Cordoba Argentina Temple Dedication

Celestial Room of Cordoba Argentina Temple

   
Hey Everyone-

Wow yesterday was soo cool. I felt the spirit soo strong! The church really is growing in ALL of Argentina! Yesterday the temple in Cordoba which is about 7 hours away was dedicated and we had Elder Uchtdorf and Elder christofferson come! We got to watch all 3 sessions and we saw our stake president give the opening prayer in the 3rd session so that was cool because we've worked with him a lot! We didn't get to see the cultural celebration because President told us that we can't soo it's all good:)

Cultural Celebration from Friday, May 15, 2015

Elder Uchtdorf holds up his temple recommend and the "For the Strength of Youth" pamphlet during his opening remarks at the cultural event in Cordoba, Argentina.  (LDS Newsroom)

Visitors Entering the Temple for the Dedication on Sunday, May 17, 2015

We had a good week and finally got into one of the houses we had been trying to get into for a little while as we pass by to others. Her name is Veronica and her dad is blind and can't really hear. We were able to talk to her for a little and we had a solid lesson on the Restoration! She is going to be baptized we both feel. It just won't be by me because she needs to go to church at least 3 times and I'm probably getting transferred, but it's ok--- it's the thought that counts! She'll be making the best decision of her life! 

Ordinance room inside Cordoba Argentina Temple

We also taught several other people this week! One old lady named Rosa! She was pretty prideful at the beginning but then she really took interest in us. I told her we are here in Argentina for so much time when we could be in a  university and we don't even get paid. I got to bear my testimony of why I'm here and how we sincerely want to let people know of this great message. She was VERY interested in the Book of Mormon and was flipping through it and reading small parts here and there which was a really good sign that my comp and I picked up. 

Baptismal Font inside Cordoba Temple

Also we asked for directions from this old guy when we were headed to the home of a kid that stopped us in the street a few days ago to teach him and his family. The kid named Luciano wasn't home but we did talk to this old man named Diego for a while. After we finished we planned  a time to come back and talk with him and he told us," Here you have a friend!"   It made me feel really good and I had never felt that kind of respect for being a missionary out on the streets here so it was a cool little experience for me.

A lot more experiences like that have been happening and the Lord is really blessing us and it's awesome! Sorry this email is a little long and I'm going to try to do better with weekly emails haha! Glad you're all patient with me-- you're all the best!!

Love the one and only,

Elder K Chamberlain

(Letter from May 11th)

Oh my gosh Organ stop Pizza!!  What a cool picture! That;s a fun place ahaha! My first date with Bailey Bowman was there haha!

Ya I miss you guys soo much! But almost 6 months passed when I last talk to you guys which is crazy! We're almost halfway through the year then we'll be at Christmas sooo soon and I'll be filling out my trunky papers! Thats what we call them but my papers for going back to the United States!!

Hey thank you soo much for bringing grandma and grandpa and all the cousins to my mother's day skype call...I literally can't tell you what that did for me. I feel soo strengthened because I know I have a lot of those eyes on me and I'm going to do my best for all of them:)

We found about 4-5 possible investigators this week but a lot of them weren't there when we made an appointment with them. But they're some nice looking people and we're hoping to get to know them better!

Hey Elder Ah you hasnt told me if he's sent your guys stuff but let me know when it does ok?

OH Suzy loved that video and she told me she teared up a little bit so thank you so much for doing that for her:)

Love you all pops:)

Elder Kohler Chamberlain