How are you all? I hope things are going well! This week flew by again! Literally I can't believe it is P-day again....This week was packed full of lessons, awesome experiences and some great studies!
Some highlights included a great lesson with our friend Ashley. She is the one who fasted from YouTube for a whole week. We were talking to her about blessings she saw that came out of her fast and there was a pretty significant one. So Ashley has had some struggles in the past, one of those being that she is unemployed and can't find work anywhere. She has had multiple job interviews especially these past few weeks. Well Ashley was very happy to tell us that she got a job!! We were so excited. now I'm not sure if Ashley would've gotten the job without the fast. But I know it helped her get the job. She showed God she was willing to sacrifice something to receive a blessing. I know that is the same in all our lives if we sacrifice things to come closer to God the blessings will heavily outweigh the loss.
We had a great lesson with Brenda as well this week. We taught her more of the Restoration. Brenda doesn't live in our area so we brought that up and told her that in the future we would need to pass her off to the missionaries that live closer to her. She seemed to understand but just this morning she texted us and was quite upset that we were "dropping her". So please keep her in your prayers, pray that we will be able to continue to be her friend and that she will be understanding to the situation.
We had a great lesson as well this week with Jermazio. He is a great guy, he hadn't returned our calls and texts on Sunday morning so we decided to stop by his house after church in hopes to catch him. Lo and behold he was home and we taught a powerful lesson out of 2 Nephi ch. 31 about the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Right now we are helping Jermazio build his faith by doing the "small and simple" things that "bring great things to pass" Things like daily prayer and scripture study quite often get overlooked but they are super important for us all to do!!
Speaking of personal studies. I have had so many awesome ones this week. I feel like I have a new favorite scriptures after every personal study! The Spirit is definitely the best teacher!
A couple scriptures that have really struck me this week are: Alma 33:11, Alma 34:9-17. They are super awesome scriptures that touch on Christ's Atonement, Charity and Mercy!
I also started reading the New Testament and have so far read through the first 3 chapters of Matthew. I have already learned so much and it has been awesome. For example Matthew 3:9-10 talk about how nobody is better than another and that it is by our works rather than our heritage that we are saved!
We had interviews with President Bell and we also had a district council that our technology elders came to! I loved my interview with President, he is very spiritual and always has an answer to my questions. I got to see Elder Winn as well, he is a tech (TTT) Elder, that was another highlight of my day!!
The ward is great, we had many member lessons/meals this week and I feel like I learn just as much as the members in those lessons.
After one of those member meals/lessons. They took us to feed the deer at the Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery. The cemetery is massive and so pretty. I loved all the white headstones in their perfect row. You could tell it was well respected and maintained. I wish all cemeteries were that well maintained. It was super cool to drive through there and to listen to the members telling us all about the history of the place. Definitely a must see if you ever come through St. Louis!
Anyways, hope all is well with you all! I'd love to hear from you all!!
Love, Elder Spencer
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