Dear Family,
This week went by super fast! We went to Bahìa Blanca and it was great. I saw all the other missionary leaders and the office missionaries (including Elder Howard my MTC companion who is currently spending his 5th transfer in a row in the office), did splits with one of the assistants to president, learned a lot about how to be a leader in the meetings, and got to see Elder Arias who told me that the couple that we were teaching who was going to get married, did in fact get married and then got baptized! And two kids from Paraguay that we were teaching named Juan and Manuel, were about to be baptized as well. It made me super happy hearing all the good news from Pehuajò.
Here in Viedma, we did splits with some of the missionaries as well. Our Zone sort of only half exists. Many missionaries that were supposed to arrive last transfer did not come because of visa issues. So we have a district leader on the other side of the mission waiting for a companion to arrive and unable to work with the missionaries of his district. So Elder Calarco and I have to work with them and help them. Which I like doing.
This upcoming transfer 6 more missionaries will come in and then we will really be a functioning zone.
As for our investigators, Emilio Hernandez got baptized yesterday! He is 11 and is the cousin of a kid in the branch who is getting ready to go on a mission named Kevin. Emilio lives with his grandma who goes to church so we had him start going with her and we baptized him! Kevin performed the baptism. Then after church we had a miracle. We passed by the house of this 12 year old girl named Victoria that went to church with her grandma. She isn't a member. So we taught her and her family and they accepted a baptismal date for the 1 of April. Then, at about 8 o clock, as we passed this house that had their curtains open and I thought about how we should knock on it because there was a man older than 18 inside. At the same time, my companion thought about knocking on it because we always walk by it. As we walked up, their little dog practically bit our feet off so we didn't knock on it! But then, we stopped, went back and knocked on it anyway, avoiding the little dog. It was the best lesson ever!!! They let us in just as half time of a huge soccer game hit. They turned off the TV; all sat down in front of us, participated, and accepted everything! There were 9 of them. They are the Leguizamòn Family. Pray for them so they can get baptized!!
Well that's it. I gave a talk in church yesterday about being humble and obeying the will of God. When we are humble, grateful for what God gives us, and recognize that we depend on Him, He will bless us. We are His children and we obey His commandments because we love Him. And as we share the gospel with others, we show our love for others. That is the best way to fulfill the great commandments of love thy God and love they neighbor. I know that the gospel of Jesus Christ was restored in these latter days by a prophet of God who was Joseph Smith. God in His love, like he has done for thousands of years, raised up a prophet to show us the way to obtain happiness in both this life and the life to come. I love Him for that.
Thank you for all your support and letters! We got to the internet cafe and had to wait forever for the computers to open up so I couldn't respond to anyone, I will next week! Chau,
Elder Garrison
This week went by super fast! We went to Bahìa Blanca and it was great. I saw all the other missionary leaders and the office missionaries (including Elder Howard my MTC companion who is currently spending his 5th transfer in a row in the office), did splits with one of the assistants to president, learned a lot about how to be a leader in the meetings, and got to see Elder Arias who told me that the couple that we were teaching who was going to get married, did in fact get married and then got baptized! And two kids from Paraguay that we were teaching named Juan and Manuel, were about to be baptized as well. It made me super happy hearing all the good news from Pehuajò.
Here in Viedma, we did splits with some of the missionaries as well. Our Zone sort of only half exists. Many missionaries that were supposed to arrive last transfer did not come because of visa issues. So we have a district leader on the other side of the mission waiting for a companion to arrive and unable to work with the missionaries of his district. So Elder Calarco and I have to work with them and help them. Which I like doing.
This upcoming transfer 6 more missionaries will come in and then we will really be a functioning zone.
As for our investigators, Emilio Hernandez got baptized yesterday! He is 11 and is the cousin of a kid in the branch who is getting ready to go on a mission named Kevin. Emilio lives with his grandma who goes to church so we had him start going with her and we baptized him! Kevin performed the baptism. Then after church we had a miracle. We passed by the house of this 12 year old girl named Victoria that went to church with her grandma. She isn't a member. So we taught her and her family and they accepted a baptismal date for the 1 of April. Then, at about 8 o clock, as we passed this house that had their curtains open and I thought about how we should knock on it because there was a man older than 18 inside. At the same time, my companion thought about knocking on it because we always walk by it. As we walked up, their little dog practically bit our feet off so we didn't knock on it! But then, we stopped, went back and knocked on it anyway, avoiding the little dog. It was the best lesson ever!!! They let us in just as half time of a huge soccer game hit. They turned off the TV; all sat down in front of us, participated, and accepted everything! There were 9 of them. They are the Leguizamòn Family. Pray for them so they can get baptized!!
Well that's it. I gave a talk in church yesterday about being humble and obeying the will of God. When we are humble, grateful for what God gives us, and recognize that we depend on Him, He will bless us. We are His children and we obey His commandments because we love Him. And as we share the gospel with others, we show our love for others. That is the best way to fulfill the great commandments of love thy God and love they neighbor. I know that the gospel of Jesus Christ was restored in these latter days by a prophet of God who was Joseph Smith. God in His love, like he has done for thousands of years, raised up a prophet to show us the way to obtain happiness in both this life and the life to come. I love Him for that.
Thank you for all your support and letters! We got to the internet cafe and had to wait forever for the computers to open up so I couldn't respond to anyone, I will next week! Chau,
Elder Garrison
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