Hello everyone!! Hope you all had a wonderful week! This week was super busy, and really fun!
Elder Storment left on Wednesday morning. I'll miss serving with that Elder. Him and I got really united over the time we served together and we became great friends! I am excited to keep in touch with him.
So I got my trainee on Wednesday! We had our trainers meeting and then all 34 of the new missionaries walked in and lined up at the front. I feel like I was in their shoes yesterday! Time flies. They then proceeded to read off where they were going and their new companions!
My trainee's name is Elder Johnson, he is from Perry, Utah. Right by Brigham City. He is half-Koeran which is super cool! He loves mountain biking and tennis so being in a biking area is so sweat for him!! He has already introduced me to some SPICY food. Really good but cleared my nostrils right out! I love him lots, he has an awesome desire to be out here and I'm really looking forward to our time together!
Our first day together we had two lessons. Elder Johnson is a natural in teaching and we are slowly getting adjusted to our various teaching styles but we've already developed a sense of unity, so things are looking bright for the future!
We taught lots of lessons this week. Something that Elder Johnson and I decided to work on this week was having more specific invitations at the end of our lessons and then following up with people when we meet with them again. It has been cool to see that making a goal and then focusing on it really works. Our invitations have not only been more specific since we've started to focus on it, they have become more meaningful! So cool to see!!
I am really excited to work with the missionaries in our zone, we've got a bunch of awesome Elders and Sisters and I can't wait to get to know them better and unify as a zone.
We had a giant service project on 9/11. We went to the Greenwood Cemetery and another Zone, the St.Louis Zone was there. That was the zone I served in before the South St.Louis zone so it was super fun to see missionaries that I'd served around. I got to meet the new Elders serving in Parkway 2, my last area. That was really fun, getting to catch up with them. I also got to see Craig. A man I taught in my last area. He remembered me and we chatted for a bit. He is still meeting with the missionaries so that is pretty great!! It was a fun time!! A mini reunion!
A spiritual thought to end the email! :)
Elder Johnson and I were talking about the reasons we decided to serve missions. The experiences we were hoping to have on our missions and such. We had a really powerful discussion and ultimately we both came to the conclusion that the reason we are both out serving others is out of love. Love for Christ, Love for Heavenly Father, Love for those we serve. We aren't as concerned about getting baptisms as we are helping people feel loved and wanted. Elder Johnson has caught that early on, whereas it took me a longer time to figure out! God is good, love is the answer to all problems!!
Love you all!!! Elder Spencer!
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