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MY DEAR FAMILY AND FRIENDS-

This week's been a wild one.  The biggest news of all is that Wednesday, we have transfers. Apparently the lord has bigger and better plans for me because I'm being transferred ))))): I want to cry for hours because I have loved every second of this area and I have truly come to love all these people like my own family.  Cartagena will always hold a really special place in my heart, especially being the place that I started my mission.  My new area is San Fernando, which happens to be about 11 hours away from here by bus.  I'm definitely gonna have a fun day traveling down there :::::::))  My new companion is Hermana Villamar ((yes, another native)) and it's great because I already know her and love her!!!!!  She was in my district the first transfer and she is just the cutest missionary ever.  She's so sweet and she has this powerful rock solid testimony.  Every time she opens her mouth or bears her testimony the spirit is evident in her words.  I always admired that about her and now I get to work with her!!!!  Pretty sure she knows perfect English, like Hermana Vigo, but I'm going to try this transfer only speaking Spanish.  It'll be hard at times to express myself, but I think I'll grow a lot more in the language.

So, this weekend was my last one in Cartagena and we've had cita after cita with all the people I know so that I can goodbye to them.  I'm so sad to be leaving these people that I love so much.  Anais came up to me on Sunday and hugged me and cried and cried.  It was a really tender moment for me.  She bought these charm bracelets for me, Hermana Vigo, and her and they're so cute.  She added a little note that explained all the charms.  She wrote, "the first charm is a crown because you helped me remember my true identity, a daughter of a king.  The second is a smiley face because you brought happiness back into my life.  Then the letters VAS ((Vigo, Anais, Spangler)) because I feel safe between you guys.  And last, a heart because I thank you from the bottom of my heart for everything you've done for me." ISN’T THAT SO SWEET?  It was one of the sweetest moments of my life to read the note and see the charms.  Anais is so amazing and truly just glows. I love that girl with all my heart.   We had our last lesson with her on Sunday night and we talked a little bit about missionary work.  It went super well, she's such an example to everyone around her already.  At the end of the lesson, she told us that every single lesson we've taught since the moment I got here until this lesson went in line perfectly with her patriarchal blessing. Every single thing. For those that don't know what a patriarchal blessing is, it's a special blessing that members of the church can receive. It's like your own personal scripture from Heavenly Father and it's personalized for every person. It gives advice and blessings and warnings and works according to our obedience and faith.  Anais said that before this lesson she was praying and just felt like we were going to teach about missionary work-and that's what we taught. Isn't that amazing?? God knows us SO perfectly and SO personally. I don't think I will every be able to comprehend how much he knows us or loves us but I'm starting to understand a little more being on the mission.  We saw Leo on Sunday too and gave a quick lesson more to give him a boost of animo.  Good news, everything with his papers and legal things worked out :-) thanks to much fasting and prayer.  Heavenly Father is marvelous isn't he? We talked about enjoying the little things in life and not taking anything for granted. Life goes so quick guys. Live every moment to the fullest.  Anyways, after the lesson, Leo said' "how do you guys decide what to teach?"  We told him that we have weekly planning and pray specifically for every person and follow the spirit to decide what to teach. He told us that our lesson was exactly what he had been praying to be taught.  He said, "I've been praying that someone would tell me something like this."  There ya go.  Once again, I can TESTIFY that God loves us and knows us.  He truly is our father.  He's aware of everything we're going through.  If you don't believe me, ask him yourself.  He's there, just waiting for you to talk to him.

So as for Moises, things are rough with his work and everyone so we didn't meet with him all week :/ we were calling him and he never picked up so we decided to just give him some space for a few days and then try again.  A member in our ward ((who is WONDERFUL)) told us that he felt like calling Moises on Friday and that he answered!!!  He said he had left his phone in a restaurant and then couldn't call us back because he doesn't have storage.  So we called him and had a lesson yesterday(FINALLY) First off, he came to church and it was stake conference so it went really good.  The stake president spoke and he is amazing.  He's such a great speaker and so kind and has so much love for the stake and for the gospel.  He's definitely one of my favorite people ((okay yes I know I have a million favorite people sorry can't help it)).  We taught Moises the law of chastity and it went really well too.  I'm sad because I'm leaving before he gets baptized but I'm so proud of him and the choices he's making.

