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| Elder Kendall and his companion! |
Hello to everyone from Spencer, Iowa. Hope everyone is doing well and loving life. So last Wednesday I got the call from President Weston that I would be transferred the next day to the Spencer Branch. I was expecting to leave, but it is always hard nonetheless. I had a great farewell from the Singles Ward though. We all went out for dinner at Golden Corral and they made me a big goodbye card that they all signed. It was super nice of them. I will miss that ward a lot, but I knew that it was time to move on. This is the first time in about a year that I've been in an area where there aren't a lot of missionaries, so that is taking some getting used to. My companion is Elder Wallace, who is actually from Alpine. He also went to Lone Peak, but graduated a year behind me, so I didn't really know him too well. He is really awesome though and is a very happy person. He is also my second companion that went to the same high school that I did. Spencer is a cool little branch. It's the most northeast part of the whole mission. All of the members here are really great. One cool thing is that at the community college here the soccer coach is a member, and he does a lot of recruiting out in Utah. So we actually have a small group of about 15 or so YSA's that we get to work with. Pretty much it's a perfect combination of my two favorite places, branches and YSA's. It is the best! There are a couple of towns up north in our branch by these lakes, and they remind me of small coastal towns that they have back east. It was really fun to be up there, and we even went out and saw a guy out on one of the frozen lakes who was ice fishing. He was the husband of a member, so it wasn't just some random guy, haha. But I am really excited to be here and to try and face the new challenges and blessings that a new area brings.
So my missionary/spiritual thought today is on having courage to follow the promptings of the Spirit. One thing that we need to realize about the members of the Godhead is that their view and perspective of life is much larger than ours. When we realize that their whole purpose is to bring about our immortality and eternal life, as well as everyone around us, we can trust that the things that they reveal to us are for our benefit, and the benefit of all those around us. As we realize this, we seek their guidance, realizing that the things they tell us to do don't always make sense. Sometimes it is a fearful thing to follow a prompting that forces us to go outside our comfort zone, but we can have full trust that as we rely on the strength of grace that comes from the Atonement, we can have the courage to follow uncomfortable promptings. Most of the time, these will come in an effort for you to be a blessing to someone else's life. After you prove you're willing to follow the Spirit, he will bear witness that what you did was right and true in the sight of the Lord. I pray that we can all seek to follow the Spirit and muster up the courage to be an effective tool in the Lord's hands, despite any challenges the world will throw at us. I love you all, and hope you have an amazing week.
Godspeed,
Elder Chandler Kendall
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