Faith is a mental exercise

May 28, 2018

Well this past week was pretty amazing. We didn't have pday this last Monday because we went to the temple as a mission. We were assigned to go on Wednesday and so that day was our pday.

But before that on Monday we had a very interesting lesson. Our investigator with a baptismal date is under the age of 18 and so for her to be baptized she needs to first learn and do everything that a normal investigator needs to do and we need permission from her mother to be baptized. But the thing is is that her mom thinks that her daughter needs more time to get to know everything. So we decided to go all for nothing and we felt like we needed to do the pre interview with her mother present. So everything was going well until 10 minutes before the lesson the person who was going to join us decided to take a nap and didn't want to come with us. So in that moment we needed to find somebody else or we weren't going to have the lesson. We eventually called bishop who started to verbally burn us for asking him on a family home evening night but then he stopped and said that he would join us. We eventually got in and we had bishop introduce himself to the mother. He began by talking about our conversation with him to see if he could accompany us to the lesson. He said that as he was talking to us he said that he heard a voice that told him that he needed to come with us. As soon as Bishop said that the room was instantly filled with the spirit. After the introductions were done we explained what we were going to do and we started with a prayer. After the prayer my companion started with the first two questions and then I continued with the next two. As we progressed with each question you could feel the spirit continually grow stronger and stronger. In fact it was so strong that my companion began to studder when I passed it on to him (he later told me that he had never felt the spirit so strong and that he was having a really hard time focusing. so hard that he couldn't read the baptismal questions). What made it amazing was that our investigator was absolutely prepared to do the interview and her answers were absolutely incredible. Afterwards we asked her mother what she thought about that. She was super surprised at how much her daughter had learned and at how much that she had changed in just one month. We then went in bold and pulled out a permission and asked if she would sign the permission so that her daughter could get baptized. AND SHE DID!!!!!! this last Saturday we had the baptism and everything went absolutely amazing!

Well we had an incredible miracle with our investigator but also this last week we had a multi zone conference. and the topic of the conference was how faith and the law of consecration helps us be the missionaries that the Lord wants us to be. For the past 8 months the mission picked up a phrase that has changed the mission a ton. And that phrase is that "Faith is a mental exercise." Every since we picked it up we have begun to see more and more miracles in the mission. But President shared with us a scripture that is commonly known to all of us which is found in Doctrine and Convenants 4:2. And President focused in this part:

"...see that ye serve him with all your heart, might, mind and strength..."

So the question that president asked us was how can we serve using all of our mind? He then went on to do a practice on how we could use our mind to grow and use our faith to see miracles. I learned a ton in that practice. I really had to use a strength in my mind to be able to grow my faith. and now I am seeing more and more miracles. just like with our investigator. 

miss you all tons,

 ​Finally here are some pictures. some of them are baptisms and the other is what happens after working so much. (i´m just acting in case anybody was wondering.)

quick P-day

May 23, 2018

Well I just wanted to write everyone really quickly. this week we had p-day at the temple and then afterwards we would write home. But the Office had a problem and because I used to be in the office they decided to leave me with all of the responsibilities. -_- But I was happy to help. Um I don´t have much time because pday ends in 30 minutes. I have a lot to write about for this week but I think that it is going to have to wait until this next Monday. I just wanted to write you all to tell you what happened.

until next week,

FELIZ DÍA DE MADRE!!!!!!!!!

May 14, 2018

Well this week turned out to be pretty interesting:

1. Well first off this week we had a encounter with a crazy guy, drunk guy and a atheist in the same day. The crazy guy kept pointing at my name tag and kept saying "to all the world!" and right at the end I think he might have tried to curse us by saying "apocalipses." The Drunk guy kept yelling in my companion´s face trying to get us to take his address and visit him and then in the end gave me a hug that lasted like 2 minutes (we went by my pensions place after that so I could drop off my sweater so she could wash it). and the Atheist had a argument with my companion about how we all evolved (not like pokemon) from different colored monkeys. (whites evolved from white monkeys. Browns evolved from brown monkeys. and blacks from black monkeys). That was a pretty interesting day.

2. So for Mother´s day the bishopric decided to do a fireside for all of the mothers in the ward and that no men were allowed unless they were invited by the Bishopric. Because I have such fantastic piano skills (and because I am the only one who knows how to play) my companion and I were invited to this fireside. It was pretty interesting I mean the 2 counselor to the bishop showed some cute cheesy videos from the church and then spoke about the mothers of the army of helaman. I mean I have heard all of those before but that just made me super trunky for my call home the next day. 