Merci is also progressing a lot and working towards her baptism date of June 10th.  The good news is that her daughter wants to get baptized with her!!! How exciting!!!!!  They are both preparing for that day and it's going great.  Once again, a little sad that I'm missing the baptism but all I really care about is that it'll happen one day in the future and that they'll be able to receive all the blessings that comes from being a member of this church.

As for a quick update on the language, I can finally see some REAL improvement.  Yes it's a little bit difficult at times but I'm able to speak so much more and that's a real miracle. Unfortunately, Heavenly Father is good at thinking of ways to help us grow and is sending me to a place with different Spanish.  Apparently the Spanish there is a little bit harder to understand so I'm going to have to start this whole Spanish thing over again. Oh well, that's the mission life :)) send lots of prayers okay!!!!!!

Well, I love you ALL more than words can describe!!  You guys are my favorite people ever and I'm grateful for your constant support.  I'm loving every second of this mission and my relationship with my savior is growing more and more every day.  That's one thing I will forever be grateful for.

Until next week!!!!

Besitos,

Hermana Spangler

**Here is a photo with Moises and sweet Paloma 

**Anais-my main gal

**Here’s us showing off our cute charm bracelets ((don’t know why it looks like we have spray tans))

broken heart BUT a happy spirit

HOLA TO ALL MY FAVORITE PEOPLE-

Well, this week definitely hit us like a rock. More like a boulder.  Definitely one of my hardest weeks so far BUT I'm learning to focus more on the little tender mercies of the lord than on all the little things that go wrong. Just a little summary: we haven't met with Moises at all this week, we haven't been able to see Merci either, half the lights in our apartment burned out, the heat is coming at a rapid pace AND to top it all off Leo just found out he's not technically legal here so he might have to go back to Columbia this next week. WHAT A WEEK LEMME TELL YOU.

But anyways let's skip all the lame stuff and get to the miracles. The situation with Moises right now is really complicated. Even I don't know what happened. Everything was going so well and then he just got super distant and didn't answer any of our calls or show up to any lessons or anything. We saw him in the street a couple of times but he just acted really awkward and tried to get out of the conversation really fast. We've been really worried and praying and fasting for him

because we don't know what's happening. We had all this food that we were going to give to him and his daughter and then they just wouldn't show up to the citas. So, on Saturday, Hermana Vigo and I BOTH had the impression that we just needed to drop the food off at his house, anonymously. So that's what we did. And Heavenly Father is amazing because as we were walking into his apartment, he was walking out with Paloma. He seemed a little shocked to see us but Paloma was so excited. We explained that we were just gonna drop the food off and go as a surprise and I think that softened his heart a little bit. He took the food inside and then we walked with him to the park so that Paloma could play. He explained to us that he's just really stressed right now with finding work and with his ex wife and with his living

situation and everything. And to top it all off, we were just being the missionaries we are and calling him all the time. Oops. We were able to have a good talk with him and I think it made him feel a little better because he came to church on Sunday!!!! We were so worried that he wouldn't make it but he showed up yesterday and seeing him just brought a lot of peace to my heart. He even prayed in the gospel principles class and made most off the comments. Please please keep him in your prayers this week, he needs all the help he can get to prepare himself. We have a cita with him tonight so I'm hoping that everything works out.

The situation with Leo was a mess but we were able to meet with him and have a really good conversation. He was frustrated because he's been trying so hard to read and pray and be righteous and then this trial came along. He kept asking, "where's God? I don't understand?" The thing about life is that we're going to have trials and problems.  It's the only way to learn. God's plan is just different than what we might think or want. So we explained to him that sometimes we have a trial of faith to prove that we're still willing to follow him. We watched the video, "mountains to climb" and it brought a really sweet spirit into the room. We all ended up crying. We read a chapter in the Book of Mormon and talked about it and I could tell that any burden he had was lifted off his shoulders. It was a much needed crying session

for all of us. I mention this in practically every letter but there really is SO much power that comes from reading the Book of Mormon. It brings me peace in a life of chaos. It answers the questions that I have. Reading the Book of Mormon just ALWAYS makes me feel better, no matter the situation. If it's been a while since you read it, crack it open tonight and read a chapter. If you've never read it, go find a

copy and see what it's about. I promise it'll change your life.

