Too funny not to give more air time. Thanks to Valerie Bond on Facebook.
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Elder Harris--abducted by aliens
Kyle's latest email is proof that he has been abducted by aliens. Who is this person anyway? I gave Kyle a hard time in my email about him having lunch with Joe and me not hearing about it for 3 days! And if it weren't for Amber's blog I still might not know about it.
heheheh...
oh i guess that i didn't mention about my lunch with Joe. let's just say that i wanted to leave it so i had some more things to talk about this week, but it turns out that there is plenty to talk about anyway.
so, here's how it went down: in the morning time, elder busath answered the phone, and his one-sided conversation was
"hello, this is elder busath...no, elder elder busath... elder harris? yeah, he's over here."
then he hands the phone over to me and this is some of the dialogue:
me: hello, this is elder Harris.voice: elder Harris! this is Joe!me: Joe...?voice: your brother, Joe... you know, like, your brother.me: Joe?! how-- what-- how did you get this number?!
anyway, i sure was astonished to hear from him, but i told him to call up president and see if he was able to have lunch with us, and then to call back. sure enough, he called back and said that president said yes. he picked us up from our apartment, and we went to craigo's, a pizza buffet. it was sure great to see him, it made my day. it made me think, 'wow, i haven't seen anyone from my immediate family for 17 months.' it was a weird feeling. the actual lunch was pretty normal. we talked just like it hadn't been 17 months, and after wards it was just like, "well, we'll see you in a few." it a great boost.
so here's the other news. president asked me to conduct this next zone conference. I'm pretty nervous. talking in church is no big deal, doing trainings for the entire zone is no big deal, giving instruction topics in zone conferences impromptu is no big deal (our zone conferences have 3 zones meet at a time, so about 60+ missionaries); leading music when a general authority is there, singing for a general authority, all of these things are no big deal, but I'm stressed about conducting zone conference. i don't see why the APs can't do it like they always do, but that's OK. i guess it will be good for me. i can just see it now: "president Scott w colton presides at this conference, and he has asked that i, elder Harris, conduct." sheesh. now i know why dad said he would rather speak in church then conduct.
president colton has decided that more responsibility needs to be put on the zone leaders. i guess the "vacation" is over. i enjoy being a zone leader way more than being a district leader. true it's always interesting to be involved in emergency transfers, and when missionaries in the zone get into car accidents, it is up to us to handle everything in a professional, confidant matter. (no one got hurt, but it was a hit and run, and i don't know if the car is totalled yet.) such is the life of a zone leader. we have to be there to make sure that everyone in the zone is taken care of. it's fun though, i like it. being responsible is a pretty good thing. we also get to have private meetings with general authorities when they come to do mission tours, which is pretty cool.
anyway, the church is still very much true. we set a baptism date this week, and we have a couple of promising referrals that we are going to contact. the zone is doing pretty well, and as soon as zone conference is over (it's this Friday) I'll be able to breath a little bit easier. oh yeah, i have to sing at this one too. i do quite a bit of singing these days. in this area I've probably sung in church 5 or 6 times. i like it. anyway, I'll wrap this up, as my thoughts are getting scattered. i love all of you, and will talk to y'all later. thanks for everything that you do!!
love,elder Harris
heheheh...
oh i guess that i didn't mention about my lunch with Joe. let's just say that i wanted to leave it so i had some more things to talk about this week, but it turns out that there is plenty to talk about anyway.
so, here's how it went down: in the morning time, elder busath answered the phone, and his one-sided conversation was
"hello, this is elder busath...no, elder elder busath... elder harris? yeah, he's over here."
then he hands the phone over to me and this is some of the dialogue:
me: hello, this is elder Harris.voice: elder Harris! this is Joe!me: Joe...?voice: your brother, Joe... you know, like, your brother.me: Joe?! how-- what-- how did you get this number?!
anyway, i sure was astonished to hear from him, but i told him to call up president and see if he was able to have lunch with us, and then to call back. sure enough, he called back and said that president said yes. he picked us up from our apartment, and we went to craigo's, a pizza buffet. it was sure great to see him, it made my day. it made me think, 'wow, i haven't seen anyone from my immediate family for 17 months.' it was a weird feeling. the actual lunch was pretty normal. we talked just like it hadn't been 17 months, and after wards it was just like, "well, we'll see you in a few." it a great boost.
so here's the other news. president asked me to conduct this next zone conference. I'm pretty nervous. talking in church is no big deal, doing trainings for the entire zone is no big deal, giving instruction topics in zone conferences impromptu is no big deal (our zone conferences have 3 zones meet at a time, so about 60+ missionaries); leading music when a general authority is there, singing for a general authority, all of these things are no big deal, but I'm stressed about conducting zone conference. i don't see why the APs can't do it like they always do, but that's OK. i guess it will be good for me. i can just see it now: "president Scott w colton presides at this conference, and he has asked that i, elder Harris, conduct." sheesh. now i know why dad said he would rather speak in church then conduct.
president colton has decided that more responsibility needs to be put on the zone leaders. i guess the "vacation" is over. i enjoy being a zone leader way more than being a district leader. true it's always interesting to be involved in emergency transfers, and when missionaries in the zone get into car accidents, it is up to us to handle everything in a professional, confidant matter. (no one got hurt, but it was a hit and run, and i don't know if the car is totalled yet.) such is the life of a zone leader. we have to be there to make sure that everyone in the zone is taken care of. it's fun though, i like it. being responsible is a pretty good thing. we also get to have private meetings with general authorities when they come to do mission tours, which is pretty cool.
anyway, the church is still very much true. we set a baptism date this week, and we have a couple of promising referrals that we are going to contact. the zone is doing pretty well, and as soon as zone conference is over (it's this Friday) I'll be able to breath a little bit easier. oh yeah, i have to sing at this one too. i do quite a bit of singing these days. in this area I've probably sung in church 5 or 6 times. i like it. anyway, I'll wrap this up, as my thoughts are getting scattered. i love all of you, and will talk to y'all later. thanks for everything that you do!!
love,elder Harris
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Elder Harris sent new photos!!
Elder Harris said it was even tough to pull a handcart empty and on level ground. This was a primary activity. He says he can't resist all the great grass and has to do flips at odd moments.
After much crying Elder Harris posed with Pres. and Sis. Somers, his outgoing mission president and wife.
I think this is a service project, hence the paint. It's kind of a shock to see Elder Harris's bare knee. What's the world coming to?
This picture scanned weird. Sorry. In response to all our comments about his shirts being too small, Elder Harris is posing in someone else's shirt who had a neck size of 20. I think it was the large elder from Tonga.
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