Hola everyone!
Tomorrow I'll have been a missionary for 1 whole month, loco. 1/24 done.
There was something mildly important that happened last week the I forgot to mention haha. My companion became district leader and I became house leader. Basically my role as leader de casa is to make sure our house is running well and to lead a devotional everynight. So far in my time as house leader our house has gone through: 2 broken dryers, broken handles and doors, no hot water, no drinking water, and a 4 day drought of all water. So I've had lot's to do haha. The drought was a grand ol' time, saying drought is misleading for a couple of the days. 2 out of 4 days we had no water and the other 2 days we were able to flush the toilet once, use the sink for 2 min and have a 30 second shower with the next 2 min of a little trickle of water. We would have to cup our hands to fill it up with water and use that to shower. So imagine a house with 25 boys who all sweat a lot and only about half of us could partially shower each day sometimes no shower. Man, it took me back to my good ol' sports days where I was trapped in a sweaty locker room for months on end with a bunch of smelly boys going through puberty. I miss those days. Kinda. Not the locker room part, but I miss the sports days. Anyways so as casa leader I went and talked to reception to see if we could bring the water back. Everytime someone would come and fiddle with the pipes and tell us we have water. And everytime it worked for 5min and would shut off. So with patience I waited to see if it would come back on and I would go back the next day. Within 2 days reception knew me, I would walk in and I'm sure they thought "wow he's back again huh, we've fixed their water so many times." Well we finally have water again and I am so grateful it is back! I love water. The other problems I previously mentioned were easy to fix, no lasting issues there.
Another thing I've had to have patience with is my companion. He isn't the most patient character. We were told the best way to learn Spanish is to make thousands of mistakes till you get it correct. But my comp makes a deal out of it when I make a mistake, raising his voice in a patronizing tone making me feel stupid. So that is affecting my Spanish learning a bit. Don't get me wrong, he is a great guy, and we have fun together! Other then this little quirk we are getting along great!
I am not super sick anymore and the thing going around our district has started to slow down! We are starting to recover, the sniffles and sneezes and coughs in class and studies are starting to stop which is really nice.
Yesterday there was a worldwide missionary training center devotional with David A. Bednar and his wife. He firmly talked about repentance. One of his main points was that repentance isn't a checklist. It has to be a change, but it can't just be a change of action and deed which a lot of us think it is. It has to be a change of action alongside a change of heart. And during the change of heart we have to come unto Christ and focus on Christ. For once we do all we can do to come unto Christ and repent, then his grace will be sufficient for us, and the Holy Ghost will help us feel forgiven.
On Monday and on Tuesday my comp and I went to the study help desk. It has probably been one of my favourite moments at the ccm. What I learned was very similar to the way my dad taught in some of his classes! On Monday it was a class called Comprehension (the class is one teacher teaching me and my comp), so for the class he gave us a ton of study tools to dive deeper into our studies. We spent 1 hour breaking a part one verse of scripture! It was incredible! And then the next day came and we took a class called feasting on the words, and he gave us more study tools and resources. We spent 1 hour studying one word: Grace. It was absolutely phenomenal. It made me realize that I don't know a lot. My knowledge is very small. It made me realize that my personal study can be so much deeper, which was kind of daunting because if I spent one hour a day breaking a part a verse, let alone one word, I wouldn't get through all the books of scripture In this life time. But this is why we have an eternity to keep learning and growing! I am very very grateful for that!
Weekly question: What is something you have done for someone this week?
For me, I got to help someone on the other side of the veil. What does this mean you may ask? It means that I did temple work for someone that has moved on from this life. Giving them the opportunity to accept covenants with God and take a step closer unto Him!
Hope everyone is doing great!
Elder Spencer
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