Pretty decent, besides a couple things

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Hey everyone, this week was pretty decent, besides a couple things.\

We had our interview for Salvador's baptism on Tuesday, turns out he smoked the night before so he couldn't be baptized. Super sad and we felt really bad, sucks that so many temptations come up right before someone's baptism. I also know that giving up an addiction like that is super hard. But I have hope that he will be able to do it and be baptized soon. 

I had fish like everyday this week, I think Saturday was the only day I didn't have fish. But it's really good, I can't complain. Our investigator Mariel is really read for baptism! She's 14 and loves going to the activities and Church. Her friends got baptized the other month, the recent converts really have an effect on other people. They're so new to the gospel and their friends see how much their lives have changed. And then we got to teach Mariel's family this week, she's got a super nice family and hope they can see the change in Mariel. Super happy about that. :) 

Sunday was an eventful day too, we had a lot of our people come to church this week, and then our Branch President asked me to be the back up speaker, (if the other speakers didn't show up I thought) but I guess I was the first speaker and I had no idea what to talk on, but I pulled up what I studied the other day about Christlike attributes. The talk went okay I thought haha, I pretty much just read from the Book of Mormon and talked about it. It was on Moroni's teaching in Moroni 7 40-48 about Hope. It goes on to talk about faith, humility and charity. But we need Hope everyday to keep going. I know everyone has their personal struggles and hardship. Everyone is going through something, some people are just better at hiding it. We all need Hope that our lives will get better or we will be happier. It's what drives us. I know I need Hope everyday that I will be able to teach these people and they might receive the love God has for them, even when I'm not a skilled teacher or good in the language. I just don't get how people can reject such a book that has teachings like that, it's hard for them to understand the importance of it. Sorry I'm going off a little bit but I've really come to know these things are true. And even though it's hard for me to explain, I think you get the gist of it. 
Yesterday we visited a member that got dengue fever and measles at the same time. He was super sick and throwing up blood for a whole day and I felt so sorry for him. We were able to give him a blessing yesterday so I hope he can recover quickly. I'm really loving the culture and everything I have learned here. I love how I'm just starting and still have so long to go. Still so much to learn. Love you all thank you for the emails and love. Miss you all :)

Elder Garry









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