WEEK 84

Well this weekly email is called ¨BAPTIZM¨ Welp, this was a very successful week! Diego and Manuel were baptized this last Saturday. I am so proud to see their progress and all that they have learned in such a small period of time! I am also proud of their mother, Yanet, and her desire to bring them to church every week. Manuel will receive the priesthood this Sunday and Diego will receive it in September! Also, Claritza and Maritza weren't able to go to the temple this week because they just started the prep class for the temple so I will go the next time that San Fran goes to the temple! They said they are doing good and are super strong in the church still! Elder Day and I have been working SO HARD. We were blessed with another transfer together so I am sure there are a lot more success to come! I am so grateful for all the things I have accomplished this last transfer and I know the lord is proud of me. Only 5 more months and it makes me so sad how fast my mission is coming to an end. I know that this last year and 7 months I have worked so hard and seen the fruits of my labors. I love this mission and am so grateful to be a missionary in the DR. I love and miss you all! Have a great week! Elder Garfield

WEEK 83

This week is called ¨International Baptizers¨ Well this week has been great! I am so excited for this weekend! We are going to baptize 2 brothers. They are the sons of a lady that we reactivated and I am so excited we are completing her family. Yanet got baptized like 13 years ago. She got married to a guy from Peru and they had 2 sons together and then they got divorced and he moved back to Peru and she stayed back here with the kids. So we have been teaching her sons and they will get baptized this weekend. Manuel and Diego are going to be such great members of the church! This will be my first non-Dominican baptism! We are International Baptizers! This week has been great! Me and Elder Day are working super hard and we should see more baptisms this next month! I am so grateful my time here in the mission! I really have learned so much here! I cant believe in 5 months I am going to be home. Time has flown by WAY TO FAST! Well I love you all and thanks for everything! Elder Garfield

WEEK 82

"Work Hard, Play Hard, and Bappys" Well this week has been super long! We changed our P day so we worked 10 days straight! It was a super long go without a day of break so its nice to finally get a little rest! We have been working SUPER HARD. We lead our zone in numbers and we are seeing results. This next Saturday we should have 2 baptisms. Diego and Manuel are planned to get baptized this Saturday if they go to church this week! Their mom is from the DR and their dad is from Peru so they will be my first baptism not fully Dominican. Hahah. But we also have a couple baptisms planned for March so I am super excited! Things here are going great! We don't really celebrate Valentines Day on the mish so we haven't really done anything today! hahah. Well I hope all is well back home! Thanks for all the love and support! I love and miss you all! Elder Garfield

WEEK 81

HAha okay good. So this week is called ¨Night-Dawg = Day and Garfield¨ Well this week has been quite wonderful! I can honestly say that my mission has gotten so much better and meaningful in these last couple of weeks! Elder Day and I have worked super hard in this area and we are seeing the fruits of our labors! This mission has taught me so much! I love the things I have been able to accomplish and receive here! These 2 years have been the by far the most difficult but for sure the more rewarding. We are working with a partial family (The dad is less active, his girlfriend is investigator and her son and his girlfriend are investigators.) We put a date for them to get married and baptized so we are hoping all goes according to plans! We also have 2 baptisms planned for the 21st. I have been the most effective missionary that I have been in my whole mission these last couple of weeks. Also, Claritza and Maritza invited me to go to the temple with them so they can do their endowments at the end of the month! I am so proud of them enduring to the end! Thanks for all the love and support that you guys have all given me on my mission! Nos vemos pronto! Elder Garfield