Chains and the Power to Change

Mom Note:  Back in November, Spencer shared an email entitled “Songs Sung and Unsung,” in which he described being overcome by a bout of depression.  “Though it may surprise you, for the past two months I have struggled through a sudden onset of depression. For reasons unknown to me, I suddenly lost all desire to …

Sub-Zero Temps and the Passing of a Prophet

January 8, 2018 Hey All, In the past week, we have experienced some record low temps in New England. But despite the punishing cold, we were still able to do work we are proud of. As Elder Larocco and I were driving back from a meeting in Franklin on Friday morning, we intended to visit …

Merry Christmas Eve!

The following is from a letter we received in the mail this week.  Spencer asked us to share it on Christmas Eve, so I am sharing it with you and some cute pictures of Spencer and his sisters, Abby (Mary) and Evelyn (Baby Jesus). Merry Christmas to all!   At Christmastime, we are naturally brought …

Discipleship: hear it, live it, share it!

November 27, 2017 I delivered this talk in the Framingham 1st ward on November 26, 2017: Discipleship: hear it, live it, share it During his surgical rotation at the UC Irvine medical school, my father mastered several surgical procedures in a short period of time through a rigorous yet effective learning process. He described it …

Songs Sung and Unsung

  November 13, 2017 Dear friends and family, I pray that the things I share with you today will help you or somebody that you love. Though it may surprise you, for the past 2 months, I have struggled through a sudden onset of depression. For reasons unknown to me, I suddenly lost all desire …

The Realization of the Work

October 30, 2017 Hello! We experienced a wonderful miracle this week in Framingham. (I completely forgot to mention that I've been transferred to Framingham, MA.) It starts when I was serving back in Cambridge, around February.  My companion, Elder Belen, and I were walking the streets of greater Boston, when a woman called out to …

And after the Fire, a Still Small Voice (1 Kings 19:11-12)

Hey all, Your success as a missionary is measured primarily by your commitment to find, teach, baptize, and confirm people and to help them become faithful members of the Church who enjoy the presence of the Holy Ghost. (Preach My Gospel) Despite the fact that Preach my Gospel spends an entire section trying to drill …

The World is on Fire and I’m Out Here in Connecticut

September 11, 2017 Hey all, I have very little idea what is going on in the world right now, aside from wildfires, 3 hurricanes, and apparently earthquakes. Scary stuff. “And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the …

The Legend of the Magical Apartment Complex Part 2

Dear Friends and Fam, The Magic Apartment Complex has continued to yield tracting success. We started teaching the R___ family, a mom and dad from the Dominican Republic with 17 and 5 year-old sons. They are the first intact family that I've had the chance to teach (excepting part member families.) Sister R___ (we are …

I’ve Waited Nearly a Year for This

August 21, 2017 This week, we decided to follow the advice of one of the members of our bishopric, Brother Smith, and leave the city of Torrington for a while. At ~35k people, Torrington is by far the most populous town in the Goshen Ward's boundaries. Most of the investigators that have been taught by …