Transfers (Aug 2009)

Okay so I am slacking and trying to put this together before he gets back. He got transfered back to Kenmore with the same companion. Yep they both go transfered to the same place. He is excited to be with the same companion. He is having a hard time finding people to teach becuase there are so many couples that have kids that are not married. The government pays them $5,000 to have a kid so if a couple needs money they will have a baby. He started teaching a couple Adam and Ivy that he is hoping will get married and get baptized. The couple is very interested in the church.

There is a member that served a mission that loves to have Elder Harmon and his companion over for meals. He is always asking to go out and teach with them. Bryce is hoping that when he gets home he will do this and always want to continue to teach others and share the gospel. Him and his companion where helping a member move and as they were carrying a bookcase out he tripped on the driveway. Nothing happened to him or the bookcase thankgoodness. Then that same day there was a drunk guy that was arguing with him and trying to get in a fight with him. His companion describe Bryce in a few words "Elder Harmon is like a magnet for funny things happening to him." This does decribe him perfect. Adam and Ivy got there marriage papers and will get married at the end of october.

This is how Mindi announced that Bryce was going to be an uncle.

THE FRONT PAGE

Well it has been awhile so I will try and do as much catchup as I can. As for Paul the bishop got back from vacation and they set a date for august 22nd for Paul's baptism. Paul is very anxious since it is a while away. Then the ward had a baptism and they were told that it was at 9:30. When they showed up early everyone was looking at them and they realized that it started at 9:00 and no one told them. Bryce said that the ward was upset and they did not understand that no one told them so the ward thinks it is their falt. Bryce learned a lot from this experience he talked about how he needs to take action and not wait for someone else to make the move. He is going to try and act and not wait for someone else to make the move. He sent home a newspaper and on the front page was a picture of him and another missionary playing football. It was after a storm and the street is full of water. He said it was fun and now he is famous there.

LOOK WHERE YOU ARE GOING!

They were teaching an investigator one day and it went so good they were able to set up a baptisimal date. When they were leaving Bryce backed into her car. There was no damage to either car. Everyone still gives him a hard time about it. They have set a bapstisimal date for Paul he just needs to get married first. They are wating for the bishop to get back from vacation to marry Paul so they can set a date for his baptism. Bryce stayed in Camira through another transfer. He really likes his companion he is hard working and very obedient.

ONE YEAR MARK

This is a catch up post. He was transferred to Camira where the area is 90% Samoan, has 1 Tongan family, and 1 White family (he is not excited about this due to his weight, every other aspect he is excited). He lives in a four man flat for the first time, he is excited about that.

Well this is his one year mark and he still feels like he has lots of improving to do. He has gotten the word out and got a lot of people ready to be baptized just has not been there for the actual baptism. He is a great missionary (though we are very partial)! He has been thinking a lot about what he wants to do when he comes home and he is interested in being a fireman.

They have started teaching a man named Paul he is excited for this investigator though he says he is far away from progressing.

WORK WORK WORK

Bryce had to go visit branch where there were only 20 people in it. His companion and him were asked to speak in sacrament. He said that he still gets nervous to talk in front of a group of people and that he should be used to it becuase he is always speaking or presenting information. He is working on trying to be in the missionary mind frame all the time. He explained that this meant that everyone he meets he would like to talk about the church to them no matter where they meet. One day he went and did stake priesthood leadership training on missionary work and said he gained a lot of trust in his bishop and ward leaders. this was because they did not know that he was a zone leader. He was invited to an aog youth group worship gathering this was a first for bryce to go to a different relgion. He stated how he was glad for his testimony and for joseph smith. He is doing good and loves it!

TRANSFER

Bryce is doing good. This is his new companion and one of his old companions. He has been very busy these last few weeks. One week him and his companion were so busy with traning other missionaries they were only able to teach in thier area for three days. He is enjoying his companion so much and they get along great. They did find a new investigator Gary that is doing good and is loving to learn about the gospel. Bryce said that most of his ward he is in is polynesian and one night at a members house for dinner they had horse. He just started eating and thought that it was the best meat he has had. While he was eating the family told him what he was eating. He was suprised!

He really loves being in Australia. He said that it reminds him of the song "No shoes, no shirt, no problems." They see someone wearing short shorts no shoes and no shirt walking down the street at least once a day. It is very relaxed and people have no worries. He is always saying that he is gaining weight. He is always around tongan and polynesian families and they eat alot. He is in the middle and sometimes the family does not eat until the missionaries are done eating. It is time for them to go through thier investigators and stop teaching the ones that are not serious and are not progressing. As a mission they are going to try a get 61 baptisms this month. We will have to see how they do.

With the next transfer Bryce new he was going to get transferred because there was so many new missionaries coming in. He kept telling us how he did not want to get transferred but he would because of the number of new missionaries. Well this transfer he did no get transferred. he was way excited! He loved conference and said he would sum it up in three aussie words "amazing as bro!" He is trying to become more aussie and he is loving it!

MOVING AROUND

The week of Feb. 18th Bryce and his companion had to move about 15 mins out of their area. They take their car when which is half of each week. When they don't have the car they have to take public transportation and he said that takes a while. His flat is terrible (that is all we got for an explanation). Well for his investigators Pearl (sarah's mom) she is having a hard time quitting smoking. They are having a hard time getting the ward involved in helping their investigators and making them feel welcome. Then there is nathan's son Toby he is doing really well with the lessons but Nathan is having a hard time with it. So we will need to see what happens.

He got transferred and is now in Heritage Park and serving with Elder Johnson from Orem. he said that elder Johnson is very upbeat and likes to work so Bryce is very excited about. He is really nervous because he is serving as a zone leader in the biggest zone of his mission. The zone is so big that it has to have a dual zone leader so him and his companion are both zone leaders. he is excited about this because he is going learn a lot. He is going to miss Pearls baptism so that bums him out but like I keep telling him that he does such a good job getitng people ready to be baptize that once his job is done in an area he gets to move on and work on new investigators! That is all the update so far hopefully he will send pics soon!