We´ve had an adventurous week that is for sure. And experienced a miracle. We were in our priesthood mtg we hold every tuesday night with the bishop and leaders of the ward. As we were sitting there talking about the work in the area we heard a knock on the door... Unusual for a tuesday night around 9 30 in a chapel. The elders q. pres went to the door and opened it. In walked two young men from Peru. (you could totally tell they were peruvians they all look a bit different than argentines.) Honestly as the one started talking i felt the spirit. He started to explain that he had just moved to mendoza a week ago, and that he felt really alone. His mom was a member living in chile, and since he had basically moved here alone he wanted to find the chapel. He said he´d been searching and searching for the missionaries or the chapel, and that he was finally at peace to find it. Then he paused and said... ´´ive been living with my girlfriend in chile so i couldn´t get baptised, i knew it wasn´t right but i had no choice because i had no money to afford my own home. I know this church is true without a doubt in my mind, i moved here to be good with god, to repent, and to be baptised.´´ FAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! It was crazy! The whole room was just in awe. I didn´t know what to say, and finally i was said ´´can you come to the chapel tomorrow for a lesson´´ haha. Really amazing. We´ve taught him everyday this week, but really i wouldn´t call it teaching. He knows everything, he´s read the BOM. Sunday he was the star of the show in priesthood, answering all the questions. He played professional soccer in chile but the club never paid him because they were so corrupt. He moved here and wants to try out for tomba next year. In the mean time we´ve found him a job with one of the members, he´s trying to get out of his 3 bedroom house he is living in right now with...........22 other peruvians. yeah 22.. Count your blessings back home. He´s set to be baptised saturday, and is hoping he can save enough money for transportation and a legal marriage for his gf. So amazing. the lord is truely working miracles through us.
We finally got the deal closed on the new pench and moved in saturday. Its like a million dollar mansion compaired to our old pench haha. The toilet actually works, there is no gas leak, theres even hot water :). We get about 120 dollars a month here. Equals around 400 pesos. We shop for ourselves at the local kioskos, and shopping places. They don´t eat dinner here. Weird right?? We eat a small breakfast usually ceral or an egg or something. Then they just have a huge´normously´large lunch! We eat lunch with the members about 5 times a week. They just eat and eat and eat! Then sleep from 2-5 or 6 But that lasts the rest of the day. The living here is different. The houses are very very close together basically just one big block of brick all put together. Pretty neat. I´m going to try and send some pictures. Im so pumped about nay coming to ARGENTINA!! I heard Rosario is beautiful! We´ll be able to send mail back and forth cheap cheap cheap :) I find out tonight if i´m staying in trapiche or going. Or if i´ll be with chesley or not. Kinda trippin out. I hope i don´t move because we just unpakced everything in the new pench! Plus we found it and did all the work to get a nice place. We want to enjoy the fruit of our labor :) Anyways i think thats about it. Don´t have too much time to write today, keep strong. Live like you believe!!!!!!! Simple as that. Oh one last thing. We listened to a live broadcast of elder bednar adressing the argentine people. He gave a powerful fireside, we all left uplifted. We took Carmen with us, all she does is talk about you mom. All she wants to do is meet you haha. She says your beautiful, and is always asking to see our family picture over and over haha. Anyways Love you!!!!!!
Elder Campbell
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