Cheers to 21 Years

Birthdays on the mission are the best!! Today has honestly been the best day - we went and toured the USS Lexington (a WW2 aircraft) and got lunch and spent some time at the beach! It's been a super fun day.

This week was rough, but we made it hahahaha. Here's a little something I wrote to mission president about how this week went:

Our most progressing friend, Gilbert, called us out of the blue on Tuesday and told us that he no longer wanted to be baptized. We were in shock! We didn't know what happened.

Afterwards, we had to go to an appointment with a member and investigator at the chapel and on the way I fell off my bike and got all muddy and I was so mad haha. To make matters worse, when we got to the chapel the member was already there but our friend never came.

The next day we rushed out for another appointment after sitting in traffic for an hour, only to realize there was a thorn in the wheel of my bicycle. When we took it out, the tire deflated completely.

Then the next day, our second most progressing investigator and my favorite person ever, Hannah, dropped us. We had a lesson with a bible basher and at that point, I was so angry! I didn't understand why all of this had to happen in a week. I prayed and told God about how mad I was.

But, when I heard your comment in Come, Follow Me, I realized that this work is not about me.  It doesn't matter if our friends drop us, people flake out on appointments, or I face plant off my bike into the mud. The Lord's work goes on !!  And I can choose if I want to be part of it, or spend my time angry because things don't happen the way I want. God's plan is perfect and things will work out the way they are supposed to. Maybe God was teaching me this week to have a little more patience and trust in Him. He is refining me until the very last minute!

Hope that gives yall a little insight into the life of a missionary hahah!

Thank you for all the birthday wishes and emails! I have been overwhelmed by the outpouring of love I've received today. I love you all!

Love,

Sister Spackman