Elder Logan Spackman ~ Philippines Legazpi Mission

Hello Everyone! How's everyone doing? We are doing well here in San Andres. We had a good long week, at masaya ako na mag share sa inyong gabos (I'm happy to share to you).  Baptism of the Boco family: We had a baptism! It's been awhile in my mission since I've had one, not saying that mission success is based on baptisms cause it's not, and these aren't my baptisms but the Lord's baptism, but let me tell you; it's been refreshing to have some success in this area. Especially since it's been awhile since this area has had any success so it gives the members something to be proud of.   Their conversion:  My companion and I have worked really hard and we've helped revive the success and hype here for missionary work. Of course it's all through the Lord, but it's like I think Alma said that "I boast not of myself, but of the Lord". Because miracles have really been done here. One of these miracles is the BOCO family. When I first g...

This week has been better, mainly because the antibiotics have killed all the infection in my foot. I forgot who said it, but one Elder said I've gotten everything that one can get in the Philippines except dengue. Here is a quick tally of the sicknesses that I've gotten: Hit by a tricey, water poisoning, food poisoning, falling into water, falling into a sewer, and finally a boil on my foot that became infected. Maybe I'll get dengue so I can collect all the infinity stones of sickness here.  Anyway roll the highlights: Some more people we taught in Pio Duran are getting baptized! Huge shoutout to the missionaries there who grinded and did everything they could for our friends! It made me so happy because they were close when we were there, but they had to get married first. Mabuti naman! Another highlight is we have some baptisms coming up, so everyone pray for them! They get interviewed on Tuesday, so we need your prayers talaga! The funny thing is that my past companion...

My foot really started hurting maybe 3 days ago. It was just a small red dot so I thought maybe it was a bug bite or something fillipino like that. But then over the next 3 days it has grown and gotten infected and worse. I'll spare you the picture but it really hurts to walk or exist. At least today I got some medication to combat the infection.  Anyway on a happier note: GOOO UTES!!! I heard we beat UCLA so that made my day despite the hard week. Our friends: Our friends here are progressing well. We have some baptisms on Sept 13. The members here have been great in joining us and helping us despite it only being a Branch. We had 42 people attend which is a lot for us, so that made me and my comp's day better. Another thing that happened that was cool is a lot of people are reading the BOM we gave them. I know it's hard to come to church for people here, (Cost, Time and ETC) but it's nice that they are reading and coming closer to Jesus Christ. Funny thing: Bruh we w...