Hello everybody! Did you have a good day? Hope you did!
This week Elder Jacks and I had the prompting to make a service post on Facebook and post it to various groups in Springfield, MO. It was just a picture of us with this caption:
Hey Springfield! My friend and I offer free service and a message about Jesus Christ! We can help you move, work in your yard or anything else you might need. If you have the tools we can do the work! 🙂
Elder Jacks and I sent it into 4-6 different groups and had a lot more people that responded to them then I thought! They would comment that they needed help with x or y. Sometimes they would say something like "Oh this is such a wonderful thing you are doing for the community." It felt really good to have so many positive things come out of a service post. We were able to send many of these people who needed help to the missionaries who covered their prospective areas.
This week Elder Jacks and I met with a man named Ryan! Elder Jacks believes the house we were at was a 'crib' or a gang hangout, so that was interesting. We talked on the doorstep with Ryan about our purpose in life. He said he wants to get back on the straight and narrow and come to Jesus. We gave him a Book Of Mormon and invited him to read the Introduction! He said he would before we met on Friday. Sadly he didn't show up on Friday so we were only able to meet with him once this week. We are going to try to meet with him again this week!
We brought cookies over to Janie's home. Last time we tried to visit her she shut the door on us and I didn't think she was going to be very receptive. But we tried again this week and what a great experiince! She said she was on quarantine because of Covid and because of that she felt lonely. She said she loved us coming over and has been reading the Book Of Mormon. We will be able to talk to her about that! I am so glad she is willing to have us come over.
General Conference was this weekend! What a wonderful time. My faith was strengthened by the faithfulness of others in stories conveyed in conference. Specifically about the Tongan elders who have been serving for 3 years and the sisters for 2 years because they literally cannot go home. That is an incredible sacrifice. Whenever I think my mission is long or hard I just need to think of that. Wow.
I wanted to share this song/video with you! I have been listening to it non stop. It is a powerful message about loving and caring for those who hurt us or cause us trouble. Come Unto Jesus. He will heal you.
Come Unto Jesus
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/video/inspirational-messages/2019-12-0080-come-unto-jesus-1080p?lang=eng
Love you all! Elder Spencer
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