September 14, 2014: NUEVO TESTAMENTO!!

NUEVO TESTAMENTO

Whatsss good???  How was camping fam??  Gunner's a senior!!!!!!!!!  That kinda just hit me right now!!  Reegan's a sophomore!!!!!!!  Can't tell you which one is weirder to think about....so crazy!!

Well we're still here trying to spread the good word in the middle of this crazy city.  On Thursday we went to Sarmiento.  It's this little town two hours away from Comodoro and there are 2 missionaries there that are doing work.  We wanted to help them out so we went up and spent the whole day going to town!!  The difference between the people in a little town compared to a big city is incredible.  Of course there are amazing people everywhere but just something about the small town life makes people so much nicer and receptive.  

Last night we were contacting around cento then we see about 10 police officers looking like swat all decked out head to toe in black armour heading in our direction.  Then we looked across the street and 15 more policemen all decked out on beautiful huge horses were blocking a street.  Next street 15 more with riot shields and tazers.  haha  All because Boca and River played last night and of course Boca won and the people were going crazy!!! Nothing out of hand.. just some good celebrating and a lot of noise and we had to wait for our bus right by it so it was fun to see the devotion these people have for the game.  

On a spiritual note.. President Rogers gave us the challenge to read the New Testament completely before Christmas.. Every time I read about the life of Christ it really helps me put my priorities in check.  It makes me think about how great his love for us really was and is to take upon himself the pains and sins of the world.  I finished the book of Lucas last night and I read a part that left me thinking. It was about when they crucified Jesus as well as the thieves. 

One of the thieves pleads to Jesus.. "If thou be Christ save thyself and us." Then the other thief tells the other that they deserve the punishment that they were receiving.  At that moment the latter thief recognized his sins and recognized that his salvation was in jeopardy so what does he do next..he calls out to Christ.. "Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom."  Jesus had recently paid for this mans sins and pains and was willing to accept this humble plea of forgiveness with the words.."i say unto thee, to day shalt thou be with me in paradise."  

The atonement is sooooo real!! Humility is so essential! Change is so encouraged! "We can change without growing but we cannot grow without changing."  Use the atonement...do not let His act of love go in vain!

I love this gospel and I love all ya`ll back home!! 

Con amor, 

Elder Lamb

September 7, 2015 -Hermana Ojeda!!!!

Hermana Ojeda!!!!

Alright lets get a little back up story.. I was serving here in Comodoro a year ago for my birthday and this amazing hermana that was sick with cancer made me a cake.  She treated me like a son and loved being able to serve and was so grateful to be able to make my birthday special! That was a year ago....

So a week before my birthday I just got to Comodoro "again" and I was in the terminal getting my bags and stuff loaded in a taxi..and guess who just so happened to walk by and see me! This same hermana Ojeda! We were both freaking out and I was so excited to see her! She said she was just looking at photos from the year before just as I showed up! She told me to come by on Monday because she was going to make another cake.  I went over there and she put me in tears!  She took time out of her day to make mine special! 

I would do anything for these people here! I LOVE to serve and I can't describe how amazing it is to have people here that care.  This hermana went above and beyond and I will eternally be grateful.. She was so happy she was able to be a part for BOTH of my birthdays here in the mish and goodnight.. she's the best!! I am so beyond blessed and am eternally in debt to these amazing people here!! 

pics.. this is a pic of me with Hermana Ojeda and her son chino! 

Fam bam!!!! What is happenin! You better not get burnt out from camping so much because thats definitely something I want to do just about every weekend when I get home!

This week has been amazing! Last sunday we had lunch with the most amazing family! Family Jerez! They have 5 kids and the parents of the dad are visiting them from northern Argentina. They are soooooooooo dope! Honestly we hit it off de una and we were laughing and sharing stories together and they invited us to come over the next day yo have Family Home Evening with them! 

So after Pday we went over there and my comp secretely let them know it was my birthday and they went all out with the cake and pizza and gosh dang it was so dope.  I didn't tell anyone it was my birthday thinking it was going to go lo key and i was just excited to be with this family but they went above and beyond to make it awesome. The grandparents are heading back to the north today in an hour so we are going to say goodbye soon. The people I have met here have changed my life forever!! I am so grateful to meet them! 

