Aug. 28, 2024 -- Missionary Olympics

 Centerton, AR 

August 22 - 28, 2024 

This week our youth held a big event: the Mission-lympics. This meant team representatives competing in various missionary themed booths: Scripture chases, language studies, push-up competitions, and less than desirable food tastings. Complete with epic theme music,  it made for a pretty memorable night with these future missionaries.

Highlights!
•     Alyssa got baptized into the YSA ward and we got permission to go!! It was such a cool experience and she bore the most powerful testimony 💙
•     We had a zone conference with special guests Elder Craig C Christiansen and Elder David L Buckner from the Seventy! The devotional was powerful and completely spirit led. Afterwards I got to be in an interview with Elder Buckner - who apparently was an SBO with Uncle John and has stayed at my Grandma's house! Small world😂
•     Tom has made it to Alma in the 2 weeks we've known him. Does he call me "Ms. Pushy" and other names I won't mention due to my constant Book of Mormon follow up? Maybe. But he's reading!! We've had some great laughs and even better conversations.

During the conference yesterday, I was thinking about all the miracles I've seen. Some of them come by way of experiences, but most of them come in the form of people. A mom who does all she can to get to church after an experience that turned her life upside down. A member who drops everything in an emergency to babysit until further notice.  A missionary who gave up everything to share their testimony with one soul. A friend who is in and out of the hospital but wants nothing more than to hit her baptism date. I'm constantly amazed by the faith of the people around me. Good people who love Jesus.💕

"I glory in plainness; I glory in truth; I glory in my Jesus, for he hath redeemed my soul from hell" 2 Nephi 33:6

Love and Mizpah!
Sister Harris🫶

Pictures!
1. Exchanges with Sister Child
2. P-day with Sister Brown🩷
3. Alyssa's baptism!!
4. Talk show hosts
5-6. Missionary Olympics











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