The weeks are going by way to fast. this week was so awesome. we went to the temple. that is always so nice. the Oregon temple is so ridiculously nice. it just blows my mind. we also went to the new visitors center.. no joke it felt like i slept for 20 years woke up and was in the future when i walked into the visitors center. its not very big but it is soooo cool. technology is crazy this days.... yes i do have resin and a bridge. and yes i can play it but i only have like an hour or two each p-day.. so not much. and yes it is very country. the other day a guy drove his lawn mower to the gas station..but that's only one part of our area.(ya we cover A LOT of area)we also cover cities. but there are not a lot of cows or animals.. but A LOT of grapes fields or whatever you call them, so many.. apparently around here the wine is super nice. they are some of the top vineyards for wine in the country. that's what iv heard.
The power of testimony. a couple of weeks ago we visited with a less active, and briefly chatted with her son.. who was not interested at all. then the next time we visited he answered the door so we talked to him for about 20 min.. he didn't know if he believed in God, and didn't want anything to do with the church. we bore some sweet testimony on a lot of things. then a couple days later we stopped by again and the mom said that the son said he wanted to go to church.. we were so shocked. definitely the last think i was expecting to hear... a couple things to learn from this.. testimonies rock and are so powerful.. second that i need to have more faith. its not like i didn't have faith that he would change.. but i lacked the faith that he could change soon, that he could start now, in any moment to change his life. there are many other little thoughts branching off of just those two things... they are so so important to have..
I'm doing great, my companion is great. best one yet. our area is slowly getting better waiting to explode. lots of work, but life is good.
Love, elder garlock
