10-17-12

Hey everyone!

Well transfers are over and nobody got lost.  Great news.  My new comp is really cool.  He is quiet, but awesome.  We now have 3 Americans in the house, so that's pretty crazy.

Conference was awesome, and I gained so much from it.  I loved Elder Holland's talk and Elder Oak's.  I also really liked Elder Gay's talk, and the first few sentences of Pres. Uchtdorf's talk sounded awesome too.  Satan was working hard this weekend.  More of that in a second.

Last week we taught a great group of college students.  The Spirit was powerful.  We testified of the restoration and every investigator was silenced.  They could only sit and feel the truth of Christ's message.  We then promised them if they came to conference with a prayerful heart, the Lord would confirm to them the truthfulness of this church, and they would know, upon seeing the face of President Monson, that he was called of God.  They all promised to come.  When Saturday morning arrived, they all showed up.  They sat down and I prayed for the Spirit to be upon us.  Then, the power went out.  There was nothing for 20 minutes, and then someone finally got the generator turned on.  This only powered the sound however, and we listened to part of a talk in the sweltering heat (all fans and air conditioning down), before the sound broke and cut out again.  We finally got some picture and sound going just in time to hear President Uchtdorf start what sounded like an amazing talk, before it all crashed again.  We ended up getting to hear the last speakers remarks, and then all our investigators had an exam to take at school and left.  What a great first impression!  I knew however, that we had done all we could, the investigators had shown forth their faith, and that no matter how hard the devil worked, he could not affect a promise of the Lord.  I prayed hard during the hour break, and when it came time for the next session, all our investigators came back!  They attended all 4 sessions, and all got testimonies of the truthfulness of Christ's church.  It was such a great miracle to see true seekers of light feeling the Spirit despite all the worldly things that failed them.

I'm drenched in sweat right now by the way.  Just thought I'd throw that out there.

I've got to run, but I love you all.  Keep on doing FHE and family scripture study and prayer!

Love,
Elder Garver