Tunuyan District

Hey fam and friends,

Well it's starting to snow here and it's been super cold!!  If I would've kept my sleeping bag a little longer ahaha! We found several new investigators this week with the rest of Iris'  family. All of them together are like 20 people or so haha so we're just preparing them more than anything for when they go back to Tucuman after the harvest so the missionaries can keep teaching them up there.

This week also I got to meet some interesting less active families that have really struggled with problems they have with other people and other sad things they've brought into their lives. So we're going to be really trying to help these people and their families.  I had a way cool investigator in my last area get baptized this last Saturday too that we'll probably see together! 

Other than that we've still been doing a lot of service for the members so I can get to know the members better and to get some more confidence from certain families that haven't really liked the elders too much:/ That and we've been contacting a bunch and have had some luck with some new and a lot of future investigators! A scripture that I liked this week and came to share several times this week was in John 15: 12-13. Remember whose life was given for you and that we're invited to also give our lives for Him.

Much love to you all --have an awesome week!!

Your Argentine Elder,

Elder Chamberlain

Elder Chamberlain near the Andes Mountains

Hey fam and friends!

This week was great and we found a couple more new investigators with who we're working with. We invited a young couple to be baptized and they weren't exactly sure so we're going to press them. They're named Daniel and Iris. They both work together harvesting grapes until they go back to Tucuman/northern Argentina again. They do that every year until the harvesting season comes. They live in a VERY humble home in the middle of these massive grape vineyards and the husband Daniel can't read but when we invited them to be baptized after talking about the plan of salvation the husband showed a lot of agreement with doing it but Iris wanted to wait.  It's weird because she searched the church out and wanted to hear us and usually women are more likely to say yes and the husband a little more hardened. But we're going to encourage them.  They're just not sure because they're leaving in less than a month! But there are missionaries up in Tucuman Argentina so we're good!

I got news from my last area and Lucas who I was working with is getting baptized and he was soo emotional when they asked him to be baptized! Also Catriel and his mom were taught the plan of salvation who we worked with a lot and the mom started crying when she found out she'd be able to see her daughter that passed away a while back. A lot of good things happening back there in San Luis too! Mom and Dad you're going to love them when you meet them!:)  

We're also helping our branch president's daughter in law with learning English so she can give a presentation to some vineyard owners from Miami and France.  It's kinda cool to talk to them about and learn! The views of the Andes here in Valle de Uco help on the long walks but I haven't been able to see them a whole lot for about 2 weeks or so because it's been constantly cloudy and rainy ahaha. But it's still cool-- I feel  the love of my Heavenly Father everywhere I go as I always have my whole mission! I'm really grateful for it.  

Anyway those are some things from this week much love to you all! Trust in the Lord in all you do!!

Elder Chamberlain