Last Few... Weeks - 3/25/13

Hello dear family,

Well for p day today we took a fary to another smaller island! It was pretty awesome! We also had another great week. This branch is awesome! A few members have offered to feed us on my birthday, so you dont need to worry about me down here. We have an investigator who is planning on being baptized on the 13th of April, so I am pretty excited about that. We are still trying to get to know everyone here, but we have seen the Lords hand so much. I am trying to work as hard as ever these last few months. It

feels so GOOD.

Well everything is going good, thank you for all of your support, you are all a huge strength to me.

Love,
Elder Hartshorn

Letter from Sister and Elder Gartz - 3/25/13

Hi, Sister Hartshorn! We all miss Elder Hartshorn here in St. Lucia. I'm sure he is doing great work in St. Vincent and will finish strong. Time is fleeting and some of our favorite elders will go home soon.

We received your letter to Sister Marius and she was so thrilled to get it. She misses Jarom very much. Also your last letter was given to the mission president's wife Sister Mehr who took it to be forwarded on to him.

It was wonderful we could work with your son for a long period of time. He made quite an impact here and taught and cared for many. We experienced and shared good friends and missionary life...there is always a laugh with Elder Hartshorn and Elder Meredith around!

Hope Idaho is warming up - know you are excited for May.
Take good care - it would be fun to meet you some day.
Sister Gartz (Elder Gartz too)
ps great Jarom could have 2 baptisms right before leaving here....

What an Adventure! - 3/18/13

Dear Family!

Wow what an adventure President put us in! My companion and I are blanking this area, and honestly I have never seen more tender mercies from the Lord then in these last couple of days. It seems like every time we are heading a wrong direction He sends someone to put us back on the right path. The members here are fantastic! I honestly love them already. The branch is much larger and stronger then the branch in St. Lucia. The branch President set a goal for us to have eight baptisms in the next two months! We are going to have to work our tail off.

President is relizing that when my group goes home there will be no leaders in the mission so he has put pretty much everyone in my group with a new District or Zone leader to help train them up. So that is what I am doing. My companion has been out for five months and is the District leader here. He is from Trinidad, his name is Elder Ramdhanie. He is a boss, we have been working really hard so far together.

I am sorry but I do not know my address yet. I will try to get it to you next week. You will also have to tell Grandma and Grandpa Hartshorn that I am sorry, I wrote them a letter in St. Lucia but I left it there. Well I gots to go, so id be talkin to you later.

Love Elder Hartshorn

Pics - 3/11/13