The grandma of flia Jerez taught us how to make pizzas!! :)

August 31, 2015 - Capilla Abierta!!:)

Capilla Abierta!!:)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD!!!!! I hope you guys go get some good grub for dads bday!! 

So I'm back in Comodoro but this time I'm in the heart of Centro.. Which means we contact sooooo much but teaching... not too much because we basically just contact people that live in everyone elses areas.  

We were able to do an Open Church activity Saturday night which was a huge success! We got together with the stake here and set up a "come and see what Mormons do" type of deal Saturday.  It was amazing! Every room had set up a different organization of the church and we had Meet the Mormons running in the cultural hall.  About 30 missionaries along with ward members and youth were in the streets inviting everyone to come! It was a lot of fun and 3 people left with a baptismal date and dozens left us with their address to come and visit.  It's crazy how much more productive the work is when the members and missionaries work together! 

Other than that total tranquil out here.  I now live in whats called the Casa Grande which is the biggest pension in the mission which you'd think would be dope but it just means so many random homeys always pass through and leave a mess ha but its fun seeing all the brand new missionaries and the ones that are on their way home because they all stay in our pension coming and going through comodoro. 

Love ya'll!! Pray for family Abregu from Puerto Madryn..going through a hard time and they need your prayers! 

Ill send pics in a sec! 

Elder Lamb

leavin Gallegos:(

but lookey here... in Comodoro we have Hermana Lock who is the neighbor of the Aubreys!! S/o to small world!:)

also met a man today in his 70´s who travels for the church doing medical stuff and he told us about how when he was a 14 year old investigator there was an elder that would always take him on splits... that elder was Elder Christofferson and Richard G Scott was the mission president who was there to great him when he came out of the baptismal font!  So crazy!! 

August 24, 2015 -OTRA VEZ A COMODORO!

OTRA VEZ A COMODORO!

My time in Rio Gallegos has come to an end... :( 

I feel like i just got here but I look back and its been 3 months!  I am heading back to Comodoro tonight... I'll be working in the middle of the city with Elder Vicharra. He's a stud from Peru so it'll be so sick! 

I'm really sad to be leaving Gallegos.. I really do love these people and all the missionaries here..we´ve come together as a family and everyone has been working so hard!!  Some of the elders on the other side of the city baptized a young couple this past week and I had the privilage of doing the interview.  The spirit was so strong.  I interviewed Carola.. the wife and she was so ready start her life over as a disciple of Jesus Christ. She has been through so much and she sincerely believes that through Jesus Christ she can be perfected through His atonement. 

As far as all of our investigators its like pulling teeth trying to get them to church!! We were able to find some more amazing people but as soon as you say we have church at 10 in the morning they just laugh and say they'll be sleeping... WAKE UP!!! We went by 3 families houses sunday morning to bring them to church and all lights off sleeping for all 3... come on now.... 

Yesterday we celebrated the birthday of Romero! The recent convert of the Hermanas in our branch and he is such a stud! Did a 180 on his life.. comes every week EARLY to church and is the only one that studies the classes throughout the week.  He doesn´t have much family here and is in his mid 40´s and said this was the first time he has celebrated his birthday since he was little.  We had a DOPE asado!! I will miss the Argentine asado...so much! 

THANK YOU so much mom for the package!! It came here and the birthday stuff was PERFECT for Romero.. ha I'll have a week in a new area for my birthday so ya..itll be low key which is chill!  And I was 10 times more happy we could do something cool for Romero! 

I love ya'll so much!!! 

S/o to Gunner for do missionary work at home! I wish I did more before!! Way to be an example! Such a stud!!  

Oren..lean..asistan!!!

Elder Lamb :)

I'll send pics in a sec!! 

Argentines dont mess around with their meat!! 

August 17, 2015 - :)

:)

Whats good errrrbody!!!!

This week has been great! I dont have any time so ill try to throw some pics up!!

This coming week we`ll have transfers and its gonna be crazy probs! Everyones going home! So weird! Rio Gallegos is still amazing:) Service is still the best! 

August 10, 2015 -#BOMBACHASyBOINAS

#BOMBACHASyBOINAS

Whatssss goood yalll??

