Well that's a change

This week was really great. We worked really really hard to find new investigators and we found a lot. Not all of them are progressing, but I know that if we want to find the people God has prepared for us, we need to talk with as many people as possible. As stated in Ether 12:6, "ye receive no witness until after the trial of your faith." That is so true. As the Lord sees that we are doing all that we can to find people to teach, He will place them in our path.

We've got an investigator named Maria. She's pretty great. She read the whole Book of Mormon. She also made a huge chart that explains all about how the Book of Mormon came about, all about Joseph Smith, all about the 3 Witnesses and 8 Witnesses, and explains what is talked about in every book of the Book of Mormon including the people that are talked about in the books. When she showed it to us I was dumbfounded. I've never seen this in my mission. She's really great. The unfortunate thing is... she isn't married, and her partner doesn't want to get married, so she can't be baptized. No one is married here! Almost everyone we talk to tells us that they aren't married! 

José, our 15 year old friend is progressing pretty well and enjoyed church yesterday. The only problem is he told us that he doesn't feel ready to be baptized this next week. We'll be working with him to see how we can help him out.

Juan is doing alright. He really wants to be baptized, but now he's living with his ex-wife again, putting us back in our original dilemma. The incredible thing though was that he brought a neighbor to church, Mónica. She loved church, and when we visited her later in the day, her and her grandson both accepted baptismal dates. They're pretty great.

This past week was pretty exhausting, as I had my trainer's responsibilities added upon with the responsibilities of a district leader. It's a bit of a load, but it's fine. It's a bit intimidating though, when I was in the zone meeting, because in the zone is one of my ex-companions, and a bunch of Elders that all have been out longer than I have. The zone leaders asked me to teach a part of the meeting and do a demonstration and I was sweating so bad.  It was pretty crazy. It's fine though.

Once again, I hope that all is well wherever you may be! Que la fuerza les acompañe.

Love,

Elder John William Garrett