GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well, on Tuesday we had a special devotional in Vicente Lopez with the whole mission. It was a great meeting and we talked a lot about miracles. Towards the end of the meeting we talked about how here in La Gran Misión Buenos Aires Norte, we know how to "get the ball in the net scoring the goal of a baptism"... something like that. Anyway, we then ate hamburgers and watched the Argentina/Switzerland game on a big projector screen. It was pretty cool. Luckily Argentina won and we won on Saturday so we are now in the semifinals of the world cup. It's nice when we win... because then everyone is happy and willing to talk to us.

 The fantastic 4 (Elder Fuentes, Elder Garrett, Elder Popoca, and Elder Johnson)
watching the world cup

So, unfortunately, the baptism of Edgar fell through because he goes to Constitución every weekend to be with his mom. However, on Wednesday we met a woman named Cynthia, single mother of a 10-year-old son and 6 month old daughter. About 7 years ago she talked with the missionaries and read quite a bit of the Book of Mormon... but just didn't feel something she wanted to feel. She told us she really wanted to try again, and she told us that she wouldn't be able to meet with us until Saturday because she was really busy all week. When we passed by on Saturday she had been in the hospital all day with her daughter, and had hurried home to be able to meet with us. Good sign right? We got to know her a little bit and then started teaching. She is honestly golden. She had attended many churches in her life, but always felt that something was missing... she just didn't feel right. As we taught her the restoration, she was able to feel the Spirit so strongly that she had tears in her eyes, and told us she feels like she's found the path. I know that the Lord is who is preparing people for me to teach. I really don't do anything, the Spirit does all the work. It was a great lesson, and she is really excited to learn more and go to church. Unfortunately, she had to take her daughter to the hospital yesterday morning and was unable to go to church this week, but she committed to going this week.

So, yesterday we had the farewells in San Fernando for the missionaries that are going home. I was able to see a ton of friends from my time in Constitución, and the highlight was seeing Olga. Olga was married, had Graciela, got separated from her husband and got together with a guy named Dani and had her son Dani. Anyway, I had the privilege of baptizing Olga, Graciela, and Dani when I was in Constitución, and we saw Dani, the dad, every now and then, but he wasn't living with them. We always invited him to participate in the lessons, and he usually accepted.  I remember him jokingly offering me some wine on Christmas Eve.  Yesterday Dani, the dad, was in San Fernando, and I found out that he was baptized last week. Olga is working on getting divorced from her first husband, and she is going to get married to Dani and they are going to work towards getting sealed. I don't think I've ever been happier. The church is true.

 

Dani and Olga :) Families can be together forever

I love you all.
Elder John William Garrett