelj which is about 1.5 hours northeast
from the city. It is a National Park up in the mountains with tons of
rocks that cover the mountains. Truly beautiful! We had a 3-hour
training in a huge ger rented out by President and Sister Benson. The
training was about how to be real men. It was truly amazing and I
walked away really questioning if I am a man or not. There are many
things I need to change and fix in my life. The basic topic was, “Real
men have a firm foundation of integrity that is never shaken. Real men
have no price.” I love my mission president and his wife so much.
Truly called of God for me.<br /><span style="color: #5856d6;"><br /></span>After
the training, we played football out in a field. Elder Huck played QB
and I was wide outside.... deadly! Utah State Inter-murals...watch out!
We also had a few games relating to mission work with egg drops and
tower building. All and all, we had a great time!<br /><span style="color: #5856d6;"><br /></span>This
past week was difficult at times in the mission field. Not too many
lessons taught, I was in bed sick for a day or so, and we were just got
burned everywhere we went. Our baptism was also pushed back due to a
death in her family. She also didn't come to church this past <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1528905344" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">Sunday</span></span>, and we are not able to get in touch with her, so that’s always a bummer. More to come on that next week. </div>
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read a talk this week called "A Letter to a Doubter." It really applied
to the week we had and to most of our daily lives. CS Lewis said, "God
allows spiritual peaks to subside into often extensive troughs in order
for servants to finally become sons standing up on their own legs, to
carry out from their will alone, duties which have lost all relish,
growing into the sort of creature He wants them to be.” I know trials
are needed in this life. We are here to realize our nothingness before
God, and become better creatures. Mosiah <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1528905345" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">4:11</span></span> states just that: "<span></span>And
again I say unto you as I have said before, that as ye have come to the
knowledge of the glory of God, or if ye have known of his goodness and
have tasted of his love, and have received a remission of your sins,
which causeth such exceedingly great joy in your souls, even so I would
that ye should remember, and always retain in remembrance, the greatness
of God, and your own nothingness, and his goodness and long-suffering
towards you, unworthy creatures, and humble yourselves even in the
depths of humility, calling on the name of the Lord daily, and standing
steadfastly in the faith of that which is to come, which was spoken by
the mouth of the angel."<br /><span style="color: #5856d6;"><br /></span>Our
Heavenly Father wants us to become as He is. BECOME…..BOLOH in
Mongolian. Not just DO things like Him or do the things that He told us
to do. If we don't BECOME like Him, how can we ever inherit all he has
promised? We would be un-proffitable servants to not become independent
in this life, solving problems with His help, and waiting patiently for
the outcome to happen. Patience grows faith in Him. "Remembering rather
than experiencing moves us towards greater independence. God's
intention was to make us as independent in our sphere as He is in His.
That is why the heavens close from time to time to give us room for self
direction." -Brigham Young.</div>
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I resolved to Pray
harder, fast more often for everyone but me, and to pray for charity
and opportunities and trials to emulate the principles in Moroni <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1528905346" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">7:45</span></span>
in my daily life. Also to be an example of the believer in word,
conversation, charity, in spirit, in faith, and in purity. I have been
setting daily goals to reach these things and have been doing well. I
need to build that foundation of integrity. I need to be honest in all
my doings with God and man, and cut out all idle speaking. I am looking
to become humble and meek. Two things that have been hard for me.
Mostly, I just want to love my companion and those around me, and forget
myself. Easier said than done. I feel that it all starts with charity
and Moroni <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1528905347" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">7:45</span></span>.
That is what I want to do differently. All of these things will bless
the lives of those around me, and bring the Lord’s sheep back into his
fold. I need to purify myself. Then will I then be able to reach others.
