November 4, 2013 - Indianola, IA

Dear Family:

Well it has been quite a week in Indianola.  We had Beggars night and Halloween night and for both we came in at six for the day.  And plus we went to Oskaloosa for 2 days this week for exchanges and interviews with President Jensen.  But with the lessons we did have we did miracles.  We helped a less active lady come to church again and gained trust with many more people.  It was a different week.

Not much to add about investigators.  One of ours is in a very deep hole financially and will need a lot of help with that.  The first step she will need to take is to stop smoking.  This will be hard since she uses it for stress.  But the Lord will help us with that.  Our other investigator we may be dropping because she has no desire to change or get baptized but we will see what the Lord can do about that.  We will be working hard with the investigators that we have now to get them progressing. 

So this should be a fun week.  Keep us in all of your prayers!  The Gospel is true and God loves all of his children!

Sincerely;
Elder Spencer Ariotti

October 28, 2013 - Indianola, IA

Dear Family:

Well it has been another week in Indianola Iowa.  It has been a good week.  Hard but the end was good.  We had 3 less active families come to church tomorrow and that was just awesome to see them come and renew there covenants with the Lord.  One in particular really surprised us because she has not been planning on coming at all but she woke up and said I will go to church today.  Sadly we were not able to get a part member family to come because they were all exhausted from the night before.  But we did get them to come to the branch Halloween party on Friday and that was really good for them.  Especially with all the kids in the family, they were able to talk with the majority of the youth in the branch. 

Well as I am sure many have heard or seen mom got a picture and a text last night from a member in Indianola that we had done some service with.  It was funny because my companion asked what I think my mom would say to the text.  I thought about it and guessed she would say something about how happy I looked.  Well it came true.  I am now imagining everyone laughing as they read this email.

Well this next week is Halloween and we will be going in early for two nights and will also be going to a different area for exchanges.  It will be nice going to a different area for a few nights.  It gets to you when you have been working in an area for 3 months consecutively and have not been able to go to a different area for a few days.  It will be good.  Besides that it will be raining a lot and getting cooler as we go into November.

Well I love you all and the gospel is true!

Sincerely;
Elder Spencer Ariotti

October 21, 2013 - Indianola, IA

Dear Family:

Well it has been another week in Indianola Iowa.  Kind of hard because we had a lot of people cancel there appointments on us.  But good because in place of those cancellations we had miracles happen.  On Friday we had an old investigator tell us that she would like to have us come over again because she is having a hard time with life right now.  An investigator is going through some rough times again but she is coming to us for some advice so that is good for her to do.  We found a long lost member that never knew there was a church in Indianola.  We got in contact with a less active family that members have been trying for about a year to talk to.  And some members are beginning to trust us with there referrals and that has been just awesome.  So the Lord has been good to us the past few days.

We unfortunately have no progressing investigators still but we are working with what we have and will hopefully be getting a lot more this next week.  Like I said it has been hard with people canceling appointments but it has really helped that we are finding things to do in place of them.  I have a good feeling about this week though. 

Well I love you all and know that the Gospel is true!  

Sincerely;
Elder Spencer Ariotti

October 14, 2013 - Indianola, IA

Dear Family:

Well it has been another week in Indianola Iowa.  Yep I have not moved this past transfer so I will be here for another 6 weeks.  And it is crazy to note that today marks the 4 months I have left in the mission field.  It is crazy how fast it has all gone by.  Hopefully the last few will go by slow so that I can enjoy them.  And the weather will really start to cool down this next week.  We will be having rain for the next few days and that will bring a lot of cool air with it.  Still cant believe how fast this year has gone.

Our investigators are doing the same as usual.  Slowly progressing but we are still working on them.  No new ones yet but we do have a lot of potentials to work with.  Now if they will just answer the door when we try to visit with them. 

Well I love you all and want to let you all know that I pray for you daily in my prayers.  The Gospel is true.

Sincerely;
Elder Spencer Ariotti