July 25, 2011

Dear Family,

Kinda a crazy week, but a good one! Crazy because it was the last week of the transfer, so we didn’t know if my comp or I would be staying in the area or going. Great news, we’re staying together! I feel really blessed because I feel like I’ve worked hard, but I could still work even harder, so I feel like I’ve been given a second chance to work in this part of the viñard. The great part of the mission, and the church, is knowing that our calls to serve come straight from God. In the mission, not only is my calling straight from God, but the very place I am in is called from God, which means that I have a special purpose here right now. Pretty neat. Oh yeah, this week I also had to make a nice 8-hour round trip to Salta to get my visa finally worked out. Good news is that I’m completely legal for the next year.

So sad news, Fernando, our old investigator told us flat out he decided he didn’t fit in in our church. He told us that after 80 years of eating oranges, he didn’t want any apples. It’s always hard when people decide not to get baptized, especially when you know that they’ve felt the spirit teach them how true the message is. The good news is, this week we had 3 investigators in church, and in the coming weeks we’ll be having some baptisms.

Last night we were knocking doors and we ran into a couple who had just walked outside to start arguing. We started talking with them and I realized how much it’s true that the Gospel blesses families. Without the Gospel, families become one of the sources of greatest pain and suffering, but with the Gospel in our families, men might really have joy. Thanks for being a great family! I love you guys a lot! The church is true!!

-Elder Spencer