June 21, 2010

Great to hear from you!

This week went pretty well. Everybody is still crazy as ever over here about the world cup, and since they’ve won two games already the people are just getting crazier and crazier. This coming week Elder Vidal and I are planning to do a ward activity on the theme of the soccer tournament. So far it’s gonna be pretty sweet, I’ll let you know how it goes. Because of the craziness we had a ton of appointments fall through and we walked a ton more than usual, which is the hard part of missionary work. Teaching is easy, it’s the walking miles and miles and miles when appointments fall through that does it. Luckily, Elder Vidal and I have a good time together and we think up games to make the traveling fun. Sometimes we pretend to speak German as we walk past people, leaving them super confused since they’re used to gringos speaking English. Anyway, even though it was a difficult week, we made it fun, worked our tails off, and had a decent turnout at church anyway. I found out something super interesting this week, however. We were visiting a member one day asking for referrals when they began to tell us a little about their history in the church. Turns out they were baptized by D. Todd Christofferson! Talk about big shoes to fill! That really gave me some perspective about how big a responsibility I have, how big of a stewardship I need to watch over.

Anyway, time's short, church's true. Love you guys!
-Elder Spencer