Reactivating a Family

Hola a mi fam y mis amigitos,

Sooo this week was pretty hard--more soo last night with Maicol who we've been focusing on a lot. Last night, and I don't want to focus on this too much, but we basically found that he's not been understanding anything of what we've been talking about and told us about some extremely...different beliefs that he's had--but its OK!! We keep going because that's who we are and it's our duty to keep trying. We really had to study the scriptures with him last night and I had to throw some references down on him.  A lot in James 2 about faith and how it's a principle of action...it's given from God by our actions to receive it...it doesn't just appear out of nowhere...

A blessing that happened this week is that we've been able to help a family reactivate in the church with 2 amazing kids (Lorenzo and Valentina) who aren't baptized. They are 9 and 11 in that order so now we have to give them the discussions but it's cool to see how the Lord will have 2 more people make that covenant with him. We're going to teach them tomorrow and put the date for the 12th of March to be baptized and work with Franco (who was scared of the water) to have a family night with the Luna kids (Lorenzo and Valentina) so they can help him do it. Some awesome kids that are helping their own parents come unto Christ again.

Anyway that's something from this week-- much love to you all!! Always count your blessings because there are many!! Especially in the world's most blessed country!:)

Aguante los Estados Unidos!

Elder Chamberlain

Two Posts - Feb. 8th and Feb. 15th 2016

Elder Ruiz Diaz and me

My District in San Luis

Feb. 8

Hey Family and friends,

So Elder Bennett is gone and I'm with Elder Johnston until my new comp Elder Escobar (from here) comes. I don't know him but it should be good! I just hope he's a good worker that's all haha. 

But this week was kind of sad and frustrating because Franco decided that he didn't want to get baptized. He's afraid of the water and was too tired to come to the baptismal interview. The mom was saying that it's his choice and that if he wants to sleep in or is afraid of the water its his choice. So we kind of see now that the problem is with the mom for not helping and teaching her child to get baptized and so we dropped a little cane on her BUT with love so its all good:) If children aren't baptized by the age of 8/aren't taught the principles of the gospel the sins of the children will fall over the heads of the parents and soo it's sad but the Lord himself has said it. We have to teach it how it is.

But we're going to try a little bit more and see how we can help them. Maicol was really sad that Elder Bennett left and we put another baptismal date for him to get baptized on the 27th of this month. So please help and pray that he'll be ready and stop smoking and understand enough to make the choice to be baptized that day that would be awesome thanks!!

Anyway, those are some bad and good things that happened this week! Much love to you all!

Elder Chamberlain

Feb. 15, 2016

Hey family and friends!

So Valentine's Day in Argentina?  Haha they say its the day of the lovers but nothing happens. Nobody gives anybody anything or does anything. I think its more of an American thing to be honest.  Wow Dad---that's way cool what you read in sunday school. I'm gonna read that! I've been reading a lot in the bible lately in my studies. I'm trying to read from 1 Samuel to the end of Kings. There's some cool stuff in there about how blessed those people are.

So Elder Bennett is gone and he'll be one of my fav comps in the mission for sure. A wayy good guy and a super hard worker until the very end. Truly a good example to me and many others.

Now I'm with a way cool elder from Mexico named Elder Escobar! We get along wayy good and we're working a lot! We're really just trying to find news (new investigators) because Franco left the other day for Chile and so did several others soo haha we just lost our prime people for a couple weeks. But it's ok --we need to find more news and we should always be doing it.

Other than that I made my comp already some of my famous honey bbq wings (I'm like known for that now in the mission here ahaha) My comp loved them and next Sunday he said he's gonna make me some tacos so I'm wayy happy to get some mexican food! yeesssssss.

But ya it was a good week with a lot of clapping/knocking doors etc and getting to know each other.   My relationship with President Goates is pretty good. I don't know how he is compared with other mission presidents but he seems more on the strict side as I've said before but he's an amazing man and I have learned a TON from him. He's very close to the Lord. I always respect the decisions that he makes because he knows best even if I thought different. 

Special shout out to Sister Schmidt for being an amazing woman and for her example to endure through trials! Cancer's got nothing on you Sister Schmidt!  You can do this! My comp and I will be praying for you:)

Much love to all of you---Ciao!!

Elder Chamberlain

This is Marcelo Riveros.  He helps the missionaries a lot.  Also this is Elder Bennett--- a way cool missionary from Tucson

Weeks Flying Past

Hey everybody!

This week was a good week but went by wayyy fast!  We had exchanges with the zone leaders and had interviews with president and several meetings this week it was a lot of fun but we didn't get to work a whole lot:/ but it's ok!  Maicol is progressing and isn't going to go to Buenos Aires yet so we can still work with him! Also we're going to baptize Franco and that's going to be way exciting! Other than that not a whole lot happened other than the usual contacting/knocking on doors and visiting people.  That's all I can really remember right now! But it was a great week! 

That is so cool how Spencer wrote his testimony in a Book of Mormon and gave it to a friend at school.  I feel like I need to share this video that the church shared in a world missionary conference a week or so ago. I don't know if you've seen it.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jbRUXWVMlw

I promise that the Lord will continue to bless us as a family and even more if we participate in this work. If God has placed someone who's interested in the church, Spence should continue with that and you can help him get the missionaries over. Just tell Spencer to not be scared of what he would say.  This will be a great experience for him before his mission--something I wish I would've had before serving my mission. 

Anyway much love to all of you guys!

Elder Chamberlain 

Elder Bennett, Marcelo Riveros, Elder Chamberlain