Great letter from Chase this week. It begins below addressed to "Family",
At this stage in the MTC we read "between the lines" that he has been struggling to feel like he is mastering the language. His mom and I have felt impressions this past week that he needed some extra prayers in his behalf to help him over this hurdle. If you could petition the Lord to provide help for him in your prayers we would be very grateful. As you read below you can see his attitude is great in spite of the challenge. MTC life can be the uplifting and frustrating at the same time. This is the paradox of promises based on long suffering.... the learning curve is very steep but the blessings are greater. He will be a great missionary as he relies on the Spirit to teach him. Read his favorite scripture from Alma he mentions below.
ps. We can also see he hasn't lost his sense of humor....
Family,
I am doing fantastic and thank you for the prayers. I have had a good week and had a bit of a struggle. Spanish is starting to get to me and I am still pressing forward though. I am studying spanish even harder because we are starting to teach in spanish and I tried it once and I didnt say anything in spanish. I couldnt say anything I was so frustrated and then I prayed for help and comfort and My prayer was answered. Never under estimate the Lord He is always willing to provide. Each day I am here my testimony grows and grows as I learn about the Savior. Jesus Christ is so amazing and is really there to help us. The MTC is an amazing place and you learn so much I love my teachers Hermano Sturgill and Hermana Harris. Both of them are really good teachers. Our district is getting smaller because Elder Tays and Elder Eyre are leaving us for the Guatemala MTC on Tuesday. They are so awesome. Elder Tays is from Safford, Arizona and he said we should stay in contact so we could rooom together at EAC!!! Our district is now down to 5 Elders and we are still strong. This past week has definitely been a hard one and I am grateful for it because the Lord wants me to succeed. I hope everyone is doing well. I am starting to lose myself in the Lord's work and is really helps. I am so grateful to be out here and I have met some amazing missionaries!!
Well my spiritual thought is I can recite the Jose Smith Primera Vision!!! " vi una columna de luz, mas brillante que el sol, directemente arriba de mi cabeza, y esta luz gradualemente descendio hasta descansar sobre mi, al reposar sobre mi la luz, vi en el aire arriba de mi a Dos Personajes, cuyo fulgor y gloria no admiten descripcion. Uno de ellos me hablo. llamandome por mi nombre y dijo. ensenalando al otro "Este es mi Hijo Amado: Escuchalo!" Yo se que Jose Smith fue un profeta y a traves Jose Smith el evangelio de Jesucristo fue restauro en la tierra nuevo.
Funny story is Hno. Sturgill was telling us how we are going to be out in the field and there is not going to be any toilet paper and you have to be a man and use your hand. Then you take bird seed and coat it on your hand and raise it in the sky, so you can catch a bird for something to eat lol He was dead Serious!!!!!!!!!!
P.S. Hermano Sturgill was just kidding he just made that up for fun lol!!!! I know my mom will not appreciate this oh well! I thought is was pretty funny!! Oh yeah I need mints and they do not allow gum here. My Favorite Scripture is Alma 36:3!!!
Con Amor,
Elder Hall
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