HEYO I'M BACK
It's been quite the week, definitely not what I expected but we've learned a lot.
So first, I am in legit quarantine. We went on exchanges and Elder Sebresos was with another companionship and they ate dinner with someone who tested positive for COVID 2 days later, so our mission doctor put us on lockdown for one week. It's been 2 days and I am not enjoying it haha. It's harder to do video lessons now because people would just rather have us in person, so we've been doing a lot of studying and role plays. It's honestly not that bad, I just really miss teaching people. That's the best thing about being a missionary so it's a bummer not to be able to do it.
I got to go on exchanges with Elder Willis! It was really fun to be back with him, he's a swell amigo. We taught the Peñas and they're doing great. We taught Alam about the priesthood and then talked to the kids, Desteny and Agustin, about scripture study and prayer. I love that family.
We got to teach Yusmila again and it was a wonderful lesson. We taught her the plan of salvation and then invited her to be baptized. She had lots of great questions and they all tied in perfectly into the Restoration so we're going to teach that next time we meet with her. It was a cool lesson because the last 3 times we've taught her she was crying and super sad because of the trials she's having, but this time she was laughing and smiling and just seemed happier. The gospel of Jesus Christ really is the antidote for everything, it's amazing.
We had one of my all time favorite member lessons the other day. We visited this older couple, they're both 80+, and it was so much fun. They fed us all foot longs from Subway and when we finished the Hermana asked if we wanted hot chocolate, which we politely declined because we were all really full. She then said, "Well I'm gonna make it for you anyway." It was actually really good hot chocolate. We then went and sat down with her and her husband and shared a message. We were sitting there and my companion was talking about faith and how it needs to be coupled with works, and out of nowhere the hermano looks up with a smile, points at me for like 5 seconds, then completely cut my companion off and said, "Who painted the Mona Lisa?" I said that it was Leonardo Da Vinci and he said, "Nope, it was Michelangelo." He said it with such certainty that I honestly started to doubt myself for a second. We eventually agreed that it was Da Vinci and then got back on track and finished the lesson. Those were just 2 of the splendid anecdotes from that lesson.
I spent a lot of my study time this week focused on the Plan of Salvation, specifically the Atonement of Jesus Christ. I read a quote that talks about Jesus Christ coming to earth and it helped me understand a lot better just how magnificent his sacrifice was. It says, "Condescension means a voluntary descent from rank or dignity. Elder Gerald N. Lund commented on how well this word describes the coming of the Savior into mortality: “Here was Jesus—a member of the Godhead, the Firstborn of the Father, the Creator, Jehovah of the Old Testament—now leaving His divine and holy station; divesting Himself of all that glory and majesty and entering the body of a tiny infant; helpless, completely dependent on His mother and earthly father. That He should not come to the finest of earthly palaces and be … showered with jewels but should come to a lowly stable is astonishing. Little wonder that the angel should say to Nephi, ‘Behold the condescension of God!’”
Jesus Christ left a position of supreme power and majesty for us. He did it so that we can go back and live with our Father in Heaven once again. I love Jesus Christ, He's the best.
I hope all of you have an exhilarating week and that you look for Christ in all that you do. Love and miss you all!
Elder Spangler
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