Día 210

This past week was really good. We had an awesome lesson with Beto. It was probably one of the most spiritual lessons of my whole mission. In the end it was getting pretty late and we needed to leave to get back to the pension on time, so we told him we were leaving him 2 Nefi 31:5-12 as homework. However, he began to read it out loud, and we felt prompted to stay. It was really weird, because I've never felt prompted to get back to the pension late. However, we stayed, and after he finished reading, we asked him what he understood, and he said he knows he needs to be baptized. It truly was a wonderful experience.

On Sunday after church Beto drove us to his house and we ate some huge fishes that he caught last week, I'm pretty sure it was the first fish I've eaten in over 7 months. Later that night we went to the farewells in San Fernando, and it was really wonderful to see Elder Cruz and Elder Fuentes, my old companions. What was even better was seeing Olga from Constitución. She cried when she saw Elder Cruz and I, and it was really special to see that she and her family are active members of the church, and she is even the Secretary in the Primary Presidency. It was a wonderful day.

Elder Cruz, Olga and Elder Garrett

Today we had transfers, and Elder Mejia left for Villa Ballester. I'm still here in Pablo Nogués, but this transfer will be a bit different as I'm Senior Companion. The truth is that I'm very humbled. My new companion is Elder Lopez from Honduras, who has 4.5 months in the mission, but is going to turn 20 in July... so I'm about a year younger than him. This transfer is going to be really good, I'm really excited.

Anyway, that's about it, but I love you all.

Love,

Elder John William Garrett