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To my dearest friends and family, 

I hope everyone had a great Mother's Day yesterday, and that all of those missionaries/missionary families had WONDERFUL talks with one another. :) 

I was thinking, man, I really don't have much to say today. But it's been quite the week, actually. Now that I'm thinking back on it. 

On Monday I was in Glenwood with Sister Pierce, and that was a good time. We went to Target, and you have to know that it made me deliriously happy. :) 

On Tuesday, we had transfer meeting! And I got to see a couple of my favorite people! I got to see Elder Clubb! Hermana Chandler! And Papa LeChe! :) HOORAY! It was fantastic. I love those missionaries a lot. So I was so grateful to get to see them. And I also got my new companion, Sister Bauer. She's from Rome, New York. It's going to be an interesting transfer. 

Mostly this week, we did a lot of knocking. Which, I have to be honest, I LOVE! I think it's such a good time. And we definitely saw some miracles come out of it. So there's that. 

This week, we went to see my favorite person in the WORLD: Brother Abbott. I gave him the copy of the Book of Mormon that I've been studying out of for the last 7 months. I studied the atonement, and read it through 6 different times, marking different parts of the atonement every time. I poured my heart and soul into that copy, and I hadn't really planned on giving it to anyone. But I finished it the morning that we were going to see him. And I knew that it had been his all along. It's so interesting to see how God works. He does indeed work in mysterious ways. 

I'm sorry this is so short, but I hope you all know that I love and miss you all! 

Con amor,
Hermana Sherilyn Harper

May the Fourth be with You

Happy Star Wars Day my friends! :) I hope you celebrate appropriately. 

This week was, well, it was a strange week. Sister Adair abandoned me yesterday...and as a result, I was without a missionary companion for the first time in over 8 months. I MIGHT have had a mental breakdown. And I learned that I will never be able to go home, because....I can't do the whole being alone thing. So there's that for you. So I had a "member companion" and all was well. They fed me ice cream and everything was okay. 

Okay, so this week was, as I said, a strange week. It was my last week with Sister Adair and I didn't really get to be with her. 

On Tuesday, I was in Glenwood with mi mami! :) I was her last exchange ever! It was pretty exciting. But it was a great day, and I loved getting to be with her again. 

After that exchange ended, I went to Rifle to be with Sister Salazar for Wednesday. This is her first transfer in the field..and she is SUCH a boss! Such a great missionary, it was such a pleasure to be with her for the day! I learned a lot from her! And, I got to meet some people that I've heard about from Sister Chandler! I met Sissy Hope! And it was fabulous and I fell in love with that family. So I definitely get why Chandzy talked about them all the time. :) 

Then my 48 hours of exchanges ended. And I was back to Eagle. And on Thursday, we had District Meeting. It was the last District Meeting of the transfer, so we made a party of it. It started out with breakfast. Elder Serrano (our District Leader) evidently makes the "Serrano Special" every transfer. And this is what that entails: pancakes with m&ms in the batter, topped with cookies and cream ice cream, syrup, and whipped cream. It was a RIDICULOUS amount of sugar. But it was surprisingly delightful. But I don't ever want to eat it again. Then we had the meeting. And we ended with a barbecue. Which was so fun. 

That's really the most exciting parts of this week. Then Sister Adair left me all by myself at church (in my mission, missionaries who are going home have to go to Denver for a meeting on Monday, ad that is when her ride could leave), and I went to Young Womens instead of Relief Society and I may or may not have cried through the entire lesson. But it was fine. All was well. Eventually Sister Pierce got a ride down to Eagle so that I could have a missionary companion. And all was right in the world again! 

I am really excited for this new transfer. I know that a lot of really great things are going to happen in Eagle and I'm really excited to work really hard and see so many miracles! 

I'm grateful for all of you and all of the love and support you always give me! 

Con amor,

Hermana Sherilyn Harper

"I think this road is called Sausage Road" -- Brother White

Queridos amigos, familia, otros --

This week was strange, as weeks generally are as a missionary. But it was also great! I'm running out of time, of course. So this is probably going to be short and sweet. 

This week we had our Zone Conference. And it was SO fantastic! :)  It was all centered on a talk called "Becoming a Consecrated Missionary" by Tad R. Callister. If you haven't read it, you should. Even if you're not a missionary. Because it will change your life, I promise. So I'm super motivated to become the best missionary and best member that I can possibly be. It was great and I'm really excited to implement some changes into my life! 

I had the amazing opportunity to play a guitar this week! :) For the first time in 8 months. And it brought me so much happiness! I miss my guitar so much. 

This week, I met some less-actives that we work with. It's been really hard to get in contact with them. BUT we finally got to see them this week. And I fell in love with them! :) They are the best. Brother Deacon made a deal with me that he would come to church if I would sing in sacrament. So I quickly put all the preparations together to sing in sacrament. Luckily, there wasn't a problem with the Bishop. Because I already had told people I was singing and found someone to play the piano and everything. SO. Good thing Bishop really likes my singing. hahaha. SO I sang on Sunday. I just sang Be Still My Soul straight from the hymn book. BUT it ended up going really well. The less-active couple that promised me they would come loved it so much. It's one of their favorite hymns and it doesn't get sung very often, so they were so happy. And then the woman that I had play the piano for me told me that it was really inspired, because she needed to hear those words at that point. SO it made me really happy! :) 

OH MY GOSH! There's a member in our ward who is blind, and he is the most fiercely independent person I have ever met in my entire life. This week, we had the task of helping him walk to the post office. The most terrifying experience of my life. But it was also hilarious. He says the funniest things. But. I almost got hit in the face with his cane a few times. But it was great. And terrifying. I've probably never had more anxiety in my entire life. 

This is my last P-Day with my companion... :( That makes me really sad. It's our last week together, and we don't even really get to be together this week! We're going on exchanges for two days. So. That's a bummer. But we're going to have a really amazing week! 

I love and miss you all! 

Con amor,

Hermana Sherilyn Harper

Pastor Beards

My dear friends and family, 

This week was...weird. Basically sickness was abounding and work didn't get done in Eagle for 3 days this week. BUT. All is well. It all turned out okay, so no worries. But...I don't have much to talk about this week. 

Hanging Lake

We DID hike Hanging Lake last Monday! Which is weird, because it definitely feels like it was more than a week ago. But it was SUPER beautiful, so I'll be sure to send pictures. It was the best!

On Tuesday we had to say goodbye to Cesar, because he went back to BYU-I! Basically it was the worst. I love Cesar! But all is well. He's off doing great things with his life! 

On Saturday we were on Exchanges with the lovely Glenwood Sisters. I went to Glenwood with Sister Pierce, and we had a good day. Took lots of ridiculous pictures and won a competition. :) It was great. 

So yesterday, Sister Adair and Sister Pierce were both super sick. So Sister Adair and I drove to Glenwood so that Sister Arnold and I could go do something. So Sister Arnold and I were together for a couple hours and it was the best. :) I loved it. I LOVE MI MAMA! It's always a good time when we're together. 

Other news from yesterday is that I had to give my first on the spot talk in Spanish sacrament meeting. So that was an adventure. Sister Adair made me go first, so I had literally two seconds to come up with a topic. So I just stuck with the basics. And I talked about the Book of Mormon. Because that's it. Everything will always come back to the Book of Mormon. That is the evidence that everything that we believe is true. 

Well friends, and family. I love you all. I miss you all. 

Con amor,

Hermana Sherilyn Harper