Elder Spencer's Mexico Mexico City North Mission: 9-Month Mark! Plus Some Really Good Lessons This Week

Hola mama! Buenas tardes! I hit my 9-month mark in my mission this last week! I still have 15 months left but I worry that I won’t be able to accomplish the goals I have set and want to finish before I go home. 15 months is a long time but I know it will go by fast. On Tuesday we had a district meeting and talked about things we can do to invite the spirit more into our day-to-day lives as missionaries. Later, we had 2 lessons with 2 new contacts. The first was a woman, Yazmin, and we taught her the Plan of Salvation. It was a really great lesson and she is really interested and wants to learn more. The second was with a man named Gustavo. We talked with him about basic principles and beliefs. He really seems interested and invited us to come back. It was really awesome to find two new investigators!

Wednesday we had a few appointments fall through but we were able to go visit Victor and had a really good lesson and talk with him. We talked about the importance of prophets, revelation, and the blessings we will receive if we follow the prophets. We also talked with him about his baptism and he decided that on July 14^thhe wants to be baptized!! He is also doing good with the Word of Wisdom and hasn’t had any problems with smoking. He really is an awesome, faithful guy!

Thursday we had interviews with President and Hermana Urrea at the stake center and they went really good. Hermana Urrea had a scale and I found out that I’ve lost almost 20 pounds since I got here…. Even though my pants and shirts are all big on me now, it’s better than being too small so it’s all good. And I got some ideas from President Urrea on how to take more initiative and become a better missionary and example to all those around me.

Friday we went contacting and talked to about 8 or 9 people in an hour and were thankfully able to get 2 contacts. One was a woman named Martha who told us about how a really close friend passed away recently and how it was and still is hard for her. We talked with her about the Plan of Salvation and gave her a pamphlet to read then scheduled an appointment to passby and teach her family. We also had another lesson with Victor about tithing and the blessings that come from it, then the Hernandez family where Vianey and Priscila helped us teach their parents about the 10 commandments and easy ways to help them remember them.

By the end of the day Saturday, I was so stinking full. In the morning, Elder Aguilar made some bread things that were good but sat like a rock in my stomach. Around 1:30 we went to a super good restaurant for lunch and I ate soup, spaghetti, lasagna de verduras and banana slices with sour cream and chocolate sauce for dessert. It was really, really good but we were full after and Victor invited us to go to his restaurant at 4 to eat tacos. We went contacting for a little bit before then but when we went to eat tacos we were still full. I managed to eat 5 tacos and while they were fantastically amazing, I wanted to die afterwards. We tried to go contacting after and talked to a ton of people but unfortunately, they all rejected us. We were still able to give out pamphlets and cards of Jesus Christ and plant some seeds with the people we talked with and gave the cards and pamphlets to.

In church on Sunday we started 20 minutes late because there were only 6 people in the building at first. When we finally started there was a total of 17 people there. When it was time for testimonies, my companion and I were both surprised and super excited when Laura, Juan and Vianey got up to bear their testimonies! It was super awesome! I was able to get up and share my testimony too. After church and lunch, we went to the plaza to go contacting. Because of voting on Sunday for elections, there was tons of people in the plaza. We were able to contact and talk to a few people before we had to come back to the casa. We were told to be back at 6 p.m. for our safety because I guess people get crazy here in Mexico during and after the elections and voting. It was a good day though.

Dang that stinks that they cancelled the firework show for the 4th of July! How sad! I will pray that you guys get more rain. That’s way fun though that you guys got to go to Cherry Hill and hang out and that Greg and Peyton went up too.

I really love that thought a lot (from the conference talk Meek and Lowly of Heart) and I think you are right, that it is a quality that we don’t think about as often as we should. This week I’m going to think more about it and try to learn how to be more meek and lowly in heart! Thank you mama! Love you lots!