Sacrifice

Hey everybody! Hope you are all doing really well. Welcome to May, I can't believe it's already the 7th. Well this last week was really good. We were super busy, as always, with things for the zone, but we managed to make most of our goals for the area as well. We're still having a hard time getting people to church, and that's pretty much how it's been my whole mission. I feel like Christ is asking me to walk on water when we try to get people to church. But we'll just keep trying I guess, and eventually people will feel the importance of church attendence. So on we Elder Carrier and I found out on Monday that we had to give a 50 minute training last Friday to all the leaders in the mission on the Law of Chastity, haha. We thought, "Great! What are we going to talk about for 50 minutes?" We also had a lot of zone buisness to do and we were on exchanges a lot, so we weren't even together most the week. But we found time here and there to prepare it, and it turned out really well. I started out the training by saying, "Buckle your seatbelts everyone, because the world is on a rocketship to Venus, the goddess of lust, and we've got to keep them grounded!" Haha, that got their attention really quick. On Saturday we were in a Cinco de Mayo parade down in South Omaha where all the hispanics live. It was really fun. We dressed up as pioneers and pulled handcarts and gave away mormon.org cards. There were a ton of people there, so it was really cool. I felt like I was in Mexico, haha. So we're teaching this single mom named Shaq who is super sweet. She's had a rough life, like almost everyone in our area, and is looking to get back on the straight and narrow. We actually went and talked to her when she was just walking in the street, and she had just been looking up churches on the internet. It was way tight, and she loves meeting with us. Other than that, things are going great, and I see miracles every day. So spiritual thought of the week is about sacrifice. So I was thinking about sacrifice and all of the blessings it brings. I think when we first go on a mission or first join the church we feel like we've sacrificed everything we can. There are commandments and rules and we think, "What more could I sacrifice?" And then we start to pray and read our scriptures and we learn that there is always more that we can give to the Lord. The best part about sacrifice is that we really aren't losing anything, we're just preparring for something better. I've seen that the more I've sacrificed for the Lord in my mission, the more He has blessed me with strength, guidence, and success. So let us look for something in our life that we can sacrifice to the Lord so that we can enjoy the blessings that come when we put our trust in Him. I love you all so much and hope you have an amazing week. Godspeed, Elder Chandler Kendall