May 28, 2012

Hey mom,

  Oh man i wish i could have seen Tyler and Ben sing! Haha i bet that was awesome. Tell tyler congrats for me when he gets his call. That's super exciting.

  This week was a pretty darn good week. Nothing quite as hillarious as last week happened but it was alot of fun and really productive. We didn't have a baptism this week but will have several coming up soon. We saw the hand of the Lord alot as we taught and found new investigators.

 You know what one of my favorite things about college work is? Every now and again you'll come across an apartment where a party is goin on with the doors open and music playin and people in and out smoking and drinkin and Heaven knows someone always has to make some sort of comment about offering the missionaries a drink ha "Hey, someone ask the mormon guys if they want a shot!" It never fails haha But i love being able to go over with a bold smile on your face, look everyone in the eye while you shake hands and ask their name, make a whitty comment here or there and eventually having everyone stop for a minute or two while you share a thought. They're completely thrown off at first that you even came over and sometimes they wont let you share a thought but you just have to own the situation. The most thrilling part is when you get the music turned down and explain what we do as missionaries and explain why we're on a mission. Then you testify boldly of the consequences and feelings of sin and the sweet peace of forgiveness you've felt in your life and that they can feel too . If the spirit is there strong enough you could hear a pin drop while you talk. Then as soon as you finish the music goes back up and everyone gets back to drinking but to feel the spirit testify to a group of people like that is awesome. I've noticed too that you can turn the burliest hard criminal looking person into a softy if you mention something about his momma haha :p It's just super super neat. Pretty soon you get to know all the homies and Gs in their neighborhoods and when they see you they yell "Heeeyyyy! Elders! Hows it goin??"   

  We had to move out of our house this week. Our landlord's son was moving back home so they needed the downstairs back of their house. We had the full downstaris to ourselves. It was basicaly an entire house, fully furnished etc. We moved into an upstairs of someones house more towards the middle of town. It's a nice place but i really miss our old place ha

 I'm really struggling for things to say :p I don't know what to talk about... too tired! Well, that's about all i got. Going home & to bed finally. Love you!

         Elder Spurlin