Sorry, I didn't write yesterday, our Mission President moved our P-Day today because of the stuff that was going on.
The strike has officially stopped, so we should be able to go back to work like normal now. This past week was pretty brutal though, we had to stay in the house unless we had an appointment that was 100% certain, and every single day all of our citas (appointments) fell through. So basically this entire past week we sat in our house. The following is a list of things I did to try to kill boredom;
- Made balloon animals (rather unsuccessfully)
- Experimented in the kitchen
- Slept
- Studied the Signs of the Second Coming of Jesus Christ
- Jump-roped
- Read the Bible Dictionary in its entirety
- Studied the Doctrine and Covenants
- Studied The Book of Mormon in English and Spanish
- Played the recorder
- Made paper snowflakes
- Drew pictures
- Listened to BYU Devotionals and General Conference talks
- Listened to approved music and sang along
- Read the Liahona
- Cleaned
- Looked out the window
- Ate food
There may have been some other things, but this covers the majority. It was a pretty uneventful week.
I also ate chicken gizzard 3 more times this week, so that's terrible. It still doesn't taste good.
Oh, I also forgot to mention, the first day of the strike when we had to stay inside all day, we didn't have water. We had to bathe with some 5-liter jugs that were in the house. It actually wasn't too bad.
We had a pretty awesome miracle this past week. Our Mission President asked all of us missionaries in the Quito Mission to fast (refrain from food and water for 24 hours) that all the problems in Ecuador would calm down so that we would be able to go back to work. We started Saturday after lunch and planned on finishing Sunday before lunch. We got a call Saturday night from our Stake President telling us that we wouldn't be able to have sacrament meeting cause it was too dangerous, so things looked pretty bleak. We were able to do a little sacrament service in our house, just Elder Muentes and I, which was pretty neat. We sang hymns, took the sacrament, and I shared a little message. I felt like I should share a scripture from Mosiah, Mosiah 24:15-16. It says,
15 And now it came to pass that the burdens which were laid upon Alma and his brethren were made light; yea, the Lord did strengthen them that they could bear up their burdens with ease, and they did submit cheerfully and with patience to all the will of the Lord.
16 And it came to pass that so great was their faith and their patience that the voice of the Lord came unto them again, saying: Be of good comfort, for on the morrow I will deliver you out of bondage.
It really called my attention that it said ''on the morrow I will deliver you,'' because I felt trapped in my dang house and wanted to be delivered. The next morning, one of the mission leaders called me and said, ''Elders, the strike has stopped. The Lord has heard our prayers and answered our fast.'' That was a super powerful testimony builder to me because the Lord gave us an immediate and visible answer to our fast, I felt super blessed. It isn't always that way, we often have to wait and put in a lot of work to get the answers we want, but I know the Lord always hears us.
That's all I have this week! I hope everyone has a great week and remembers to trust in God and say their prayers!
Love and miss you all!
Elder Spangler
A cool sunset.
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