I feel pure, and that I am a good servant, but now it is time to be a
man, and just saddle up.<br /><span style="color: #5856d6;"><br /></span>Well, I
love my mission. I love my Savior. I want to become like my Father, and
inherit all he has for me. Heavens do close, but they always open. He
is always there, but the trails and tests that are given to us are only
for our growth and for our experience. We can all learn for the great
Prophet of the Restoration. Please read D&C 121-123 this week. It
might just give you what you need to push through those dark clouds that
gloom our days from time to time.<br /><span style="color: #5856d6;"><br /></span>Now only if the rain would stop here in UB... IT IS P-DAY!<br /><span style="color: #5856d6;"><br /></span>Elder Harris</div>
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Mission picture in front of Turtle Rock at Gorkhi Terelj National Park</div>
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On the ride to Terelj.</div>
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My companion, Elder Dulguun, and I.</div>
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Elder Huckvale and I at Terelj.</div>
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This place was so beautiful! Look at all the gers in the background.</div>
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Training inside this huge ger. I love President Benson and his family!</div>
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Ryan and Angelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02895059134031255455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5006440811428018451.post-88738004099491724412015-08-01T15:27:00.002-07:002015-08-01T15:28:05.200-07:00A Very Short Letter this Week!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Dear Family!<br />
<br />
Very little time this week, so sorry! But <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_22234782" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">this Friday</span></span>
we hope to be having a baptism here in Nalaik! She has been an
investigator for 17 years! She just never pulled the trigger! She
remembers all the old discussions and has all the old booklets that the
missionaries used to use and she has some funny stories about the old
missionaries! Please pray for her! Her name is Tuyatsetseg. I love you
guys! I promise to do better letter writing next week.<br />
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Love,<br />
<br />
Elder Harris<br />
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Saying goodbye to Elder Higgs. L to R: Elders Huckvale, Palmer, Higgs, and Harris.</div>
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Ryan and Angelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02895059134031255455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5006440811428018451.post-80743347425635533532015-07-20T13:04:00.001-07:002015-07-20T13:04:54.147-07:00Being More Christ Like<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Dear Family,<br />
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This week was really good. Nalaikd nalaj l
bnaa! I am
liking Nalaikh more and more each day as we meet members and get into
people’s homes. Elder Dulguun and I have had a great time together. I
have two really great stories this week. One from the scriptures and one
from missionary life. I’ll just start with what I learned this week
from the scriptures. This was just a great
week with amazing personal studies, so please bear with me.<br />
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Lets start in Alma 31. Alma and his brethren are heading down to meet the apostate Zoramites. <br />
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6</u> Therefore he took Ammon, and Aaron, and Omner; and Himni he did leave
in the church in Zarahemla; but the former three he took with him, and
also Amulek and Zeezrom, who were at Melek; and he also took two of his
sons.<br />
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<u> 7</u> Now the eldest of his sons he took not with him, and his
name was Helaman; but the names of those whom he took with him were
Shiblon and Corianton; and these are the names of those who went with
him among the Zoramites, to preach unto them the word.<br />
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I read
this and just say to myself, “Lets go!" and just think of of as like,
“First Team All-Missionary!” They were heading out
with just a band of brothers to bring the Zoramites back into the truth.
All-Star team for sure! Just a squad of Missionaries ready for
anything. Then later in the chapter, Alma prays unto the
Lord saying:<br />
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<u> 32</u> O Lord, wilt thou comfort my soul, and give unto
me success, and also my fellow laborers who are with me—yea, Ammon, and
Aaron, and Omner, and also Amulek and Zeezrom, and also my two
sons—yea, even all these wilt thou comfort, O Lord. Yea, wilt thou
comfort their souls in Christ.</div>
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<u> 33</u> Wilt thou grant unto them that
they may have strength, that they may bear their afflictions which shall
come upon them because of the iniquities of this people.<br />
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Alma
prays for his brotheren. He asks for success, and strength for his
brethren. He loved them enough to pray for them by name and ask for
