My Second Area: Chimbote
On the week of April 2, 2012, we had not heard from Elder Spencer. Of course, like a worry wart, I finally emailed Sam's mission President, he responded with:
Elder Spencer is fine, and as a matter of fact I think he is great.
He did receive a transfer to Chimbote yesterday that was not scheduled...and as such I don´t think he had time to write, but we did give him permission to write today. So I would expect you should receive a message later today.
These unscheduled transfers take place from time to time and I want you to know Elder Spencer´s transfer had nothing to do with his performance as a missionary. He will be will Elder Aquino in the "Dos de mayo" ward in the Chimbote Stake.
We love you son and it´s a privilege to work with him. Thank you for your concern.
With kindest regards,
Terry Dean Turk,
Presidente
La Misión Perú Trujillo
Later that day Elder Spencer wrote:
Yes... I just had an emergency change yesterday. I left my first area for Chimbote. 2 and a half hours away from Trujillo. Wow.... I was not expecting that to happen in all honesty... but its all good. haha So now im in Chimbote in a ward called dos de mayo. its pretty sweet. Its really nice here in this area and i havent seen like anything yet haha. We live with the bishop and eat there. I dont have to walk like 4 blocks to eat haha. So now im using internet today and it sounds like you all heard that i got transferred. let me guess, grandma emailing? haha oh nope my mom haha.
Im completely fine. my comp is Elder Aquino. He has 13 months in his mission and is really cool. Im really excited to work here. Its a little low in the numbers but thats ok we will fix that haha. The ward only has like 30 active members but its still all good. The only thing haha. there isnt running water right now. were supposed to have it in a couple days. A pipe broke and they had to fix it haha. its all good.
So conference, we had a room just for ENGLISH haha. It was awesome!!!!!! 6 of us sitting on the couches we brought in. It was almost like we were home, except we werent. were in Peru. haha.
So also I had some other things I was going to say but im not exactly sure exactly what. Sorry.... I know it was about conference. I really noticed three sections of DyC. Those were 6, 18, and 121. Im focusing my study on those for a little while and i would suggest 6 definitely. I love it.
Well I love you guys and I will talk to you all in 6 days not in 7 haha
Love
Sam
Sam over looking Trujillo
ok the first thing, I dont think its a good idea to send it directly to the bishops house in all honesty.... the only reason is that to get mail here if I remember right is that they have to go and pick it up. Idk if it gets delivered to the house or not. But I will talk with them today about that. Ill let you all know next week about that.
So this week I hit 7 months!!!! and when im talking to you guys ill be a day short of wait, 8. Crap no puedo creerlo!
Elder Aquino
I realized all of my problems were myself. I know that there is definitely stuff that I do wrong but I just need to remember that everyone does stupid things and that we can focus on that or we can focus on what they do good. Elder Aquino is pretty cool. Im sending a photo of him. He is from Lima and has 14 months in his mission.
So ya this ward needs a ton of help. I wont lie. Im going to try to help with whatever I can but I do know that everyone has agency. My only thought really has been, ¨How?¨ How can you know so much and just completely turn from it all. There is a family that is sealed in the temple and they are all inactive. I have a hard time understanding how with the knowledge that they have that they can fall into that.... I know without a doubt that everything is true.
So really I cant believe that ive been in my mission for 7 months... Its crazy in all honesty. Im really suprised that ive been here this long. Itll be even crazier when it hits september again... wow.
Well not much has gone on this week. Im just starting to know my area a little more and im just gonna start trying to help the members.
Love you guys!
Elder Sam Spencer
