Año Nuevo

Well, today is New Years Eve... a normal day for us basically. We have to be back in the house at the latest by 10:30. 

It was fun to do a Google Hangout with the family on Christmas. We ended up eating "lunch" at about 7:00. Then we visited Leontina briefly, and headed back to the house. 



David Memmott picked us up and gave us a ride.  David is the brother-in-law
of my former voice teacher, Jeannette Memmott.  It's a small world.
 

Speaking of Leontina, she will be getting baptized on Sunday. Feel free to keep her and our other investigators in your prayers. 

Great things are happening here in Centenario. We have found some great people that have been prepared by the Lord for us. 

This family I told you about last week, the Aburto family is awesome. We joke that the dad is going to be the next bishop here. We taught the Restoration to the daughter and the dad, and their main question was how to know for sure that it is true. We know the dad has already started reading the Book of Mormon. The daughter called us the other day and told us she wanted to introduce us to a friend... when we got there, she had about 5 friends. She had told them about us and then they invited us over. They asked us questions about what we teach and stuff... and Vania (the daughter) taught them about the Spirit World. This family has spent a lot of time talking and searching about religious things. They really want to find the truth as a family.

The other day, all three of us had prayed for help in finding people, without the other two knowing. I prayed that we could be the answer to someone's prayer. Almost five minutes later, this lady with arthritis let us in. We gave her a blessing, and taught a little bit of the Restoration, and she felt really good. We'll be going back this week.        

We were knocking doors the other day, and I was a little frustrated. I had knocked about 20 doors, and only talked to about 3 people. But my companion was setting up all kinds of appointments. When we arrived for one of the appointments, the lady let us in, and we talked for quite a while. We asked why she'd let us in. She said she had prayed for direction from God for her life, and when my companion showed up at her door, rather than reject him as she probably normally would have, she just let him in. We were the answer to her prayer. 

I have learned that God really does prepare people for us. We have received countless blessings these past two weeks. I know that this is His work. 

¡Que tengan un buen año nuevo! 

Elder Garrett