Hey everyone! Hope you are all doing awesome! Another great week here in Missouri! This week went by quick. We had a few good member lessons and some with friends.
Although we've been having some pretty good lessons with our friends they aren't progressing as much as they should be for us to be consistently meeting with them. So Elder Johnson and I had to seriously look at all those people that we are teaching and evaluate where they are at and what actions we need to take to help them come closer to Christ. This is always a somewhat painful process for me because I do not like to stop or lessen the time to meet with people but it is what needs to be done!
Other than that our week was good. We had a ward trunk or treat on Friday, that was lots of fun. Elder Johnson and I dressed up as missionaries ;)
So about the fire alarms. We were filling up the baptismal font in our chapel for a young boy who was to be baptized. We turned the water to hot and there was lots of steam that came out. Which happened to trigger the fire alarm that was right in the hallway. They were loud. A firetruck even came! It was crazy, luckily we got it all figured out, no fire, everything was fine!
I hit my year mark on the 28th and wow that is wild I've been a missionary for one whole year!
This has been one of the toughest but most rewarding years of my life. I've changed for the better and it is ALL because of Jesus Christ. He has become one of my best friends as I rely on Him for strength every single day. It is not easy, but it is doable because of Christ.
Quick thought:
Testifying is powerful. Any chance you get I urge you to bear your testimony. For the longest time I didn't understand what a testimony was. A testimony is a knowledge of something because it is confirmed by the spirit. It does not have to be long and elequate. In fact the most powerful testimonies I have borne have been maybe one or two sentences long! There is true power in a personal witness, it can't be denied!
Love y'all! Elder Spencer
One Year!!
CFM