WEEK 41

Okay! This blog is called "Que dijo?" Haha well. I can say that my spanish is getting a little better. Sometimes in lessons I forget a word and people are like "How much time do you have here" I tell them almost 10 months then they stay silent. Ha. But I have realized something about the language: I will learn it. I know alot of spanish. I know a ton of words. I just can't say EVERYTHING I want to say. But things here, besides the language, have been going pretty well. We are searching for more investigators and dropping some that weren't really progressing. I feel like I haven't done much in the mission in the last 3 months because I haven't had a bappy but I can see some people that may be getting baptized in the next 2 months, including a family of 3. I have been thinking a ton of how I can become a better missionary and I always find ways to better myself. I really feel old. My favorite thing to do in the morning is wash dishes. It so relaxing! Also I have gained a little weight but I looked ripped. Ha But I hope all is going well back home! I love you and miss you!! Elder Garfield

Week 40

This weekly letter is called "Will I ever get this down" This week has been so interesting. I can honestly say that Spanish is a roller coaster that I am sick of riding. There are days where I feel and sound super fluent. Then there are days where I make the most simplest of mistakes and sound horrible. I have stuggled with the language yet once again. Its difficult. Honestly, I ask how much can 1 man get so humbled in just 2 short years? There are times where I just think "If I had this language down, I wouldn't have to worry about anything." But then I think about how selfish I am being. Who cares if I learn the language? Did I come on this mission to learn Spanish or to help people? Even though I dont speak spanish very well still, I know I have helped people on my mission. I get told on the daily that I am too hard on myself but I feel like I should be so far above where I am right now. I just want to be perfect but I am still so far away from that. Anyways, not one investigator came to church this week but we had 8 less actives. I dont understand how that happens. But it did. I had a really fast Easter it seemed. The days are flying by now! I cant believe I am going on to 10 months. That scares me so bad. ha. But thanks for the Easter Basket! It was such a great treat for such a long week! I love you and miss you so much! thanks for all the support I am recieveing here! Thanks for all the blessing and the love! Have a great week! Elder Garfield

WEEK 39

This week I call "Tears of... I dont really know" Well this week has been super interesting! The days of this week have passed by like years and I have waited for this P Day for a while! I cant believe I will have 9 months tomorrow. The time has flown by so fast and I feel so old being here! Ha! But an experience I have had this week. Last week I believe I told you about the family in which I followed the spirit to find? Well If not, I will explain it next week. We passed by saturday this week and we find the mom and the husband, who was the one who threw the bottle, sitting outside and the wife crying. He gets out of his seat and yells to us "You are wasting your time with this family, they are good for nothing and never will be." We find out that the husband and been arguing with the wife about how lazy their kids are and how they are super disobedient. The husband wouldnt let us talk to the wife so we had to calm him down. I will be honest, I had a flash back from football because I wanted to put my fist through this guys head. He was so rude and so disrepectful. We teach him a little about the Plan of Salvation and how this life is meant to make mistakes and learn from them. He said he would better himself in time, which meant he didnt really want to change. I was so angry! I dont understand how someone can be so disrepectful and love their wife so less. We talk to the wife after and she tell us she doesnt know what to do with the family. I just look her in eyes, and with tears in mine, and hand her the "The family proclomation to the world" pamplet. She just looks at me and didnt understand why I was crying at first. I just told her, well tried with tears running down my face, that families are honestly the most important thing in the world and she deserves a family that makes her feel important. My comp talks to her and we planned another day to pass by here. I honestly can say that was a super hard moment of my mission. I am a ton of miles away from my family, the thing that is the most important thing in the world to me, and I have to help others with theirs. I wish everyone could understand how a family who is based upon the gospel is a family of love and peace, not of hate and fear. Well I know why I am here. I know I found that family to help them. I will do my best to help them have a better life! I love and miss you all! have a great week! Elder Garfield

WEEK 38

This week is called "We Thank Thee Oh God For a Prophet" Well this week has been good! I cant believe I already have almost 9 months here. Time is flying by! And I already have 2 conferences under my belt! Thats even more crazy! 2 more and I am home! So crazy!! But I am loving it here! The mission is so amazing!! Even though I die of heat and its going to get a crap ton hotter here in the summer! Yay! But anyways! I loved Conference! The prophet and apostles have so much power and I could feel the sprit so strongly when they spoke! Baby tears were shed this last weekend as I watched many great men, and like 3 women, speak about this amazing gospel! I am so greatful I am part of the true church. Honestly, I have not one doubt in my mind that this is the truth! I am so greatful to be spending 2 Years of my life helping others recieve there own testimony of this amazing gospel! Anyways! I am living the mission life here! I love it. But I just want eveyone to get married so they can get baptized but they dont think its too important.. Anyways, I love you and miss you all! Elder Garfield

WEEK 37

This week is called "Let the Holy Spirit Guide" This week has been so weird. I prayed at the first of my mission that time would fly by because I wasn't enjoying myself here. Now, I regret that prayer! In 2 weeks I will have 9 months and that scares me super bad! But I guess thats how things are, time flies when you are having fun. This week I had a crazy experience. Yesterday, we were waiting for a family to get home so we were sitting outside on a block of concrete. All of a sudden, We hear some very naughty spanish words and so me and my comp look and this guys is all up in this ladies face and pushing her with a glass bottle. I was freaking out at this point and about to knock this guys lights out. The lady gets away from the guy and he throws the glass bottle at the ground and yells more spanish vulgarity! The family gets there just in time so we can start the lesson before I knock this guys lights out! During the whole lesson, the spirit was telling me to go see if the lady was okay and if she needed anything. When we finished the lesson, I went to go talk to the lady, but she was gone and I could only see a lady standing outside the house. I decided to follow the spirit and go talk to her. I tell her I didnt know why I was there or what I needed to say to her but I told her that we were missionaries and that God loves her. She ends up being a less active of more that 15 years. What the freak. Now we are going to teach her family. The girl that was getting pushed ended up being her daughter and the guy is her son in law. I am so glad I followed the spirt! This week has been amazing and I love the mission so much! I hope you are all good back home! I love you and miss you so much! Elder Garfield