Scary Letter from Elder C last week (Sep. 22, 2014)

Last week was a good week with my comp! He's going back to Colombia and I got another one that was a zone Leader from Colombia and I'll most likely have him until after Christmas and be in the same area till maybe January or March I heard!

We're teaching a lot of menos activos (less active)right now and teaching several investigators. We have no gas in our apartment so our showers are super cold and we can't cook anything. Sooo it's been interesting. I actually adjusted well and quickly. I love living the ghetto life cuz it makes me stronger. Although My pench (apartment) is actually not that bad--- I really like it and I have my sleeping bag so es todo bien.

THAT Is a giant yacht. Is there a giant sail boat behind it in the photo because it looks like a motor yacht. Or its just with both. Any It definitely looks huge!!

Hey dad I want you to know that I'm safe and that everything is good. I did a security check with Pres and sister Goates this last weekend. 

So my comp and I were walking down a street more close to Campo Papa. Sunday is game night and two big futbol (soccer) teams were playing called River and Boca. Sooo a lot of people are smoking drugs and drinking out in the streets. Cops don't really go out either on Sunday nights too cuz there's too much crime that they say we might as well not even try. 

But at about 8:00 or a little later this guy was walking toward us and I didn't think much about it. But then he tells us to give him  our money or he'll kill us. My comp was in front of me and starts swinging his bag but right as he starts doing that...  this guy takes out this huge submachine gun and I could've sworn he was going to shoot my comp. I literally thought he was going to die. My comp tells me to run and I don't know why I did cuz he could have shot me but while I was running that was the scariest part. I couldn't see him cuz my back was turned to him but I thought he was going to shoot me.

It's soo different only hearing stories like that but when you're actually in them and you truly believe that you're about to die...I can't explain that feeling. 

So we ran and he chased us. We found this garbage truck picking up peoples trash and told that that a guy was trying to rob/kill us and they let us in the cab of the truck and we waited for about 15 minutes. After we found our other comps close to our area and told them to head back and so we ran back to the apartment.

 I was in soo much shock. We instantly knelt down and said a prayer as we got back. I was crying and he was a little bit too.  When I turned my back to that guy I said Heavenly father please help me and I just saw my whole family. That made me think I was going to die cuz in the freaking movies you see your loved ones and then you die. I wasn't laughing though cuz life was super real for me. I thought I would never see any of you ever again. I'm soo glad that heavenly father is looking out for me and that that guy didn't shoot. I don't know why he didn't but I'm just happy that God is letting me live a little bit longer.

So yaa I'm gooood now and it's a good crazy story in the past ahaha! My faith is soo high! I'm having a really positive effect and it's made me a lot more mature and aware. My comp has taught me A LOT on how to fight and especially disarm people and how to use guns and other weapons too in our apartment (Pench) at night.

You guys look like youre all having soo much fun in Costa Rica!! Plzz send me tons of photos!! . Just trust in God and he'll work some crazy stuff and give some even more crazy blessings!:)

Love ya soo much dad!! Have a fun awesome week!!

Love,

Elder Kohler Chamberlain