Dear Family and Friends,

BEST THING JUST HAPPENED TO ME AT THE TEMPLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Haley Brown (my cousin who just got back from her mission) was waiting for me at the entrance as we came out!!!!!! Ah, honestly my favorite thing.  Glad to break up the long 3 years with a couple hugs :)

Our district is now down to 3 sisters, and we start Tahitian on Monday! 

Our zone family is doing really well.  30 or so Elders and Sisters, and 20 of them will be leaving with us in 3 weeks.  I really still love our 7 am temple session with all of them and the delicious breakfast after.  A temple worker always talks doctrine with Sr. Miller, Sr. Colledge and I at breakfast, we call him Brother Mike.  

The Presidency for our branch is great.  One of the counselors is super successful pediatric dentist, name Bro Markham, and he is so intelligent and engaging.  We got a super cool verse by verse lesson about Jacob 5 and verse 72, he broke out the glass bottles of Different Assortments of Grape Juice from his personal vineyard in Orem called Chateau Markham.  

Family packages are such a fun part of the day!! Multiple districts come in to share in the fun and sneak some food.  This week, fam, you out did yourselves! Cakes with the flags?!?! Umbrellas, drinks, silly string, great pictures, the works.  I love the letters on the back even more than whatever's in the packages.  You all are the best.  Pictures and videos below of that.  Also the Pinata still lives on, in our window sill.  

Loving the work.  Next week we become a Trio.  Sr. Miller, Sr. Colledge, and I.  We hear more and more about Tahiti everyday from our teachers and can't wait to go! The 3 from our district leaving this week won't be able to go to a temple for the next 2 years so it was bitter sweet this morning.  

Our teachers are incredible in the French district, one of our teachers, Bro. Vanderholm is really profound and ​we were talking about how Christ is the center of our lesson, the Restoration.  But actually, it's in the first three lessons.  As the center of each.  The Restoration in the form of a story, the 2nd in the form of a Plan, and the 3rd in the form of a Process.  

I've learned so much from meeting people here who have sacrificed a ton to get on this mission.  And the Lord qualifies those whom he calls. 

It's so wonderful to be a missionary for a church who has the whole truth.  

Looking forward to loving the Tahitian People! 

Soeur Spencer