This week was pretty crazy. This week was crazy because it started the list of the last times I will do things on the mission.

On Tuesday I went to my last Leadership Council meeting with President and the Zone Leaders. It was a really great meeting and it was great to be there with a lot of my friends from the mission and learn form President Ayre. In honor of Pioneer Day, President extended the invitation to all of the missionaries to read the entire Book of Mormon starting on July 1 until July 24. We have to read 26 pages a day to read it all in 24 days (there are 642 pages in Spanish). It's been a bit of a challenge, but a huge blessing to me as I've been learning a lot and been able to strengthen a lot my testimony of the Book of Mormon.

On Wednesday I had my very last Zone Meeting. It was sad because I've really loved participating and leading the meetings and it's been a great experience to learn from all of these missionaries that I serve. We had a really spiritual meeting that was mostly centered around the idea of if we love our missions or if we are just putting up with our mission. I'm so grateful for this opportunity to serve and it's not over yet! I'm determined to work as hard as I can until the very end!

On Friday we got to go to the temple as a zone and it was really great to return. I've now been able to go to the temple 5 times on my mission in Argentina and it has been such a wonderful privilege. The temple is a very special place and for those of you who aren't missionaries and can go more frequently... go!! It is such a privilege to have temples and be able to be instructed by the Lord therein.

This past week we worked really hard. I probably worked harder than ever before on my mission. The problem is we just can't find the people who really want to progress. However, we're going to keep working harder than ever and I know that the Lord will put the prepared people in our paths or we will be put in theirs.

Today I got the Yellow Fever shot to be able to go to Iguazú and afterwards we went to Siga La Vaca with the zone. It's an all-you-can-eat restaurant of asado (barbecue), so it was pretty much the best.

Almost forgot... on Saturday we got permission to watch the final of the Copa de America. Argentina played against Chile and it was really fun to watch the game... but... well... Argentina lost. Chile was playing dirty anyway, though. They were hitting pretty hard and grabbing the jerseys. But anyway, everyone was pretty mad after the game... haha. I got to see Argentina make it to the final of the Copa del Mundo and lose... and get to the final of the Copa de America and lose... yikes.

Thanks for everything! I love you all!

Love,

Elder John William Garrett