Hello everyone! I hope you are all doing well!
So I'll get transfer news outta the way quick. No changes. Elder Storment and I are staying together another transfer here in Webster Groves! I'm pretty excited!
This week was pretty great! We did a ton of service this week which was nice, it was great to be out riding around and getting to serve people in our ward and in the community!
We had a few great lessons this week with our friends as well. We met once with Michelle who committed to read from the Book of Mormon each day which is awesome!
We had an interesting lesson with our friend Ken. Ken's got some different ideas about God and the afterlife and such, and not just different from what we believe but kinda straight up out there. But we love him and are doing our best to teach him while not getting frustrated at his beliefs which honestly contradict themselves and seem to be slightly different every lesson. Anyways, he's great and has actually progressed a bit since I've been here which is great to see!! We had a wonderful lesson with our neighbor Pat. We were going into the lesson a little apprehensive because she was our neighbor and someone we see quite often, but we swallowed those feelings and went for it and it turned out great! Pat was quite interested in learning about what we had to say. We taught her about the Book of Mormon and taught a little of the Restoration and it went really well. She accepted a Book of Mormon and told us that her neighbor (John) wants to hear from us as well!! So that is really exciting!
As I mentioned above, we did lots of service this week. Part of that included helping out at a community fishing derby that one of the members in our ward runs. I was excited to help out and was ready to help. When we got there however my excitement levels dropped a bit when I found out what we would be doing. Our job was to take the fish off of peoples poles and then to measure and weigh them! First off before this I have maybe touched like 2-3 other fish in my life and I did not enjoy it. I was kinda nervous, I just don't like it! However after handling a few and just doing it trying not to show my fear it became easier, and honestly a little enjoyable. I was amazed that in the matter of 2 hours or so I went from being completely nervous and grossed out about something to kind of enjoying it. This experience got me thinking about life and the things we are asked to do. Although we may not enjoy doing things,or life is hard, a little confidence, practice and not giving up help us grow and do things we thought we would never be able to do! Afterwards we got to do a little fishing and I caught a fish which was great! Super fun service project!
Here's a spiritual thought to end off this email!
In my personal study this morning I was reading in Alma 22. This chapter is when Aaron ( a Nephite missionary) is going to teach a Lamanite King (King Lamoni's father). A phrase in verse 18 really stuck out to me.
It was this: "I will give away all my sins to know thee" I thought this was pretty powerful. The King had a change of heart and desired to do no more evil. He not only desired to do no more sin but we desired to know Christ and Heavenly Father! It was a good reminder to me that yes we can turn away from sin. But if we don't turn to Christ then it is kinda pointless. Sure we will feel better because we are trying to not sin anymore but we are missing out on a whole lot more joy and blessings that could be ours if we just turn to Christ and let Him in!
Anyways a bit of a ramble but I know that Christ can heal us and turn us into a person we never thought we could become!
Love, Elder Spencer
The fish I caught
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