Hello all! This week was rough. But an amazing miracle happened.
I was on an exchange with Elder Smith. I love him so much. He is a good friend and helped me out a lot when I was in the Fort Smith Stake the second time. He is a very good singer and piano player so we have similarities there. We were in the apartment getting ready for the day and I was feeling down. It had been a tough past few days and I didn't feel like doing missionary work. I didn't feel the Spirit. As I was moping about my sorry state at my desk I heard two songs sung by Elder Smith. The first was "A Poor Wayfaring Man of Grief" (hymn 29) that song has special significance for me because I was in the jail that song was sung in before Joseph Smith was killed. I also memorized the words to that hymn in my second area. The second hymn was Brightly Beams Our Father's Mercy (hymn 335) I sung that song when the Sherwood Park Alberta stake was formed. Than 4 missionaries sang that song when the Edmonton YSA stake was formed. So it just made me so happy. God's mercy definitely beamed Brightly on me at that time.
This week was tough because we were rejected. People didn't want to keep commitments. Commitments that I know will bring them joy. I felt frustrated and saddened by this. Sometimes I just wish I could thunder it into people. But all I can do is invite. Than it is up to their choice and God.
Love you all,
Elder Spencer
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