3. So in this area we usually don´t show up to church in our suits. I usually just wear my sweater and try to look nice (not too hard. I just need to look like a gringo). But this week Elder Mayhua decided to show up in his suit. When asked why he wore it he joked and said that he was going to be giving a talk in church. Knowing him he hadn't ever given a talk before and I knew that if he did he would be super worried. In the middle of the sacrament the 1st counselor to the bishop got up and walked right to my companion and said something in his ear. Right after that quick conversation was over my companion quickly ripped open his bag and pulled out his scriptures. He was asked to give a quick talk about the holy ghost. 

Well Probably last night was the highlight of my week. After having some technical difficulties I finally got to Skype home for my last time. It was great to see everybody and to be able to talk to them for a bit. I hope that everyone had a great day yesterday and I like to wish everyone a Happy Mother´s day!

With love,

Un Testimonio Sincero

May 7, 2018

Well this week turned out to be an alright week. My first week in the field where I have field stress and it turned out to be pretty good:

1. So First off we had interviews with President. It´s kinda funny to know how president works and be in the field. For example the mission leaders told us that President was going to be starting interviews at 9 in the morning. So I knew that usually president starts interviews at 10 and he would most likely be starting interviews around 10:20. So I wasn't really stressed out when we showed up at the building at 9:20. When we showed up everyone was already there waiting for president and right then the zone leaders told us that they received a text from president saying that he wasn't going to be there until 10:40. then I said that he wouldn't be there until 10:50. and then lo and behold in came president at exactly 10:47. 

2. during our baptism this week I had to create and direct the meeting because our ward mission leader (even though he has quite some time in his calling) does not know very much on what he is supposed to do.  So I was completely fine about doing it. I mean it can´t be harder than giving a training about how to update your referrals right? Well right after the actual ordinance I realized that I had forgotten to plan something for the time that we were waiting for the others to change. So as I  walked up to the "pulpit" I was literally freaking out in my head. I knew that I could bear my testimony but that was not going to be enough time. So Right when I got up there I looked up and saw all of the youth from seminary sitting in the back and right then... PERSONAL REVELATION! Afterwards Bishop thanked me for giving the youth an opportunity to share their testimony but I think that from now on all of the youth are going to go outside and play soccer instead of attending the baptismal service

3. Yesterday we had a meeting with president and all of the bishoprics in our stake to talk about and implement the new program that President and Elder Dahl have been working on to help us keep track of converts a lot easier. After president was through talking He invited each one of the bishops to go up and create an account to get started and so that we could help him to navigate. As soon as our bishop came back he had exited out of it on his phone and stuck his phone in his pocket. When he decided to sign back in he went to the page and put in his email and then paused for a second. When my companion asked him what happened Bishop said, "I forgot my new password." 

Well this week was pretty awesome. Our most recent convert (who got baptized on her birthday) was super excited to get baptized. Her name is Jhoselyn and she now is 9 years old. When I had her get up to bear her testimony she started to cry and she bore one of the most powerful testimonies I have ever heard from a child her age. She was so happy that she could be a member of this church because of all of the joy and peace that she could feel from it. She knew that families could be together forever and how she was going to start working with her parents to get reactivated and so that they could go as a family to be sealed in the temple. 

I love you all,

Elder Garbett

In the Field again!

April 30, 2018

Well As my title states I am out of the offices and I am in the field again! And right off the bat I am finishing the training of a new missionary! His name is Elder Mayhua and he is from Puno, Perú! He is 24 years old and is super awesome. I am Super excited to be back out in the field again! We went out and worked our butts off and we potentially have 5 people who will be baptized this next month!

1. Well back in the office you usually get up a lot earlier than normal. So I have been super comfortable of going back to sleeping in until 7:30. But recently I think that somebody got a new dog somewhere where we live. So almost every morning around 5:30 the dog starts to whine and all of the dogs on the block start to bark. 

2. Well it seems like I've come back to my first area but worse. We live on the 5th floor of the building and here in Peru the higher you live the less water pressure there is. I've had to use a bucket of water for the past couple of days because there wasn't enough water pressure. 

3. There is no pianist here in the ward. So guess who gets to play the piano every Sunday on a untuned piano. THIS GUY! Apparently last week the bishopric got changed and there is a new bishop here in the ward. And when he found out that I played the piano he asked me if I could give piano lessons to some of the young men so that when I leave they would still have somebody to be able to play the piano. So I might be giving some piano lessons soon.

