Tuesday, October 10, 2017

Week 51- Not even a Drug War can stop the Lord's Work

July 3, 2017
So this week was purely the Lord working in my area.

Tuesday we had so many meetings and only worked for about 2 hours.
Wednesday we were in a conference with President all day
Thursday Elder Amaya got sick
Friday a war broke out in my area (More on that later)
And Saturday, aftermath of the war, we couldn't go in still..

Yet without being able to work at all, The Lord Blessed us with 2 baptisms, and 5 more people at church, Proof that He is always preparing the people!

Anyways so the only interesting thing that happened was the Drug War in my area.

If you want you could probably google the news report, it was a HUGE deal here in Buenos Aires considering that the Villa 1-11-14 is the biggest source of drugs in Argentina.

So 4am Friday Morning, 2200 Soldiers from the Argentine Military (Theyre called Gendarmes) Entered into the Villa. They had been planning a huge operation for Months, finding out where all the drugs and everything in the Villa area.


They broke into houses, and completely sweeped out the Villa, Leaving with more than 1000 pounds of Marijuana, 200 Pounds of Cocaine and more than 200 Arms. They also captured 2 of the main druglords, and 12 other important people.

It was HUGE, because there has never been so much success in a raid like that in the history of the Villa.

Most amazing of all, not one person was injured!

But there is some tension in the Villa, Luckily the soldiers stayed, so its more safe for us, but its just a little weird inside.

But yeah, it was a crazy experience, but no need to worry, weve gone over all of the safety procedures with the Department of Security for the Church in South America, and they said we are safe to enter!

We were able to finish the week with 2 Baptisms, Jose Luis, and Mariana!
The Lord is truly working in his vineyard always!

Love You All!!!

Elder Ryan




































 

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