Well, this week has felt like one of the hardest weeks working wise, and strangely one of the best as well. Every week just gets a little better because I feel like I am learning and changing little as every week goes by. This week was rough lesson wise, because almost EVERYONE failed us. Haha yesterday we had to plan splits with members and the other Elders because we had so many people to teach yesterday afternoon and all of them but one family called us right before and told us they couldn't meet. Or some just didn't even answer their doors or their phones when we came for the time we planned. Haha it was pretty rough, but through it I feel like I have learned a lot. A ton of people failed us, but at the same time there were some amazing people just put right in our path to find. People that we just talk to in the street, and after like 5-10 minutes of talking to them are already interested in coming to church. It's like the Lord is directing us out of our way of doing this work into his way and to the people he wants us to find.
But not everyone failed us. We had some really cool lessons this week where the Lord has really helped us out. We taught Diken and Alejandra and their family this week and it was super legit. They fed us arepas and Venezuelan food and we taught another lesson of the Restoration with them because they were all here this time, and to answer questions. They are super cool. When we read a scripture, Diken will close his eyes and put his hand on the bridge of his nose to understand more of the scripture and they always have lots of great questions. We also brought Juan Manuel with us, and they are all really good friends which is cool. And this is the family that we challenged to a game of basketball to get to teach them! They are really cool and I am excited for them.
We have also been working a lot with the less actives here. One in particular is progressing immensely. When we met here about a month ago, she told us she was even sure if there was a God, or if even the Bible was true. But we met with her this last week, and she just had the greatest light in her eyes that wasn't there before. I wish I could describe the change we have seen in her but I can't. It was a miracle we even got contact with her at first because she was leaving her door right as we walked up, and now she texts us to see when we can meet next. And next week she has an interview with the bishop to get her Patriarchal blessing! We are super excited for her, and I have been able to really see how much this Gospel changes lives.
I have been studying a lot about the power of the Book of Mormon and there is SO much power in this little 2 inch thick book. A quote from President Benson I like:
It is not just that the Book of Mormon teaches us truth, though it indeed does that. It is not just that the Book of Mormon bears testimony of Christ, though it indeed does that, too. But there is something more. There is a power in the book which will begin to flow into your lives the moment you begin a serious study of the book. You will find greater power to resist temptation. You will find the power to avoid deception. You will find the power to stay on the strait and narrow path. The scriptures are called “the words of life” (D&C 84:85), and nowhere is that more true than it is of the Book of Mormon. When you begin to hunger and thirst after those words, you will find life in greater and greater abundance. (Chapter 10: Flooding the Earth and Our Lives with the Book of Mormon)
I hope you all have an amazing week and I love you all!
Ciao
Elder Chandler
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