Elder Spencer's Chile Osorno Mission: 3rd Cambio with Elder Longo!!!!

Hey momma!! How are you doing this fine Monday afternoon??:) Things are going really well here in Alerce! Well as you know now haha, I sprained my ankle pretty bad this last week and so I was in bed and trying to stay off of it for a couple days. So the Elders from Alerce 1 (the other companionship Elder Hernandez & Price), helped us out with some appointments and contacts that we needed to do!:) But we did go to visit the family Alverado a couple times and we taught the Plan of Salvation and the gospel of Jesus Christ this last week to Consuelo their daughter with baptism date for the 20 of April. She is really excited for her baptism, and this week we are going to be focusing on the commandments and such!:)

Also they were able to present and bless their son Gonzalo in church on Sunday!!:) ALL 9 OF THEM CAME TO CHURCH!!:) It was so cool!:) Then Elder Longo went with Elder Hernandez to visit Elvis and his family. We have an appointment with them this week, so we will see how that goes!:) But all is well here and also Elder Vaughn is coming here to Alerce to be with Elder Price because Elder Hernandez is going to Valdivia to be zone leader!!:) And I believe the Lord heard your and my prayers because I’m staying here at least one more cambio!!!😎💪

It sounds like things are going really well there, well maybe not so well with the weather but man that’s so crazy that the weather is so warm. I hope you get some more rain so it doesn’t all dry up!!;) and I’m glad that you are enjoying your job!! That is awesome!!

It’s so cool that we have the knowledge we do about the plan of salvation and death, so that the passing of President Monson doesn’t have to be a sad mourning, but a happy recollection of his time on earth and the awesome thought that now he is with his sweet lige waiting the second coming of Christ and sharing the gospel there on the other side of the veil, kinda like Glenn.:)

I loved your thought momma and it goes with my thought from my studies this week in 3 Nephi!!:) In 3 Nephi 4 and it was when the gadianton robbers were a huge group in this moment and so the Nephites and some Lamanites all went to their biggest lands in Zarahemla and Bountiful to defend themselves. Then the gadianton robbers realize that they can’t do their normal attacks to assassinate and kill how they usually do so they go to war against them.... but what they didn’t know is that the Nephites were really strong in these lands. And a verse that caught my attention is in 3 Nephi 4: 8 – 10. When the Lamanites saw them on the ground they thought that they were afraid, but the Nephites were praying to God that he would give them strength; and they went against the Lamanites and had the POWER of the Lord with them... It is an amazing chapter and shows a lot of good lessons like one that if we live in our "strong lands" and if we are right with God and praying that he will deliver us out of the hands of our enemies, the Lord will be with us and we will have more than enough strength!!:)

Hope you have an amazing week momma!!:) Love you to infinity and beyond!:)

Love you!

Elder Shawners!!:)