Port Townsend - Sun is finally shining!

Another great week in the WA TAC with a nice temperature of 73. I am sooooo happy right now! It’s pretty cool to think how much sunlight has an effect on our countenance. 

I just wanted to testify of the Book of Mormon. It is true, and I know it is. It makes so much sense to my mind and heart, and it gives me so much peace and hope. In some of my reading this week, I was reflecting on the story in the NT in John chapter 9.

It tells of a man that was blind from birth and Christ came and healed him. The people around were in disbelief and eventually brought him to the Pharisees. He was questioned multiple times what happened and he answered saying that Jesus made clay and put it on his eyes and told him to wash and so he did, and now he can see. The Pharisees kicked him out and what i read in the following verses is what hit me.

35 Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when he had found him, he said unto him, Doest thou believe on the Son of God?

36 He answered and said, Who is he, Lord, that I might believe on him?

37 And Jesus said unto him, Thou hast both seen him, and it is he that talketh with thee.

38 And he said, Lord, I believe. And he worshiped him.

This reminded me of a talk by Elder Jeffrey R. Holland where he elaborated on a story in the NT "When the Savior inquired as to the cause of this contention, the father of an 

afflicted child stepped forward, saying he had approached Jesus’s disciples for a blessing for his son, but they were not able to provide it. With the boy still gnash-

ing his teeth, foaming from the mouth, and thrashing on the ground in front of them, the father appealed to Jesus with what must have been last-resort desperation in his voice:

'If thou canst do any thing,' he said, 'have compassion on us, and help us.'Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.

'And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.' " 

I believe that to help our unbelief we need the Book of Mormon. We need modern day prophets and apostles. We need eternal families and the power to bind them. so in the last days when the world is a mess we can state with tears in our eyes "lord, I believe"       Love, Elder Chacon

Lessons Learned *** 1-31-2017

Another great week in the Wa-tac,

this is the last week of the transfer and I bet I will stay. The work is bouncing all over the place and we are at a low right now. I wrote you another letter and it should be there soon, hope you had a great week mom:)

We had stake conference this past week and we had some amazing speakers who talked about families and mercy. Im truly grateful for the family that I have been blessed with. 

This week I was thinking about enduring to the end and a personal analogy came to mind.

Many know of the work I did for my dad in regards to fixing houses. When I was younger I would get dropped off at an apartment to do a certain job. Usually I would fool around and just be plain lazy. In the final moments before my dad would come back to check on me I was filled with anxiety and nervousness due to my lack of work. Already knowing that my dad would eventually check up on me I continued to do this. My dad would come in and be disappointed knowing that I did not give an effort, even with the fake paint splatter in my shirt he knew of the lack of integrity I carried.

Months passed and I began to change. I would work hard and complete the job. not only did I feel good about myself, but I could not wait for my dad to come and check. and just like I knew he would, he came. I would point out the little details with enthusiasm in my voice and eagerly wait for my fathers approval.

This is how we are today. We have been dropped off to do a job, we know that our father with check up on us but yet we sometimes put things off. Are we going to be nervously or eagerly awaiting our fathers appearance.

.....and yes im out of time ....

love you- elder chacon

Atonement/Forgiveness

Time is flyin by!!!!

It has been another great week to be a missionary. We had zone conference this past week, so three zones got together for a few hours of training. President Blatter gave a training on Grace which was really good. I had this weird third person thought process through out the day, but I was able to receive some good revelation.

 One of the thoughts I had was on the word "shedding".  We know that there was a physical suffering or shedding that took place through out the atonement mostly in the garden of Gethsemane where he suffered for all our sicknesses, sufferings, temptations, and pains, so he could understand how to draw us near to his father and to give us a way to shed ourselves of imperfections. If life was easy, then the painful performance of the atonement would have been easy, but we know life is hard. Therefore the suffering of the son was for a suffering world. He shed blood so we could shed sin.   

I love all of you so much... time is really going by fast. 

Love Elder Chacon

TALOFA! (Sabbath Day)

Hello family and friends, 

Another week here in the great WA-TAC.  I was transferred last week and  I love my new area. I live in the "mansion" and if you have not looked up where I live, you should because it's really pretty. 2707 Soundview Dr. University Place, WA.

