Some More Pictures

The pictures below are ones that Chance did not share in his emails but put on his shared folder.  As Dad, I am exercising my technical right to post them!  :)

A Long Week.

This week has been a long one. We have had many opportunities to do small acts of service in the community. From sorting clothes at the Salvation Army to shredding rags at the St. Vincent De Pauls. All in all it has been good.

This morning we had the blessed opportunity to serve and help out a taxi driver fix a tire. It was good to get a little greased up before the library. Yesterday we were able to walk an elderly lady’s dog and wash her car. Her name is Grazna from Poland.

One of the down sides to this week was that one of the investigators that we have been working with has dropped us it seems. We tried to stop by on Monday and we left a pamphlet in the door. We go back several more days and on Sunday the same pamphlet was in the door. A bit of a bummer. Hopefully, we can get back into contact with him and teach him the fullness of the Restored Gospel.

Transfer news came in and it looks l will be staying in Karratha for a little while longer. Another transfer or two at least.

President Benelleck will be in the mission starting around the 20th of the month. I have loved serving with and learning from the Fifes. They are some of the most spiritually in-tune people I have ever met. I hope to be able to drop by into one of their Institute classes sometime.

Hope all is well back home.

My Bit of Miracles

Aye gang! I thought I would share my bit of the miracles coming in from Karratha.

Transfer news will be getting to you next Tuesday....Labor Day pushes our p-day back a day.

We have been working hard up here in the Pilbura and the Kimberly areas this week. We had the exciting opportunity to go to Broome this week (Wednesday-Friday)! I was able to see the likes of Gantheaume Point and Cable beach. It is tourist season up here in WA. The weather has cooled down to a nice 30 ish. Everyone comes up our way to find cool aboriginal art and have a wonderful time in the semi tropical weather. Elder and I were able to participate in a community walk. So like other events here, we are the Labour force. We did the entire set up and take down for the Karratha Community Association. We had a blast learning about the area and rendering the service for the people of Karratha. We were stationed on the Yarburra Heritage Trail as support for walkers in need. Then we went to some local community markets that evening to cap off the day.

I would highly recommend the northwest region during the winter (June – August). It has some of the best star viewing in the world and good hikes, fishing, touring around.

The miracles really showed themselves on Sunday. Elder and I walked over to our investigators house to pick him up for church and for once, him and his misses came! That was a blessing. Later that evening we were able to do a big cottage evening with the Kaka family and with some of the part member families in the area. Elder and I testified powerfully of the Plan of Salvation. That and other activities in the mix make for a good week and some blessings. We are working hard and expect mighty miracles.

Have a blessed week!

Don't Trust the Meatless Lasagna

Had some really eventful stuff happen but it is not all mission related ha-ha.

This week I had a surprise visit to the ER so that was fun. I accidentally ate some nuts. My word of advice, don't trust a meatless lasagna ha-ha. So I got some pictures of that. I am all good now, I just swelled up like a balloon for a bit. 

On Saturday while we were helping out at the community gardens, we found this giant spider. It is easily as big as my hand. The funny thing is, is that it isn’t even poisonous! It is just massive. The species is called a golden Orb because of the gold looking webs that they weave.

Mission related the week went by in a blur. Because of our trip to the ER, we were not able to make it to Broome so we are looking to reschedule that. Our Zone Conference, which gets shipped up to us via USB was tampered with. We got 7 .5 hours of BYU TV instead of training. So I guess you could say it was a blessing ha-ha.

Elder Kenyon and I have been doing the Heritage Trail hike I was every other morning for morning exercise.

All in all this week was pretty run of the mill. Our investigators are doing good. We are trying to prep an aboriginal man for baptism his name is Bundi, like Bunderberg, the beer. There is a PMF (Part Member Family) that has recently taken interest in the church again. We are seeing miracles, but they are small.

All is well I am alive and the work still goes on. I feel a little like Paul when he got bitten by the poisonous snake ha-ha.

For my spiritual highlight this week I gave a talk on "Take the Holy Spirit as Your Guide by Larry Y Wilson". I prepared heaps and I very much enjoyed comparing that with President Russel M. Nelson’s talk from Sunday morning conference so give that a look.

My New Companion; Elder Kenyon

Hey Gang, it has been a while.

I am pretty slack at writing and updating weeklies. I have been really enjoying my time in Karratha. My previous companion elder Mortenson just got transferred to Geraldton. I have just received Elder Kenyon. He is a native to New Zealand and the Cook Islands. He has been on his mission for six months and we get along alright ha-ha.

We have been working hard out here lately. Looking for any service opportunity that we can to soften the hearts of the people. With the opening of the new Red Earth Arts building, we have been cleaning the streets and helping the branch through “The Helping Hands” initiative. We have been trying to tap into the just serve initiative by the church as well.

There hasn't been much success in the little town of Karratha. We are working hard to change that. President Fife and Sister Fife made their way up here for the last visit to the branch before they depart here in June. We had a blast studying and learning from them over bowls of ice cream.

We are being diligent in the work and pressing forward to hopefully some lessons in the future. The members here support us and are good at fellowshipping those we bring. Over the last weeks or so they have taken us out to cool activities in exploring the Pilbura which has been very fun. I love it here, just wish it would cool down.

In my studies lately I have been going through the Book of Mormon with the institute manual and that has helped me to learn heaps more than I would have on my own, guess I should have paid more attention at college.

I hope that you all have a wonderful week. If you have any questions you want answered about AU, I am your man.

" Sanctify Yourselves for Tomorrow the Lord will do Wonders among You"

The Steak Challenge

We had a wonderful week of service it felt like. Everything was pretty non-stop leading up to when our Mission Presidency member, Jon Eley, came up.

I would say physical highlights I lost 5 kilos and then put it right back on with a steak challenge.

Spiritual highlight I would have to say would be a miracle we witnessed at church. One of the many less active members in the area came to church. We have been on a search for this guy for months and turns out he recently moved. He and his wife are from South Africa and are awesome. They are trying to change and raise their upcoming family in the gospel. We have loved talking to them and it was a blessing to report something other than 000s for once on the weekly report.

I really enjoy the weather. It is starting to cool off to mid-30's which is a blessing for here. The middle of the days are still hot but the mornings and the evenings are fun.

We were able to do a good service moving a non-member as well this week. We had a good showing from the branch and helped her load her cars for Perth.

I am excited for what this next week has; hopefully, some quality teaching opportunities. We don’t see a lot of that.

Love

Chance​

They Are Pretty Gangsta

This week has flown bye. We were able to hightail it out to Broome this week. That was fun. I got to know a cool Elder from Portugal his name is Elder Silva. We got to watch some regional AFL and that was pretty nuts. If I had any words of wisdom; no sport is as crazy with blind side hits as the AFL (Aussie Football League).

I have enjoyed reading everyone’s Easter messages this week. My companion and I appreciate the “Because of Him” videos that the church puts out every year. They are pretty gangsta.

Not a lot has been happening, but we have seen some miracles this week. There was a family from the nearby ghetto town of Roeburn that moved to Karratha. Kimmi, the mom, and her three kids came to church and stayed all 3 hours so that was a blessing. We have some good member missionary work brewing. That is all that is really needed for the investigators and things to progress in this area is just members getting on board.

I was able to pick up some cool souvenirs in Broome, so look for a package in a month or two ha-ha. I hope all is well back home. The 40 degree heat has been a killer lately. I am excited for it to cool down here in April.

Thanks for all the love and support.