Buenas Tardes People!!!

A huge shout out to the greatest old man on the planet my dad!! Today he turns like 64........i mean 46 hahahah!! JK dad!!! But seriously i hope you have an amazing B day! You really are my hero and the greatest pops in the world and am so grateful to be your son!!

We had a really solid week here in Salvarcar!!! With 5 people coming to church and we also posted the baptisms for Genesis and Arturo in June!! So yeah a really great week!! It has been a little hard to get adjusted to the new area because i was so accustomed to being in La Cuesta but i am starting to get used to it and absolutely love being here in the Este because there is so much work!! Also something really cool happened on Friday!! We were walking down one of the streets here and then all of the sudden Somebody yells ELDER and so i turn around and guess who it was?................Demetria and Maggie!!! I was so psyched like seriously it was so great to see them!! They say that all is going well back in la cuesta and that they miss me a ton hahahah!!! JK!!! But yeah it was really neat to get to talk to them!! Also other crazy thing happened this week well actually this morning!! So we now have a washing machine in our house HALELUJAH!!! When i was washing my clothes this morning i literally almost flooded the house hahah!! So the washing machine has a tube connected to it where the water exits and the hose leads to our sink so that it will drain!! But today i didnt realize that like a fork was blocking the drain so when the water started to exit all heck broke loose and our house nearly flooded hahah!! But after a mini panic attack i was able to fix it all and the house is now somewhat back to normal hahahah!!! So yeah i had a super legendary morning hahah!!

But anyways thats super crazy that school is out and i hope and pray that you all survive the trek hahah!! I will try and send pictures next week cuz we werent allowed to take any this week!! Sorry mom!! But so cool about all the mission calls tell chase and stacy to be careful!! hahah!! They will be great!! The mission is amazing and i know that it changes lives! Not only the lives of the people you serve but also the life of the missionary!! I am so grateful to be out here in the mission and just want you all to know that i am doing great and love you all!! Take care and Keep it real!!

Love Cam

Buenos Dias People!!

So to start off lets just throw out a big happy Mothers day to all of you moms who read this!! You are all amazing and i hope you had a wonderful day yesterday!!

But anyways crazy stuff went down this week here in Juarez!! And the biggest news of the week is that i have officially been transferred from La Cuesta!! After 8 months i have finally left and am now in an area called Salvarcar!! My companions name is Elder Zacarias and we are the Zone Leaders here in Salvarcar!! Well actually he is and im just kind of here like helping him hahaha!! It was weird tho that we had transfers cuz we are in like the middle of the cycle or a little more but yeah who knows why it happened but well yeah i am here now!!!! This new area is pretty chill i dont know like any of it and am just trying to find my way around but its ok!!! The new apartment is solid! A little bit smaller than my last one but still pretty good!!  To answer some of your questions Well i thought we had hot water because the last couple of days i have showered with it but today who knows what happened cuz well yeah there wasnt any hahahaha!!! We do have a stove and also a washer which is amazing because now we wont have to spend that much money to clean clothes!! Hecks yeah!!! hahahah!! My new comp is super solid and is helping me a ton!!! Im not gonna lie it was really hard to just get up and leave La Cuesta like when they called us on Wednesday my heart kind of sank for a minute and i got kind of sad cuz like well Duhh La Cuesta was my home!! hahah but i am excited for this new area and this new experience!! Who knows how long i will be here but imma try to make the most of it!!

Thats crazy about the soccer coaches and good luck with the trek hahah!!! And well yeah Nothing to crazy happened to me this week well besides all of the stuff i just told you guys but i am doing great here in Juarez!! Its tough but i am still liking it!!! Thanks for all the support and mom again Happy Mothers Day!! You are the best ever!! Have a wonderful week all and as always stay classy hahah!!

Love Cam

Some missionaries in my district in La Cuesta before I was transferred

Hey guys!!!

So it was another rough week here in La Cuesta!! I mean we have been able to find new investigators and they all say that they love the church and want to go but then sunday rolls around and well yeah apparently they change their minds!! hahah jk!! Its ok we just gotta work harder!! So we actually had a zone conference this week and the Mission Pres came and talked to us and it was super cool and inspiring like seriously one of the coolest capacitations i have ever recieved! (idk if capacitation is a word in english but im pretty sure it is so yeah but you get the point haha!!)

