Cabasconga

What in the planet earth is going on everyone. It's been a great week, fast, and not too eventful. But hey, gotta get an email out for my fans. This week hasn't consisted of many events or funny things, mainly just progress with our friends we are teaching. 

Before that, here are some random notable mentions:
-Went to the beach and my neck got cooked
-Found what looked like remnants of Davy Jones' beard
-Ran into two guys from England
-Tried to steal a beautiful Tabasco brand tie from another Elder but came up empty handed
-Ate some delicious food, consistently
-Bought a sick new poncho

Number one thing. We had a baptism last week!  T'was great. Our friend Jennifer got baptized on Saturday and confirmed the next day. She is awesome. Already a great recent convert, and she's helping us baptize the rest of her siblings. Her sister Mariana is getting baptized this week which is exciting, along with two others. Rodolfo and Pedro.

Rodolfo is a man that travels two hours every Sunday morning just to get to church at 9am. Incredible. He lives in a very famous and touristy beach town called Mancora, where we are not allowed to go as missionaries. We have never visited him in his house, but have taught him everything and more by calling him in the mornings and teaching him after church on Sundays. He is super excited to get baptized, and will be this Sunday. 

The other one is Pedro, who is an absolute miracle. Two days ago we were in the church about to give english classes when a member family walked in with a friend. We asked for his name, and all that jazz, and asked him if it was his first time in the church. He said no, he had come maaany times before, which made me lose hope hahah. But then the family basically just said out of the blue that he was ready for baptism, which we initially thought was a joke. Turns out, it wasn't. Five minutes later, he had a baptismal date planned for the following Sunday. Like I said, absolute miracle. 

It's been a great couple of weeks guys. Miracles exist. If we put in the work and have enough faith, we can literally see them every day. Which I have. I love our Heavenly Father, and his son Jesus Christ. Thanks for tuning in guys. Don't forget to pray, read the scriptures, and go to church. 

Love you all,

Elder Spangler

















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