Letter from Josh 25 May 2009

Hello Family!!! This week was good. We had zone confernce on saturday and that was really good, although i am geting sick of zone conference with four elders and President, it will be nice to have i big zone again after i leave here, but that wont happen for like another three or four months at the soonest. I am glad to hear that school is finally ending, it means Spencer will be happy again and can go golf his summer away. it also means fun and partying. lucky for you guys. The best part about this week though was saturday evening. We went to one of our investigators houses to meet with her (Helen). she can speak english fine but has had very litle english schooling so she cant read very well. it has been hard to get her to read the book of mormon because of it. when we were following up with her after we first got there she told us that she hadnt read at all that week ike ost of the weeks before. We told her how sad that makes us, how we traveled all the way to Tanzania to share this book with people, but not just anybody, only the people that we become friends with and grow to love. She then told us how this past month or so (about the time that we met her) she has been feeling very sad and just wants to be alone most of the time because she feels like nobody loves her. We told her how much we love her and then promised her two things. First that God loves her, and second that if shewould read the book of mormon everyday, even if it was just one verse and she didnt understand what it meant, that her life would be filled with love and joy. The spirit was so strong, and somehow i just knw that she is going to read everyday. I am looking forward to wednesday when we will meet with her again. As far as the package goes, could you sendme a copy of everybodys patriarchal blessings? and also i am starting a vision wall in my room and i was wondering if you had the painting that chris cooper did of me as a stripling warrior, if so, could you send that too? and some of those realy big markers, i can only find the small ones here. and anything else that you think i might want to put up would be good. I love you all so much, i am so gratefull that the Lord let me know and live with each of you. have a great week!love,Elder Harris