Hey Guys!

     Well, writing at the end of a pretty hard week to say the least. But, our spirits are high and we´re doing okay. Thanks for writing as always and I always look forward to your letters. First off, I´ll start with some housekeeping...

     Send my congratulations to Zak. Its so crazy that he´s already home! Tell him hi for me. Please send the wedding announcement when it happens okay?

     Its so crazy that Matt is getting married! I would never have pictured that! But, I hope the best for him and if you get a chance, tell him to send a letter my way, and I´ll send one back to him. Even though we don´t have a lot of contact, we were still really good friends a short time ago.

     Good luck to both of you, Mom and Paige on this job that you interviewed for. I hope it comes through. 

     By the way, I just saw a movie called 17 Miracles. Its about the Martin Handcart Company (?) and all the miracles they experienced. If you can find it, watch it. It will change the way you look at the pioneers forever. I couldn´t stop crying, nay, sobbing through the whole film. Its amazing.

     Nice pictures you sent me Gav. They rock. Keep it up!

     Okay for the interesting stuff:

     Okay, when you sent me that stuff about Prof. Murphy, it almost knocked me over, I couldn´t believe it. I figure that I don´t have anybody like that who´s asking for me at BYU, so maybe I should just go to U of I. Everytime I think about it, I feel better than going to BYU. Yeah, I´ll be around all my friends in Utah, well those I made in the mission, but I need to go where I can make it, and I think U of I would be the best option. Maybe I´ll go to NIC, or if I can, I´ll go straight to U of I depending if I have money or not. I want to go home and talk with Prof. Murphy about my options for work and tuition. Maybe he could put in a good word for me in some scholarships or something. Who knows? I would have zero problems working in other churches if it would help me with some financial support. Prof. Murphy is a great guy and I look forward to working with him. Send him my appreciation and deepest gratitude for what he´s doing for me. 

     Well, our week was a little tough. We didn´t have any investigators in church this week, but we keep pressing forward in the work. The Lord called us to have success right? So, hopefully some is on it´s way. We keep hoping and working. The Lord will be with us in all that we do if we just press on. 

     Our branch is getting worse by the day. I gave a talk in church about why there are so many inactive members in our ward. I felt completely inspired to give the talk. I suggested that we do our visits more often and bring, not invite, our inactive brothers to church. I shared some scriptures and kind of brought it down hard on them. Some members came up to me afterwards and got kind of angry at me for what I said. This branch is completely unwilling to work and does not appreciate the work we do here. I´m going to have a long talk with President Carter on thursday about it. Hopefully, we can come up with an option soon, so we don´t waste anymore time in this matter. 

     On the 25th of May, the nation celebrated El Día de la Patria. Its kind of like their traditional holiday, so they all dressed up and did a parade in the city center. I sent pictures to you so you could see what they did. There were probably about 200 people on horseback. it was a lot of fun. 

     Thank you for the extra money you sent me. I also suggest that through the jobs you guys are working, that you send me some money so I can bring stuff home for you guys. I want to bring some gifts home for you, but I don´t have money for that. About 50-100 bucks each would be awesome, then I could get you some really cool stuff. But, I still have four months left. So, there is still time. 

     Dad, don´t pay the application fee for BYU, because the application fee for U of I is 50 bucks. Please go on my application and fill out any missing information that I have. I need a specific date of graduation from high school and specific date of the day I took my SAT test. Also, you need to fill out the student consent form that is found on the last option of the application under Addition UG Information. Just go through the application and make sure that its all filled out correctly, or if anything needs editing. If you could do that, it would be awesome! My username is this email address and my password is Garrett1.

     Anyway, I´ve gotta go. I love you guys and I look forward to hearing from you next week. Remember, next week, P-Day is on Wednesday, so you won´t get a letter until then. Thanks for all you do for me and I look forward to seeing you soon! I love you guys!  

Élder Garrett Brighton Rook

 Misión Argentina Buenos Aires Oeste

        "La mejor misión de todo el mundo..."