Hey Everyone!
Woah! Another week down, woot! What a week it´s been! We´ve found some great new people contacting this week, and it´s been a week of learning new lessons for sure!
My comp. decided to bible bash earlier this week... and I learned some great lessons from that. It´s okay to defend our religion, but never okay to be on the offense. The second you do that, the spirit won´t be there. Also, as a representative of Jesus Christ, I have to be an example in everyway I can be. Christ never attacked anyone, if anything he was the perfect example for everyone around him, and if needed, he took the beating. So bible bashing is never good, but what is good is that you should always listen with love to whoever is talking and follow the promptings of the Spirit... because this is the Lord´s work, and through the spirit he can convert, not us as missionaries! We are just here to help and invite people!
Our golden family that we have, Maria Luisa and Felix, are doing great! We had a family home evening with them this week, and made Mexican Tacos! Yum! Hopefully we´ll be able to solve the little concerns they have before thier baptizm for the 17th this month! Hopefully it will be a white christmas here! Haha!
Also, a drunk guy that we found in the street last month is actually starting to change a little more everytime we find him. I doubted that he really had interest in the church, but I guess I should just eat my foot now! This gospel is for everyone, It doesn´t matter the circumstance! I think he´ll be a very strong member one day! We´ll continue to teach him and help him out in anyway we can!
The Chilean culture never ceases to amaze me. It´s really hard to teach sometimes, because the majority of Chileans never want to stop talking. But this is where patience comes in! I´m glad that I have a lot of patience! But more than anything this week, I´ve been learning how to listen to the spirit more closely, and to follow the promptings I recieve from the Spirit. We´ve had some great experiences this week, all because of the Spirit leading us. This really is the Lord´s work, and without the spirit, nothing much is going to happen.
It´s almost Christmas! I´m glad to hear that Southern Utah got some snow! How fun! It´s been crazy weather here, super hot, super cold and rainy, but always windy! It´s fun though! You have to be prepared for whatever Chile throws at you!
I love and miss you all, and I hope you are all doing well. I miss you too Caralyn, I always will, you are my greatest strength while I´m out here! I hope you´re proud of me! We´ll always be okay! Through Thick and Thin Forever, just like we have always said! Take care always, all of you! Stay out of trouble everyone!
Con Mucho Amor,
Elder Scott Garrett
