January 7, 2013

Hey.

This week was great. For New Year`s we went and visited some investigators after leaving the internet cafe. Then, we went to visit this family in our ward that invited us over. But we had to be home by 10 o’clock though and that is when they typically START eating dinner. So this family was doing a huge BBQ and we sat and talked to them for a while until they took us home and gave us a whole entire chicken, several chorizos, a huge tupperware container of potatoes, salad and shredded carrots and a huge fruit salad dessert. It was awesome.

We also had Zone Conference this week. Which is always a stressful event for us as Zone Leaders but everything went super well. There are 28 missionaries in my zone this transfer and I LOVE being able to help them as a leader. I have learned a lot being Zone Leader about how to love, how to teach, and how to correct others when necessary. It has been a very edifying experience and I am grateful the Lord gave me the opportunity to be one. President wanted this Zone Conference to be a very inspiring one to start off the year with and it definitely was. So our zone is doing super good this month. As a zone, this Sunday we took 41 people to church. I have never seen a zone do that. There will be a lot of people entering into the waters of baptism this month and the next.

As for our investigators, they are doing great. We have been teaching this woman named Alejandra Contreras for the past couple weeks. She has been coming to church every single week and this Sunday she even came dressed in Sunday clothes. She will be getting baptized this coming Sunday.

As for the Roldàn family, they are progressing super well. They go to church each Sunday and we pass by daily to teach them something small. Marcelo is stopping smoking and he went today to do the paperwork for his national identification document that he needs so that they can get married. So by the end of this month or early February they should be getting baptized.

As for Claudia who just got baptized, she is doing great. We taught her about temple work, missionary work, the organization of the church, church callings and then a few days ago, we started teaching her son who is loving it! So she is going to start bringing him to church and he will be able to get baptized :)

We have tons of people to help get baptized and so little time to do so! And each person has some sort of obstacle to overcome to be able to get baptized but we're working hard and being obedient so that the Lord can bless us with His Spirit and the success that we desire.

Thank you for your prayers and support.

Love,

Elder Garrison