their souls to be safe in Christ. I LOVED that!!<br />
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<u>36</u> Now it came
to pass that when Alma had said these words, that he clapped his hands
upon all them who were with him. And behold, as he clapped his hands
upon them, they were filled with the Holy Spirit.<br />
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This
immediately reminded me of a coach giving a pep talk before the game to
his high school football team. He finished speaking, and clapped his
hands upon them. He just got his troops fired up, and their blood
pumping! He was ready to go to war with his brethren. Together,
with one cause, in the Lord! They were ready, and the Spirit fell upon
them. Like walking out of the locker room to the sound of the drum line
playing, carrying your team’s flag! I am getting pumped just typing
about it! <br />
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<u> 37</u> And after
that they did separate themselves one from another, taking no thought
for themselves what they should eat, or what they should drink, or what
they should put on.<br />
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But then they went off, not caring about
themselves. Not seeking their own, all for one and one for all, for one
cause, having faith that the Lord would give them the victory. <br />
I loved this story, and it really applied to things that I need to learn in the next 4 months. Thanks for listening :)</div>
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Now
the story from this week in the mission field: So this week we were
teaching a lesson in a ger, with the door open. The ger is just in an
open field, not fenced. A drunk comes through, throws a rock at
something, and the dogs start attacking him! The family we were with
and the families from the surrounding two gers roll out and just tell
their little kids to grab the dogs. So little kids are just trying to
tackle the dogs and are holding them by their tails to save this drunk
man. The drunk starts mouthing off and eventually leaves. Then, not far
away at all, he gets into some random man's face on the little dirt
trail, and that guy just sucker punches the drunk in the face. Well it
was hard to get back into the lesson. Nalaik has more drunks than I
have ever seen in my mission. Like hundreds. Really sad. The branch
president showed me a great example this week by taking a drunk man
(homeless too) into the church, and giving him a jacket to stay warm at
night and an invite to come to church. That really hit me. A true
lesson on how to be more Christ like.</div>
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Love,</div>
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Elder Harris</div>
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Seeing a little kid in a Willie Mays Giants Jersey in a Ger District in
Nalaik Mongolia……Priceless! This needs to be on Rob Green’s wall. </div>
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Ryan and Angelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02895059134031255455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5006440811428018451.post-38361537867587826182015-07-15T12:59:00.000-07:002015-07-20T13:05:35.661-07:00NAADAM!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Сайхан Наадав уу?<br />
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Okay so this past week was awesome! Mongolia celebrated Naadam, the
biggest festival of the year!! There are three main events, or
competitions: Mongolian Wrestling, Archery, and Horse racing. I’ll
just Bullet Point it out for you:<br />
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* Wearing Naadam clothes (shirt, hat, boots) was easily THE best part of
each day. Every day, people we passed just looked at us missionaries
and made comments about how dapper we Americans looked in traditional
Mongolian clothing! When I get older (45+), I am wearing Naadam shirts
like everyday! They allow the nicest air flow to come in and cool you
right down, while protecting you from the sun. I love Mongolia for so
many reasons but a huge reason on the list is because of the spirit that
National Clothing brings to the table. I don’t think America has
that! Almost everyone here wears a Deel (a traditional Mongolian
shirt), a cowboy-style hat and boots. Even the women and children. I
took so many pictures of people’s clothing <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1094701703" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">on Saturday</span></span>
just for ideas in the future when I hit that "50 year old dad stage."
Most married couples also wear matching outfits like Sadie Hawkins.
They all are just so good looking in their Nadaam clothes! I can’t
wait to wear my Naadam boots in America all the time.<br />
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* Huushuur is the National Naadam Food, and man was it just soooo dang
good! Huushuur is like a pastry or dumpling with meat in it (usually
mutton or beef) and then deep fried. There are a few members here who
own a food place (kind of like a taco fast food place) called Comino
Taco. They put up a huushuur tent and fed us missionaries great! I
think I had six total!<br />
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* We were able to get into the Opening Ceremony for Naadam and stay
until the Bayanzurkh Branch President wrestled. He got thrown.
