Hola a mis amigos y a mi familia,
Hope everyone is doing great and enjoying the cold weather we have been having. I know I certaintly am. So first of all Elder Billy is being transfered on Wednesday to Rosevelt and my new companion is going to be Elder Johnson. The only thing I know about him is that he is from Texas so I'm excited to meet him this week. Well Saturday we were able to usher for the groundbreaking of the Payson Temple. It was freezing, but awesome. Elder Oaks presided and gave the dedicatory prayer. He is from Payson and it was great to hear about his childhood here. There were almost 3,000 people there battling the cold, but we were warmed by the Spirit we felt. I'll send you a picture of me digging part of the ground for the temple. Friday we went to the temple, which I always love. I can not believe how fast this transfer has gone by. Elder Billy has been such an amazing companion and I've learned so much from him. People in the district think we are the fun companionship, which we are, but we also work really hard, especially since we're the only area in the district without a car. But it allows us to meet a lot of people. We've been tracting a lot, and although we don't get too many investigators out of it we always are blessed with more refferals when we do. The Lord sees that we are working hard and has blessed us greatly with three new investigators. No baptims this week, finally, haha. We were hesitent on schelduling any for that weekend because of the groundbreaking.
So my spiritual thought this week is about trials. It seems like this week that many of our investigators are going through really hard trials with a variety of different things. The question is always the same, "Why?" Why, if we are trying to follow Christ, do hard or bad things happen to us. Well let me tell you WHY we should be grateful for trials. First of all Heavenly Father's work and glory is to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man. How does he do this, through the atonement of Jesus Christ. Now trials help us to become more like Jesus, but only if we apply the atonement. Now Christ suffered not just for our sins but ALL of our pains and afflictions. So when we receive a trial, Christ has to suffer the same thing we do, and yet He still allows us to go through them so that we can learn and grow. And the best part is we don't have to go through it alone. Because of what Christ did He will always be there to lift us up when we come unto Him. I hope that we can all lean on our Savior to help us through our everyday trials. I love you all so much and I feel your prayers every day.
Godspeed,
Elder Chandler Kendall
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