This past week was really wonderful. Elder Fabila and I are staying together another transfer as zone leaders here in Zárate, and we are really excited to keep working hard and helping our zone reach its potential. We had a really excellent zone meeting on Thursday and we could feel the Spirit very strongly.

This past week was a little rough in that we weren't able to find many new people who wanted to progress. However, we are going to keep working hard this week. On Sunday after church we cornered every member and asked them for referrals and in the end got about 20, so we're pretty excited. Our ward mission leader Mati is the best and is helping us a lot. 

The Ramirez family is progressing really well and yesterday we were helping them do some family history work so that they can take names to the temple when they go next week. They are so incredible. On Saturday Elder Fabila, Julio, and I bought matching ties to wear on Sunday which was pretty cool. He is going to bless the sacrament this week.

On Wednesday this past week the Bishop notified us that we would be having a Missionary Sacrament Meeting. The four of us missionaries and our ward mission leader had to give talks, and we did a special musical number of "We'll Bring the World His Truth." We each sang parts of the song solo, which was pretty nerve-wracking. The members said it sounded good though. I was really excited to give my talk, especially now that I have... a considerable amount of time on the mission and can speak pretty well. I planned a really great talk about the real reason of why we do missionary work, planning to talk about the creation, the fall of Adam, the Atonement, and some other thrilling topics. I was supposed to have about 15 minutes to speak... but I was the last speaker and I was left with just 5 minutes. It was probably one of the most spiritual experiences that I have had. During Sacrament Meeting I said a prayer and told the Lord that I had studied a lot and prepared a lot of material for my talk, but that I wanted Him to guide me to say what I needed to say. In the end, I gave a completely different talk from that which I had prepared. I was a little nervous walking up, but when I was in front of everyone I was completely calm, and the words just came flowing out of my mouth without even thinking. I mostly testified of the Savior using Moses 1:39, Mosíah 5:8, and D&C 18. Anyway, it was an incredible experience, and I definitely felt like the Lord spoke through me.

Thanks for all the support! I love you all! Que la fuerza les acompañe!

Love,

Elder John William Garrett