CORONAVIRUS TAKE TWO March 16, 2020

Well, so my last email was true, but like I said, here's the news: We got a call last night at 2 in the morning, telling us to go out early in the morning and buy food enough to stay 3 weeks in the house. Starting today at 6 pm, I will not be leaving the house until things clear up a little more. Ecuador is a little crazy right now. All shops will be closing other than pharmacies. But the work continues!

We had a baptism this week!!! Felipe decided to get baptized! He even stayed home from a trip to the beach just to get baptized. We've been teaching him and his family for a while now and we are really glad to see him make the decision to get baptized. He is really strong in the gospel and even though he's only 15, he is already such a great example to his family.

Family and friends- my joy is full. I'm going to share a really hard experience with all of you. About a year ago, when I was in Urbanor, we were teaching a young man for a while. We came to the time when his baptismal date was in a few days and he started asking some really weird questions. He never had been like that, he had always been so open to what we shared with him. To answer the questions, I asked him if God had answered his prayers. He said yes, that he knew the church is true and that everything we had shared with him was true. But he then told me that he had chosen that he didn't want to be a servant of God or the Devil. We tried talking a little more to him, but then he asked if he could leave. We asked him if we could end with a prayer and he ran away before we could pray. In the middle of the street where we had met together with him, all the feelings of being overwhelmed and not knowing the language and not having success for 2 months came to me all at once. My companion knelt down on the ground with tears in his eyes and the only thing I could do was follow. I asked God what more I could have done, and in that moment, I saw him dressed in white all ready for his baptismal day. Friends and family, I found out this week that he was baptized three weeks ago. How great of a blessing it is to serve the Lord. I can not describe just how full of joy I feel.

I know that God loves all of His children. Trust in Him in these times. Do all you can to serve. Study Come, Follow Me. Spend time with your families. FORGIVE. And quite possibly more important than forgive, FORGET. I will be on, giving you updates on everything when I can. I love you all so much!! Stay safe and stay healthy!

Elder Campbell