4th of July Party Report, Bike and Two Baptisms!

Hey Awesome Family:

You all are awesome. I love you. How have you been?

I am doing good it was good to hear about the 4th of July party. It sounds like it was a success. Sounds like you had a bunch of people come, that's awesome. Thank you for your example. I had a blast here on the 4th. We made hot dogs and smores. It was fun. I'll attach the photos that I took. I made the picture size smaller and so I can put more photos on at once. We'll see if it works. Let me know if you can open it all. So for our 4th I thought about you all because we played the Sign game and the Tie game. Then we watched Cars. We all talked. We drank about 4 gallons of root beer, that was a big hit and we all got to have fun getting to know everyone.

I'll write some more about this week in a sec. Today I get to go and pick up my new frame. I'm excited, but they are telling me that it is going to cost about $6000 quai about $200 US to change all the stuff over. I've been thinking about it and I'm going to try to do it myself. That is a lot of money. I could move all the parts over myself and then take it to them and they could tune it up, and it would be the same right? What do you think?

Dad, I love you. I AM so grateful to be your son. Thank you for all the good and the hard work that you do for all of us and for the example that you set. Thank you so much for working so hard for us and together with mom teaching us to do hard things because in the end we come out stronger. I love you Happy Birthday.

Ok so where to start: The Party was a great success. We didn't have hundreds of people like you had but we had about 15 people there. It was way fun. Thank you for teaching me.

This week I am grateful for the meaning of life. Last night I went to visit a man who is a less active to try to help him out. He is sick he has something wrong with his heart and his brain. He is almost 65 years old and when we where talking to him he told us that he feels that his life is done. He feels like all that he needs to do is done and so he is ready to die. So we got asking him some questions and he told us that because he doesn't follow all the commandments that he is a bad person and that our Father in Heaven doesn't want him. Wow. I have always heard about stories where the person feels Gods love for someone and I have not felt part of it before, but when he said that I felt such an out pouring of love for this man, I told him that his Father of Heaven had not forgotten about him. I told him about the story of Alma and told him that if God wouldn't forget someone like Alma He won't forget him. I know that we are loved and that we are known. I know that He lives and loves us.

I got a couple of emails so to be continued....

So that was the most spiritual experience this week. This Gospel is true and it is world wide. OK so I need to tell you about some photos. I included some photos of some park exercise equipment. At every park there is stuff like it here. I know that someone is always looking for Eagle projects and so I thought that I would take these and get them to you. I know that Chandler already did his project but someone might need a project and so here is an Idea.

I included a photo of me in a phone booth. They are everywhere here in Tianmu. It is cool this place is really like America. I love it. This work is true. Thank you for all that you do for me. Thank you for your help. I love you. Tell everyone that I love them. Thank you for teaching me to do hard things.







This week also I got to help the sisters baptize an 11 year old Girl. It was cool. My first interview as an district leader asked me to baptize her. It was cool. I also got to help baptize an older women. In Chinese we call her Grandma. She was so cool. So I included those photos. That was last Friday. So I just included a photo of my church building in Shilin so you could see what is looks like. It is kinda crazy to think that I have a friend back there who served in this same church building, fun stuff.

On my bike, I will take it to them but there are some things that I need to fix on it. Last transfer I replaced the back brakes it's time to to do the front. Also a few other things. I'll talk to them try to get a better deal, and we'll see what happens.

Sorry today I didn't write a ton next week I will do better and I'll try to have some more photos. I love you. I know that this church is true. I was telling someone about growing up and loving it. And how we learned to do hard things because the witness comes after the trial of our faith. Thank you for your example.

How is Jared doing? I haven't heard from him at all. He can email me, it might make it easier for him to get in touch. I hope that he is well.

I hope that everyone is healthy and happy, S, B, S, J and S give Mom and Dad a hug for me. Love you.

Love you Elder Harr

4th of July in Taiwan

Hey awesome family it is the 4th of July here! Good Morning America.

Hey I'm just starting my time and so thought that I would let you know. Sounds like you all are busy and getting ready for a great 4th. Know that I'm thinking of you. I'm trying to follow your example. We are going to do a big party today. The whole zone is coming and so yup I love you I need to thank Grandma Harr because after last Halloween where I wrote and told about the search for the root beer extract, she sent me a bottle of it and it is all going to be used today. I love you I'll tell you more about it in the next email.

Love you talk to you in a sec....

Wow I never quite realized how awesome our family is until I come to another country and try to celebrate the 4th. My companion who is from three country's, said to be a citizen and he won't pledge to any country. I asked him if the world was at war and you knew that wherever you were that you were going to have to be in the army where would you go? He said that he didn't know. He would not decide. I am grateful that I have great examples who have given me so much. I know who I would fight with and I would answer without a heartbeat. If it was asked or needed I would do my best to step up. Wow, our family is so awesome. We are very different from other people and I am grateful for that. I love living in America! So I'm going to do my best to respect and remember the people that have given so much for those who have lived and will ever live in America. So that starts with a party today. I'm going to buy about 30 to 40 hot dogs and stuff to make smores and also some briquettes, and root beer stuff. I found a place to buy dry-ice, and a bunch of other stuff because I am the one planning it... yup little district leader with no real say in the matter gets to plan it and do it because I'm the only one who knows how to throw a party. Thank you for your example in planning activity's and for the courage to say do it. Today I'm also going to get the movie Cars because it is the most American and the most patriotic movie that we can watch. I'm taking the Frisbee that you gave me thank you, and we are going to play games and have a good time. We'll play games like the tie game, the sign game, there is a bunch... thank you for teaching me. I'm sorry as of right now I don't have any new photos but I plan on taking a bunch of photos today. It is going to be great.

This week was ok, we spent most of the time out contacting because our investigators could not meet with us. We are trying to find more new ones that are are willing and able to meet with us. It is tough and my companion is getting down, but we will keep on going and doing this great work. It is crazy just how much does go on and just how little we can control. We can set up all the people in the world and call them and make sure that they will come. But in the end our Father in Heaven gave us our agency for a reason and we can not force anyone to do anything. They have to choose what they want to do with their life. This week we have seen some tough times. No, no one has spit in my face yet but I know elders who have. I know elders who have had their shirts ruined because they spit beetle nut at them. I have not seen a lot of things yet, but that doesn't make the everyday going out and trying to share and yet they reject you, any easier.

So sounds like the open house went great. I'm glad that it sounds like it went smoothly. Keep doing good. Keep working hard. Know that I'm praying for you.

I am glad to be spending this 4th of July, which is usually spent in the party's and the talking to those who are in or who were in the armed forces; thanking them for their personal work and their personal sacrifice to help make America free. Now I have the chance to help people free themselves through using the Atonement of Jesus Christ. I get to share a story about not only something that gets to save me as a person but I get to share about something that can and will save and give freedom to anyone and everyone.

So I need to go. I need to go and buy things for a party. You all are getting ready as well so take a bunch of photos and next week we we'll switch some. Know that I love you. Know that I'm thinking of you, and that I hope that you have a good time. It is crazy about this time next year I'll be home. I try not to think about it but wow that's crazy.

Love you! You're awesome. Keep working hard and having fun. Smile.

Elder Harr