Mongolian wrestling has no weight classes. It is pure cut throat, man
on man, last one standing style, and it can go on for like two days
straight, until they get a champion. The champion then becomes the most
respected man in the country for LIFE. Like free cars, apartments,
clothes, etc. This year’s champ was a kid born in 1994. He was huge!<br />
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* So Elder Huckvale and I were on TV! :) We were interviewed a total
of six times by reporters from the biggest TV stations here. All of us
missionaries were just walking around with our companions and the
reporters came up and asked us in English for an interview. Well when
we replied in Mongolian, they freak! It was so much fun, though. We
even got down onto the field at the big stadium and gave interviews like
courtside-style, with the wrestlers behind us going at it. All in all,
it was an experience not to be forgotten! Last year for Naadam, I was
in Choibalsan. In Choibalsan, Naadam is much smaller than here in
Ulaanbaater!<br />
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* Elder Huckvale, Shotton, and I sang a Mongolian song on a stage in
front of about a few hundred people……With microphones! There was this
guy singing to raise money for this company. While we were singing, in
the matter of like one minute, there was 18 thousand toogs put in the
box for these guys. They were so happy! They were taking pics of us to
put on Facebook to thank us for the help and the money earned. So fun!<br />
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This is a country where you must envelop yourself in the culture or you
will just not be respected by Mongolians. I am so grateful to be here
and be able to take in the culture and make it part of my life. I love
this place so much!<br />
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About The Work: So I have a new companion and we have been transferred
to Nalaikh, about an hour bus ride from UB….nice and quiet. Elder
Dulguun (a mini-missionary) is my new companion. He is the
mini-missionary who Munkhbold and I have been with for awhile now. You
asked me what a mini-missionary is? A mini-missionary lives like a
full-time missionary and does everything a full time elder does, but is
just not set apart to be a full time representative. Also, I am no
longer the Zone Leader, just normal missionary. I LOVE working as a
normal missionary! I served as a ZL for about 7 months. That is a
long time in this mission. I am so grateful for the opportunity I had
to serve in the leadership positions I have served in. It has truly
been a huge blessing being able to help others as the Lord would.
President really wants Dulguun to be a full-time missionary asap! We
need him, he is a good, hard worker. So this is my new assignment.
Wish us luck and pray for us! I know there are many things I need to
learn from him, as well. I am super excited for what lies in store!
Just call me the mini-missionary machine!<br />
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Love you all,<br />
<br />
Elder Harris<br />
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Me, Munkhbold, Dulguun, and Shotton, watching the competitions during Naadam.</div>
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Me with Mongolia’s president in the background in the blue during Naadam.</div>
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All the soldiers dressed in warrior gear during Naadam!</div>
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Huckvale and I with all the little dancer girls during Naadam.</div>
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Me and a SWAT officer during Naadam.</div>
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Naraa, my sponsor, during Naadam!</div>
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Huckvale and I being interviewed by TV reporters during Naadam. We are famous! HaHa!<br />
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The field where the competitions are held.</div>
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Ryan and Angelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02895059134031255455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5006440811428018451.post-48131705904740312332015-07-14T18:59:00.001-07:002015-07-14T19:08:31.759-07:00Heavenly Father lives. He is real. He knows us and loves us.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Dear Family!<br />
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So before I start this letter.... I just want to say that I love
America, and am so happy to see all the many pictures of Red White and
Blue this week in my email box. But I Love Mongolia so much too, and I
would rather be here than there right now in my life. Minii tsag arai
boloogvi shvv!<br />
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So this week was pretty hot here in good old Ulaanbaatar. My group
Sisters left for home along with Elder Papenfuss and Ericcson....two
great friends. Saying goodbye was good and they will be great on the
"other side!" Well this transfer Elder Munkhbold and I will be together
again, and we are staying in Sansar! LETS GO! I was pumped to see that
transfer call sheet and see that we are still together. We are so great
together, and we just get work done! There are less and less
Missionaries here. Pray for our Mission! Our number is in the 50s. Only
a few years ago, we were in the 200+ range. We need missionaries now,
and we need the ones who are here to go all in for the time being.
Please pray for Mongolia.<br />
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We should have a baptism here in a few weeks. She is the best
friend of the girl we baptized last week. She is progressing great. I
love investigators that don't believe in God, or have never even thought
about religion before. Introducing the Restored Gospel to them, then to
just see their brain start going, the Spirit start working, and the
desire to know more and more just makes me feel so accomplished. I love
this work, and the people we are working with right now.<br />
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Last week I went on a split to Nalaikh with Elder Palmer. On the
way there, Elder Shotton and I, the elder who went with me, a 6 foot 3,
bean pole from Berkley, were harassed and almost jumped for an 1.5 hour
bus ride by a Mongolian Army Soldier and his friend. I have never really
been scared before on my mission, but this time I felt in danger. I
gained a re-confirmation that the Lord protects his Elders. He loves us,
and knows us. We prayed, a lot. We ended up singing them a Mongolian
song about Mothers to buy some time. I am so grateful for a loving
Heavenly Father. He lives. He is real. He knows us and loves us. He
wants to hear from us, and in that time of desperate need, He does
answer our prayers.<br />
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I love you all!<br />
<br />
Elder Harris<br />
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In Nalaikh.</div>
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Elder Palmer and I in Nalaikh. Elder Palmer is from Henderson too. Went to Coronado HS.</div>
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Ryan and Angelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02895059134031255455noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5006440811428018451.post-71333039225045256942015-07-09T13:40:00.000-07:002015-07-14T19:04:47.534-07:00Life in the Mission is Good!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Well
looks like we you guys are just having the best time of your lives out
there in Yellowstone! Jealous. When I get married, can we go again? I
just love seeing pics of America. So beautiful.</div>
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week was pretty good! I was able to take down a Mongolian Ger and build
it again for my sponsor Ukraine Naraa, and that was so much fun!
