HOLA MY FRIENDS AND FAMILIA
Jeepers, this past week zoomed right by. We almost had a really busy week, we had 20+ lessons set up, but only 7 of them actually happened. Que triste. That was kind of a bummer but it's all good, at least we are learning how to use all of our time wisely. All I know is that teaching is the funnest part of being a missionary and I really love it a lot.
We had some pretty grande miracles this week that made up for the failed lessons. We are teaching a young kid named Bryant and he's so cool. He's actually named after Kobe so that makes him even cooler. We went over the other day and taught him about the gospel of Jesus Christ and he accepted the invitation to be baptized on November 28th! We're really excited for him, he's gonna be ready.
We unfortunately were not able to meet with Yusmila or Antonio this week, but we are going to this upcoming week for sure.
We had a lesson with that Guatemalan hermana, the one that fed us a lot of beans a few weeks back. This time she gave us soup, pizza, and pineapple cucumber juice. It was quite the meal and I actually really enjoyed it.
The weather has been in the low 50's, high 40's and I'm cold. I haven't been in anything under 60° for a good while and I'm feeling the effects. Good thing I have lots of sweaters, except my companions tell me I look like a middle aged dad when I wear them. Little do they know that's actually a compliment.
We taught a lesson on faith the other day and Elder Baird did a little object lesson that I liked. We talked about the importance of coupling faith and works, then he invited one of the kids we were teaching to move a water bottle on the table using only their faith. They obviously couldn't do it, so then he told them to use faith AND works, and they moved it. This resonated with me because a lot of times I have had all the faith in the world and have prayed mightily over different things, but then I didn't do anything to make those things happen. I had all the faith with zero works. However, whenever I've had both, that's when miracles have happened.
Well, another email has come to a close. So long, farewell, Auf Wiedersehen, goodbye.
Love and miss you all!
Elder Spangler
- I got a black eye
- Argentine Empenadas
- Chips and Dip by Elder Baird
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