This
has been a pretty good week. We taught three new "investigators" this
week. The first one wasn't too great... because we only had about 10 minutes
and so we felt really rushed and didn't have much time to talk about anything.
The other two however were fantastic. Since I'm the senior companion, I've had
to be the one who leads the lesson and does more of the talking I guess, and
these two lessons were wonderfully. They felt so natural and I was able to just
talk with the people and get to know them and feel the spirit and figure out
the best message for them. Both times I was able to pretty easily communicate
my thoughts and share my testimony and ask questions in the Spanish language.
It is incredible to think how much I have already learned and accomplished in
just 17 days! I feel really good about how I'm speaking and understanding...
and then a missionary whose native tongue is Spanish comes up and talks to us
and I have no idea what they say... oh well, it'll come.
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Well, this is the district! From left to right: Elder Borchert
(Colombia), Elder Zollinger (Buenos Aires North), Elder Garrett, Elder Stout
(Buenos Aires North), Elder Valdez (Argentina Resistencia), Elder Webster
(Resistencia), Elder Mossman (Resistencia), Elder Buckles (Resistencia), and
Elder Stratford (Resistencia)
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Well...
the food here is actually fantastic. I had heard that it wasn't good, but
whoever said that clearly should not begin a career as a food critic. We are
fed so well here. I usually eat cereal for breakfast... but don't worry mom,
that is the only meal that I eat cereal. Lunches are usually sandwiches or
hamburgers, and whenever it is something I don't want to eat I just go to the
custom made wrap bar and get anything I want. It's like Subway but... tortilla
style haha. Dinners are usually fantastic as well, we've had steak a few times
and stuff like roast beef and pasta and all sorts of good stuff. Hopefully I
don't get fat here... I haven't weighed myself... and I don't think I've gained
weight... but I'm scared to check. We usually play basketball or volleyball for
our gym time so that's really fun and a good cardio workout I guess... walking
around in Argentina should keep my in shape right?!
My
companion is pretty great. Like I said, he's 20, and spent the past two years
at West Point in the army so... he walks really fast and he just assumes I'm
right behind him. He has a much easier time getting out of bed in the morning
than I do, and he says that's because I don't sleep "hard enough"?
I'm not really sure what he means by that... but whatever. He also sings nonsense words all the time... sometimes in Spanish... and sometimes just in
English... which is fine, but it's just the same thing over and over and over
and over again.
This
past Tuesday Neil L. Anderson came and talked to us and it was so incredible.
The spirit that that man brought into the room was unbelievable, and I know
that he is a special witness of Jesus Christ. He talked to us about love and
sacrifice and it was an incredible talk. One of the memorable quotes was,
"we sacrifice for the things we love, and we love the things we sacrifice
for." It's a thinker for sure! Probably the best part of the devotional
however was when he bore his testimony. He said something along the lines of,
"I bear witness that he lives because I am his special witness." It
was just really incredible and it gave all of us a big boost for the week.
After the devotional got over, these security people came in and said something
to our Mission President and then the Mission President got up and said we
couldn't leave yet. We were all thinking, "oh no, is there a bomb or
something?" Turns out it was just raining really hard and there was
lightning all around us, so we sang about 5 hymns and Elder Andersen walked
around and shook peoples' hands. He left when he was about 3 feet from me, so I
didn't get to shake his hand, but you could definitely feel how strong his
spirit was. They let us go when the lightning stopped... but it was still
pouring outside so we got completely soaked. None of us thought about bringing
umbrellas because it was a beautiful day when we left.
Anyway...
something interesting happened this last Sunday. Our Branch President asked my
companion and I to be the next zone leaders because the current zone leaders
are leaving on Tuesday. We've only been here 17 days and there is another
district that has been here a whole week longer than us... so... I'm not really
sure why we have been called to be the zone leaders, but I am definitely
humbled and excited for the opportunity to serve and try and set a good example
for the other elders in the zone.
That's about it for this week. Everyone keep writing and tell my friends to write!
Elder Garrett
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