Dear Everybody,
Thanks for the random bits of US/World news mom. Except, no one told me that we pulled completely out of Iraq! I found out yesterday from this new missionary that lives with us and basically realized I am way out of the loop. Not that I care. But still, no one told me! Haha.
This week was great. Our investigator, Emilio Hernandez, got confirmed a member of the Church of Jesus Christ and received the gift of the Holy Ghost. We also had several other investigators in church that are progressing towards baptism. If all goes well, we could have 3 baptisms this Sunday. They are Felipe Alan along with Victoria and Gabriel Acuña. My area is great because there are 4 huge apartment complex neighborhoods that surround the church building which is well placed right on the corner of this big round-about. So it's like a 2 block walk to get to church for almost half the Branch and basically all of the investigators that we have. The members are still very excited about the missionary work. I have never seen so many members faithfully bring their friends to church! There is a new face in church almost every week!
But at the same time, they struggle because the members know very little about the church doctrine and even less about how the church functions. Imagine this: There were 60 people in church yesterday, and in spite of that, the missionaries prayed, blessed the sacrament, gave talks, and confirmed the new convert. It was a miracle that the Gospel Principles teacher came to church or else we would have taught that as well. In Pehuajò there were 25 of us in church and Elder Arias and I didn't ever do a single thing! So we are praying a lot for the members and trying our best to find the proper way to make those changes without stepping over our bounds. We're just the missionaries!
Well that's about it. Please pray for me and for my companion so we can teach with unity and also for our investigators so they can make good decisions according to what we teach them! Especially those that I mentioned that may be baptized this week. Thank you for your support and prayers :)
Hasta luego,
Elder Ryan Garrison
Thanks for the random bits of US/World news mom. Except, no one told me that we pulled completely out of Iraq! I found out yesterday from this new missionary that lives with us and basically realized I am way out of the loop. Not that I care. But still, no one told me! Haha.
This week was great. Our investigator, Emilio Hernandez, got confirmed a member of the Church of Jesus Christ and received the gift of the Holy Ghost. We also had several other investigators in church that are progressing towards baptism. If all goes well, we could have 3 baptisms this Sunday. They are Felipe Alan along with Victoria and Gabriel Acuña. My area is great because there are 4 huge apartment complex neighborhoods that surround the church building which is well placed right on the corner of this big round-about. So it's like a 2 block walk to get to church for almost half the Branch and basically all of the investigators that we have. The members are still very excited about the missionary work. I have never seen so many members faithfully bring their friends to church! There is a new face in church almost every week!
But at the same time, they struggle because the members know very little about the church doctrine and even less about how the church functions. Imagine this: There were 60 people in church yesterday, and in spite of that, the missionaries prayed, blessed the sacrament, gave talks, and confirmed the new convert. It was a miracle that the Gospel Principles teacher came to church or else we would have taught that as well. In Pehuajò there were 25 of us in church and Elder Arias and I didn't ever do a single thing! So we are praying a lot for the members and trying our best to find the proper way to make those changes without stepping over our bounds. We're just the missionaries!
Well that's about it. Please pray for me and for my companion so we can teach with unity and also for our investigators so they can make good decisions according to what we teach them! Especially those that I mentioned that may be baptized this week. Thank you for your support and prayers :)
Hasta luego,
Elder Ryan Garrison
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