Blake-June 18, 2008

HEY EVERYONE…I’M ALMOST OUT OF TIME ON MY COMPUTER SO I’M GONNA MAKE THIS BRIEF. IT WAS A PRETTY GOOD WEEK HERE…IT WAS ONE OF THE FASTEST IN A LONG TIME. THERE’S NOT TOO MUCH TO TALK ABOUT BECAUSE ELDER COATS AND I WENT ON EXCHANGES WITH ALL OF THE DISTRICT LEADERS THIS WEEK, SO THINGS HAVEN’T BEEN NORMAL. THERE HAS BEEN LOTS OF DRAMA IN THE ZONE, WHICH I NEVER ANTICIPATED HAPPENING BEFORE MY MISSION. I THOUGHT ALL THAT WAS DONE IN HIGH SCHOOL…HAHA. OH WELL…WE HAD A SWEET LESSON WITH THE SMITH FAMILY AND GEMILLA’S MOM JOINED IN ON THAT TOO. MAYBE WE CAN WORK SOMETHING OUT WITH THAT. I GOT TO GO DEEP INTO ANACOSTIA AND CAPITOL HILL ON MY EXCHANGES, ON A BIKE, AND IT WAS SUPER FUN. WE WENT TO THE TEMPLE THIS MORNING AND WE ARE PROBABLY GOING TO THE VISITOR’S CENTER WITH THE SMITH FAMILY TONIGHT…THINGS ARE WORKING OUT WITH BEULAH, TIFFANY, AND TIERSA NOW…WE ARE TRYING TO BAPTIZE TIFFANY AND TIERSA, BUT THEY DON’T COMMUNICATE AT ALL AND SOMEHOW IT TURNED ON US, SO WE HAD A BIG FAT TALK LAST NIGHT. IT WASN’T VERY FUN, BUT IT WORKED THINGS OUT SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN MOVE ON AND GET IT DONE. YESTERDAY WAS ELDER WHITE’S BIRTHDAY SO WE WENT TO THIS PLACE CALLED KOBE STEAKHOUSE…IT’S A JAPANESE STEAKHOUSE OUT IN LARGO, MD AND IT WAS PRETTY SWEET. THIS LITTLE JAPANESE GUY CAME OUT AND COOKED OUR MEAL RIGHT IN FRONT OF US (THE GRILL BASICALLY IS OUR TABLE). IT WAS SUPER SWEET!! ANYWAYS, WE HAVE SPENT A TON OF TIME ON ADMINISTRATIVE STUFF LATELY AND I CAN ONLY HOPE THAT WE GET MORE TIME TO PROSELYTE THIS COMING WEEK. I LOVE THIS WORK AND KNOW THAT THE LORD IS AT THE HEAD OF IT!! MAY YOU ALL HAVE A GREAT WEEK…I LOVE YOU TONS!!!
LOVE,
ELDER BLAKE HARBER