Blacker, Chandler

Hey everyone! This last week was kinda crazy! We had been living outside of our area and walking like 40 minutes everyday to our area but this week we finally moved! We moved all in by Tuesday and on Wednesday we starting working and seeing miracles immediately! For the first time in too long we have really awesome friends that truly want to follow Christ! There were a couple days this week that we simply couldn't stop seeing miracles! People came up to us on the street and said, "Can you come over and teach me?" It was absolutely amazing. We helped a friend come to the church for the first time but it was rather chaotic. We helped him get to the church but he had to leave shortly after. During the second hour it started storming like crazy. We were having our normal Elders Quorum lesson and all of a sudden we heard a loud boom! We went outside and found out that the steeple was struck by lightning! Our big white steeple split in half and fell to the ground! Being mission...

Hello everyone! How are things? I have had such a rollercoaster ride recently. These past two weeks my emotions have been crazier than ever. It all started about 3 months ago, back in the office. I watched the mission very closely. I love watching areas that looked "dead" and seeing a missionary come in and start baptizing like crazy. I watching these missionaries especially closely. I learned from them and thought I had found the secrets to being a good missionary.   Leaving the office, I got put in a dead area. Nobody had been baptized in a long while. I followed the whole process and did everything I could, but to no avail. We weren't teaching anybody. They closed that area down a month later. I got moved to the neighboring area, a strong branch shared between us and hermanas, and was hyped to do some good work. The hermanas had been baptizing frequently, and we were excited. Starting was hard. We had no people to teach so we went contacting. Here I am 2 months later.....