All I can say is I got soaked almost every day during this week
because of the storms hahaha. It rained for 36 hours non stop and the
entire country was on red alert for floods! BUT, we kept going baby!
Valiantly and proudly, talking to anyone and everyone that would give us
a chance! This week, Mayra and Alvaro got baptized! You can read there
story in my soon to be novel that is coming shortly.. They are so
awesome! We should baptize FIVE more this week. The pieces are finally
falling into place mother!
Another part of an email he sent me.
Now for the group one-This one is dedicated to my first cousin on the Kimberly side of the
family to receive his call to serve from the Prophet of the Lord, Jake.
I've never been more proud of you dude. You'll love those dog infested
streets of Peru and be a witness of the marvelous work and a wonder that
the Lord does among his children. Sure do love you man! Nicaragua was
quite a hoot this week with non-stop rain and non-stop preaching the
Gospel. Managua was not affected too severely from the storms but our
brothers down south got hit like a truck..
Our week
was filled with new missionary meetings, trainings, and our monthly
leadership Consejo. Elder Diaz and I are currently preparing for the
visit of Elder Cordon from the Q of 70 in the following week. We have to
give a practice to all the troops in the middle of his big machete that
he is going to give us. Should be dope!
Thursday
night, Elder Diaz and I went to teach the final lesson of Mayra and
Alvaro, our 2 newest converts in the Maximo Jerez! We felt inspired
before to teach about Chastity. As we began, we helped Mayra understand
that all the big changes she had felt in herself were signs of the
Atonement of Jesus Christ working wonders. She could literally feel the
transformation as she repented and kept her commitments! We then went
into teaching. At the end, I asked the deadly question, ``Mayra, do you
have ANY problems with the Law of Chastity at this time?`` She
hesitated. ``Yes, I think she so.`` she says. She goes on to explain how
she as been talking again to her Ex-Husband that wanted to get back
together and all that jazz. Mayra then said she didn`t want to get
baptized for this very reason. We feared the worse! As she said that, he
son, Alvaro, who rarely talks, shouts ``I'm still getting baptized,
with or without you Mom!`` It was awesome haha. Mayra realized that she
had felt with us was worth more than going back to her old life. She
made a 180 degree turn right then and there.
Saturday
morning came and we went to clean our baptismal font! The best noise in
the world for a missionary is the sound of running water in the Church.
There were tons of spiders, ants, worms and what not swimming in the
water 10 minutes before show time. I had to improvise and work some
magic to get all that out.. But Mayra and Alvaro came and we had a
spiritual service. President Poncio came and shared an awesome message!
Alvaro chose me to baptize him and I felt honored. They both shared
powerful testimonies about staying faithful until the end and how they
both felt ``renewed!``
I love this work. It
amazes me week after to week to see the hand of Lord helping the people
of this special country. October 15th is right around the corner! ;)
Elder Campbell
Luke 16: Search and find where it talks about temple work.
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