So i just wrote an entire forever long email that got deleted... Im here! Safe! The journey started at 1pm in atlanta and ended 8pm the next day in mendoza. we ended up getting sent to miami and then on a flight to buenos aires around 11pm. I turned my head to the tvs for a second in miami and saw braylon edwards make the most ridiculous catch i´ve ever seen in my life on the miami monday nighter. Good last american football play to see! We got delayed 5 hours in atlanta then we were late to buenos aires so some guy drove us in his little car to the temple. We were without our bags for 4 days as they were bounced around the world. Lets just put it this way... the clothes i wore for 4 days straight.... im feelin bad for the member that agreed to wash our clothes yesterday haha. My companion is Elder Chesley. He´s a cool guy from dallas texas. big cowboys fan (no one is perfect even gods army). he´s been out 20 months so only 2 more transfers left for him! I´m serving right here in Mendoza! In a neighborhood named Trapiche. It´s an area that hasn´t baptised in a year and half. Which for amission that averages 90 a month is really really bad. But me and Chesley are going to change that. The people are so sweet, they don´t even speak spanish it´s so different. I´ve kind of had to start from scartch. They don´t even call it spanish here. They all tell me my ´´castejano´´ is good for being here a week. The meat is amazing, the fruits are great. My feet are torn to shreds but hey what can you expect i sat in a car for 6 weeks. I´m guessing i´ve lost close to 10 pounds this week, we walk ALOT. Everwhere to be exact. We are searching for a new apartment because we don´t even live in our area. We live in estansuela, and it´s basically the ghetto of mendoza. We told some members yesterday where we lived and they grimiced and asked how we were alive haha. It´s kinda scary at night but during the day it´s totally fine. Hopefully we can find something new before the end of the transfer. I feel at home here. We were flying in and in our final decent we made a big turn and the mountains came into view. Its so much better to be a missionary here. The temptations of the states are gone. There isn´t american music playing everywhere, no football games on the tv´s. Its just very humble and a better place to be able to be in tune. I wanna challenge you all to read john chapter 15 this week. Don´t just read it study it! I´ve been studying it for about 4 days now and i feel like my life is changed. Weird i know! Anyways i only have and hour to write on mondays and we have to come find and internet cafe. Mail is more corrupt than ever here, so the office doesn´t forward mail anymore. That means i´ll be getting mail every 6 weeks so emails are going to be best for communicating! I love you all very much. Moroni 8:3.
If your judging someone you have no time to love them - Mother Teresa.
Paz y Amor
Elder Campbell
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