January 19, 2009

Dear Family,
A lot of great things happened this last week. On Monday I gave a training on quality gospel invitation. It's when we stop and talk to people on the street. We have a lot of new missionaries so we are going over the basics. It went well, I don't mind so much now talking in front of people.
Then on Tuesday we went to the Spokane temple. The district met in Othello at 6:30 A.M. Elder Oliver and I woke up at 5:00 because it's about a half hour drive from our house. Then a member in Matttana who is very rich has a tour bus. And he bought it because he doesn't like motor homes. So he took all 10 of us up for the day. We had our session, and it felt good and relaxing. Then after we went to some stores to look at ties. I bought some that looked good. Then we went to a buffet and stuffed ourselves. We got home around seven. Then on Wednesday we went to Moses Lake to have a new missionary training meeting with President Clark. It went well I saw some things I could improve on.
The rest of the week was good. We found some new investigators. We also have some investigators that have been dropped.
Yesterday at church Erik Castillo passed the sacrament. It felt really good to see him dressed in church clothes, and passing. If the young men can keep him there and active I know he will go on a mission. This upcoming week is looking good, we will see if the new ones we picked up are like Erik. I got Aunt Sandra's letter, she sent me 4 gift cards to Burger King, Pizza Hut, Arby's and Wendy's. That was a great gift.
Well that's good for this week,
Love Elder Garrett