Hola Familia!
I am overwhelmed with happiness right now. I had quite the week. I didn't realize it,
until now that my week was very eventful.
This week was literally impossible to get investigator
lessons. We tried and planned for
investigator lessons every day this week, but we could never get in the door,
or we kept missing people at home. We visited a TON of less actives and Recent
Converts this week though. I was feeling
very discouraged because our numbers were extremely low this week for
investigator lessons. Just as most missionaries, we want to feel proud of the
numbers we accomplished for the week.
Last night I recognized what the Lord was trying to teach
me. I finally understood what it meant
when everybody says "Numbers are not everything." I have never found myself of somebody that is
obsessive over numbers, but I was not recognizing the miracles we saw this
week.
We were able to help MANY people this week come unto Christ.
Our purpose is to simply invite others to come unto Christ by faith,
repentance, baptism, Holy Ghost and enduring to the end. This week, we helped many of God's children
come unto Christ, although it may not have been investigators and through
baptism. I truly learned this week to
appreciate the little miracles this week. I also learned to submit to the will of the
Father, not Hermana Spencer's will. His will is much better. He needed us to
feed his sheep this week, his less active and recent convert sheep.
It snowed pretty bad on Tuesday and we were told to not use
our cars, but to walk. Unfortunately,
Hermana Argueta picked up my horrible cold and we had to stay inside most of
the day.
This week, we visited Heidy quite a bit. We had some great
lessons with her. I want her SO badly to
just get through the next few years and then move out and go to BYU-I or
something (Although I just might be bias towards BYU-I :)). She
has SO much potential, but all day every day, she has a house full of family
members telling her that she worth nothing and has no potential. It's hard
helping her recognize her divine worth. That makes me so grateful for my
family, and for Young Women's helping me see the potential in myself.
This Thursday, we had the Whole Mission Christmas
Conference. THERE ARE SO MANY MISSIONARIES! It was such a great conference. The first half
was a talent show. I didn't sign up for anything (I get too chicken!), but then
I got roped into accompanying. I was so
glad the accompaniment was fun to play and we nailed the song. It had to have been one of the best songs. I played for an Elder that I swear will be
famous one day.
Afterwards, we had lunch and got to visit with other
missionaries. It is so fun. I am not sure if I have mentioned quite how
Hispanic my companion is. She makes me
laugh so much. She had her very first
Baked Potato this week. I had to show
her how to eat it :) We had a good
laugh.
After lunch, we got to hear all the testimonies of the
departing missionaries this transfer. It
was great to hear some of their advice and their testimonies. There were a few missionaries that gave
some...odd testimonies. It made me think
about, "What am I going to say when I leave? More importantly, Who will I have become when
I leave?"
Also, I got some (stupid) news. Ever since my cold, I was
getting some pain in my ribcage and sternum. It was extremely painful to cough, or to
sneeze. Finally after 2 weeks of this, I
called Sister Riggs and she had me call the doctor.He told me that I got Costochondritis. He thinks that I must have gotten a virus in
my sternum from my cold, which caused it to hurt. So all I have to do is to be taking an
anti-inflamatory 3 times a day for 2 weeks. He said it might take 4-6 weeks to heal. Luckily it's not too bad, I can still run,
walk and do whatever. Sneezing just
hurts like crazy!
We saw a miracle yesterday. Our investigators, Jamie and
Jennifer, who we haven't seen in weeks showed up at church yesterday. Their dad came to us and told us that he
talked to their mom and she said that it was their decision to be baptized!!!! We are so happy. We just have to explain a few more things, and
we invited them last night to pray about baptism this week.
Because, it is most likely my last week in this area, we are
saying a lot of goodbyes and hellos to people this week. Tonight, for dinner, we are going out to eat
with Jhoana, Esperanza, and (hopefully) our investigators, Adela and Mary-Lou
(Their other sisters!). We also have a
Hermana in our Ward that does nails and wanted to do our nails as a
goodbye/Christmas gift. So we are going
to do that today. I am so spoiled on my
mission!
Our Ward is really growing. I am so proud of Sudley! Our new Bishop is STELLAR. Have I ever mentioned before that our Ward
Mission Leader has been inactive? He
lives outside our area too, so we can't go see him. Well, we are getting new one soon and getting
10 new ward missionaries. We are so
excited to see the hastening of the work! We do have help from others as well, we have
ministering angels helping us along! When
the Lord hastens his work, he hastens it on both sides of the veil!
Thank you all for everything. I am excited to talk to you all on Christmas! It is coming up! :)
Always remember the truth of this gospel. Christ is the light and way to happiness . How
could this gospel NOT be true? There are
over 80,000 missionaries right now proclaiming and preaching the gospel. How could it not be true of over 80,000
immature and young adults have a testimony of the truth enough to go teach
others about it?
I love being a missionary. I definitely miss home and family,
but feel peace and joy in knowing that I am exactly where I am supposed to be
and where I want to be.
I will keep you all posted if I get transferred!
Con amor,
Hermana Spencer
1. We made a ton of these to give our investigators,
members, less-actives and Recent Converts! Aren't they cute? We are giving them with a
card and the "Joy to the World" DVD
2. Me and My old MTC roommate, Hermana Trunnell. Unfortunately, she left for home this Saturday
for knee surgery. She is coming back in 4 months though!
3. All of the Hermanas at the Christmas Devotional!
4. This is how desperate we were to get a lesson this week!
I have had to hop that fence SO many times. This picture cracks me up!
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