Hello all! Hope everyone is doing well! This week was great! It had its ups and downs but overall was pretty good!
Some of the downs were that we weren't able to have as many lessons with our friends as we had hoped for! We only had about 2-3 lessons with friends this week which was too bad! This week we are praying and hoping for more to work out!
Some ups! We have two new Sisters in our district, they are fresh into the field and that brings our district size up to 8 now (6 sisters and 2 elders). It has been fun getting to know each new missionary. We had an awesome practice in our district council this week. Elder Storment and I made up 8 different bios (that was really fun). We then split off into 1 on 1 groups and practiced some teaching principles "How to begin teaching" and "Adjusting teaching to meet needs". It was a really fun activity!
We also got to go to the temple and do service! It was really fun! We found out afterwards that we were the last group of missionaries that they would have come and do service there for. Kinda a bitter-sweet moment. It was great to be back on the temple grounds and to do some work there.
We had a couple pretty amazing lessons with members in our ward. One of my favourite parts of member lessons is getting to know the family and just talking with them! Our ward is pretty awesome and loves the missionaries so it is great!
We also did some other service this week. The sisters joined us and we helped our friend Chuck clean his house out a bit. Later in the week, we helped a family in our ward move. Sad to see them go, but I was grateful for the chance to help them out.
Just before this email, Elder Storment and I went to Fitz's again and we both got ice cream floats and they are massive! Soo good! If any of you ever come through St.Louis it is a must stop at!
Spiritual thought for the week:
I bore my testimony in sacrament meeting yesterday on this scripture and just wanted to share some of my thoughts about it.
The scripture is Alma 26:12. It reads: "Yea, I know that I am nothing; as to my strength I am weak; therefore I will not boast of my God, for in his strength I can do all things; yea, behold, many might miracles we have wrought in this land, for which we will praise his name forever."
Some context behind the scripture, this is when Ammon and his brethren have re-united after teaching and preaching to the Lamanites and they are in awe of the many souls they had brought to Christ, they had much success.
What I got out of this scripture were three main points.
First, we as human beings are nothing. We are as the dust off the earth, we can't do anything on our own.
Second, we can do all things through Christ. The air we breathe, the bodies we have. The talents, and gifts, and skills we have all come from God. They give us power, They give us strength. As a missionary I need to constantly remind myself of this, it helps to humble me honestly. When I get prideful and think I am so great because I did this great thing I in reality need to remember where my talents and skills came from. Which leads to the third point.
Third, after we remember it is Heavenly Father and Christ that give us everything we need to be grateful for the things we have received. We can thank them through prayer, or by serving others with the things we have been blessed with. When we thank them and remember where we have received all these great things, more joy and peace will be poured out among us!
Well that is about it for me! I'd love to hear from you all!
Love, Elder Spencer
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