Como Estan todos

Como Estan todos?  haha How was your week?  Mine was really amazing in all honesty.  I first off want to say that everyone can receive the same impressions.  In our Leadership council, we were talking with President Turk.  He asked us about something that he had taken away, a key indicator that we had at first.  Everyone said the same thing.  That we all felt that it had to come back to revive the mission from a stupor.  Well guess what.  We brought it back as mission, this indicator.  We have seen miracle after miracle in our district this week.  Its amazing how everyone can feel the same thing that our President was planning.

So ya, we have a baptismal date for this 18th now.  We will need to work a lot with her.  Her name is Pati.  So if you want to pray for her that would be cool. 

Oh, we also moved rooms this week.  We are now out of a garage and in a 2nd floor of a house.  The coolest thing is that literally everything is so much closer.  Like where we are now eating, ya its downstairs haha.  Its a lot closer to everything, internet, the church, mobility.  Its great. 

Well more than that not a lot is happening.  Im trying to attach a video but its not working.  Im gonna try working in another internet browser.  haha.  Well Love you all.

Good luck this week. 

Elder Spencer

Elder David A. Bednar came to our mission on Thursday

So, I just will start this week out with saying.. WOW.  I have learned a lot in just a week.  I have learned literally how to become a better and more focused missionary.  I have learned the importance to act when we pray and not just pray.  I honestly dont know what else.  Its huge.

So as you know, Elder David A. Bednar came to our mission on Thursday.  We had the afternoon to learn from him.  It was amazing.  I loved every minute of it and learned so much about how to do missionary work a lot better than, well, than I was. I need to invite more with an action and not just knowledge.  I learned a ton about just a lot of things. 

Also, this week, I got my hands on a few talks from other missions.  There is one called THE FOURTH MISSIONARY that is awesome and helps us even as just members of the church at home.  I loved reading it.  I just read a lot all week, and of course worked. 

Well, this week, we have a meeting with President.  All of the leaders in the mission are going to be together.  It will be cool actually, well to see my friends.  I have heard that this meeting is literally the most boring meeting in the mission..... But we will see. haha.

Well Love you all.

Elder Sam Spencer

oh and the photo is of me obviously walking back to Laredo from a place called Barraza.  Its like a 2 to 5 mile walk Im not sure.  But it was fun haha.

and the other is of me with Elder Zavaleta.  It was his last day here in our area.  Well I love you guys see ya

EVERYONE CAN EMAIL ME!

OH MY HECK...  Where am I?  I just learned today in the morning that yes, I can write whoever I want now in Pday using my email.  Wow that was super crazy to get that announcement so Im adding the only 3 emails that I know or are in my email to the list. 

Well This week has been an awesome week.  I got a new companion last tuesday.  His name is Elder Aguilar.  Can I just say trip down memory lane haha.  He started his mission in the same area as me.  He also was down in Chimbote and always talked with my converts from there.  I am super excited.  We are working extremely hard and we are just going to continue.  Idk why Im so happy. haha.  Maybe its just the really awesome fact that you can just publish my email address to the family now haha.  Im gonna be looking into it a little bit more.  So this is whats going on here.  This week, we focused a lot on bettering our relation with the members.  And then we learned what we need to better is the relation with the leaders.  I had my mind kinda blown this past week when I heard from our zone leaders that our mission has the same structure as a ward.  I was confused at first but then I realized that it is actually a big responsibility to be part of a quorum presidency.  It is really necessary to work really hard and rely on the counselors in your quorum.  It was a big eye opener. 

Well what else haha.  BRYCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  What!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I thought you were waiting to leave until after summer.  July!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  That is literally going to come in.... well 2 or 3 months...  Oh how weird....  But IM SUPER EXCITED!!!!!!!

ALSO, JAXSON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  And a photo?  hahaha That is so awesome!!!!!!  I have been here in Peru and tried working with parents to allow their children to get baptized.  When they dont accept, it really hurts because the parents arent helping their children.  Parents say that they want to wait to let their children make the desicion on their own and really it doesnt make sense.  They dont help their children.  They inhibit them from being able to progress.  Im so happy for him as well and hope to see a photo real soon.

Well Im actually out of things to write now.  ummmm  Oh Grandma, yes last week I received the letter from the Stout Family.  Please tell them thank you for the letter and if they want to send anymore, well just send it straight to the email.

Well Love you all,

Elder Sam Spencer

GENERAL CONFERENCE WAS AMAZING!

Ok, so Im not even going to start with conference yet haha.  My week started much before that with Tuesday...

So Tuesday started out normal.  District meeting, proselyting and then... at 6 we received about 20 calls from the zone leaders.  I didnt know that we had a rule in the mission of 3 calls and you answer no matter what.  One of the billions of unwritten laws.  I kinda hate unwritten laws...  But anyways, we were in a lesson with a man slightly contentious (which I found out how to deal with contentions better thanks to conference) for about an hour because he wouldnt let us go until we got to a halfway middle ground.  It sucked.  But, afterwards, I called our zone leaders again and they told us that we had to go to the room of one of the areas of my district to pick up one of the Elders and that he was going to be staying with us for the night.  They didnt tell me anything else.  So We went there and picked up the elder.  So the next day, we took him back to the Zone Leaders and he went to the office for an interview with President.  At 9 in the morning on Wednesday, we received a call from the assistants that told us to go to the office to pick the elder back up and that he would be spending the rest of the week with us.  So he was with us until that night when we received a call that he would be actually with the other elders in my district.  So he left and went there.  I dont know what actually happened with him at all. All I know is that he was training and his companion went to another area and they blanked his area. 