Well, like I said I am super excited to be back out in the field. It´s kinda interesting to know everything that I know from the office and to be out in the field. I am super grateful to have had the opportunity to serve in the office. I truly did learn a lot of things. But now I am in the field and I am excited to continue to serve the Lord in the calling that I was called to be in.

Miss you all tons,
Elder Garbett

Transfer day!!!

Last Week in office (Maybe)

 April 21, 2018

Well this week was amazing:

1. Well Like you all know I have been training someone to replace me here in the Office. I've only had two weeks to train him and so what my plan was was to tell him everything and take the lead in everything the first week and then to switch roles. So this week I have pretty much been doing nothing except being the odd one who just does everything else that the office needs him to do. So pretty much during the week everyone who knows me pretty well has been telling me that I look more happy and stressed out. (Why do you think!?!?!) But at the same time I guess I probably could have done better about how I looked before I received my replacement.

2. So this week we did the final interviews of the transfer in Central. It was most likely by far the best zone that we had done this transfer. But while we were there we found that one of the companionship's had a board game in their room. And guess what it was... THE SETTLERS OF CATAN!!!!!! Now missionaries are not allowed to have board games in their room so we called them up and asked them whose it was. And they told us that they had no idea whose it was so then we took it to the office. So guess what board game we played today for p-day. THATS RIGHT!

Well this week was super awesome. Yesterday we had the self reliance training for missionaries who have 6 months left in the mission. And so that meant that I went! It was super amazing to be in there. It was funny though because right when we started the guy who was running the whole show told us to stop thinking about our investigators, converts, and our responsibilities because that day we were only supposed to think about ourselves and our future. Right after he said that a bunch of missionaries were like stunned because like that is what they have been doing for the past year; year and a half, Whereas for me I had someone else who was doing everything so I didn't have to worry about that.   But really that time was amazing. We were all able to make plans and have ideas for our future and now I am not that lost anymore about what I am going to do.

love you all,

Elder Garbett

P.S. End of transfers are this week. President hasn't told me anything yet but it is very possible that I leave the office this next Tuesday. So if I don´t write this next Saturday it means that I got out of the office and that I will write next Monday.

REPLACEMENT!!!!!!!!!!!

April 14, 2018

Well I am super Pumped about this week. Although it was super busy we had emergency transfers and I received a replacement. His name is Elder Aguilar and He is from my group (so its very possible that this is his last area before going home):

1. So like I said I am training and this week was super busy. We had multi zones and I thought it was going to be super super busy because I am training. But it was more relaxing because he pretty much did everything. I didn't really say anything and he did everything. So I pretty much just did things when he asked me to. He's got this all under control.

Well this week was all just work work and train and train but things are going good here. President hasn't told me when I am leaving the office but I would imagine that I am leaving by the end of this transfer (end of this next transfer). So I am super excited to finally get out to the field. 

Miss you all,

Elder Garbett

Montoya!

 April 7, 2018

1. Well this week was pretty hectic. I had three days where I had to go to other zones to check out the rooms with Hermana Amato. And because weeks like this have been going on I haven´t been able to get some others things done that are needed. For example some missionaries need things but I don´t have the time to get the things together and to send them out. And the missionaries are getting impatient. But its all like what can you do about it? Sometimes haters are just going to hate. 

Well besides all of that, This week we got the opportunity to eat dinner with Elder Montoya from the seventy. Before we showed up Elder Beach was super scared about eating with the Montoya's because he didn't want to screw up or anything. But when we showed up and we were eating (which was Mexican food! ) we started talking and turns out that Elder Montoya is Super Cool! He told us about the process on how the general authorities get chosen to speak at conference and how the experience is like. Probably one of the best experiences I have had in my entire life. I was definitely debating with myself if I should have taken a picture. But then I remembered the rule about how we shouldn't appear like tourists with our cameras and so I decided to bag the idea.

Miss you all,

Elder Garbett

Come listen to a Prophet´s voice

March 31, 2018

Boy was this week full of... excitement.

1. Well to start off I was only really in the office for like a day and a half in total time. we had training's, and interviews (which mean I have to go and check the rooms), and we also had a issue with a room owner that we had to go take care of (which is still going on.) 

2. The Lima south mission´s office is inside of our mission limits. And during one of the interviews I got the chance to meet the office missionaries from down there. We got to talk about how we do things and got to swap ideas about the office. The weird part is is that their mission office is inside of a stake building while ours is inside a house. 

