Emails from President Camejo
Mom here. I thought I would post the contents of the 4 emails we have received from President Camejo in the last 9 days. Things have been moving so rapidly.
One of the things I'm saddest about is that President and Sister Camejo won't be his mission president and wife. They have been so wonderful and supportive. I can feel their loving spirits in every communication we receive from them. Maybe he'll be able to go back! I sure hope so.
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| President and Sister Camejo with Elder Barrus |
COVID-19
| Adrian Javier Camejo | Fri, Mar 13, 7:08 AM (9 days ago) |
Dear Parents and Church Leaders,
Due to the growing concerns from the effects of the COVID-19 throughout the world, we are sending this letter to inform you that appropriate steps are being taken to protect the missionaries. These steps include the following:
- Missionaries are receiving a reminder to follow standard preventive health practices. They are encouraged to frequently clean hands with soap and water or alcohol-based hand cleaner, cover nose and mouth with a tissue or elbow when coughing or sneezing, avoid close contact with anyone who has cold-like or flu-like symptoms, thoroughly cooking all foods like eggs and meat, and avoiding unprotected contact with wild animals or farm animals.
- Missionaries will be provided with health preventive materials such as alcohol-based hand cleaner and face masks when necessary.
- The Missionary Department is closely monitoring the development of COVID-19 throughout the world and is in close contact with Area Presidencies, area medical advisers, and health professionals.
- The Church's Newsroom has created a webpage where they are posting updates on how COVID-19 is impacting members and missionaries worldwide (https://newsroom.churchofjesu
schrist.org/article/coronaviru s-updates). We encourage you to regularly review that webpage.
We invite you to encourage your missionaries to be mindful of these preventive principles. We are so grateful for your continued support of your missionaries as they serve the Lord here in Comodoro Rivadavia.
Sincerely,
President Camejo
Tuesday, March 17, 2020
Dear parents
Adrian Javier Camejo camejoaj@churchofjesuschrist.org
Dear parents,
How grateful we are to serve with your sons and daughters in the Lord’s cause. We love these
young women and young men as our own. Please know that with the coronavirus, or COVID-19
affecting people here and around the world, our highest priority right now continues to be your
missionary’s personal health and safety.
young women and young men as our own. Please know that with the coronavirus, or COVID-19
affecting people here and around the world, our highest priority right now continues to be your
missionary’s personal health and safety.
To help ensure the missionaries’ continued physical and spiritual well-being, we are following
the inspired and well-informed direction of the First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve, our
Area Presidency, and the Missionary Department. We also are instructing the missionaries in
following local and national government guidelines and precautions, reminding them to:
the inspired and well-informed direction of the First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve, our
Area Presidency, and the Missionary Department. We also are instructing the missionaries in
following local and national government guidelines and precautions, reminding them to:
• Avoid close contact with people who are sick.
• Stay in their apartment whenever they themselves are sick. Avoid touching their eyes, nose,
and mouth.
• Cover coughs and sneezes with a tissue, then throw the tissue in the trash.
• Clean and disinfect frequently touched objects and surfaces with household cleaning spray or
wipes.
• Wash their hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds (which should always be
done if their hands are visibly dirty), and, if soap and water are not readily available, to use an
alcohol-based hand sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol.
• Stay in their apartment whenever they themselves are sick. Avoid touching their eyes, nose,
and mouth.
• Cover coughs and sneezes with a tissue, then throw the tissue in the trash.
• Clean and disinfect frequently touched objects and surfaces with household cleaning spray or
wipes.
• Wash their hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds (which should always be
done if their hands are visibly dirty), and, if soap and water are not readily available, to use an
alcohol-based hand sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol.
We are asking your missionary to contact us immediately if they feel sick so that we can involve
health care professionals and our area medical advisers. If your missionary has chronic or
critical health issues that we need to be aware of, we also invite you to reply to this email to
make sure that we address any concerns. We understand very well that the current situation
may be stressful and cause concerns for some of our missionaries and their families, but we
will watch over your missionary carefully and will communicate with them often.
health care professionals and our area medical advisers. If your missionary has chronic or
critical health issues that we need to be aware of, we also invite you to reply to this email to
make sure that we address any concerns. We understand very well that the current situation
may be stressful and cause concerns for some of our missionaries and their families, but we
will watch over your missionary carefully and will communicate with them often.
If it becomes necessary for our missionaries to only work from their apartments, we will provide
additional funds for them to purchase food and supplies. We will help the missionaries prepare
and make sure their needs are met.
additional funds for them to purchase food and supplies. We will help the missionaries prepare
and make sure their needs are met.
