Elder Spangler - PERU PIURA Mission

Good afternoon good evening and goodnight everyone. I hope you've all been well. It's been a pretty good last few weeks. Enjoying my time out here in Piura.  First things first. The work is going. It is definitely going. Having a hard time getting people to church. There is a problem in the culture here when it comes to committing. It seems to be a factor in my entire mission. But I think this area might be my worst. There is no real explanation to the feeling you get when you realize that one of your friends, who committed several times during the week, including the night before, and sometimes the morning of, is no longer coming to church. And then the feeling repeats about seven more times. It's disappointing for sure but the good thing is we had a friend show up yesterday who is super cool and seems super interested. Hoping for the best with him.  Other than that, things are going great here. We're trying really hard to help the ward beca...

Hello my friends and family. It's been a minute. I haven't sent an email since last year.  HA sike I'm not doing that again, but I hope you enjoyed it. Isn't that crazy though that it's been a year since I sent that email? Anyways, I'm back, and I hope you are all doing well. I am doing great, it's been a very eventful couple of weeks.  First things first. I have been transferred once again. This time to a new area called Miraflores 2. A recently opened area, after a long time of belonging to the office Elders. So, no offense to my friends in the office, it hadn't been touched for a while. Which is cool because it means we have a ton of potential, but also means there's not much to work with yet. But that's alright because we're starting things up little by little.  I'm also training again, which is super exciting, plus I didn't get scammed this time like the last time, so that's a win. My new comp's cool. His name's Elder...