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