These are challenging times and circumstances, but to us this also is an opportunity to continue
sharing the gospel. If our missionaries are required to work primarily from their apartments, they
will continue to focus on their missionary purpose by studying the scriptures and Preach My
Gospel, language learning, family history and other activities as needed. This is also a
significant opportunity for missionaries to work closely with local Church leaders to reach out to
new and returning members, families where some individuals are not yet members, and
members with special ministering needs. Our missionaries will continue to go outside for
exercise and fresh air while observing wise guidelines for personal contact. All of these activities
will help them continue the Lord’s work, grow spiritually, and bless those in the communities they
serve.
sharing the gospel. If our missionaries are required to work primarily from their apartments, they
will continue to focus on their missionary purpose by studying the scriptures and Preach My
Gospel, language learning, family history and other activities as needed. This is also a
significant opportunity for missionaries to work closely with local Church leaders to reach out to
new and returning members, families where some individuals are not yet members, and
members with special ministering needs. Our missionaries will continue to go outside for
exercise and fresh air while observing wise guidelines for personal contact. All of these activities
will help them continue the Lord’s work, grow spiritually, and bless those in the communities they
serve.
Going forward, we will continue to send updates to you as mission circumstances evolve.
Please be assured that we are completely dedicated to keeping your missionary healthy and
safe. And we are most grateful for our loving Heavenly Father’s supporting hand in caring for
them. May he continue to abundantly bless you and your family, each and every missionary,
and the people we have been called to serve.
safe. And we are most grateful for our loving Heavenly Father’s supporting hand in caring for
them. May he continue to abundantly bless you and your family, each and every missionary,
and the people we have been called to serve.
With our greatest love and appreciation,
President and Sister Camejo
Updated information
President and Sister Camejo
Updated information
Adrian Javier Camejo camejoaj@churchofjesuschrist.org |
Thursday, March 19, 2020
Dear families,
Dear families,
To update the situation of Coronavirus in our mission, we inform you that the
missionaries continue taking preparatory and preventative measures:
missionaries continue taking preparatory and preventative measures:
-Last week the missionaries bought food and necessities to last the time they will be
in isolation. We have also made sure that they had a little extra money for that
purchase.
in isolation. We have also made sure that they had a little extra money for that
purchase.
-The missionaries are in their apartments, refraining from proseliting, not visiting
members nor people they are teaching until at least March 31st. At that moment we
will recieve more instruccion in how to continue.
members nor people they are teaching until at least March 31st. At that moment we
will recieve more instruccion in how to continue.
-If the missionaries need to leave their pension to buy more food or medication, they
will go out in street clothes and without plaques.
will go out in street clothes and without plaques.
The changing character of the facts makes the information update very frequently. We
will keep you informed.
will keep you informed.
Thank you very much for your support and your prayers in favor of these servants of
the Lord.
the Lord.
Sincerely,
President Camejo
Agentina Comodoro Rivadavia Mission
Return of Elder Barrus
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Dear brother and sister Barrus,
By way of this letter, we want to bring you up-to-date related to the missionary work in this
part of the Lord’s vineyard.
part of the Lord’s vineyard.
After extensive consultation with Brethren in Salt Lake and the Missionary Department ,
and keeping uppermost in their minds the safety and well-being of each missionary, the
Area Presidency has determined to return all foreign missionaries serving in the South
America South Area to their home countries to be reassigned to a mission in that country.
and keeping uppermost in their minds the safety and well-being of each missionary, the
Area Presidency has determined to return all foreign missionaries serving in the South
America South Area to their home countries to be reassigned to a mission in that country.
This means that your son, Elder Barrus, will be returning home in the following weeks and
their travel itineraries will be shared with you once they have been finalized. We want to
also stress that given the current challenges related to international travel, the return will
be completed as soon as feasible based on the availability of flights.
their travel itineraries will be shared with you once they have been finalized. We want to
also stress that given the current challenges related to international travel, the return will
be completed as soon as feasible based on the availability of flights.
Today we have spoken with each missionary fellowship to break the news to them, and it
has been one of the most difficult tasks we have had in our lives. We really love them with
all our hearts and we will miss them very much. We are very grateful for having had the
opportunity to serve together with them in the Argentina Comodoro Rivadavia Mission.
We trust in the revelation and in the wisdom of the Lord and pray that we will all be
blessed by submitting ourselves to His will.
has been one of the most difficult tasks we have had in our lives. We really love them with
all our hearts and we will miss them very much. We are very grateful for having had the
opportunity to serve together with them in the Argentina Comodoro Rivadavia Mission.
We trust in the revelation and in the wisdom of the Lord and pray that we will all be
blessed by submitting ourselves to His will.
We also thank you for the support and affection that you have always shown us.
Sincerely,
President and Sister Camejo
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