Wow another week has passed, and it just keeps getting faster! Before
I know it I will be calling home for the first time and then be at my
year mark! What an adventure I have been on these past 5 months! I
have been learning 2 new languages and also learning who I am and who
my Heavenly Father is. I have learned so much and am so grateful for
you examples to me! Thank you all so much! So here is my week in
whole!
Week October 26-1 November 2015
Monday:
Today was such an amazing day! I always love Pdays! And today we
started off by going and getting my hair cut! It costs about 15
dollars, but it is worth the price to get a good hair cut and to get
head scratching after!! Also we hung out with the English elders and
went to a new store called Aldi! It is a cheap place to buy food,
however my grapes are already bad, so I am not to happy! Also we went
to the altamesa stake center to have out sports activities today and I
loved it! Also today we went to the Texas rehabilitation hospital to
have a birthday party with Hermano Peña. As we were visiting the
daughter of sister Peña had a few major seizures and it scared me so
bad I didn't know what to do! However she was all okay and finally got
back up! Also as we were leaving Sister Peña gave us presents from
Utah! She just got back this evening and she gave us these cool BYU
beanies! I hope you love the picture!
Also we took some goofy pictures of the funny glasses that my mom got
us!! Just prepping for the Halloween season!
(2 pics)
Tuesday:
Well today we had an amazing day! We had the opportunity to go to give
service for around 3 hours and it was so awesome! The sisters got an
investigator and the bishops wife to come to our service, and It was
so fun!! So today we had a surprise exchange that turned out really
good!! We had a really good time with our lessons and had the chance
to teach Guadalupe and her husband! We taught them about the
importance of obedience and reading and praying! It was very
spiritual! So tonight I am with Elder Sinaschalci, and it is so nice
to be able to talk to him! I feel like he is the same as me! We both
understand each other and he helps me feel confident in my Spanish! I
seriously love him so much. I keep telling that one day we are going
be companions, and I would seriously love to be his companion one day!
He is So we are up a little to late so we better get to bed!!
Wednesday:
So today was a very long day! I say it was a long day because we
didn't get to bed until 1130 because we were just talking about
everything! I have learned so much about him and I have learned just
to love Elder Sinascachi much! So we exchanged companions at the
church and then went to San Luis to celebrate our good time together.
So we went to the church and searched for around an hour on
Ldsjobs.org to find out if we wanted to start a job searching class
for the Hispanic investigators! However we are struggling to find a
lot of firm investigators and it is so hard sometimes. However we are
not going to give up! I never will give up on these amazing people!
Thursday:
With men it is impossible, but with God all things are possible!
I have had this thought a lot on my mind today and really this week!
So we had our planning session today and we had a lot fm really good
ideas, but that is one I realized we are having a huge struggle on
finding people to teach! We have had some amazing people earlier, but
now no one is wanting to change and it is really hard!
That is really when that scripture really hit me! It is really hard to
find people sometimes, but as we trust in God and don't stop trying he
will bless us after many trials to find the people that we need! It is
hard to go everyday through these trials, but something I have noticed
is I have changed every day that I go through these trials and I have
seen such an amazing help from the lord as I go through my trials!
So today we had an amazing day giving service with our Leaders of the
Zone at the house of our Bishop! And as we were finishing cleaning the
yard the bishops wife walked out with a full meal for each of us to
take on the road! She is so sweet and loving to everyone and we are so
blessed to serve her and her husband! Also we had a dinner tonight
with Hna. Viera and it was so amazing hearing her stories and
testifying of so many things! She strengthened my testimony of the
members, because she showed a less active she was helping to come back
to church and it was such an amazing time learning from her! I promise
that if you want to see blessings in your life forget about yourself
and just go strait to work with the people around you and you will see
a mighty change in your heart!!
(1 pic)
Friday:
Today has been such a life changing day! So we woke up at 6:30 and
didn't have time to exercise because we had to get ready and go
straight to the bus stop to catch an hour long ride to our interviews
with President Ames! It rained so hard this morning while we were
walking it was like I didn't even have an umbrella and I was soaked by
the time I got to stop! So while at the interviews we did some
trainings as a district and I was asked earlier on to give a training
on the importance of consecration as a missionary and how that effects
members. It was an amazing lesson and I learned a lot from teaching it
to others, because in reality they taught me. Also my interview with
president Ames was so amazing! I had such a good talk with him about
the love of Jesus Christ for us. He really opened my eyes on how my
Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ see me! We were only supposed to have
15 minute interviews, but I just want to sit at his feet and learn all
day! The spirit was amazing, and I hope that one day I can be half the
man he is. So we had an amazing dinner tonight with Erica Layva and
her whole family, Jamillex, Gia, Nemesis, and Rudy. It is amazing to
see the happiness they have as they do the simple things! Also we
taught them about the temple and studying. Something I learned today
is that going to the temple is important, but the purpose we go is of
more importance! Think on that. Before we went and planned we went and
visited with Hno. And Hna. Peña! He finally was able to come home
today and he is so happy! So it is 10:12 pm and it is pouring outside!
