ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 5TH 2010, PRESIDENT ALLRED SET CHASE APART AS A FULL TIME MISSIONARY FOR THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS!! IT WAS AN INCREDIBLE EVENING. WE ARRIVED AT THE STAKE CENTER AT 8:00 AND PRESIDENT ALLRED SPENT SOME TIME VISITING WITH US AND GIVING US "ADVICE" AND ASKING BRUCE AND I TO GIVE CHASE SOME "ADVICE". A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT PRESIDENT ALLRED COUNSELED CHASE TO DO WERE FIRST, TO ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT HE WAS ON THE "LORD'S ERRAND" ! AND SECOND, TO BE "STRICTLY OBEDIENT" TO THE MISSION PRESIDENT AND THE MISSION RULES"!
BRUCE COUNSELED CHASE TO "BE HIMSELF" AND "REMEMBER WHO HE WAS" AND I COUNSELED HIM TO REMEMBER THAT HE WAS "DIVINE BY BIRTH" AND THAT HE HAS A HEAVENLY FATHER WHO KNOWS HIM INDIVIDUALLY AND WHO LOVES HIM!!!
AT THE END OF OUR VISIT IT WAS TIME FOR CHASE TO BE "SET APART". THERE WAS SUCH A TREMENDOUS FEELING OF LOVE AND THE SPIRIT WAS SO STRONG AS HE WAS SET APART AND GIVEN A BLESSING BY PRESIDENT ALLRED. IT WAS A REMARKABLE AND POWERFUL EXPERIENCE. THE POWER OF THE PRIESTHOOD IS SUCH A MARVELOUS GIFT! HOW AMAZING IT WAS TO HAVE BRUCE AND CHAD TAKE PART IN THE CIRCLE AS CHASE WAS BLESSED! AND HOW GRATEFUL WE WERE TO HAVE ADRIAN THERE WITH CHARITY SUPPORTING US AND CHASE! THANKS FAMILY!
WE RECEIVED PERMISSION FROM PRESIDENT ALLRED TO MAKE AN AUDIO RECORDING OF THIS SPECIAL NIGHT. CHAMBRAE RECORDED THE ENTIRE EVENING SO THAT CHASE WILL HAVE A RECORD OF IT ALWAYS. THANKS SISTER:) IT WILL BE A STRENGTH TO HIM NOT ONLY WHILE HE IS SERVING AS A MISSIONARY BUT THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE. WHAT A MEMORABLE NIGHT!!
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