I had a cool experience with personal revelation this past
week. On Sunday during our daily planning session we prayed to know what our
goal for numbers of new investigators should be on Monday. I received the
number 3. Later on Monday we met with this man who works in the building of a
member, and we asked if there were others that could join us and he said his
two boys could, ages 8 and 10. We were able to teach them the first lesson and
Indio was very receptive to all of it, and all three of them accepted the
commitment to read and pray about the Book of Mormon and be baptized. In other
words, 3 new investigators, which was the number that I received the night
before. It was a pretty cool experience for me.
On Tuesday we went to the Zoo Temaiken. It is in Escobar I
believe, and we had to take many buses, trains, and run a lot to catch all of
them. The running wasn't very fun due to the broken up sidewalks, but we got
there and all was well. We were about half an hour late to the mission
conference due to trains that were cancelled, but we were able to catch most of
it, so that was good. The zoo was incredible and really big. We spent 3 hours
there before we left. I bought 1/2 kilo of ice cream... I shared some of it,
and I don't know how guilty I should feel because I don't know how big of a
measurement that is... not sure if I want to know... We didn't get back to
Constitucion until around 8, so we didn't have much time to visit people which
was too bad. By the time it was time to return to the pension and go to bed we
were totally exhausted, but it was a fun day.
I had a cool experience on Thursday with the ward family
Danilenko. They are from some country around Russia and only speak Russian with
the exception of one of their children who has learned some Castellano. I'm not
entirely sure why they are in Argentina, but it was a cool experience to share
a message with them in Castellano, have the boy translate it into Russian, and
really see that the Spirit testifies in every language.
Friday I spent all morning in San Fernando and San Isidro
working on some papers to become legal in Argentina. A bunch of the other new
missionaries were there as well, so it was nice to see some familiar faces from
the MTC.
I've eaten some really good food lately, and some food that
hasn't been too good. I'm finally used to eating a gigantic lunch and not
eating dinner, so that's good. The only problem is, now when I finish my plate
and feel really good about myself that I accomplished the feat I am stuffed.
Then the Hermana dips me up more food. It's a challenge to eat it all, but I'm
trying my best. I guess having more food than I can eat is better than not
having enough food to eat right?
Carmen was able to come to Church on Sunday, and she loved
it. I believe she has gone before when she was in Uruguay, but it was cool to
have her come with us, and we were also able to review the first lesson with
her. Right now she feels like she isn't prepared for baptism and wants to
review all the lessons, so we're doing that and hopefully she will feel
prepared within a couple more weeks.
Unfortunately, Gady, one of our progressing investigators,
told us on Saturday that she doesn't want to meet with us anymore. She has a
lot of doubts, and her mom and Jehovah's Witnesses have been telling her all
sorts of crazy stuff about our church. There isn't really anything we can do
other than testify of the truth and invite her to find out for herself, but
right now she doesn't seem to be interested. Perhaps with time she will come to
know the truth, and maybe for now we have just planted a seed.
I have really come to appreciate the importance of faith in
this work and not getting disappointed or frustrated when I don't understand
what people say. I find that when I try my best to be positive and happy all
the time, it is easier to understand and I am able to feel the Spirit more.
This is something I've been working a lot on lately.
Elder Garrett
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