So I cover two wards, the Soundview ward and Allenmore (Samoan ward). I love them both and this week we had a baptism for a 9-year-old named Markus Foster. He is a cute chubby kid (haha). Elder Hathaway and I (my MTC companion) were knocking like usual and knocked into a very prominent Christian man named Rick. We got to talking and after he told us the flaws of our church we just invited him to church. We said if you come to our church we will come to yours. Long story short Elder Hathaway and I got to go to a "concert" on Sunday after our service haha. It was a good time at LIFE CENTER Christian church, but it was just sad to see how much these people were missing out on. The Sabbath was not being worshipped, but honestly, I believe they did not know. The word Sabbath is spelled with two B's causing the word to be a "sure" word in Greek, meaning we have to do it. It also means to rest, but people have adapted rest to their physical "wants", wherein it actually means to rest in God. I was actually was a little sad when I learned this because I was looking forward to some carefree Sunday afternoon naps and maybe watching a little football after church. However, I did hear President Spencer W. Kimbal tells us it is OK to take a short 30 min nap on Sunday, so saved me there. I think that there is an internal battle with how we treat the Sabbath day, and it comes down to the integrity we have, the choice path we follow and the eternal mansions we desire.

I love my Mission. 

God is Real.

The gospel is true.

Elder Chacon.

Trump won election and Mom & Dad were on Cruise ship. 11/8/16

This week was amazing. so if you remember a lady named heather and she was progressing a lot and i grew to love her family, but then the dad got all upset and said we cant contact them at all.....well i was walking in the area of her apts and i felt the spirit tell me to go see her. And after saying no in my head i got the prompting again. heathers kids answered the door and the kids yelled "brother chacon!!" and heather did not believe the kids. the husband is out of the picture completely and just the other day the one of her little girls picked up the book or mormon and started reading it. heather told me that if we had came yesterday it would not have made that much difference, but she had just asked which was to have her life go, and then we knocked on the door. The whole family came to church and they are on date to be baptized on the 26th of this month..... i love my mission...

David - Endure to the End 11-1-2016

Dear Family & Friends,

I had another awesome week in the WA-TAC! I have started a fun project that is taking quite awhile. I am going through the Old Testament in chronological order and lineage of the prophets. I can only do that in my free time which isn’t much.  I love studying the lives of people and understanding how God loves each of us and is trying to teach us through his scriptures.  

While studying David I come to learn the true power and meaning of the phrase  "endure to the end". It’s nice knowing that this phrase pertains to everyone.  David started out as a humble shepherd. He became popular after he defeated Goliath. David was a very powerful leader who built up a great army. To make a long story short David lived a wonderful life and was a great leader, but he did not endure to the end. Just like the world we live in today, he was tempted by the ways of the world.  Bathsheba was flirting and teasing David.  He looked upon her, and was not strong enough to resist temptation and he fell.  I have seen families torn apart, Wives have cried to me as children looked up in innocence asking, "Why is my mom crying?"  It is sad to see such harmful things happening to families. 

I think of my future and want to make good chooses.  I tell myself "Do it for the Generations". I know my Grandfathers are close to me, helping me feel the joy of eternal families. I know through God’s plan, families can be together forever.  Don’t be like David, stay strong and Endure to the End!

Elder Chacon

California Thunderstorm - Palm tree caught fee from Lightning

Dear Family and friends, What is the Sun?

I’m just kidding, but Washington is entering into months where we will hardly see the sun for weeks at a time!  I will miss the sunshine!  This week went really well,.  Sometimes we get so soaked it becomes funny.

It is really weird for me to be training because I see my companion do so many of the same things I used to do. I am really enjoying the experience.   I am learning more about myself and also seeing the ways I have changed. My mission is going by too fast, 9 months left.  It has gone by in a blink and it still blows my mind as how much I have changed.  I love the gospel and love sharing it. I’m grateful for the habits that I have developed.  I’m grateful for the parents I have who started me off on the right track, and are still standing by me. I love you.

Elder Chacon