Hello all! I am sorry I am getting this out so late. I don't like it when I do that because it will be short and brief. Not that my others are particularly long but I just have less time to write.
This week I felt weary and tired but also energized and pumped! I realized today when I was with some other missionaries that I was making the choice to be tired and weary. I was slowing myself down by choosing to. Freedom of choice is very powerful.
Speaking of choosing to do something here is a neat experience I had this week with a Spiritual prompting: Elder Lewis and I were sitting at a park just beginning our 1 hour study session. About 15 minutes in the Spirit whispered to me that we needed to go and visit Joel and Sabrina. I ignored it at first justifying that we had just started our study and we could just go later. But the Spirit nouged me again, Go visit Joel and Sabrina. So I obeyed. I told Elder Lewis and he quickly agreed. We packed up our things and drove to their home. We knocked on their door and proceeded to have a very important conversation with them. They have been struggling to know what path they need to take. Joel struggles to keep commitments, like praying or reading the scriptures, but still wants to meet and learn. Sabrina on the other hand prays and reads but she isn't sure if this is the path she wants to take. So we told them we would come back when they feel they want to commit to the invitations we extend to them. It actually felt really good to just say that and have it openly out there. It was an honest real life talk. Please pray for Joel and Sabrina!
Being a missionary is definitely hard sometimes. It isn't easy. It is hard to talk to people all day and put yourself out there. It is hard to focus on what matters most instead of being distracted or taking an easier route. But it is the way. It is how it needs to be done. There was only one way for Jesus to follow the Father's will.
Love you all, Elder Spencer
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