hey family!!!

Well, things are going pretty good.  I an thinking that I will get my outbound on Monday. i'll actually get to email you to let you know! so stay close to your computer on Tues, and then if i go, i'll be calling you too, so then you'll at least know generally when i'd be calling you on wed. yay!! i'm probably going for sure. its my class that's up next. so i'm going to start packing. i'm going to try and send you a pkg. of things i don't need anymore. 

well, things this week have been good! just normal stuff i guess. nothing really out of the ordinary. just being a missionary!! we went to breakfast today, at the Nauvoo Cafe where we ate lunch when you came to visit, and someone had paid for our meal! what a sweet person! we don't know who it was, but it was some man the lady said. so we told her to tell him thank you! that always makes me smile! 

we have been having a Preach My Gospel Marathon-is what we call it, the AP's or the ZL's teach it. President Holmes wants us to be the most prepared and most educated mission in the world on PMG! so we get an hour set aside each day to study it even more than the 2 hrs we have in our personal study and comp. study. isn't that great?! and we've been doing service as well, so tomorrow we get to go the Jordan River Temple and do a session. i'm really excited!

 this last Sunday was a neat day. we got to take a VIP tour, w/ educators from Pakistan. they were really nice. neat to just be meeting people from all over the world! then we also took another tour in Hindi and Urdu and 3 guys from Brazil, and two the Brazilians referred! such nice men! The Gospel is for ALL of God's children all around the world! isn't it just amazing?! i just love being here, serving. its never perfect all the time, you're tired, hungry, aching body, problems w/ guests or comps, but when it all comes down to it, this is the Lord's work, this is HIS gospel, that everyone needs to hear, and i just feel so blessed and privileged to be part of it. i can't believe that i only have 9 months left. it really does not sounds like that much! my oh my! 

well, i best be going. i love you so all so much and thank you for your support and all that you do.  

i am staying warm. i just layer up. no worries about me! it's been cold but blue sky almost everyday. it did snow a couple of days ago, and that is still on the grass, but it's nice here! the lights are up on the Square and the Navitiy scene, its all so pretty!!! how fun and neat!!!! 

LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!!!
love, sister harris!

ps, i'll buy 6 copies of the Ensign and send 'em home! haha. thanks mark! Ü

Sister Harris in the Nov '09 Ensign