Now for the big news we are actually not going to be able to talk on Mothers Day............................ hhahahah jk i just wanted to freak mom out hahah!! So i will call you guys via Skype on Sunday afternoon around 5 or 5 30!!! Probably like 5 30 so yeah just plan for that!! But that totally blows for K but just keep studying buddy and yeah you'll get it!!

So nothing to crazy this week besides the fact that we saw a canibalistic dog this week!! And like it wasnt a stray dog from the street, it totally has an owner cuz we have met him before but yeah we were walking down a street and just off the side of the road you see this dog just eating the body of this other dog!! My companion and i were like no freaking way but its the straight up truth and well yeah there are just no words to describe it hhaha!!

So not a huge letter this week cuz like yeah it was just another pretty normal week!! But i do want to end with my testimony about prayer because like something kind of really cool happened!! This week i was having trouble staying focused on the missionary work and my thoughts were in other things and so i like decided to pray and then it was really cool cuz i just randomly opened up a Liahona and there was an article on how to control our thoughts and become better focused!! So yeah it was just a really cool experience i had and i just want you all to know that i know god lives and that he will help us with any challenge we have if we will just ask him and exercise our faith!! Anyways thats all for me this week!! Love you all and Keep it real!!

Love Cam

This is the only picture Cameron sent this week.......and this is what he said about it.....

"I do actually want one thing!! SO like i have a skin tag on one of my arms so if you could send me like something to freeze it off i would so apreciate it haha!!"

Hey Guys!!

So this week was kind of a really slow week!! We did a lot of walking and not a lot of finding!! Like lots of people said they were interested but when we came back to teach them well yeah they weren't so interested then!! hahaha!! But its ok we have just got to work harder and i know that we will see success!! We also had Divisions this week so i got to go to a different area for a day which was super weird cuz like yeah ive never been anywhere else but my area and i totally felt like a fish out of water if you know what im saying!! But it was cool cuz i went with an American and it was nice to practice my english cuz yeah i realized this week that it needs a little bit of work!! Haha!! But really other than that not a whole ton happened this week!! Miguel got confirmed on Sunday and yeah hes just gonna be a straight up legend!! So that was super cool!!

But good ghandi how many people have gotten there mission calls it feels like every week theres 3 or 4 new people with a mission call!!! Thats so sick and i know they are gonna be amazing and seriously there is nothing else that the lord wants the youth doing than serving missions!! There is a scripture in Mark 10:29-30 that i would challenge all the future missionaries to read cuz yeah its just really cool and i love it so much!!

Well i still dont know like anything about mothers day but when i do you will be the first to know MOM hahah!!! Also a big Shout out to Cammy for her Birthday!! Thanks for being my second mom!!! You da best!!! Anyways thats all for this week!! The work is going well here and hopefully we can se some progress soon!! Love you all!!

Elder Cam

Hey Chicos!!!!!!!!

So first things first happy Marijuana Day hahahahah jk i was just sitting here typing and they said it over the radio so yeah hahah!!! No but in all seriousness a Big Shout Out to MOM turning the big .................. actually i probs shouldnt say how old she is turning so Happy Birthday Mom!!!! I hope you have a wonderful day you deserve it!! I am so grateful for you and all the support you give me and for caring so much!! Seriously it makes the mission so much easier!!

Now this week was hands down the coolest week in my mission and easily the strongest testimony builder as well!! So last monday after we had finished up teaching for the day and were just chilling when we got a text that told us that Miguel one of our investigators had decided to be baptized and wanted to do it this Saturday!! So we actually had another baptism this week but this one was super special!!! So Miguel was somebody that i met when i first got here all of his family are catholics besides his brother who is a Recent Convert!! It has been quite the rollercoaster with him but wow what an amazing experience it was to talk to him after we had figured out that he wanted to be baptized!! He told us about a dream that he had in the which he saw his brother baptizing him and he proceeded to tell us that even though he doesnt know everything, he know that god lives and that the BOM is true and yeah lots of things but it was just amazing to see how happy he was yesterday in church and im just so excited for him because on sunday before his baptism he asked me when he could serve a mission and yeah he has a huge desire to serve a mission and im just so happy for him!!! And can't wait for what the future has in store for him!! It was just so cool because seriously we have been praying so much for him and just to see those prayers answered is such a huge testimony builder!!

