Camron's letter....Feb. 13, 2012

Hola Familia, This week was pretty great! We had a good time but we also had a lot of crazy things happen with the zone. We were doing a lot to get the Elders to their new areas. We had half of the zone leave to new areas. So we had a fantastic Thursday going to the airport and sending missionaries off. We had 2 go to Beni and one to Yucuiba (that's close to Argentina). Flights got canceled and moved so we went to the airport like 4 times, but everything was finally done by Saturday. But I'm excited to be here as a zone leader. We have great elders that are working hard and the blessings are showing. The two district leaders in our zone are pretty experienced. One was a Zone leader for a whole year and leaves in May, and the other was the assistant to the President 3 months ago. They were also one of my zone leaders at one point in Riberalta. So things are going really good with them. They are way excited to work before they go home. Our awesome family went to church again. It was awesome. The mom wants to be a teacher or leader in the church too haha. Her husband is always ready and willing to go to church. He is so receptive to the holy ghost. It's pretty crazy. We had a pretty special lesson with them on Saturday. They had sent there kids to their grandparents because they were so stressed out with money problems because the husband was getting sick and they had to pay rent, utilities, and medical bills, so they were really stressed. We planned to teach them the word of wisdom but we decided to teach them about the Atonement and how much their Father in Heaven loves them. He truly wants to help them out with the trials that they are going through. I explained to them the story of the "current bush" by president Brown. (the one that you love dad", and I told them that they will have to suffer in life so that they can become stronger. Sometimes we have trials in life that we cannot understand, and it doesn't seem that we deserve them. Even though it looks like things won't get better our Heavenly Father has all the power to makes things better. We truly need to kneel down and ask Him for the strength and comfort to get through these hard times. Just as he said in D&C, your trials will only be for a brief moment, but if you endure it well, I will exalt you on high. Our Heavenly Father will never truly let you suffer. You are his children and He loves you. Everything you suffer through will be for your good if you stay loyal to Him. The mom couldn't stop crying. After we taught our lesson, we asked if we could kneel down at their bedside and pray together asking God for comfort, faith, and the strength to get through these hard times. This family is truly special and we can't wait to help them make a covenant with our Heavenly Father through baptism. Thanks for all of your prayers and fasting.  It truly helped me. I'm doing great and I'm excited to keep on working in the mission. Have an awesome week!    love,  Elder Christoffersen