Love for the AP Sammer

 I LOVE your new philosophy on NO MORE GOODBYES,...and I totally agree that its just SEE YOU LATER. These are 2 of Sam's favorite converts. He was made an Assistant to the President this week...in the mission world that's pretty heavy stuff...means you are a trusted servant. I am most pleased about it for the struggling missionaries that Sam will get to comfort and inspire...he's not so sure how he will do with all the IN THE OFFICE TIME. He will be fine. I will post his letter out of order once he gets to read this. Now his Pdays will be Saturdays. :) LOVE YOU BUDDY...and love that others know the responsibility you are capable of holding. England is so blessed to have YOU!!!

 Just a place marker for one of my favorite memories at the Do Terra Convention...this 90 year old woman walked the stage as a SILVER!!!!!

 A peak into Michael's incredulous drive home from ALASKA...we are SO HAPPY TO HAVE THIS BOY...ok, MAN, HOME xxooxxooxx

 His new haircut and beard trim...knew you'd love this Sammer.

 Is this MICHAEL or what? It reads.....I LOVE THIS WORLD...I think it represents our WHOLE FAMILY!!

 A day after Michael got home, Dad flew he and Spencer to Oakland for a Man Trip...they ALL LOVED it!!! Spencer says Oakland has incredible fans!

 The front of my new home...yes...OINK IS SO HAPPY out front :) Already the neighbor kids love him, and another neighbor identifies her address as the one "3 doors down from the pig" :)

 Crazy, and truthfully, kind of nice how CLEAN it stays...although you ALL KNOW i'd trade clean for YOUR MESSES anytime xxooxx

 My Do Terra and Aroma Touch room...

And this...this is where the MAGIC happens! I call it AND land. I love the idea that things don't have to be THIS   OR   THAT...but things can be THIS     AND    THAT!!! The brothas missing you....Megs was here earlier but left on a date...I think she might really like this one...finger crossies!!!!

Survivor started this week and I missed it! I missed all the new shows...think I will have to wait for a sick day to get caught up...but I don't plan on being sick so maybe it will be when you get home Sam!!  Picked up another business opportunity...I'v decided I just LIKE CREATING things SO MUCH!!! I will tell you more about it later.

Josh has decided to join me in Do Terra....I am so excited I can hardly breathe when I think about it...fly out to get him "started" later this month. I will just miss being there for his birthday!

I am hoping that you still get to check in and see this tomorrow since I didn't get to see your message until late last night. The other night I got so excited about your coming home and I was on the net checking out a weeks trip to Lake Powell.,.the next thing I knew it was 2:30!!!!! I love making plans for US!!!

I love ALL of you! SO happy that we are ALL so HAPPY....share it this week...

I loved what Alanis Morrissette said in her interview with Oprah on SUPER SOUL SUNDAY this morning....she said..."we are out there loving our hearts out...but we forget to ask the other person if THAT is the way that THEY feel loved!!!!"   Something to think on my chickadees...made me wonder if I my loving my heart out to you is in a way that YOU feel loved?? Let's talk. Let's snug.

Love yer GUTZ!!!!
Mom
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Love from Sam 1 Sept 2014

Monday, September 1, 2014

Septembeard - Sept 1st, 2014

I wrote that as the subject because I forgot to shave today, and over the course of my mission this beard thing is getting serious! 

Well, I'll start off by saying I had a truly wonderful birthday! In China they have this tradition of eating noodles on birthday's, wishing you a long life, (long noodles= long life) so, for BREAKFAST, I had some dang good spicy noodles with pork and tofu shrimp. soooo good! that was the first great meal. Elder Pogue had to do his driving theory test in Derby, which was the city that we went to every p-day while we were together in Eastwood, it was so interesting to go back to the same place with the same person! we ate at the same kebab shop and it was still dang good! Later on during the day, Jill, one of our amazing recent converts, took us to the driving range, and we hit a bucket of balls! I'm a bit rusty but I'll hopefully be able to keep up with spence when I get back :)

After that, we were able to have a great lesson with Anthea on faith. I learned so much about faith that I had no idea about before teaching her. The spirit taught me that the biggest strides we can take in increasing our faith, come when we act on the unknown, when we act on the things we hope our true, but aren't positive that they are indeed true. I have a lot I can change as a result of this knowledge and I'm exited to apply it throughout the rest of my life.  After our lesson with Anthea we went and played basketball with loads of chinese people. With the University being off limits now- it's been extremely difficult to find new people, and basketball is the most effective thing we are doing as of late. 

As for the rest of the week- Ariel was all set for her baptism on saturday, when thursday night she texted us asking if the gift of the holy ghost had to be on sunday.  She found out that an emergency came up and she had to now go to London on Sunday, so now her baptism will be this week. Something amazing about this is that Ariel is part of the communist party in China, and she is leaving this part of her life to join the church, she's making a step up faith that will bless her life forever.  Hopefully Anthea as well will be able to join the church this saturday, she is about 50/50, but we know that whatever happens is the best for her!  

On Sunday, church was brilliant as always. We got to help our recent converts prepare for their patriarchal blessings, which is so interesting, Grandad Broadhurst emailed me this week asking about if they've had the oppurtunity to receive their blessings, and they will be receiving them tonight! we are buzzin' for them! and they are so exited as well. Barry was quite emotional yesterday as it was his last sunday in Loughborough, one of the members bought him a Quad scripture set, and he cannot stop talking about how much it means to him. I thought the best part of missionary work was seeing people baptized and confirmed. Don't get me wrong, it's excellent. The most rewarding part of missionary work is seeing your recent converts continue to feast after knowledge, when they truly do treat their baptism as the beginning of an eternal journey, and strive to improve each day! that's what the gospel is about, change.

I love you all so much! I'm sure loads of other awesome things happened this week as well but this is what I feel like writing this week! I love you all so much! 

Elder Sam Harris. 

USE DIFFERENT EMAIL

My NATALIEHARRIS44@gmail account got hacked, and I have recieved ANY emails for a week now. I've had Steve Nickle look at it and Preston...so throwing in the towel...PLEASE SEND your emails to me at :  Natalie.loves@gmail.com.  Sorry for the pain of it all.
Mom