Thank you all for all of the prayers you send my way i can truly feel them and love you all!! I know this church is true and that the gospel blesses lives!! I hope you all have a wonderful week and just always be happy!!

Love Elder Imlay

Familia y Amigos what is up???????

So another super solid week with another investigator getting baptized!!! Her name is Arely and she is a friend of the girl that got baptized last week!! They both are just straight up legendary cuz like their families dont support them with their decision to get baptized but they know that what they are doing is right and yeah they got baptized!! So yeah as far as the work goes im just loving life here and hope we can continue to have success!!

Anyways lets talk transfers!! So as you all know i have literally been here in La Cuesta my entire mission and so this week i was totally banking on a transfer happening!! Like seriously i took pictures with all the members and our investigators and yeah con todos because like the logic says that i should probs have a transfer but yeahhhhh no!! So yesterday they call us and are like yeahhh nobody has transfers in your district and im like you gotta be kidding me!! hahahahah!!! But yeah im staying in La Cuesta yet another transfer but ehh its chill cuz now i will get to hopefully help a few more super prepared people enter the baptismal waters!!

But holy cow i had no idea that P-Dawgs bday was today!! The big 20 thats crazy but yeah i will for sure email him!! Anyways so story time: So like Juarez is a somewhat dangerous place but the people here are like super chill for the most part and never do anything to us or swear at us or nada its actually super nice!! But this week my comp and i were leaving our house and just walking down the street when all of the sudden this car passed us and this one guy just straight up flips me the bird for no reason and then proceeds to try to say something to me in English but i literally understood nothing and then i look at my comp like what the heck just happened and hes like uhhhhh no se!!! But yeah i was actually kinda ticked off cuz like literally i didnt do anything to this vato and he just flips me off!! But later i just started laughing cuz well yeah its just funny!! But yeah so that was pretty much all that happened in my week!!

Another talk that i would recommend for you guys to watch would be the talk by Neil L Anderson!! Cuz like yeah i loved it!! But anyways just know that i love you guys a ton and am doing great!!

Love Cam

The Baptism and also the ridiculous amount of food that i ate the other day!!

Hey Chicos!!

So first of all Happy Easter!! And also to Big K a happy Birthday!! The big 15! Thats freaking crazy hahah!! Just do me a favor and dont kill anybody when you start driving!! So another super solid week with another baptism!! This week Alejandra got baptized and oh my gosh it was so cool!! So we met her like almost 2 months ago and holy cow she was just totally prepared!! She lives in a different area but she would always come here because her Boyfriend lives here and also her family doesn't want anything to do with the church and wouldn't allow the missionaries to come to their house but she didn't care she started to read the BOM and when we invited her to be baptized she accepted sin hesitation!! And yeah it was just really cool to see how much faith she has and how strong her testimony really is!! Also it was super cool cuz her Boyfriend (Alonso) A member of the ward was able to baptize her!! Plus because she is from a different ward we got to go to a different area for her baptism and yeah that was sick cuz now i know more of Juarez than just here in La Cuesta!! Cuz well yeah still in my first area hahah!!

As for Easter we didn;t have plans to eat with anybody but when we arrived at a house for an appointment they just gave us food and not just any food, a giant cooked fish and for those who know me i really dont like fish,  Thankfully after a couple prayers i was able to put it down hahah!!! Anyways as for conference i watched it all in spanish and yeah it was super good but i think my favorite part had to be in the Priesthood session when M Russell Ballard or Russell M Nelson i cant remember which said "Returned Missionary doesn't mean Ex- Mormon" hahaha!! I thought it was so funny because it is so true! Just because we serve a mission doesnt mean we are good to go and that life is gonna be easy!! We need to work hard everyday and try everyday to become better followers of Christ and members of the church!!

As for writing letters its still not to bad but there are many times when i want to just write some words in spanish cuz i forgot the word in English but still not to terrible like big Car hahah!! Still havent received the package but life is great here and im loving the work!! I love you all and hope that your Pascua was amazing!!! hahah!!

Love Elder Imlay