That brings us to last night and today.  We have changes tomorrow.  My companion, Elder Zavaleta, is leaving...  That sucks...  And now, Im going to be with Elder Aguilar.  I dont know him other than for pictures.  He has more time than I do in the mission.  But that isnt the biggest changes here.  The area that was blanked is going to have 2 north americans there, one that ends his mission in 6 weeks.  and the other area is 2 latins one that is staying and the other only has 6 weeks as well....  Its going to be really interesting...

So Conference, wow...  I literally dont know what to say about it... there was so much that I really liked a ton from conference.  So instead of saying what I liked haha because I would spend all day doing it, I will just say a couple of small things.  The first is that I realized that in the mission, Conference flies by... I remember so many conference weekends where I thought conference would never end.  This conference, and really every one, I have wished it wouldnt end because I learn so much and really enjoy conference now.  How weird it is to see so many changes so easily.  The next is how we should always be looking for answers in conference.  When we do, first we pay more attention, and two we really receive revelation for ourselves and for our.... mayordomia....  sorry I dont remember the word haha.

Well there went my time and there is a letter a little longer this time.  It will be an interesting change this time but we will see what happens haha.

Love you all,

Elder Sam Spencer

LOVING MY NEW AREA

So I seriously cant believe that Im here yet again...  And next week is changes...  Wow Ive been out of Otuzco for almost a change...  So lets see... hmmm.. oh its been a year since I left my first area...  did you all know that?

So the biggest changes that happened this week is that Elder Meza, from my group, like I know him from the MTC, is my new Zone Leader here.  He is really cool haha.  Oh and also, we could have had a baptism last Saturday, but we had a bit of a problem...  with communication...  We had heard that Julio was in the hospital for an operation but really he only went for an injection.  He is super excited to get baptized, so if you dont know yet, Elder Zavaleta and I work super fast to try and fix our mistakes so he will be getting baptized in... 2 days haha.  Yes in two days so be looking for the picture.. well if I remember the camera next week. 

So we also changed our pension well actually today.  the pension is where we eat.  The sister that cooked for us before was really cool, but wasnt super punctual and her house was like an hour, ok like 10 minutes from our room.  We changed and now we are eating in a house 5 minutes from the room and the food is a little better.  I feel a little bad but we changed more than anything to be more obedient with getting to our room in time to study. 

Well there is my week.  Sorry that it isnt super long but now its time to get back to work, well in 5 hours haha.  But ready for some more crazy news?  Elder Bednar is coming to our mission!!!!!!!  He will be here the 25th of April.  Itll definitely be crazy but awesome at the same time.  I hope he will be announcing when the temple will be finished.  I heard in 2014.  Thats gonna be awesome.

Well I love you all and good luck this week!!!!!

Elder Sam Spencer

Preaching the Gospel in Peru

Hey Jacob, I found a John Deere in Peru!

Is my head too small for these glasses?

Members of the Branch here

 I always dreamt of this type of transportation.  I have read about it in the scriptures and actually gave a Seminary devotional about these wonderful animals.

On Top of the World

 A mission is amazing and working all the time.  look at the bottom of my shoes!  They are really worn!  We walk nearly everywhere.

Elder Nystrom and I.  He was my first companion in Ostuzco

March 25th letter home

well... Im trying to attach fotos but its not working... oh well I will keep trying.  So hows this week going?  It sounds super crazy haha.  Ok not a ton but a little haha.  I would really love to see some snow right now.  Im dying of heat...  But I am rolling in the.... COOKIES!!!!!!  I got the package today.  I went to the Zone leaders room today to check off their room.  It was kinda funny in all honesty.  But, first off before I go with the super crazy news in the zone, THANK YOU FOR THE COOKIES!!!!!!! And the rings.  I really do like the Im a Child of God one haha.  That was really cool to see.

So the news in the zone that no one knows but me, the zone leaders and my companion is that we are getting a new zone leader starting tomorrow night.  Elder Zarian, from my group, ya he is going to the office.  HAHA He gets to die there doing nothing everyday. He got called as the new assistant to the president. 

Well anything else that has happened...  Hmmm....  Package, Elder Zarian leaving, Oh we are probably going to have a baptism this week.  A man named Julio Torres.  He was a reference that we received from the Bishop and was at the point to get baptized like 6 months to a year ago but got super sick and couldnt.  Then, the missionaries were supposedly taken out of the area.  Idk if its true, but the other missionaries didnt fill out a teaching record.. hmmmnnn  Thats what happens when someone doesnt do everything they should.. We lose record of things that happened before...  So Thats whats going on here in my area.

Im honestly not sure about what else has been going on haha.  Sorry that I dont have anything else to write haha.

Well, I know that the letter isnt super long but sorry, its all thats going on.  and Again, THANK YOU for the package haha.

Elder Spencer