Elder Logan Spackman ~ Philippines Legazpi Mission

Don't be shy to send me an email, I wanna here from y'all!!! Anyway onto the actually email Sooo we had a brownout and it lasted literally two whole days. Life is hard here, especially when you don't have water, lights, air conditioning and you can't charge your phone. It was so hot last night and I just baked in the heat, and then we accidentally left our aircon on, because usually the brownouts are super short here. As soon as we got to church the power returned, and I remembered that we didn't turn off our AC. So when we returned from church our apartment was really chilly talaga. Sayang ang money ko talaga.  Spiritual stuffs:  This week I was given the opportunity to give a talk on agency. I chose to highlight 2 nephi 2:22-27 because this verse explains 3 questions. 1: where our agency comes from. 2: Why we have agency. 3: How to use our agency.  I highly recommend that you reread these BOM verses because they are powerful and very theologically inspiring. For e...

Sooo to cut to the chase, we saw the Mayon volcano was raised to level 3, which means that it's probably going to erupt. Then we noticed smoke coming off the top, and then a lot more smoke; then when we woke up the next morning the volcano had lava coming out from the top. Luckily, it's just a small eruption right now, with the top of the lava dome slowly flowing down the side. However, if the magna pressure builds, then it will explode like a soda can does when you shake it. So we might have to evacuate. We wouldn't be in immediate danger, however, the ash fall could be dangerous to our health. Our Mission President told us to have seven days worth of clothes ready at all times, so that's been great. Anyways onto the spiritual stuff: Our friend Sister Mardy is progressing, She is a single mom, about age 53, and her kids are members. It was nice because at church I saw her talking to members and being assimilated in. The members here are so kind, talaga. We hope that sh...

We had the craziest food day on new year's day, But let's start with the why it happened: Here in the Philippines food is kinda considered sacred. For example, if someone is eating it's considered very disrespectful in the culture to interrupt them. Like if we are home-to-home knocking and we see someone eating, we aren't allowed to knock. Also, if they offer food or a lunch appointment, it's also super disrespectful to decline. So what happened is on new year's day literally everyone invited us over. Sooooo it means we literally ate food the whole day. I'm not joking at all. Six meals, and I almost threw up but I made it. Cause keep in mind Fillipinos eat rice with every meal, and they stack the plate not you. We didn't tell them that we are coming from food, so I probably had around 12 plates cause my dad taught me as a missionary you always ask for seconds.  Anyway it was a fun new year's day haha. When I looked at my stomach in the mirror at nigh...