November 7, 2016

Good times. Not much happened. Traveled a lot. went to Lima. saw Cusco. That was cool. Yah I didnt sleep for like 3 days straight cuz I was hanging with my boys from the MTC. Elder Ruekart, Elder Austin, Elder Bever. So good to see those guys. We had some good times, ate some Mcdonalds, and then on our last night together we were supposed to go eat at some pensions house, but we, us 4 asked, to go eat at Chilis. Hahah so we walked to the mall and had a nice sit down meal. Cusco is basically america its insane. My jaw was dropped the whole time, the plaza there is insane. And the mall is way nicer then Fiesta Mall hahah, but not quite Fashion Square. 

I was getting a little frustrated this week not gonna lie. I saw lots of disobedient Elders that were having tons of success. That was very annoying. Me and my companion are slaving away and aren’t finding results, and these dufuses do whatever they want and get the baptisms.

These thoughts stuck with me all week up until sacrament meeting. No one was in the meeting at the start. like 8 people. and i was so mad, we knocked every door called every person and nothing. Absolutley nothing. Then frank roles in with his family. Frank a while back had to go to Lima for work and we didnt think we would see him again. But he roles in and it was the best thing ever. Then it hit me. I knew why me and my companion were called to Ilave at this time. Since we first talked to Frank, he is now working with leaders to become a member again. We continued meeting with his wife after he went to Lima, and now she is a very strong member in the church, and we are giving there daughter the missionary lessons to be baptized on December 3rd. I was filled with so much joy, I knew our work had been worth something, and none of our efforts were in vain. Felt so good. Anyways lots of good times this week, not much happened. next week is transfers, me and my companion dedicated our fast to stay in Ilave one more transfer, and now we are gonna write our president and ask to stay one more change. We have like a bunch of baptismal dates next month and we really wanna be here to see those people make the steps to baptisms. 

Much Love,
Elder Garfield