This week was so so awesome, hard work pays off, 100%. We saw some awesome miracles and great lessons, being a missionary is the best.
Some things from last week that I didn't get to share:
On January 1st, we had a lesson in a little village place like 5 miles away. We took the bus to get there and the lesson went great. We got on the bus to come back home, but the traffic was so insane that after 30 minutes and only moving a half-mile, we got off and started walking. We walked 2.5 miles, through tunnels, hills, rain, and crazy drivers, before a guy gave us a ride back to Baños. He was a cool guy, his best friend is a member of the church and already knew a ton about what we shared, but wasn't interested in having us visit him. Bummer.
The other day after doing a service project, we asked the Hermana if she knew anyone we could visit. She told us that her sister is a returned missionary, but her husband and kids aren't members and that they might be willing to listen. We went to go visit them, and the mom, Hermana Berta, came out and we talked with her. She told us that she recently had been praying because she wanted to start coming back to church, and that she had made a goal this year to help all of her family get baptized. She said that right when she saw us, the Holy Ghost testified to her that she was going to find her answers through us. It was a really cool experience, I love being a tool in the hands of the Lord. We were able to visit the family and they were super receptive and seem open to hearing, La Familia Díaz Flores they're called.
We had another cool miracle on Friday. We were excited for the day because we had 7 appointments set up and we were going to find a bunch of new people and invite some people to be baptized and it was going to be a great day. We went to the first house; weren't home. 2nd house; weren't home. and so on until ALL 7 OF THE LESSONS DIDN'T HAPPEN. We were pretty bummed, but not discouraged. After the last lesson failed, Elder Gutierrez said, "Let's go sit in the park for a second." I was fine with it because we had been walking all day, so we went and sat down. 4 seconds later, a 5-year-old kid came running up to us and said "HERMANITOS!" We were like, "Who is this kid?" so we asked him if he knew us and he said yes, then he said, "My dad is home right now, do you want to go talk to him?" We were so stoked. He showed us his house and when we got there, we realized we had knocked the door like 3 days before and the kid had come out, but we didn't remember him. We talked to his dad and asked if we could share a message, and he said yes, so we went in and started talking about his religious background and then he asked us, "What happens to us when we die, where do we go?" We were able to talk to him about God's plan for us and it was such a good visit. We're going to keep working with him too, his name is Jorge. Please keep him in your prayers!
My Great Uncle Mel's Pancakes have become famous here in Baños. All the members are asking for us to come and teach them how to make them and everyone loves them. It's so fun.
I hit 11 months today. Amazing.
That's it for this week, hope you are all doing well! Please write or at least send pictures, I'd love to hear from all of you!!
This computer is really slow so I only have this one picture to send, but next week I'll send more.
Elder Spangler
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