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Sorry, I can't write a long letter this week. We are heading done to
Vigo for a zone Conference today and so I don't have very long to
write, but I'll see if I can send you lots of pictures. 

This last week has been good and bad. We lost our investigator Lina
after all this time, and Miguel too. They were both really hard for us
but we will keep praying for them, and we will go forward with faith
that Heavenly Father will help us find a way if it is his will. Losing
Miguel was super hard. He is the one whose wife hates religion and
forbids him from reading the scriptures or pursuing religion. He
always just wanted to meet us in a cafe or somewhere, and he would
read the Book of Mormon every night when his wife would go to sleep to
know if it was true. Then, a couple days ago he called us and told us
he couldn't meet with us anymore. His wife saw him reading the Book of
Mormon and I'm not sure what happened, but he told us that he read and
prayed about these things and he that he Knows these things are true.
He said that he could feel something different when he met with us,
but that he doesn't want to hurt his family. So it was cool to be able
to bear testimony to him that this gospel is FOR families. 

But the rest of the week has been really good. We are having a lot of
fun serving the Lord And it is crazy how happy you can be when you
really learn to stop thinking about yourself, and think about others.
It was something that took me a long time to figure out, and I am
still learning how to do it. I love these amazing people here and this
gospel has been changing my life. 

Jajajaja a funny story from the week, we tried to teach our 80 year old
Ward mission leader to take a selfie, and after about 10 min, and 45
pictures later he almost got it. He kept pushing the camera Jajaja
then, the branch President went to show him how to do it, and after a
couple more minutes he almost got it too. We have some awesome
leaders. They are really a blessing to this area, and to us. 

It was a great week!
I hope all is well and you have an awesome week! 

Con Cariño, 

Chandler

Boom, Bam!

There is quite a bit to write about this week!

The week had been going by SUPER slow. None of our investigators could
meet with us, or we just couldn't get a hold of them. We aren't
supposed to plan contacting as something to do, so It is was really
hard for me because it forced us to really think of activities we
could do to find people, and then we could just contact on the way.

Things were going really slow, and then we just sat down and called
EVERYONE. Less Actives, Investigators, Almost investigators, everyone.
We did everything we could, and then I remember really getting down on
my knees and asking Heavenly Father to help us find people to teach,
and things to do. Then, the next morning we were on the same train as
Manuel, (one of our investigators), Hector saw us walking down the
road and pulled over in front of us to talk to us (another
investigator), we found an awesome kid from Ecuador we might be able
to teach, and right after we saw David, (a third investigator) whom we
have been trying to meet with. And this all happened on the way to
District meeting and back. And the rest of the day followed suite and
after that we have been able to work hard and find people to teach.

The lesson I have learned from this, is that we have to do all that we
can, and then pray to God in faith, and I know he will help us out.
The rest of the week went by really well and things really picked back
up and got moving forward!

Something President Benson said that I love is that "There must be
labor, incessant and constant, if there is to be a harvest. And so
there was plowing in the fall and plowing in the spring--the sweaty
work of walking in a furrow all day long behind a team of strong
horses." Sometimes we are just in different stages of the work. Either
the planting, or the harvesting, but we just have to give it our all
for the spiritual harvest.

I have been really studying the words of the prophets is week, and I
have gained such a testimony of Prophets. I know that they are the
servants of the Lord.

"Although we are left to find and follow that path which will lead us
back to our Father in Heaven, He did not send us here without
direction and guidance." -President Monson

Then, today we spent our P-day out in Ogrove and it was really cool!
They have some cool beaches there, and we saw an aquarium there with a
lot of cool fish and some sharks and stuff! I'll try and send some
pictures out. Great week! Love you all!

I hope you all have a great week!

-Elder Chandler

Hey Hey!

Hey Everyone! 