3. So today we got up early and we started our P-day off right... Cleaning the office with the Amato family!!!!!! We spent nearly 3 hours trying to clean up this place and even though we worked hard and we got a lot of stuff done, President said that we like only did 20% of everything. We've still got a long way to go. 

Well After all of that We have just recently seen the first session of the April General Conference. It was really an amazing experience to be apart of sustaining not only the two new apostles to the quorum of the 12, But President Russell M. Nelson as the Prophet of the Lord´s kingdom here upon the earth. I know that President Nelson is the Prophet of the Lord. And Now we have the opportunity to listen to him. I Invite all of you to come and listen to his voice. For in his voice lies the will of the Lord.

miss you all,

Elder Garbett

1. Elder Silva (right) Elder Halls (left) Me (most handsome fat one there)

2. Elder Yañez trying to take a picture of me

3. one of the views from one of the houses that I visited with Hermana Amato and the Zone leaders

 

 

I´M SO OUT OF SHAPE!!!!!!!!

March 24, 2018

Well this week was super busy. I was hardly in the office at all. 

1. Well for this transfer Hermana Amato wanted to do something different. She wanted us to go around and check all of the rooms in the mission. But that meant that she wanted me to go with her to check out the room and to see how it is doing. She checks the organization and I check everything else. But the thing is is that we are doing these on the days that President does his interviews. And he had 3 sets of interviews consecutively. 

2. We had a special meeting for all of the zone and district leaders this week. And while we were planning everything the assistants turned to me and said that they wanted doughnuts for the break because we weren't having any lunch. But they didn't just want any kind of doughnuts, They wanted Krispy Kreme doughnuts! So that meant that I had to go down to Surquillo and order the order of over 150 doughnuts (good thing they had a promotion going on) and then go down there again the next day super early to beat traffic and to get back on time. 

Well this week was super busy. Unfortunately I was so busy that I didn't get a lot of proselyting time. (or sleep time for that matter). But today was pretty cool. Hermana Amato invited all of us down to her house to workout and have breakfast. But 2  things. 1) I haven´t really worked out recently due to my knee problems. 2) I have probably gained like 20 pounds being here in the office. So the outcome was that Hermana Amato literally killed us. I was literally dying and my companion was throwing up. So I got the workout part of the experience. But I didn't really get the breakfast part at the end. Lol.

Miss ya guys,

Elder Garbett

New member of the Amato Family

 

Krispy Kreme Time!!!

Super busy transfer

March 17, 2018

Well like my title says the beginning of this transfer was (and still is) super busy. We had the 17 new missionaries come in and so I had to take care of all of the rooms and make sure that they were ready for the newbie coming in. SOOOOOO it was super frustrating and I don´t really want to talk about it. BUT! Even throughout all of that we had a super Miracle happen this week which was super amazing. And of course I am going to share it with you all.

So on Wednesday we had a busy day and we didn't leave the office until about 6:30- 7 ish. So by then we didn't have any lessons or appointments so it was just time to contact (which we really didn't want to do). But we decided to go to an area where Bishop suggested where we should start working. But while we were on our way Elder Dahl suggested that we go back and try to contact the referral that we received that was a self referral. So we went back (the first time nobody was even home) and decided to knock on the 3 floor. (very) Surprisingly one of the senior missionaries (who is in charge of health in the area offices) answered the door and just told us to go on up. 

While we were heading up we were planning that we were going to ask her and her husband about the referral but right when we got there she had us sit down and she brought out a glass of water with Ice Cream (First off super weird combination but thanks). And then we started talking and she told us that there was a recently returned missionary who had contracted some sort of illness while out on the mission and it was affecting him really bad. So they were trying to help the RM get the operation he needed but the Guarantee of pay didn't make it on time and the RM died on the operation table. 

So the Senior missionaries were feeling really bad about that situation and then they asked us why we were there with them. Now they had just given me water, Ice Cream, and told us this story that is making them feel really bad So I am not going to just say ´´Oh we are just here looking for a referral.´´ So Elder Dahl and I said that we came to share a message with them. So Elder Dahl shared a super powerful scripture which was 2 Nephi 2: 24 which states ´´But behold, all things have been done in the wisdom of him who knoweth all things.´´

Right then as we were testifying Elder Dahl and I realized that this exact situation was a product of that scripture. The first time we had showed up to the referral´s address no-one was home at all. And for some reason Elder Dahl had the impression to go back to the referrals place. And then I had the Impression to knock on the third floor which was the place where some people were needing some comfort. and Then during that time we figured out a way that will make the process of getting Guarantees of pay a lot more faster. 