Okay funny story to cheer up the mood of this letter. The other day, we walked out to our patio and there was this bird just sprawled over the windowsill. It was alive but I was so confused as to why it was just sitting like that ((picture attached)). Our patio is weird because it's really closed up. The walls of the building surround it so

sometimes birds fly down and then don't realize that they have to go all the way up to get out ((this probably makes no sense sorry)) but anyways, the bird was basically lost in our patio and didn't know how to get out so our neighbor told me to pick it up and take it inside and go to the front and let it go. Smart right??? Hahahahah WRONG because the second I got into our piso the bird started flapping like crazy and I had to let go so I wouldn't hurt it and then it started flying around everywhere. I promise you guys it was like a movie scene with us running around trying to catch the bird and it was just flapping and flying around everywhere and we couldn't catch it. FINALLY it went into the kitchen and we were able to grab it and take it outside. I wanted to take a picture with it but Hermana Vigo wouldn't let me ): probably a good idea because we would have had a bird incident part 2.

Last thing, our neighbor (whom I mentioned earlier) is the cutest old lady ever. Her name is Maria Pilar and she's like the grandma of the missionaries. She's not a member but she's known the missionaries since forever and loves to take care of them and spoil them. She lives in the floor above us and it's so fun because sometimes she will open her window and lower down food or treats or supplies in a little basket. She also makes us full meals and sends those to us when we have nothing good to eat it's great. I usually take videos for my family but I'll attach this video here for funsies.

Well, that's all the time for this week. Not much to tell but I could really use some extra prayers out here. The people here are so prepared and so ready to receive the gospel, they just need a little push!!!! Thank you all for EVERYTHING. I love you guys with every part of my heart :-)

Besitos,

Hermana Spangler

Trial of faith

MI QUERIDA FAMILIA Y AMIGOS-

President Thomas S. Monson once said, "You pile up enough tomorrows, and you’ll find you’ve collected a lot of empty yesterdays.” This week has been a week of working and working. Our days have been filled to the brim with lessons and service projects and intercambios (exchanges) and family home evening and English classes. It's been one of those weeks that I can look back on and see how hard we worked and how much success we're seeing.

Intercambios this week went great-as usual. I always leave feeling inspired to better and work harder. On Tuesday, we took the 1 hour bus ride to Murcia to meet with the sister training leaders there. That night, I was companions with Hermana Asay (again) and wow she is such a great missionary. She's dedicated and hardworking and she taught me a lot. We had a great lesson with a member and encouraged to her to do missionary work. We had another lesson with a progressing investigator

where we just read the Book of Mormon together and talked about it.  Overall, it was great spending time with her and learning from her. Wednesday morning, we did a flip flop and I was assigned to be with Hermana Smalley. She's a brand new sister training leader and she is AMAZING. We had so much fun together contacting and teaching and talking about everything under the sun. We had plans that fell through so we ended up trying to find some futures. We went to visit a man that they had taught once and hadn't contacted in a while. We rang the doorbell and a woman answered and said he wasn't home. So we said, "oh well hey we have a special message that we share about Jesus Christ, do you have a few minutes?" And she said, "I'm kind of sick but sure come on in." ((This never happens so we were already getting excited)). We started talking to her and she was very receptive AND THEN her daughter and mother came in and decided to join us too. I'm telling you guys, this is the kind of moment that every missionary hopes for. We taught lesson one, about the restoration of the church and Joseph and the spirit was so incredibly strong. You couldn't deny it. By the end of the lesson everyone was crying and you could tell that they were really feeling it. They were so prepared to hear everything and asked to come back as soon as possible ((they really said that)) to share more. (!!!!!!!!!) I promise you guys, Heavenly Father is amazing. It was a testimony builder to me that everything happens for a reason. We were upset about everything falling through, but God always comes through with people that are prepared. I love being a missionary.

