Hello everyone! I hope you are all doing well! This week was very busy!
On Monday we had a lesson/discussion with a young man in our ward who is getting ready to serve a mission. It was fun answering the questions he and his mom had about missionary work and life.
Tuesday we had two lessons. One with Raychel and Kyla and one with Leslie! Both went very well! Raychel and Kyla are so cool, they are very both outgoing and kind, makes it fun to teach them!
On Wednesday we had a service project. It had been raining the past little bit and the ground was still quite wet. At one point during the move, we needed to get a truck and trailer moved around so they decided to drive across their front lawn (which is very big by the way, more like a giant field) and while they were bringing the truck and trailer around they got stuck in the mud! Luckily there was another truck and a chain that we then hooked up to the trailer and with a little trial and error got the truck unstuck and back to the driveway! What a moving adventure! Later that night we joined our ward's youth activity and answered questions about missionary life. It was fun to hear some of their questions like "How many white shirts do you have?" " How did you prepare for your mission?" and so on, it was great!
Thursday and Friday evening we had lessons with Craig, they both went very well! He is fun to talk to and seems younger then he really is. He is about 58 but is just as lively as a 20 year old!
Saturday we did some more service helping a member with his yard work, we then had a "Come, Follow Me" lesson with a few elderly ladies in our ward over video chat. It was really quite nice, they taught me more then I taught them!
Sunday night we had an amazing lesson with a member and a former co-worker of his. His co-worker and her husband (I forgot their names) are sooo amazing! They seem very open to our message and they are willing to "Let God Prevail" in their lives! We just had a great lesson overall. Sunday was also my 4 month mark of being a missionary, that is crazy! Those 4 months have flown by!
As we were teaching all these lessons this past week I had a neat realization. One time as I was teaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ (which are 5 points, Faith, Repentance, Baptism, Holy Ghost and Endure to the End) I had the thought that everything we do in the Gospel, everything I do in my life revolves around these 5 points! It was a manifestation to me that the Gospel is really quite simple, I tend to over-complicate things at times, and realizing that any point in the gospel, any topic relates back to these 5 basic points comforts me and helps me realize what I need to do. For example if I have a doubt or quesiton about something I read, I need to exercise more faith, develop more faith.
It is also important to remember that it is a process, we aren't perfect even after baptism, we have to continue to try and keep going! Heavenly Father doesn't turn away after we make one mistake, He and Jesus Christ will always be there to help us no matter how much we may stumble, no matter how guilty or ashamed we may feel, we can turn to Christ and find peace.
Well, I hope you all have a great week! I love to hear from you! I'd love to help any of you in any way I can so ask questions, I'd love to help!
Love, Elder Spencer
We made cookies!
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