Mother’s Day was the best this year. We got a call from Spencer on Thursday, May
10th because that was Latino Mother’s day. His companion called his family, so Spencer
borrowed the phone to call home to make sure it worked. Allan answered the phone and didn’t know who
it was at first. They talked for a few
minutes. I was on my way home from work
and Allan called and told me Spencer had called. Let’s just say I was a little jealous. He called us on Saturday night for a few
minutes. He couldn’t stand having a
phone and not call us. I guess if that’s
the worst thing he does on his mission then so be it.
Spencer called us while we were still at church on
Sunday because he had to change phones.
No one answered because we were at church!!! Silly boy.
He called when we got home and said he had to call again later so we
said hello and good by. It was kinda
good though because we were all starving and that gave us a chance to eat
lunch.
We finally got to talk to him around 1:30. It was so good to hear his voice. He was happy and excited to talk to us. I took notes, so these are the things we
talked about:
He is co-companion with his companion now. We thought he was senior companion, but they both
got into the field the same day so that makes them co-companions. They had had a baptism the day before so they
had a Confirmation that day at church and he got to do it. A Confirmation is when you receive the Holy
Ghost. He was pretty proud of himself
because he had to do it in Spanish.
He lives in a very small apartment. It’s much small than his house in
Monjaras. The stairs in the picture he
sent last week are about a block away.
For food he eats sandwiches a lot. He buys food from the grocery store and they
eat lunch at home. They got kicked out
of eating lunch with his favorite lady and he was really sad about it. (Hopefully they will be welcomed back
soon). Everyone has a large phone in
their houses like a giant cell phone, but it is a landline.
Dinners – Monday they have Family Home Evening so
they eat there, Tuesday they hope for appointments, Wednesday they eat with the
Bishop, Thursday they eat with the Patriarch, Friday they hope for appointments,
Saturday they eat with the Ward Missionary and Sunday they eat I think with a
bishopric member. Everyone says he has a
Gringo Accent and they all laugh at him.
They also call him Gordito which means “Little Fatty.” If he gets mad at someone he just starts
talking to them really fast in English.
It’s really humid and it’s the start of the Rainy
Season. It’s chilly at night so he bought a blanket.
He really likes his Bishop and they work well
together. His kids drive him crazy
though. (they are really cute in the picture).
We asked him about the price of gas and it’s 95
limps which is about $3.40-$3.50 a gallon.
No one has cars though. He hates
the Buses and they don’t have bikes because they would just get stolen.
They call Transfers – Changes and his next one is on
May 30th. He said that if his
companion doesn’t get changed he’ll kill him.
Haha. No one really likes
him. He has been there since December
13. That’s when Spencer got to
Honduras. So it’s time for him to be
changed. He loves him, but he drives him
crazy. It’s a love hate relationship.
I asked him if he wanted a package? What would he want? He wants an Ipod since it got stolen with no
Primary Children’s music. That music drove
him crazy! He wants speakers, too. He wants Disney music, Inside Out, EFY. He wants TIES!!! The pen’s I sent him didn’t work and he found
the same ones at the Office Max across the street from the Mission Home. He wants Doctrines of Salvation and the
Ensign. He can get peanut butter but it’s
expensive. It’s like $5-6 a small
jar.
He’s only been to the Mission Home once. The Zone Leaders and District Leaders go to
the Mission Home. He has District
Meetings at the Stake Center. This last
week they had Stake Conference and Elder Felabella (spelling?) Area Leader came
and spoke to them. He had 6
investigators there. He was really proud
of himself.
The Church is about 3-4 blocks away. We asked about the branch. No one wants to help start it so it hasn’t
happened. He is really frustrated about
it.
Sis. Torres does his laundry. He needed to go pick it up, but his companion
won’t go with him. He had to run over
and pick it up by himself because he wouldn’t go. He had worn the same undies for a couple of
days because his companion wouldn’t go with him to pick it up. He was really frustrated with him.
He has learned how to shine his shoes. They always look really nice for Sunday. He bought polish, a brush, and a
bandana.
Spencer was changed during Mini-Changes so he didn’t
get to stay for Dani and Lanni’s baptism.
He is going to ask Pres. Hernandez if he can go to the baptism. It will take him all day to get there and he
will have to spend the night and travel back.
He hopes he gets to go. He has
access to a phone so he calls his members in Monjaras every once in a while
just to say hi. He really loved Monjaras
and wants to go back. The members loved
him, too.
We talked a lot about how to share the gospel and
gave us some scriptures to look up. He
told us to look up 3 Ne 18:18-21. It
talks about praying. He asked us to pray
to find those to share the gospel with.
It was so awesome for him to share that experience with us.
Allan talked to him for a while and then we had to
say good bye. He didn’t want to. He kept saying are you sure you want to say
good by Mom. It was really hard to hang
up with him. We love him so much and we
are so proud of him. He is an awesome
missionary, and we knew he would be. We
are so blessed to have a son like him!
He is a great example to his brothers.
It will be so great to hear from him on Christmas Day!!
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