This week was seriously a ROLLERCOASTER of emotions with Moises. Can I first just say that I seriously love this guy. He's so great and so prepared and everyone that talks to him just loves him. So here's the situation. He's doing great and progressing so well. IN FACT-he told us that he went from smoking 20 cigarettes in a day to only 5. I don't know about you, but that's truly a miracle. Anyways, we had a cita planned with him on Tuesday and he never showed up or answered his phone. We called again Wednesday a few times and he didn't answer either. We were super worried and we didn't know what was going on.  Finally, on Thursday he called us and explained that the mother of his daughter found out that he was going to the Mormon church and said that she didn't want her daughter involved in that. She threatened to take Paloma((his daughter)) away and he said he's been super worried because he loves the church and he loves everything about it but he just don't want to lose his daughter. Understandable. It's hard because he has Paloma on weekends, meaning that he wouldn't be able to come to church anymore with her. But he told us that he's been defending all of our beliefs and trying to get his ex wife to listen to the missionaries to understand our beliefs. We asked if maybe we could meet with him that night and talk about everything to figure out the situation. So we met at the church with Paco((our mission leader)) and talked everything out. Long story short, since they have shared custody she legally can't take Paloma away with the reason being religious beliefs. Moises was still super worried so Paco offered to give him a blessing, which he accepted. It was a beautiful blessing and the spirit was so sweet, confirming to him that this was the right path. I just love the priesthood. Anyways, Moises is back on track and everything is fine. We need all the prayers we can get to help him out with the word of wisdom because he's almost there. We had a family home evening with him in Paco's house and it went great. He showed up at church on Sunday in his white shirt and smiling face and wow, just love him. A member in our ward, Cristobal, told us that Moises went up to him and said, "So are you ready to baptize me the 29th??" Hahahahhaha he didn't even ask he just assumed it was happening. He's so exciting and always asking about everything and what it's gonna be like and ahhhh I'm so excited!!!!! It's so fun to watch him make all these changes and progress and everything :") keep him in your prayers as he prepares to take these last few steps.

We haven't had a lot of time to contact people but the members are feeling a new spirit of missionary work and we're working really with them. They're starting to trust us more and give us the names of their friends and family that need the gospel. We've been focusing a lot on having family home evening activities in the houses of members and encouraging them to bring their friends. Please help us out on ideas for object lessons and activities-anything helps :-)

One last piece of exciting news. Remember how I mentioned that Anais has been working on a calendar, marking off every day that she read and prayed, and gave me a copy of it with a little note?? She's become quite the example around here because the new trend with the young single adults is to fill out these calendars. It's SO great. Leo just gave Hermana Vigo and I a copy of his filled out calendar and made himself a new one!!!!!! i love watching these people progress and develop their faith and find hope. There is so much power in reading and praying every day, I can promise you that.

Well, that's all the time I have for this week. I love and miss you all like crazy. Thank you super much for all the prayers and support and emails. Until next week!!!!

Besitos,

Hermana Spangler

My district- aka all my favorite people

A long hard day of work with my new pal 

silver lining

HOLA TO ALL MY FAVORITE PEOPLE-

This week has by far been one of the BEST weeks of my mission. I have seen miracles, learned so much, FACETIMED MY FAMILY((very important)), and just been able to see the hand of God more in my life.

There's no specific miracle of the week because this week was FULL of miracles. Let's start off with our dear friend Moises. On Tuesday we had a quality lesson with him. We talked specifically about the gospel of Jesus Christ and the different steps we need to take to return to live with our Heavenly Father. Faith, repentance, baptism by the right authority, receiving the gift of the Holy Ghost, and enduring to the end. Moises seriously understands everything so well. We talked about

the importance of all the steps and how this is exactly what God wants for him in his life right now. We said, "Moises, we've prayed and we feel like you are ready to be baptized. We think that you will be completely prepared by May 29th. Will you be baptized on that day?" And then he said, "of course, what can I do to prepare?" He had no doubts or fears he just wanted to move forward with complete faith. In every lesson I just have tears in my eyes with how perfectly prepared he is. He told us, "I want to die and be born again in this church, as a clean person." A little strong but I can really see so many changes in him and I love it. We had another lesson with him on Thursday and talked about the importance of reading the scriptures, praying, and going to church. Once again, he understood everything so well. He told us that he feels so much peace from the Book of Mormon. He said that he decided to pray specifically about it to confirm what he felt and he received a real witness that it's true. Amazing. He said that when he reads it he can really feel it filling up his soul and making him life brighter. I can testify of that. The Book of Mormon really is the word of God. It has the answers to all of life's questions and brings so much peace and comfort to my life. Guys, Read it. I promise it'll change your life. I have seen it change lives and I'm watching it happen right now with this sweet man. He was lost, but thanks to the power of the Book of Mormon, he's finding himself. Then Saturday we had ANOTHER lesson and this one made me a little more nervous. We talked about the word of wisdom, which is basically a health code from God. It's the things we should and shouldn't do to keep our bodies healthy. We knew that Moises smokes so we were worried that maybe it would be too hard for him. We prayed for the spirit to help confirm to him that this really is a commandment and that it would bless him life. And of course, the lesson went SO well. He will probably have a hard time with quitting smoking completely but he's so willing to do it. He's so ready to be baptized I'm so excited for him. He's so excited too. He tells everyone and the ward is so great and supportive with everything he's doing. Also, on Sunday we went with him to a members house to watch the movie of Joseph smiths life (LOVE IT, go watch it right now) and it was great. I love Joseph smith. Moises also came church and this time he even took Paloma to primary!!!(classes for the kids) I think he's feeling a lot more comfortable here and with the ward and that's really great for him.

