Hey family!
Well i have officially had my first 5 baptisms this week!!! The family that we
baptised was not supposed to have their baptism until this weekend, but when we
were teaching them this weekend they bumped it up to this last saturday!!! So i
had the opportunity to baptize the 3 kids, and my companion the other two. It
was the best feeling to baptize them, i just cant explain the joy that i felt!
I have pictures and i will try to send them through the mail because i dont have
the chord to my camera, so please send that!!!! I did recieve sister labrums
package, and it seemed to be pretty cheap to send. The manilla envelopes are
the easiest. And if you do a bigger package, cover it with virgin mary stickers.
Anyways back to the week. I have been working execptionally hard at the
language and it has been paying off. I was able to teach a fantastic lesson
this week. We found this one lady to teach in the street, who knows a little
about the church but is super interested. When we taught her yesterday, for the first time i wasnt stumbling for words and where we were in the
lesson. I was able to give my part perfectly! I felt like a stud afterward. And
of course all the credit is do to the spirit and the continual help that i
reveice from it daily. NOthing i do would be possible without it and i couldnt
be more thankful for it. THats pretty much what my prayers are everynight and
day. lots of THANK YOUS haha.
The spanish is coming along extremely quickly because my companion and i talk a
lot, and i listen to his conversations with other people. The conversations are
hard to understand because i dont know the vocabulary but i usually get the gist
of it. That will only come with time and a lot of practice haha. But the
lessons are coming strong. MY companion and i go over the lessons one by one
everymorning and teach them to eachother. We find the key points and then teach
them. This helps me a lot cause then i can know where the lesson is without
understanding all of his words. He is truly a great help to me.
The food is pretty normal to me now. We really dont get anything crazy in the
city but in the provinces i will be sure to get a lot of crazy food. And yes
family i have eaten guinea pig, cuyo in spanish, and llama. Both of which are
actually pretty good. What helps is to not envision the animal when eating it,
just focus on the eating part haha.
My time is limited today because of other things but i will try to send pictures
of the baptism. If anyone wants to send me packages just send them to the
mission home address that is on the blog. They have no problem of getting here
and the easiest way is with manilla envelopes. But all packages are acceptable
haha.
I love you all and am very grateful that i have your support, especially on the
temple role. Thanks mom and dad.


With all my love,
Spenser