Hey everyone!
Summary of the week:
- 🥚 We got egged by a couple guys in a car, they missed every shot though so nothing really happened jaja.
- 🤧 I got a bit sick this week with a nasty cold.
- 👨Met a really cool man named Erik. He was jewish for the first 19 years of his life up until he heard about Isaiah 53 and he got converted unto Christ. He has been a Christian for the rest of his life to this point (hes 50). We talked for hours about the Bible and prophecies that are being fulfilled now in our days. The Second Coming of Christ is coming very soon.
- 🏥 We also had a really special lesson with a lady over video call, her name is Camila. We were inspired to send her a message a couple days ago without really knowing who she was. She responded saying she needed us because her sister just committed suicide and that she was falling back into addictions of drugs and alcohol to numb the pain. But we had a really spiritual and powerful lesson about the Atonement of Jesus Christ. I was praying the whole lesson that her heart could be touched and she could feel the love of God and the love of her sister with her. If you can please keep Camila in your prayers, I would appreciate it.
- 😌 I led my first district council this week, it was interesting. I definitely see the things I need to improve for tomorrow. But we all felt the spirit together and that made me feel content and grateful to God.
Spiritual thought: Jeremiah 31:3 ❤️
"3 The Lord hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee." God loves you. God knows you personally. His love is an everlasting love. And for that reason He calls us unto Him. God knows exactly who you are and what is passing in your life.
Questions of the week with an invitation: Respond to each of these questions on a piece of paper:
- How do I perceive myself?
- How do I think others perceive me?
- And how do I think God perceives me?
And for the final question take 5-10min to prayer and ask God how He perceives you.
This is the exercise I did with the missionaries in my district. I know a lot of them (me included) are self critical. The exercise was a little uncomfortable at first, with mostly negative things written on the papers. But when we split up and conversed with God we all felt His hope and love. We felt rejuvenated and full of peace.
Love you all!
Elder Spencer
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