Letter following our Christmas call

Hey mom/ everyone, 

It has been a great week filled with love of family, friends, and the savior. This week has been a lazy week since we were not aloud to go out and proselyte i was able to take my "spa sesh" in the tub haha. We had two amazing dinners, one Christmas eve which was crab, scallops, and steak and Christmas night we has the best roast i have ever had, it was a very elegant meal ( and my bishop is a chiropractor so i got alined which always makes the night better). The ward out here is awesome, they are the typical back woods love everyone type people. The ward brings light in the sorrows of the work, and on the bright side it is getting lighter every day. A few weeks ago i went to a meeting and our steak president spoke and he gave this quote for our specific area "you cant learn to work hard if the work is easy" and i think that relates to all of you guys. The work im doing is a bit different than yours, but this applies to all factors of life. God knows us and he knows our limits and will push us because he knows what we can become. My dad wrote me this week and said that, "It is easy to look good when the work is easy. It is easy to feel good when baptism are coming right and left. The real measure of a person comes when no one is looking." No one may be temporally watching me but i know that the work i do today will effect tomorrow, or my kids, or my wife and thats what gets me out side knocking doors in the cold. I had to take a long hard look at my self and ask Why is this important? then when i came up with that answer i asked again, why is that important? I needed a drive, a motivating factor, and i found it.

Keep on keeping on

Love Elder Chacon

Fellowship of the Unashamed - Poem 12-14-2015

Dear Family & friend, 

I have been singing a lot in church and am singing this Sunday,  just thought I would let you know.  I kind of forgot to tell you,  I have sang 4 solos since I left.

I am extremely tired and have very little energy so pray for that.

I heard this poem and loved it..

I am part of the "Fellowship of the Unashamed."

The die has been cast. I have stepped over the line.

The decision has been made. I am a disciple of

Jesus Christ. I won't look back, let up, slow down,

back away, or be still. My past is redeemed, my present

makes sense, and my future is secure.

I am finished and done with low living, sight walking,

small planning, smooth knees, colorless dreams,

chintzy giving, and dwarfed goals.

I no longer need pre-eminence, prosperity, position,

promotions, plaudits, or popularity. I now live by

presence, lean by faith, love by patience,

lift by prayer, and labor by power. My pace

is set, my gait is fast, my goal is Heaven, my

road is narrow, my way is rough, my companions few,

my Guide reliable, my mission clear. I cannot be bought,

compromised, deterred, lured away, turned back,

diluted, or delayed.  I will not flinch in the face of sacrifice, hesitate in the

presence of adversity, negotiate at the table of the enemy,

ponder at the pool of popularity, or meander

in the maze of mediocrity.

I am a disciple of Jesus Christ. I must go until

Heaven returns, give until I drop, preach until all know,

and work until He comes. And when He comes to get

His own, He will have no problem recognizing me.

My colors will be clear.

Love. Elder Chacon

Hey guys, I am staying in Port Ludlow and i am getting a kid who has been out less than I have. The ward is awesome and i love the people. I am very very tired. The cold sucks the life out of you and its really windy and rainy so when we are out knocking doors we are wet and its cold and then the wind chill... soooo blessings should be coming hahah... our car got nicked by a tree while in a highway and it took the Toyota sign off hahah so that you for your prayers of safety. The work sucks here.... its old people and they just don't care...i knocked close to 1,000 doors this transfer and we got about two new investigators and the were flakes ...so that should give a good idea of what its like haha, but we will have a baptism this transfer. There is this girl named Alyssa that is 16 and she has been coming to church for 4 months and has taught lessons in young women's  and she drives an hour to come to church and is enrolled in seminary so she is solid haha we just have to wait for her dads approval and he lives in Virginia. The crappy work wont stop us but its just sad. Its really hard for me and sometimes i cry a little and its not because people are mean to me ( im used to that haha) but because i know how there life could be and they are denying pure happiness. A few nights ago, on a very rainy night the winds were blowing pretty hard for hear and i had this prompting to know a certain area and when i got the prompting i said dang it because i knew it was from god but the place was scary and it was a no trespassing trailer park. So as we walked in i snuck to the back and started knocking so we did not run into a manager. We knocked a few doors and just offered service and they we hit the mean people. One after the other yelling at us saying there going to call the cops, so we just said ok we will go have a nice day, and we walked away... but i knew he was not going to call the cops( you can tell the people who will and wont) and as i got further away i looked back and saw him not looking and turned back into the trailer park just to try to get a few more before the "cops came"... and there were a few nice people but then mean ones again... so we were leaving and as we were we knocked one more door at the front of the place.... and nothing ...no miracle no amazing experience, but i know that i did what i was supposed to do. I am not changing in my appearance, im not changing in the way i talk, im not even changing in people skills. but what is changing is the power in which i speak. Because i know im not the first one to say that this is hard, someone much greater asked if there was an easier way a long time ago. He cried "papa, is there any other way? Please remove this cup from me" But there is not an easier was because this life is not easy. Just remember that you are not the first, but because of the first its a lot less easy than it ever would have been. I know as we follow our promptings we will see miracles.... maybe it was just a test for me, to see if i would go know that place, well if it was i passed. Now i can be trusted with more. Trust in God so he can trust you. Merry Christmas Elder Chacon Diane Chacon <dianeschacon@gmail.com> Dec 7 (2 days ago) to Charles Click here to Reply or Forward 3.98 GB (26%) of 15 GB used Manage Terms - Privacy Last account activity: 14 minutes ago Details