Elder Sam Henderson's Argentina Blog

Hello, my family and friends! Sorry, it's been a little while, lots have changed since the last time I wrote that's for sure. We have been in a national quarantine here in Argentina for the last 11 days. Sounds fun, right? Hahaha it's been quite the experience but good thing I am here with one of my best buds Elder Watson from St George! The quarantine has been one of the most challenging parts of my mission for sure, but not all has been bad. We have had lots of time to study and reflect back on what the mission is and how it has truly changed us. Last Sunday was quite the rollercoaster of emotions as they told us we would be returning home and I would be released from my missionary service. Kinda hard to describe the sadness and confusion that we went through. Not going to lie, didn't get much sleep that night but one thing that was constantly in my head was that I had done my best. These past 20 months have been some of the most difficult and rewarding times of my li...

Hey everyone, it's been a while! I don't remember the last time I wrote all of you but all is well! I am still here in Concepcion with Elder Avery, we are just about to finish our second transfer together and sadly Elder Avery will be leaving in about a week and a half. We have had lots going on, lots of laughs, lots of adversity, but also times of lots of success. I've learned a lot in this last little bit of my mission, things that I will take with me forever. As we have been trying to get people to go to church and help them understand the need we have focused on three reasons why going to church every week is so darn important. The first reason is that it is a commandment of God. God gives us commandments so that we can understand his will. Going to church is the way that we have every week to be able to renew ourselves, renew our covenants and just be a happier people as those described in the book of Jarom. Keeping the commandments should always be one of the principa...