The mission is seriously so great. I love being able to give
so much of my time to learn and study about the gospel and to serve others.
It's the biggest blessing.
So Tuesday was exchange day and since my companion is a
district leader, I went with one of the zone leaders. He's from
Australia so that's pretty neat. We visited a referral and got a potential
investigator and taught someone who's coming back to church from Gospel
Principles. He's a fantastic missionary.
Wednesday: We went and played a game that's basically the NZ
version of bingo at a nursing home. I sat next to a lady who couldn't quite do
it on her own, and she ended up falling asleep during the game. Another lady
was swearing and cheating the whole time. One lady couldn't understand anything
we said and would ask what the number was again every time after we said it.
The old guys were flirting with the girls. I love old people. We taught our
first lesson to three kids whose parents love the church, the spirit was really strong.
Thursday: We do a lot of visits to less actives and old
couples. The progress is really slow with them, but it's always great to be
able to visit them and bring the spirit into their home.
Friday: We drove out to the end of our area and taught a guy from gospel principles. We
visited a less active dad whose name I don't actually know, and he came to
church on Sunday because of us! That was neat.
Saturday: We had a lot of people that weren't home or just
talked to us on their porch so that was lame. A family in the ward had us over for
dinner and that was great. They're a strong family in the church and so the
spirit in their house made it feel like home. He told us that he's gonna be
sustained as the new ward mission leader and that's such a blessing because
he's so passionate about it and willing to serve.
Sunday: We taught priesthood without warning this Sunday and
I accidentally played one hymn in sacrament meeting so now they expect me to
play every week. On a serious note, I would really appreciate everyone's
prayers for me so that I can learn the hymns well. After church, we took the
sacrament to Tommy again and he told us at the end that he's sure he'll have a
good week because, "you elders came to visit me and I took the
sacrament." He has such a powerful spirit and I can feel how much he loves
the Savior even just by sitting next to him. The bishop and his wife fed us
dinner again and then we ended our night by an older couple that doesn't have any family around so the missionaries are about their
only visitors. They aren't members, but they always give us food and talk to us
and they love having us over so much.
The work is fairly slow, but it's so fulfilling. Even when
we knock doors for an hour and nobody wants to hear what we have to say, it's
so easy to be happy about it all.
Love, Elder Benjamin
-I
Love the Lord-
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