Chance Looses an Implant

Chance had a desperate few hours last week. He couldn't find one of the 

battery packs for his implants.

When he called home, he told us that he had looked everywhere and couldn't find it.

He and his companion had looked everywhere they could think of and had come up empty.

Since they are still spending most of their time in their flat due to COVID 19, it was hard to imagine

where an implant battery pack could have ended up since

it wasn't really going to that many places. 

Chance was starting to get a little nervous about its whereabouts 

and when he did finally find it, he sheepishly told us that

he had found it in one of his pant pockets that was in the laundry.

He may have had a panic moment with his implant battery pack, but on the positive side,

he and his companion are allowed out of the flat for about 3 hours a day now, 

so they have been able to do some exploring of their English hometown.

He has been sending home some nice pictures that give us a feel for his place of residence. 

Here is part of what Chance shared this week in his email home:

The only pictures I took this week were from our walks. We found this amazing Woodlands place that we can explore now and It has been just amazing. The last picture is a cemetery we visited on one of our walks. 

We also had a jeopardy game with the missionaries in our stake and it was so much fun! Elder Sprouse and I did so good and came up in first! It was a lot of question about the bible, book of Mormon, church history, and other miscellaneous things as well. 

We are now allowed to go for 3 hour walks each day and it has been a wonderful blessing! I have loved every minute I have had outside. It is so amazing!

This week I wanted to share a thought from Mosiah 24:14-15 

  14 And I will also ease the burdens which are put upon your shoulders, that even you cannot feel them upon your backs, even while you are in bondage; and this will I do that ye may stand as witnesses for me hereafter, and that ye may know of a surety that I, the Lord God, do visit my people in their afflictions.

  15 And now it came to pass that the burdens which were laid upon Alma and his brethren were made light; yea, the Lord did strengthen them that they could bear up their burdens with ease, and they did submit cheerfully and with patience to all the will of the Lord.

This is the Lord talking to Alma and his brethren in their afflictions. They have been through persecution by Amulon and his people. The first thing they did was call out upon the Lord and ask for his help. They didn't try to get themselves out, rather, they trusted in God and called upon him. I love this scripture because whatever our burdens are, however big for small they are, they can be made light. 

The Savior performed his great atoning sacrifice to not only cover our mistakes, sins, weaknesses, and shortcomings, he did it as a means to allow our burdens to be lightened from off our backs and our shoulders. The Savior has already felt all those burdens. We don't need to go through those burdens ourselves because we are not relying on the Savior, that would be defeating the whole purpose of Christ's Atonement. So allow the Savior to help you. Give everything over to him, and trust in him wholly. 

In so doing, we can be strengthened and submit cheerfully to the will of the Lord, and live joyful grand lives! This is my testimony, our burdens can and will be lifted because of the great enabling power of Christ's Atonement. 

I love you all! I hope you have a great week! Please let me know how you are doing and if there is anything I can do for you.