Now, an update on our friend merci. The young mom with 2 kids that's been listening to missionaries for quite a while. AND GUESS WHAT. SHE NOW HAS A BAPTISM DATE TOO!!!!!!!! I genuinely cannot contain my excitement!!!!!!!!! She's preparing to be baptized June 10th. Hopefully I'll still be here, but we're doing everything we can to prepare her. She's been reading and praying every day and she's just so happy. I can see it in her eyes. She has a problem with smoking too

but she's officially been a week and a half without any cigarettes!!! Amazing!!!!! The gospel is amazing!!!!!! I love watching changes in these people. It makes all the hard day's worth it. In other exciting news, Beatriz and Jesus finally had their interview to get married!!!! They haven't picked a date yet but once they get married they'll be baptized pretty soon after. I'm so excited :-)

I had to give my first talk on Sunday. In Spanish. 15 minutes. In front of the whole Spanish speaking ward. At first I was terrified but it really wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be. It was a proud moment for me because I wrote it all by myself and Hermana Vigo only needed to correct one part!!!! Just think, two months ago I would've looked at what I wrote and been completely confused and now, I can understand what it means and truly let it sink into my heart. I'll attach a screenshot of parts of it because it's kinda cool to see Spanish. I have to speak in my district meeting on Tuesday too. It's a little more intimidating in there because it's like a class and it has to be 15 minutes as well. Wish me luck!!!!!!

The mission is so fun. Yes it's hard but it's so worth it when I think of all the miracles I'm seeing. I'm loving every minute of it-even the hard days. On quote from Jeffrey R. Holland that I love says, "Even if you cannot always see that silver lining on your clouds, God can, for He is the very source of the light you seek." God loves us. He wants us to succeed MORE than we want to succeed. If you just turn to him, I promise he'll help you and you'll be able to find that silver lining in your trials. He's there, with his hand always stretched out.

Today is Hermana Vigo's birthday (she's 22) and when I asked her what she wanted to do for the day she said, "sleep for 4 hours." So there ya go, we both had some quality naps today and it's been great.

Well, that's all my time for this week. I love love love you all more than I can say. Thank you for everything and for you examples and love and support. I'm so blessed.

Keep reading your scriptures and keep on rocking it out there!!!!

Besitos,

Hermana Spangler

I've got a golden ticket

MY BEAUTIFUL FAMILY AND FRIENDS-

Well, another week has COME and GONE. It goes by so quick. But I've seen miracles and taught lessons and completely butchered some Spanish but hey that's what the mission is all about. Learning and trying and making mistakes but growing in the process.

We've seen A LOT of miracles recently with our less actives.  Our friend Leo, who is literally one of my favorite people, is doing amazing. He's praying and reading every day, and coming to all the church activities we have. He's just a happier person and he knows it. Thanks to the Book of Mormon and the power of prayer, he has a new light in his face.  Javi, a man we've been working with has quit smoking and just was able to go to the temple this week!!! When he showed us his temple recommend he was so happy. Real happy. The kind that shines out of your eyes. He bore a powerful testimony on Sunday about the power of the atonement and about how wonderful the gospel is.  Cristina, a less active that we've been teaching just got a calling as the relief society secretary!! She ALSO went to the temple this week.  We had a lesson with her last night and she's seriously doing fabulous.

