Hey fam!

Hey fam!

Super good week. We were incredibly busy with appointments every night and we had 2 baptisms, so by the end of the week we were pretty ready for p-day to take a rest from everything. We have a ton of awesome investigators right now. They are all progressing super well and we are working our tails off. Looks like we’ll probably have 3 more baptisms this transfer and some more for the beginning of the next one.

Some fun stories... So this week we learned how Argentine electric companies and such work. Apparently the office elders had screwed up and not paid our electric bill so one day all of a sudden we just didn’t have any electricity. It was a pretty cold night and we wanted to be able to use the electric heaters so we did a little investigating... This is how Argentine electricity works, there is only one breaker for the entire apartment and it is not located inside the building, rather, on the outside on a busy street corner with no cover over the panel. When the electric company shut us down they just turned off the breaker and unscrewed the (now) cold lead. We snuck down right before bed and turned it back on until 6 am so we could stay warm during the night and then shut it off. Luckily we only had to steal power one night, because other elders told me they’ve had to spend several days without power. Sweeeeeet. Oh well, part of the big ol’ experience, eh?

Oh, other funny thing. We were in an appointment with an investigator and she commented how her son was almost about to turn one year old. She then told us that she needed to get the son baptized before he turned one so the little elves didn’t carry it away. Hahaha, seriously. Around here (mainly in the poorer, less educated parts) they believe in these things called duendes (elves) that come out at night and move things in your house (unless you leave an open Bible out) and steal unbaptized babies. I thought she was joking with us, but apparently that’s what people think. Good thing we were there to teach her the truth and set her fears at rest.

Anyway, that’s about all for the week. I hope all goes well with ya’ll. A good scripture I read this week: D&C 29:36 where God tells us the source of his power: his honor. Think about that and remember that if you want more spiritual power, you need to work on becoming a more honorable person.

"but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister; And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant: Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister" (Matt 20:26-28)

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-Elder Spencer