This week has been super great. We had some rough lessons this past
week, but we have learned a ton, and have been blessed a lot because
of them. This last week we found a couple new people to teach, and
they were really eager to meet with us which was weird. We are always
excited for more people to teach so we met with them as soon as
possible. One of the guys is a religious professor here, and the other
is really big into the Evangelical church. Haha so the whole time, we
were there, they felt like they had to convince us our religion is
wrong. So we bore our testimonies and really challenged them to pray
and find out for themselves to know if our church is true. But because
of it, we have been motivated to speak in Spanish 100% and it has
really been helping me with the language. 

 But have also had some great lessons. We found another guy
named "Antonio" who is super prepared. There are people who are so
prepared I feel like we just help them teach themselves. Antonio used
to live with a member family for a while, and so he knows a little bit
about us and always has a ton of questions. When we were teaching
about the Restoration, he really liked the idea that we have modern
prophets today to lead us. He asked us who the prophet is today, and
later went and looked President Monson up to learn more. He is really
cool and we are excited to keep meeting with him. 

 We have been meeting with our other investigators, Lina, José, Miguel,
Manuel, and anyone else we can. Manuel told us this last week that he
wants to be a missionary and we told him that because he is married,
he can go with his wife if she is converted. So now he wants to find a
way to get his wife to come and listen to us. Haha and Sunday he bore
his testimony! Before the meeting started, the Branch President told
us we were going to have a testimony meeting and encouraged Manuel to
bare his testimony. So Manuel went up, and for 15 minutes, read from
D+C 89 and taught us about the word of wisdom! Haha we will have to
teach him more of what a testimony is, but has the word of wisdom
down! We are excited for him and his family. 

 Something I learned this week, is that sometimes we have to "continue
with confidence, until the Lord will show us the way." Because really,
this is an act of faith. Faith that we know the Lord will take care of
us, and our needs, and faith that, with him we can do all things that
are right. I am learning to rely on the Lord for everything, and It
has been a huge blessing. 

 I hope you all have a great week! 

Con Cariño 

-Elder Chandler

Famigos!

Buenas a todos. Hey Everyone! 

Wow, I am not sure where the week went, or my spelling. Haha it seems
like I was writing home yesterday. This week has been tough, but
really good. We had some struggles this week, but through the
struggles have been have been doing anything that we can to be busy
and to do what we can for the Lord. Our activities haven't been
working out to well, but I think the Lord has blessed us for trying,
and we have been finding more people to teach. The Red Cross had
enough food, and no one came to English class, but we had a good time
at fútbol with the guys and we are still really excited. 

Our investigators have been good this week and we love getting to
teach them. I'm not sure which ones I wrote about last week, but I'll
start with Manuel first. Manuel has been super awesome his week. We
were able to meet with him Tuesday and he has been starting to have
doubts because he wanted to know why God would tell us to not do one
thing in the Bible, and then it's ok, or not ok later. So I actually
learned when we explained to him, that God can change his commandments
according to the needs of his people. The important thing is that we
are following his prophets he has sent to guide us. Then, he came to
the District Conference with us Sunday and we are really excited for
him. 

Then, there is Miguel, who is an older guy in about his sixties, who
is rock solid. We pretty much just guide him along and help him find
these things for himself. The only problem is that his wife is still
really against religion, and he has to read when she is asleep, and is
scared to progress because of her. He said she is "spiritually dead"
but we were able to promise him that if he has faith, Heaven Father
will help him to find a way. 

We met with Antonio and had a great lesson, but he still won't keep
our commitments, and doesn't have the desire to learn of these things
for himself. It was really hard because you learn to love these people
you teach, but we are giving him a break for now. We still haven't
been able to meet with Lina, but we will keep trying. And yesterday we
were able to meet with José, from Venezuela! I love Venezuelans. We
stopped by to ask him a question and were able to teach his whole
family. They are seriously the nicest people ever. They don't know
much about the scriptures, but the are so humble, and really want to
follow Christ. I know that we are here to follow Christ, and that he
really is the perfect example for us. And if we follow him through our
struggles and our difficulties we will be blessed. 

I hope you all have an awesome week! 

-Elder Chandler