Hopefully in the next 5-10 years or so I can have a Ger of my own! All
in all, super fun to learn the ways of the Mongols. This week also was
Sister Hansen's (from my group) last district meeting before they all go
home <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1437528257" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">on Thursday</span></span>.
That being said, we had a huge pot luck and surprise party for her at
district meeting. I will surely miss my group Sisters. See them in 6
months, though. This week we also had the last fireside doing our
"Musical" thing. I will miss singing every <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1437528258" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">Thursday</span></span> and <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1437528259" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">Sunday</span></span> nights across the city at different church buildings. We also had a baptism! <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1437528260" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">Friday</span></span> Sunjee was baptized! My camera died, so the pictures are on Sister Hansen's camera. I will try to get them from her asap! </div>
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My companion totally walked into a street sign with his head... I was dying laughing! </div>
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sat on a wild camel! Wild...No owner! Up in the mountains. It
freaked out a little bit but cooperated long enough for the picture.
HUMP DAY! </div>
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My
companion walked up to a black man on the street and said, "What's up"
(In English!). I was laughing so hard. Laughing on the inside! So I
came up and introduced ourselves, and he was willing to talk for a
little bit. My companion was just in shock! Smiling ear to ear,
staring at this man as I talked to him! He had never heard a black man
talk before! He finally introduced himself and said, "My name is Elder
Eternal Steel," but the man didn't understand. Well, we talked a little
more, and in closing my companion said something to the man that we
American missionaries had taught him (from a rap song). <span style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);">The
guy just mean-mugged him head to toe, so I quickly stepped in and said
that he (my comp) really likes rap and that phrase is the only thing he
remembered in the whole song, and that he wasn't trying to act
tough..... Kind of funny defending a Mongolian who speaks ZERO English,
yet can spurt out bits and pieces of a rap song! As we walked away my
comp couldn't stop talking about the man. He found him so fascinating!
Remember he grew up in a little Ger in the middle of no where Mongolia! I
love my companion! </span></span></div>
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Transfers are tonight! We will see what happens! Got a feeling I'm staying put! </div>
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Also,
my permanent retainer broke this week... yup. Also I chipped a little
corner of my right K9 tooth. I was just eating a little piece of candy
from the Doctor's office... Why is this happening to me!</div>
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Choibalsan.</div>
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Fishing in Choibalsan.</div>
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Look what I caught fishing with Ganbayar and Elder Hill!</div>
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Ryan and Angelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02895059134031255455noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5006440811428018451.post-5983396968856931262015-06-23T16:47:00.001-07:002015-07-14T18:59:46.570-07:00This week was fun, tiring, hot, and successful! <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">So this week was fun, tiring, hot, and successful! </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">Let's
start with fun. Well one of our less active families have moved to
their summer home about 1.5 hours from our area in the boundaries of
another area, the Axe Hero Branch. They moved just as the wife and
daughter were about to get callings. We really needed to check on them
though, so we took the bus and headed on out. This place is just
BEAUTIFUL. It is in the forested mountain just north of UB. Sadly, we
forgot the camera. We should be going back this week, though, and we
will get pictures! So we checked up on them,. They are staying there
for the summer. I hate that! But respecting free agency given by our
Heavenly Father is something I have learned on my mission. All you can
do is support, wait, and show that you care and remember them. Well on
the walk down
this mountain to the bus stop, some lady was watching over her cow herd,
nothing unusual here. Well one cow moo-ed, and the lady yelled in
reply, "Duugvi bai" (be quite)! It was so funny! My companions and I
started dying of laughter.. poor lady. Yes, I said companions. We have
