This
week was pretty good. We are a little disappointed that we weren't able to find
more progressing investigators, but we are ready to find a lot this week! This
week as a zone we are going to focus a lot in expanding our circle of members
to teach more lessons and have more progressing investigators. We are going to
be focusing a lot on getting to know and working with more members, teaching short effective lessons with super strong commitments to see if the
people really have the desire to progress in the gospel. In the past 6 months in
the barrio Zárate, almost all of the converts have been children under the age
of 12, and we feel that with this new focus so that they progress, it is helping us
help others to become converted. It is incredible to see the difference as we
focus a lot on the desire of the people to progress and we see them fulfill their commitments. There is a special spirit about them. This past Sunday
a few of our recent converts had the opportunity to share their testimonies and
it was really incredible to hear them testify of the truthfulness of the Book
of Mormon and the church.
In the first week after the baptisms of our investigators, all of them were faced with many challenges. Abril, the 9 year-old daughter of the Ramirez Family spent half the week in the hospital due to an illness that is going around. It was incredible to see that the family coped with these problems by reading the scriptures and praying together. Whenever Abril was in pain she would ask her mom to read to her from the Book of Mormon.
This week we have Antonella as a very strong possibility for baptism. She is the 19 year-old niece of an active family in the ward (her uncle was even a stake president), and she lives with the family. She has been attending church every week for the past 8 months but never had the desire to be baptized. These past few weeks we have been stopping by each day to help her gain a testimony of the Book of Mormon and it is really incredible to see the change that is taking place in her. If all goes well she will be baptized this week.
Today we had an activity as a zone and we played futbol and ate pizza. I think I'm improving with my futbol skills, Elder Fabila is helping me a lot. Julio, the father in the Ramirez family, came to play with us and had a great time.
I'm doing really well. Elder Fabila and I get along well together and we are having a lot of fun while working as hard as we can. I'm really learning a lot from him. I am grateful to have him as a companion, he is a fantastic missionary and a great friend. I'm doing all that I can to improve each day and help others become the best missionaries they can be.
Que la fuerza les acompañe!
Much love,
Elder John William Garrett
In the first week after the baptisms of our investigators, all of them were faced with many challenges. Abril, the 9 year-old daughter of the Ramirez Family spent half the week in the hospital due to an illness that is going around. It was incredible to see that the family coped with these problems by reading the scriptures and praying together. Whenever Abril was in pain she would ask her mom to read to her from the Book of Mormon.
This week we have Antonella as a very strong possibility for baptism. She is the 19 year-old niece of an active family in the ward (her uncle was even a stake president), and she lives with the family. She has been attending church every week for the past 8 months but never had the desire to be baptized. These past few weeks we have been stopping by each day to help her gain a testimony of the Book of Mormon and it is really incredible to see the change that is taking place in her. If all goes well she will be baptized this week.
Today we had an activity as a zone and we played futbol and ate pizza. I think I'm improving with my futbol skills, Elder Fabila is helping me a lot. Julio, the father in the Ramirez family, came to play with us and had a great time.
I'm doing really well. Elder Fabila and I get along well together and we are having a lot of fun while working as hard as we can. I'm really learning a lot from him. I am grateful to have him as a companion, he is a fantastic missionary and a great friend. I'm doing all that I can to improve each day and help others become the best missionaries they can be.
Que la fuerza les acompañe!
Much love,
Elder John William Garrett
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