Elder Spangler - PERU PIURA Mission

What's up everyone. Holy cow it's been a crazy past two weeks. Sorry for not sending an email last week, our P-day was moved and I had like no time at all. But anyways, let's get into it shall we. Last Monday was my birthday, which was pretty fun. We played some soccer in the morning, and then ate some cake at a member's house later that night.. It was pretty fuego. It was definitely a weird birthday, just because I had barely thought about it at all, and I was just in Peru being a missionary. But it was still a solid birthday that I'm thankful for. Thank you to everyone that sent me a message, I'm sorry if I don't respond to all of you, but know that I really appreciated it. For those of you who didn't write me, I will be removing you from my email list, but it was nice knowing you.  Last week on Wednesday, we had the Christmas party thing for the mission, which was awesome. We were all at the mission home until like midnight just chilling and talking. ...

What the heck is up guys. I hope life is good for all of you. This week went pretty fast, and it was also the last week of the transfer. Tomorrow we find out what's happening to all of us. I'm super excited. But anyways, let's begin. First off, I finished my training! I did it, and not gonna lie it felt super long. But you know, if it wasn't me saying this, I'd say it wasn't too bad. I've officially earned my Mission pin and can now be free. But really I learned a ton, sometimes it feels like it didn't do much for me, but when I think about where I came from, I can see that I've definitely come a long way. It's been super hard, adjusting and constantly not knowing things, but It's been super good for me. Pretty sure the whole mission will be like that, but just not as extreme. Hopefully. We went to the beach last Monday, and it was super sick. The only problem was, I forgot to put sunblock on, and got absolutely fried. It was terrible. The on...

Hello everyone, how's it going! This week was pretty good, transfers are next week which is exciting. We did a lot this week. The other day we had an activity about the work of the Lord and the pioneers of Peru. So we had some of the first missionaries come and visit, and one of them was a guy that served here 40 years ago. He came here with his family after all that time. It was crazy to think about how much time that is and how he was once a missionary here. It was fun to be able to talk to them all in english for a little bit. I was the rookie talking to the veteran. It was like Kobe and Jordan. Basically the same. The other day we went to a house, and the family claimed that there were spirits living there. The kids told us that they see dark figures in their room at night. It was kinda scary, but luckily the home was dedicated a little after and all was good. For a second it felt like I was living in the Haunted Mansion, the only difference is that we didn't have Edd...