Happy Thanksgiving

 Hello friends and family!  Happy Thanksgiving!  Thank you everyone for the birthday wishes, especially those who were on the videos, and even those who weren't, I love you as well.  So... this past week was great.  Despite the break, we were able to teach a good amount of lessons, and we even found two awesome new investigators named Nya and Chuol.  Their family is from Sudan, and they are super humble and ready for the Gospel.  After the second lesson we were able to invite Nya to be baptized in January and she said she would prepare to do that.  I was really awesome.  Thanksgiving was great.  We were able to limit ourselves to two dinners, despite the many offers, haha.  The first was with the family of a guy in our ward who just got back from his mission named the Bishoffs, and the second was with a family in another ward named the Paces.  It was really enjoyable and I felt right at home.  We even played Apples to Apples.  Other than that, not much major happened.  Elder Chesley and I are getting along great, and we are excited to spend another transfer together in the University ward.  We have so many great people we are teaching, and I hope that I can see many of them enter the waters of baptisms (but I think the Christmas break might put a damper on that wish). 
       So, for my Spiritual thought.  One thing that I think is important as Christians and in doing missionary work is to show people how grateful you are for everything in life.  We often learn how important it is to be to our Heavenly Father for all the blessings that He gives to us, and it is a very important principle of the Gospel.  But I also think that part of the second great commandment, loving our neighbor as ourselves, is learning how to show our gratitude towards others.  There are so many opportunities in life to express our gratitude to people, even for the little things.  And I am almost sure that we cannot say thank you enough for some of the amazing things that people do for us in our life.  When people see that we appreciate them for who they are and the things that they have done, then they want to be around us more, and also understand why it is that we are so happy.  We then have an opportunity to testify of our Heavenly Father's love for us, and how we also seek to love everyone around us.  I promise as we strive to do this we will find hidden talents in ourselves and others, and we will be happier in our lives.  I love you all very much and am grateful for all of the support that you give to me.  Have a great week!

Godspeed, 
Elder Chandler Kendall