Diego, another less active we had has been coming to church every week and can now take the sacrament!!!! He's seriously the funniest and craziest person I've ever met. He's super talkative and passionate and loud and it's so fun to teach him. He has a really powerful testimony and all we needed to do was remind him of it.  Anaís, a young single adult in our ward and (yes) another one of my absolute favorites that we've been working with is progressing SO much. I'm so proud of all the steps she is taking. When I first got here she was depressed and broken and unwilling to do anything. But as of this week, she has read the scriptures and prayed every day for the past 2 months!!!! AMAZING. She has a different light about her now.  She has confidence because she knows that she's a daughter of God and she can feel the love that he has for her. The first week I got here, we made her a calendar to mark off every day that she was reading and praying. She made Hermana Vigo and me a copy of her calendar that's been marking off every day and has written a scripture that touched her from every day that she read. On the back side of the calendar, she wrote me a little note and I want to share a part with you. She said, "sister, you might not know it but you rescued me. I was unhappy, I was a broken soul like an open book with many torn out pages. And then I met you and gods power. When we have lessons you strengthen me and lift my testimony. I've found hope again thanks to you. Thank you for making me feel like a daughter of God again." I share this not to show what I can do, but what the savior can do. He knows what we're going through and he knows our weaknesses and heartaches. We just need to turn to him for the help that we need and he'll provide it. Sweet Anaís is just one example of the many people that have been touched by the enabling power of the Savior’s atonement.

As for an update on our friend Moises- We had another lesson with him this week and it went wonderfully. It's hard because we want to have 2 or 3 lessons per week but he's looking for work and has to take time to do anything he can to support his daughter. However, he loves the lessons and always tries to make them happen. We taught lesson 2, about the plan of salvation. The plan of salvation is the remarkable plan of happiness that heavenly fathers children. Before we started, we asked about how his daily praying and scripture reading was going. He said it was doing great and that he truly was feeling a difference in his life. We asked if he had prayed specifically about the Book of Mormon and his response was that he felt like he received a response that it was true without praying. He said that when he reads it he feels peace and joy and he knows that it's true. It was amazing to see how the spirit works with people. After our lesson, he thanked us for teaching him and then said, "okay so when's the next time we can meet" (!!!!!!!) that kind of response makes my missionary heart very happy. He came to church yesterday as well and it's just amazing to see the progress he's making.

You may notice that I often say that everyone is "my favorite" and I can honestly say that these people have touched my life in a way I could never imagine. I have only been in the mission for 3 months but I have met people and made friendships that I will truly cherish forever. What a blessing for me to have this experience. To be in Spain and to meet these people while also gaining a closer relationship with my Heavenly Father. I have learned so much out here and this is an experience I will never forget.

Miracle for the week is a quick one but a GREAT one. We were on our way to visit, Yimi ((pronounced jimmy)) and he's a future investigator. We found him a few weeks ago but he's never at home so we hadn't been able to meet with him. We got to his house and knocked on the door and a man we've never seen came out to talk to us. We asked if Yimi was there and he had no idea who we were talking about hahahahaha so turns out he gave us the wrong address :/ But we introduced ourselves to him and he told us to wait for a second and went to grab something. He came back with a Book of Mormon and said, "my brother went to BYU Provo to study English and he brought this back with him. Is it your religious book??" He then proceeded to tell us that he hadn't read it but was curious to learn a little more. GOLDEN. He works a lot so we haven't found time to meet with him but I'm hoping that he opens up his heart a little bit to hear our message and how much it can bless his life. It's amazing that Yimi happened to give us THAT address and that Sergio ((that's his name)) was the person we really needed to talk to.

In sad news, we had transfers this week and lost a few people in our district that I love ): Elder Tye-our district leader, Hermana Villamar-the cutest Hermana from Columbia and elder craven-probably one of the happiest people I've ever met. It was sad to say bye to them because we've gotten really close as a district. In good news, Hermana Vigo and I stayed together!!!!! She is great. The amount of things I am learning from her is truly too much to count. One thing in concrete is the power of fasting. We have a goal as a companionship to fast every week and it's really strengthened my testimony. She really treats the fast as a sacred opportunity, and it is. Fasting is an opportunity to show Heavenly Father that we are willing to sacrifice things in order the receive blessings. However, Hermana Vigo recently taught me that fasting really is cleansing and that sometimes we can fast solely to show gratitude to Heavenly Father for all the blessings that we have already received. We can also fast to renew our testimonies or to strengthen our faith. I would encourage you all to make fasting a little more sacred. It's blessed my life so much just focusing more on what I can do to show Heavenly Father that I want to follow him.

Well, that's all the time I have for this week. I am so blessed to have all of you in my life. I love each and every one of you with all my heart-don't ever forget it!!!!! You're all wonderful. Thank you for the love and support :-)

Besitos from your favorite Spaniard,

Hermana Spangler

Here is me and Hermana Vigo celebrating Mother's Day. ((Mother's Day was yesterday in Spain so we celebrated it today)) Since she is literally like my mom, I took her out to FroYo :') We had a grand time.