Queridos amigos, 

Wow. Fasting works.  After fasting and praying a lot yesterday, we almost immediately witnessed the blessings/miracles.

We met a guy named Luis yesterday, who let us in, and we taught lesson 3. At the end, we extended a baptismal date, and he accepted it. We asked him to say the closing prayer. He started the prayer with "Padre Celestial," which is normal. He began to sob. He thanked God for the tranquility that he could feel right then. The spirit was so strong, and we know he realized this is what he needs in his life. He gave a beautiful prayer. He thanked us so much for coming and we will visit him again later this week when he has more time. 

We've visited this Peruvian couple a couple of times. She is an inactive member, and he is a nonmember. They are not married and they have a son together. Eduardo is very interested in the church and always asks a lot of questions. Sandy wants to come back and to have an eternal family. Elder Kelson felt strongly impressed that we should end the visit yesterday talking a little bit about the law of chastity, and leaving the pamphlet with them. At the end, Eduardo jokingly told us to get them married tomorrow. We were so happy how it turned out, and will be making plans for getting them married and baptized shortly. 

There's so much more I could write, but I'm completely out of time.

I'll just bear testimony that fasting and prayer truly works. The things we prayed for are happening in this area. 

Elder Bednar will be here on Saturday, which is going to be very awesome. There will be something like 400 missionaries, at least. We are excited to have him here in Chile. It will be a great blessing.

We have transfers this week, although they're being delayed until Monday. At this point we don't know what will be happening. 

Elder Garrett