Feb 13, 2016
My
week was good but I’m just glad its over. This last week I was extremely busy
with the transfers. I had to buy every bus pass and coordinate everything with
the lunches for the new missionaries. I thought it was funny because when we
meet the new missionaries, Hermana Dalton always introduces us and says that
Elder Walker is the Financer, Elder Morales is the Office secretary of visas
and travel and I’m the "Everything guy" haha she says basically
whatever they don’t do... I do. It’s kinda true though haha I don’t really have
a specific job title.... If someone has a question about anything besides
finances or visas, they call me. Everything went good with the transfers and
now I can finally relax and focus on my missionary purpose that is "Teach
repentance and baptize converts"! Oh and I can officially drive now! President
signed my papers! Being in the office is extremely stressful but I love it. I
have come to love my companions and the assistants and we are going to tear it
up here. Right now we are in a Trio. Elder Walker joined the companionship and
so now we always do divisions with members accomplishing twice the work. I
TRIED SUSHI!!! I did a contact in a new sushi place that opened buy our
apartment and I felt bad not buying anything so I did and I must say... not
bad! Also, I was informed that two investigators we were teaching in Arica just
got baptized! They were the two daughters of la familia Julca. Now the parents
are just waiting to get married and they will be baptized as well! I love
hearing about old investigators getting baptized. Many times we don’t get to
see the fruits of our labors but doesn't mean our efforts have gone in vane.
That is something I have learned here in the mission. We had a very spiritual
lesson with a new investigator we met named Mikol. We were doing divisions with
members and we taught him the restoration. I felt piercing warm feeling as
Elder Walker shared the 1st vision with him. I know that he felt it and I cannot
deny what I felt in that lesson. I truly feel that as helping others progress
spiritually, we are spiritually converted ourselves. Our church attendance has
gone up buy about 20 people since when I got here and this is the time that
everyone is usually out of time on vacation. Our ward, AntoCentro is amazing
because there are so many members who are willing to help us in the work. Elder
Gonzalez... the previous financer just went home because he had hernias in his
back. Elder Walker is his replacement and for the first time in a while...
there is only three of us in the office. It’s going to be tough but we can do
it. Anyway, that’s the update here. Love you all and until next week!
Below
are some photos we took in TGI FRIDAYS because it was Elder Gonzalez´s last
PDay with us.
Elder Spanbauer
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| TGI FRIDAYS With Elder Gonzalez on His Last PDay |
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| TGI FRIDAYS |
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