We also got a flash flood warning on our phone until 1 am so it should
be an eventful evening! Well, I know the atonement is real and can
help us if we let it. If you have things burdening you down please go
talk to a priesthood leader! We can not look Christ right in the face
and fix our issues and that is why we talk to our leaders. I promise
you can find more peace and that the things you have done will not be
remembered by God anymore. I know that God loves me. Please find that
he loves you too!
Saturday:
Wow my second holiday away from home and it is definitely different,
but still just so much fun! So today we wore our ghost ties that Elder
Lickiss' sister made, and switched name tags to really scare people!;)
So today I was able to go and practice the piano for an hour while
Elder Lickiss fixed his front tire tube and plan for district meeting
next week! I feel like I am bad luck for my companions, because I
haven't had problems with my bike and they have popped tires left and
right. After my wonder time to practice the piano we headed home to
grab a sweater and go strait to work for 2 hours knocking some formers
on a street really close by named college! We were able to have a
great lesson with a man that was at first trying hard to push us away
and then slowly was more and more interested! Sadly, we are still just
struggling with finding these golden investigators and maybe we just
need to work even harder? So we got done knocking doors and had to go
to the church, because the mission rule is you can't knock doors past
5 on holidays like Halloween because people blame different things
like toilet papering on missionaries. So we stayed at the church for a
truck or treat party as a ward and then after went to the Peñas to
visit! We sat on their front porch with sister Peña and Julie, the
sister of Brother Peña who is not a member, and pretty much talked
about our beliefs! It was amazing and was just so nice to relax and
enjoy the members that we live with! We had such a fun night and man I
am so tired and ready to pass out, what a nice day! Here are some
pictures of me and elder Myers and Lickiss.
(3 pics) and
Sunday:
Wow today was a very long day for us if you know what I mean! So last
night we forgot to set our clocks back so we were awake at 5:30 saying
prayers when Elder Lickiss told me that we still had another hour to
sleep, and man was I grateful! I feel like as each week gets over I am
more and more tired, but with the help of the Lord I am able to never
give up or stop! He gives me the energy that I need to never stop. To
today we got to church for our missionary meeting and found out out
ward mission leader is still very sick. I felt really bad for him
because he had to just go home early because he was so sick. Also,
sadly our investigator Martin, that has 11 years, didn't come to
church today so he can't be baptized this Saturday. We keep praying
that he with Come! Also we are really struggling finding people who
are serious about learning, so if there are any good ideas we need
them! However, church today was amazing! I am able to understand more
or less what is being said, now it is just the expressing myself that
is a little harder! We actually sat by this man who had a name tag on
just like ours, and he could speak Spanish very fluent and French as
well! After the meeting I asked him and he is our new counselor of
President Ames! I feel so blessed to have a counselor that will
understand what I am going through with another language! He is really
an amazing guy! Also Elder Lickiss bore his testimony today and said
some really amazing things about me that made me not realize I am
amazing, but that we all are examples in the simplest things we do in
life. For instance, I gave a man, that didn't have food, 5 dollars to
be able eat at the restaurant we were at. That simple thing changed my
companions life! I am so glad I am with him, because together were are
learning so much! So after our church today we rushed home because
brother and sister Peña invited us to dinner at their house with them
and their sister Julie. We had an amazing visit and shared some
amazing experiences, however we had to stay and clean up the house,
because sister Peña had to take Julie to the airport to fly home right
after we finished eating, and Brother Peña just got home from his
recovery in the hospital, so he isn't supposed to do anything! The
sister of brother Peña isn't a member, but we managed to give her a
Book of Mormon and a picture of Jesus Christ! We really love her and
hope she will find the missionaries over there in California!
After dinner we had about three contact lessons that went alright at
their doors, but no one really seems to want it and I can't understand
why? However, I will never give up! What I learned from today is that
everything, wether big or small, is noticed. And that the people who
notice these things are changed for forever! I invite all of you to
start being the example in every situation to see the blessings that
can come!
Thank you all for your love and support in this life changing Journey.
Remember that being a member means we are on the path back to God, but
if we are not doing our part with the people around us, or not doing
the right things, we go back and not forward! However, with God all
things are possible! (Mark 10:27)
8 love you all and hope you have the most amazing week ever!
Do we love God? Because He loves us!
(1 John 4:19)
Con Amor,
Elder Spendlove
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