Elder Spangler - PERU PIURA Mission

Hello. Wusya name. Ma name is.  That is a summary of what I hear every day from the kids here. It's kinda funny actually hahah. So now we just say it back to them and they get so confused. The Peruvian English education system is terrible. The 18 year olds that have been studying it their whole lives know like 3 words. It's awful. All the Ecuadorians in my mission know so much more compared to the Peruvians. It's kinda sad cause all the people here are pretty much trapped here. Unfortunate but oh well. Anyways, sorry I couldn't get an email out last week. I'll give a recap of the last 2 weeks in this one. They've been good ones.  Last week we had the legendary Elder Villar of the 70 come visit our mission. It was awesome. As one of my friends said, "we were spiritually fed." Which says it all. It was a really good meeting with a ton of super good insights. I really enjoyed it and just tried to soak in all the information I could. He had also come to th...

I did it everyone. Well almost. In 2 days I will complete one year as a missionary of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Wow what a year has it been. It has been easily the hardest, longest, shortest, and most rewarding and enjoyable year of my life. It's honestly so strange to think about how I've been doing this for a whole year now. It feels like it's been going on forever, yet at the same time like I just started. Time on the mission is very weird. But anyways, this email will mainly be dedicated to just a few of the things I've learned being here. Number 1. It is literally impossible to be happy and progress on this earth without our Savior Jesus Christ. He is the only One that understands everything that goes on in our lives. He has suffered literally every single pain that we could ever feel. Without Him, this life would have no purpose. But with Him, we can all live again. He gives us happiness and peace in this life, and life and salvation in the ...

Heyyy everybody, how are you doing? That's a rhetorical question, If you want to respond, email me, if not, remove yourself from this list. Kidding. If you don't know what a rhetorical question is, ask my good friend Chat GPT. If you're laughing right now, thank you, if not, remove yourself from this list. Kidding again. I am just typing random stuff right now because I'm bored and don't know what to write. I am also kinda sweaty cause I was playing ping pong all afternoon. Anyways sorry this is weird now I'll write a real email. It has been a great week! We had a baptism yesterday which was awesome. Our friend Jorge was baptized and confirmed and it was a great meeting. We also had 3 baptismal dates for next week but they haven't come to church like 3 weeks in a row so we'll have to stop teaching them. It's unfortunate, but has to be done. We're hoping they'll miss us and stuff and them come next week. We will see. But either way, always enj...