So this week was another crazy one.. We had our monthly consejo in Comodoro on Tuesday so Monday night we left on the bus at 8:00 and got to Comodoro at 8:00 the next morning.. the meeting starts at 8:30 and after the meeting we ball out with the hoodrats that are always playing on the church soccer field in the parking lot.. then at 9 at night that same tuesday we headed back to Rio Gallegos and got home at 9 Wednesday morning.  

We had the other zone leaders from the zones down south stay with us all Wed because they dont have a bus leaving to the island till Thursday.. but it's sick because my boy Elder Nelson was able to stay with us an extra day!  Then Friday was our zone conference so my comp and I were up till the early hours Friday morning preparing for the conference with our zone.  Saturday we did service all day then Sunday night and yesterday we had interviews with President.. To sum it all up... We didn't have too much time to work in our area:( 

Of course the Big Man upstairs is hearing our prayers and isn't going to shorten others out of blessings and we were able to have 8 investigators in our branch on Sunday!!! 

We went Sunday morning to pick up our buddy Brian and when we got to his house he asked us if his friend and cousin and sister could come to church as well!! Uhh YAAA!! Big Brian already inviting others... such a stud! We walked in to church with all these homies and the branch embraced them and everyone talked to them! So awesome! And the parents of Carolina came!!! They have their date for the 22 of August! Just pray that they will be ready!!! 

I am so grateful to be here. I love what I do:):)

Thank yall for everything!!!!

Elder Lamb

#SERVICE!! 

August 3, 2015 - #EQUATIONFORSALVATION:)

Wowskies.... just a huge s/o to Rio Gallegos this week!  The people here are sooo different than other places.

Just so you can understand how big our mission is... In the southern part of our mission in Ushuaia there`s 10 feet of snow and is crazy cold..and in the northern most part where i was in Puerto Madryn it is 80 degrees with a breeze!!

Where we are at is just bitter cold and alwaaaaays wet!

I actually am so grateful for this crappy weather though because I was thinking and...cold = people indoors = really warm houses = small houses = families are always close together (physically and figuratively) = a lot of food = happy people = they feel bad for homies outside = we come to their door shivering = they let us in = message = we do our part = they do their part = the Lord does His part = salvation.. :)

There really is not a better feeling than coming home at the end of the day after entering into the houses of people that didn't even know we existed before we knocked on their door.. 

We met a 14 year old stud named Brian who is an amazing soccer player that is so interested in what we share. We talked to the whole family and they asked us a thousand questions about the US and how we could ever give up our lives for 2 years to come to Rio Gallegos, Argentina.  Brian came with us to Sports Night where he showed up a ton of 20 year olds in soccer. 

The greatest thing about being a missionary is that all we do is invite.. We can promise people that they will receive an answer to their prayers.  We can invite them to find out for themselves if the things we teach are true.. It's also a humbling experience because I know how much the gospel will bless their lives but when they don't act I feel like I'm failing.. That`s the key to the whole Plan.. Every person has the ability to choose and their happiness in this life and the life to come are direct consequences of the choices they make now.  

So might as well choose to be happy right??:) WE HAVE THE CHOICE!!

Still happy and excited to work and to share the good word!

Love all yall! 

Elder Lamb

Pics..Im sending tons!!  Last week we did service for 11 hours one day building the house of our branch president.. so AWESOME!! I love doing service too much!

The other photo was leaving that night and the Branch Pres Flores had his dog and was like ... Elder Lamb can you drive home and ill chill with the dog in the back?? YES SIR!! been a Minute since ive drove and boy do i miss it!! #tooconvenient

Then we went hard in the painting game for another hermano in the branch with another companionship of missionaries! This is the hermano that would do ANYTHING for us! He's the one who hooked it up with the boots and the work suit (just wait till you see this work suit).

Pic 1.. painting crew

Pic 2... Conversation heading home last week ... me: "Scogin.. we don´t have jack to eat tonight..." 

Elder Scogin: "Bro i think we have an old soup packet!"

get to the pensh.. Soup packet expired in 2013..

Me: "Is it still sealed?"   "ya fue lets eat it.."

#endofthemonthlife

pic 3.. Our district presidents son Leandro who just turned twelve and has special needs.. I`ll miss this kid so much.. and he chose to get the priesthood! Such an amazing kid!! 

This dope Chilean moved to the branch and dos a fitness night every tuesday where he just wrecks us doing p90x type of stuff.. so much fun! Not a whole lot of coordination down here haha