Week 4!

Hey everyone! First, it was so nice to hear from everyone. Thank you so much mom for the pictures! They are priceless on those homesick days :) I am guessing that the CTR pumpkin was mine? It looked really good. but im not sure yet, how to make Family History seem more interesting to teenagers.. haha ill have to think about that one and get back to you next week. And im glad work is going well too.  Its great to hear that everyone is doing well, and that everyone is liking school. I remember just sleeping through class and now I am realising how much I was missing! Especially Spanish class, PAY attention in spanish class! haha. Things here have been good. I am still in the MTC here so not a lot goes on but this week has been really fun, and i have been learning so much. The Russian and Portuguese missionaries left this week and we only have 2 weeks left! Then its out to Preach the Gospel.They are going to rock their missions. other then that, I cut my hair and gave an Elder a haircut (thanks for the haircutting stuff mom), I took lots of cool pictures of the sunset(they have the coolest sunset here ever!), Madrid lost to Barcelona at home :( , and we got to go to the temple. It is amazing how strong the spirit is in the temple and it is such a treat to go every week. I would highly suggest to go to the temple as much as you can. I promise it will bless your life soo much.

 

A cool experience that we had this week was when we go to the park to proselyte I have almost always had a native Spanish or Portuguese speaker in the past with me to teach most the Spanish people and then I would mostly teach in english. But today I was with Elder Rodgers who doesn't know very much Spanish and we gave away a Book of Mormon to a guy from here that only spoke Spanish! It was amazing to me to just open my mouth and watch it be filled with Spanish right when I needed it. I know that the Don de lenguas is real! I love you guys so much and I love the Spanish people!  I hope you have an amazing week! And Happy Thanksgiving!

 

-Elder Chandler

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Hey Mom!

Hey Mom! Thank you so  much for the reminder! I write in my journal almost every day. Keep writing with dad because it will mean so much in the future! I love you SO much!!

P.S.  I sent you some letters so let me know when you get them.

P.p.s. can you send me some pictures? I am dying to see everyone and know what you are up to!

Week 3 in the Mission!

Hey guys!

So this week was great! Life here in the MTC is the greatest. I love being here because I get to learn more about Christ, and learn how to share his message better. My Spanish has been improving a Ton every day but it still gets frustrating sometimes when I think I just taught a great point to an investigator (fake) here in Spanish and then they look at me like they didnt understand anything i just said haha. But its alright, I know it will come and the Lord has blessed me so much! Something cool we did this last week was my district went to go and tour the Real Madrid stadium and it was super cool! It is by far the biggest stadium i have ever seen! We play soccer everyday here and I love it. It is crazy how big Futbol is here. Then at the park last Saturday, when it was time to head back, about four of us started talking to this guy and his girlfriend on the way back to the Metro and it was "Jesse" from the show Breaking Bad! Ive never seen it, but i guess some of the Elders have and they were stoked. I should have gotten a picture with him. He had heard of us, and wasnt interested but it was still nice to talk to him. Something cool that I heard this week was from Elder Holland and he said that "we are Gods investigators" and that "Leaders in the Kingdom study the scriptures".  it is the coolest thing EVER to hear Elder Holland, Elder Bednar, and the quorum of the twelve every Thursday. I feel the Spirit so strong everytime they talk, and It has been a huge blessing. I know that they are called of God and are his servants. And it is a blessing to me to think that I a too! I get to go out and serve the Lord for two years to invite others to come unto Christ, and i am so glad for the opportunity. I cant wait to get out in the feild! I was really cool to hear From Elder Erikson who just left the CCM. Haha and its ok Mom! Thats pretty funny that you got to read them too. Its ok with me if you leave me logged in. Im so sorry I didnt get to answer everyones Emails last week and it has been killing me! How are the little guys? How is school? How is work? hearing from everyone is the best part of the week! oh and pictures are like the greatest thing ever!   I love you Guys! Hasta Luego!                                                                                     -Elder Chandler

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Week 2

Hey everyone! I can’t believe that a full week has already gone by! time flies here in the CCM! this hggg week was really cool. We went to see the Grand palace which is MASSIVE and super old. everything here is ancient and has so much history! Then today we are gonna go check out the Real Madrid stadium today which should be pretty cool. I’m gonna see if I can send you guys some pictures. Sorry if I didn’t have time to write to everyone I don’t get very long to email, and I type slow lol. We have seen some cool stuff, but the best thing ever has been going to Retiro park and proselyting in the afternoons on Saturday. This last Saturday we had some cool experiences but my favorite was when we taught a kid probably a year or two older than me with tattoos and earrings and stuff. We were just walking through saying hi to everyone when this guy stopped to talk to us. Most people don’t give us the time of day which is hard, but this guy just seemed drawn to us and I could see something in his eyes. We started teaching him when he asked what the difference was between our church and the Catholic church because they seemed really similar. We were both stumped for a second until i felt impressed to talk about joseph Smith. And after we shared the first vision with him something about him changed. He really opened up to us, and told us that his dad had passed away a few days before and he just really needed God. i know that heavenly Father brought him to us and helped us to share what we need to say to him. And it meant EVERTHING to me to be able to share with him that I knew he would see his father again and that families are forever. I love missionary work!

thank you so much for the support. it truly means a lot. I love you guys!

Love, Elder Chandler
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 Andy says this looks like a magic tower!

 Andy ran and told Adam and Aaron that Mason went on his mission to a castle.

 Seth Erikson from School

My comp Elder Johnson

First Week!

Hey Guys! How is it going back at home? How is the family doing? I miss you guys all the time, but i know that i am doing the Lords work
and this is where I need to be. I thank Heavenly Father everday for
the chance I have to be a missionary and it has been the most amazing
experince. I love the CCM here and the chance to grow my testimony of
Jesus Christ and his Gosple. It is so funny trying to explain my
experience here, but I think Isaac and Aunt Lisy aniled it on the head
when they said that days go by slow but weeks fly by. They really push
us hard here but I am so glad for it. Haha I remeber throwing a ball
around in the hall before bed, with one of the elders and it was
seriously the funnest thing ever. It has really been a struggle to try
and learn Spanish, but the Lord has trully been blessing me so much.
HAHa I am really wishing now that I would have paid more atteBntion
when dad expained all that Spanish to me and in class back in High
School.But its alright. Spain is such a beautiful place. EVERYTHING is
different here and it took me a bit t o get used to. The food is
AWESOME, but it deffinately took some getting used to also. Its like
eating an olive back at home, and then eating a spanish olive. They
are both olives but they taste so different!! My companion is awesome.
He seriously is a spirittual GIANT! He is our district leader and some
days i feel like im just trying to catch up haha. Last week we went to
a Giant park called Retiro park to go proselyting and we gave away 4
Books of Mormon and a bunch of cards and stuff. It was actually a
really cool experience becasue it is so hard to understand the people
when they speak so we prayed that we would get English speakers and we
got almost all English speakers that day which is crazy! I am so glad
for this experience because I am getting to know my Savior more and
more everyday, and to get to know him, is to Love him. And I Love My
Brother. Thank you so much for the support! Your emails me sooo much
to me. Sorry that I didnt get to reply to everyone, I type so slow.
But tell Grandma and grandpa Chandler i read their email and I love
them soo much! Thanks! I LOVE YOU! 

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