This week was really good. On Wednesday I went on exchanges with Elder Vasquez in Lima and I learned a lot. That day we fixed two main goals: to teach 10 lessons with a member, and to find a complete family. We worked really hard that day and found many new investigators, but we didn't find a complete family until we taught our 10th lesson at about 8:00 pm. It was pretty incredible that in order to find that complete family we had to complete with our daily goals such as lessons with a member. It was a really fun day and I enjoyed learning from Elder Vasquez.

On Friday we had the first ward activity in the Zárate 1st Ward in probably many years. When I first got here the relationship between members and missionaries wasn't that great, but we've seen a lot of progress lately. To make a comparison, my 2nd week here we had a ward activity and only 2 people other than the missionaries came. On Friday we had about 60 people come, which was a smashing success. The Relief Society President taught the lesson and we were in charge of the games. Everyone had a lot of fun and on Sunday everyone was talking about the activity. It was a really great activity for the recent converts and investigators, as well as they were able to interact with the members. We were really happy with how it turned out.

Saturday night Brenda was baptized. She is a super family friend of the Ramirez family that was baptized a couple months ago. It was a really special service, because Julio gave the talk on baptism and testified that he knew that this is the truth. Laura gave the talk on the Holy Ghost and her testimony was really powerful. Then Hermana Hemi, Hermana Carter, Elder Fabila and I sang "Señor, te necesito" (I Need Thee Every Hour). We started off extremely shaky, but after the first part we pretty much nailed it and everyone was crying. It was great. After the baptism we went to Brenda's house and ate pizza with the Ramirez family and Mati Gonzalez (our Ward Mission Leader). 

Yesterday we met a taxi driver who is really interested in the church, is married, and has 3 kids... we have an appointment with him tomorrow.

I love you all! Thanks for writing me! Thanks for your support! Have a great week!

Love,

Elder John William Garrett