HOWDY
Man, the days are just packed. We were super busy this past week, it was amazing. Lots of not being in the apartment which really was a huge blessing, I loved it.
We baked a lot this week. We're eating really healthy, but we have one cheat meal a week to just pig out. For this week's cheat meal, we made banana bread, pumpkin bread, and lemon bread. And we made 2 loaves of each. We thought we'd be able to eat at least half of each loaf, but we were sorely mistaken. We ate as much as we could, then didn't eat anything else for the rest of the day hahah. We ended up just dropping off all the leftovers to the other missionaries in the zone. We also made brownies and dropped them off to a lot of members and leaders in our ward for father's day, it was fun stuff and we got some more member trust built up.
I got to speak lots of Spanish this week, it's so fun. Elder Wagley understands a little but not much, so I can say literally whatever I want about him and he'll have no idea. It's a fun way to joke with the members when I mention that. We visited a member family and the Dad is Mexican and the Mom is Filipino, but they communicate together in English, super cool family.
Today we took a bike ride to get some good exercise and to get out of the house, and it was quite the adventure. We biked these pretty cool trails and were having a great time, but right when we hit the point when we had to turn around to go back, Elder Wagley got a flat tire. We were probably 11 miles from our apartment when it happened so we decided to go as far back as we could, then just have some Elders pick us up. We made it about 4 miles, then Elder Wagley just picked up his bike and started running haha. We got to the main road and went to a 7-11, then called some Elders. They had to drive to us, pick up our apartment key, drive to our house and get the bike rack, then come back. We realized when they got to where we were, we had forgotten the straps to hold the bike, so we had to take the wheels off and shove all the stuff into the trunk and back seats. It was uncomfortable. But overall a memorable adventure, and we biked 15 miles. Needless to say, it hurts to sit down.
I read a great scripture this week that I think applies to all of us. There was a super long war going on and it finally had ended, and this verse talks about how the people reacted. It's in the Book of Mormon, in Alma 62:41. It says, "41 But behold, because of the exceedingly great length of the war between the Nephites and the Lamanites many had become hardened, because of the exceedingly great length of the war; and many were softened because of their afflictions, insomuch that they did humble themselves before God, even in the depth of humility." I think this quarantine is almost like a war, and it's been going on for a good while. We have the choice to get angry at God for letting all this happen, or we can be humble and accept that He knows best and just trust Him. It's all up to us to make that choice.
Also, some people have asked, so here is my address.
2500 N Bristol St
Santa Ana, CA 92706
United States
Elder Spangler
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