Now after all of that we ended the message and started talking to the senior couple some more. And then we decided to ask about the referral. When we asked if they knew the person and they both said that there was nobody in that building with that name. And by then our minds just exploded. We knew it was too good to be true that we received a self given referral. BUT for some reason we were given that referral to go to that house. And we found that reason. Its just super awesome to be here as the Lord´s representative!

miss ya,

Elder Garbett

End of transfer

March 10, 2018

Well another one has come and gone. I don´t really have much to say because we have been in the office for most of the week. But like the title says this week was the last week of the transfer. So that means that we are on overdrive here in the office. We mainly have been spending a lot of time here setting up meetings for the people who are going home, fixing things for the next transfer, and getting things ready for the new missionaries that are coming in. And this group is going to be a huge group. Actually these next two groups are going to be big. Next week we are going to receive 17 missionaries and then the next transfer we are going to be receiving 20 new missionaries. But even through everything that has been going on we have been able to get a lot of good time into proselyting.

I´m not sure if I have said this before in my past emails but about 2 transfers ago our pension couldn't be our pension because they didn't have the time to do it. So ever since then we have been without a pension and we got permission from president to set up appointments with members to eat dinner with them every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. And during that time we take the opportunity to find references from the members. This last Monday we were assigned to eat with the Rebaza family (who are going to become mission presidents in the Trujillo south mission). And there they invited a neighbor who had listened to the missionaries before. So we took out a lesson to meet with her and last night we were able to meet with her. That lesson was so amazing. We were on splits at the time (My companion was at the hospital helping the health secretary with other missionaries) and I had completely forgotten about it. So when I was reminded and we showed up I had no idea what we were going to teach. But during the prayer I had an impression to teach about the Book of Mormon. So we started to teach about it and she got super excited about it. We found out that the missionaries before didn't give her a Book of Mormon before (which I was all like WHAAAAAAAAAA????????) and so we gave her one and she was super excited to start to read it. I really feel like she is going to progress and it was just super amazing to see her looking at the book just wanting to open it and start reading it. 

Miss you all tons,

Elder Garbett

Happy Birthday (again)

March 3, 2018

Well this week was pretty busy, interesting, and good. Let´s get started:

1. Well we thought that we were going to have our transfer interview with President but we decided to have a meeting as an office with president to see the new member and investigator tracking system that President´s old company is making for us. Pretty much every week every single district leader needs to put every investigator with a baptismal date on a spread sheet so that we can see their progess. This new system is supposed to take out the use of spreadsheets by pretty much making tiles with all of the information color coded. Like for example the tile has a little person on it with a picture of a calendar. If the calendar is green it means that the investigator is attending church. If it is yellow it means he has missed one or two weeks. If it is red it means that the investigator has not attended for more than three weeks. And so the thing is is that if we have that we can know who is progressing and who isn't in like less than a minute. It´s super awesome! 

2. But also this week we had leadership council to talk about our goals from last month (February). Our Baptismal goal was 263 (which usually it is about 140. so High Goal). But we had 154 baptisms! WE MADE HISTORY THIS LAST MONTH!!!!!!!! But the best is yet to come. Our new goal for THIS month is about 370 baptisms!!!!!!!! Everybody is super excited about it. But the thing is is that President before everyone presented their goals said that if every missionary has the faith, has the desires, and works hard enough the Lord will bless us and we can baptize 400 people in a month! And we are starting to see the effects of it. This is going to happen and it is going to be awesome!!!!!

3. Right after the council we usually have lunch but this time president told me not to get lunch which was weird until I later found out that we were going to Rodizios! Literally was the second time I had gone there in a week. But the thing is there is that if you go there a week before or after your birthday they sing happy birthday to you. Well the thing is is that the leadership council was on the 28! UGH! I did not want to go through that again but it happened. I almost avoided it though. 

Well this week was pretty normal. had its ups and downs, from trying to get the area offices to work with me to just sitting in the office being bored like crazy. But I think that last night really helped me to realize that we are still having success in our area even though we are hardly in it. Yesterday we had a convert group meeting where we pretty much had a family home evening just with all of the converts in our ward. We mainly talked about reading the scriptures and how God still talks to us now. As our ward mission leader was up talking and getting things started I was looking around at how many people had shown up. We had Cesar and his wife show up, Selene, Zumiko, Fabio, Estefani, and Gabriella. But we also had Rosie and her family show up which was amazing. Rosie has been a member for about 9 months now and has been inactive for awhile. After multiple tries of trying to find her we finally found her this week and she is actually starting to come back. The last time we had a meeting with all of the converts we only had like 4 people show up. This time we were able to bring around 16 people to the meeting and it just goes to show that all is well. Even though every emergency happens with us here in the office the Lord is blessing us with this success of bringing everyone to the fold.