had a mini missionary with us for the past 3 weeks. I just forget to
tell you. It is Elder Dulguun. He was my companion about a month or so
ago for a week. So we are a three-some. Also the bus ride back was
nuts. The driver was going faster than all get-out, running a few cars
off the road, yelling at passengers... It was nuts! The conductor was a
young man, and jokingly said, "Welcome to the roller coaster!" We
also had a Branch Elders Quorum activity. We hiked up in the mountains
for a 7-hour outing. It was such a beautiful trip and fun activity
that included Mongolian wrestling, tacos, and Elder
Browing and his guitar. He played the whole time and we all sang and
hiked together... So relaxing and fun.</span></div>
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for the past 1.5 years thing is finally catching up with me. I feel
like I am dying every morning, every day, but then at night, I just
can't sleep. If I could sleep, everything would be better! My mind
just won't shut off. I just think, and think, and think some more about
the life I have right now, and the life that lies ahead. I have
started writing. I call my writings, "Marc Douglas Harris: Life on
Earth." Just planning a lot of things out...Education, job, church,
health, home, family, hobbies, culture, traditions, American pride, etc.
I have many goals, and many things to accomplish. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">Hot:
Well it is hot! I sweat all day and all night. Good thing mesh
garments only cost 35 cents at the church here! Ryan, I don't care
what you say... I LOVE mesh garments. Also, no hot water in our
apartment for the past 2 weeks. Well some may say that is difficult
but I love freezing ice water coming out of the faucets. #<wbr></wbr>CheersToNeverLivingInLasVegasA<wbr></wbr>gain!</span></div>
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Well we have a baptism this week. Her name is S........! She is 20
years old and a student here in UB. She has been a fast one. We
finished all the lessons SUPER FAST. It is only because she could
handle it. She knows the Church is true, has a testimony of Joseph
Smith, and can't wait to attend the temple. She was the investigator
asking us if she could pay tithing before we ever even taught it. There
is probably a full-time mission in the future for her too. She will be
a great addition to the youth here in Mongolia! So blessed to have been
her missionary, but man that was fast!! I am used to like 3 months
with an investigator, and she was 3 weeks! Another investigator we
have is A......... She is a 27-ish woman that always comes to the
English classes I teach at the Church. She was one of my students. She
knows the Bible like the back of her hand, and has been to tons of
Korean Churches here. Those are the new and hip churches in Mongolia.
Well she seems to be doing good. She has tons of questions, and I love
answering them so our lessons are great. We kind of got into a little
(1.5 hour) discussion on why there is the need for prophets, and the
Book of Mormon. Two things that she has been oblivious to her whole
life, even though she goes to other churches. Reading the Bible here
on my mission has truly blessed me, let me tell you that. I love using
doctrine from the Bible, the book she knows and believes in, to persuade
her of the truth of our Doctrine and getting her to really thinking and
pondering (D & C 121:41-42). Combine that Bible knowledge with the
knowledge and testimony I have of the Book of Mormon and it truly
turned to be a
"BOOM!" lesson. It is crazy how the Gift of Tongues works. Spiritual
gifts are real!! :)</span></div>
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just want to share how much I love President Benson. He does so much
for all us missionaries, and for me personally. I thought today about
saying good bye to him and Sister Benson in 6 months or so, and it was
just like a weird thought, one that I got out of my mind fast! I will
be filled with tears on my end. I am pretty tough, but a few things get
me to cry, such as when I'm touched by the Spirit, the movie Remember
the Titans, <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1090477820" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ">4th of July</span></span>
parades, and saying goodbye to people that have changed my life. He is
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my time is up! Have a good week and know that I am happy, healthy, and
loving life here on my mission, sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ.
This church is true!</span></div>
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Elder Munkhbold and I at the Branch Elder’s Quorum activity in the forest, north of UB.<br />
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Me during our hike at the activity.</div>
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Elder Huckvale and I at my 18-Month Pant Burning.</div>
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Elder Huckvale “flipped” at my 18-month pant burning. Awesome, right?</div>
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