Miss you all tons,

Elder Garbett

Una semana tranquilo

February 24, 2018

Buenas Días a todos!

Well this week was a pretty chill week. we didn't have anything go on (except my birthday) so everything went pretty smoothy here in the office:

1. So this week my companion and I had to go to the airport 3 times to take missionaries home. first from 8-12:30 (at night) on the 20th. then we had to get up at 5:30 to take another one down and then that night we went at 8 and didn't finish it all off until about 12. So let´s just say that I lived every single second of my birthday that day. 

2. So as you can tell my birthday was probably the most busy of this entire week. So we decided to go down to rodizio the next day for lunch and my companions told the waiter that yesterday was my birthday and so they asked me for some kind of identification and after we ate and everything they came up with a giant batman hat (they said it was superman) and sang to me calling me Esteven (exactly like that). Super awkward. 

Recently we have been trying to do everything that we can to at least have one companionship out proselyting in our area everyday. And so far the way we have done this has been working. Our lovely district leader (Elder Beach) pretty much split up his responsibilities between us to start making us more responsible about preaching. The assignment he gave me was to be in charge of all of the investigators that we are teaching but especially everyone with a baptismal date. So that apparently meant that I should go to almost every lesson that we have with an investigator so that I could get to know them. So this week I went to a lot of lesson. 

One of them in particular that I liked the most was Gabriella, a friend of the Amatos. She had a date for today but because of some stuff we found out in that lesson we pushed back the date to next week. But It was one of those lesson where you just focus on all of the investigators´ needs and just try to help to fix everything. 

Gabby is someone really special. She is from Brazil and some time ago she had something happen to where she was awake but she wasn't there. It was like her mind just completely disconnected from her and she just sat there staring off into space. And she was like that for 5 years. After that happened she pretty much had to learn everything again, including how to speak. In her first class of gospel principles we talked about the plan of salvation and for some reason she knew everything about it, which was super weird because the Elders or president and Hermana Amato have not even spoken about that before. After that Hermana Amato spoke to her about it and She found out that story. What President and Hermana Amato believe is that during those 5 years Gabby was seeing and learning these things. She was in a state kinda like King Lamoni when he fell as if he were dead after hearing the words of Ammon. 

But in that lesson Gabriella kept telling us that she knew that this church is the right path and that she wants to do it. But she kept telling us something like she wasn't exactly sure. But with the help of Hermana Amato we found out that it was some family trouble that made her scared to follow through with baptism. So we were able to leave her a commitment to talk to her family about it and to tell us in out next lesson (Sunday). But man, That lesson made me realize that this is really why I love being here. To help these people come closer to Christ because in him we can find joy. 

Miss you tons,

Elder Garbett

Tranings (and somehow we got a baptism)

February 17, 2018

Well this week was super hectic:

Pretty much every day this week was the same and so there isn't very much to say. We pretty much had 3 things going on that we had to juggle this week. Training's that lasted until 5 (which I am in charge of making sure that EVERYTHING gets done so that it can run smoothy), dinners with the members now that we don´t have a pension, and a baptism that is actually going to happen at 2 today. 

So we had training's everyday from Tuesday to Friday. Each one lasted from 9 to 5. And during all of that I was running around doing things from playing the piano to trying to fix a television plug to cutting cucumbers for the lunch. Right after that we had to clean up and be at an appointment at six with our investigators to help them be prepared for their baptism today. And then after that we had to somehow sit down with member for an hour and eat dinner and then go buy break for the next training. So pretty much that was the focus this week. 

But during all of that I can´t believe that we were able to go and teach Cesar and his family. Today their baptism is going to happen at 2. It will be Cesar, his daughter Nicole, and his son Fabian. We met them around the beginning of this year when Cesar and his wife (who was a less active member at the time) showed up to church out of the blue. Elder Dahl and I contacted them and set up a date to go and visit them. When we showed up we also found their daughter and son. Apparently about a year ago they had been taking the lessons from the missionaries but nothing really happened. Now after a lot of work and running we were able to teach them and they are absolutely chosen. They truly are an example of the scripture 29:7. I will probably be getting back to the office later and I will send the picture of their baptism then.

Miss you all tons,

Elder Garbett