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| Standing in the sunny rain. COOL. |
Tuesday:
We have an old couple we visit, whose daughter needed help to
put together an aluminum shed. So of course we offered to help and we did it!
Neither one of us had done it before, but we got it up and it stayed together
so I'm really proud of it. I would've taken a picture, but I forgot my
camera.... And. I had pizza for breakfast and for dinner. Someone go and have
Dominos for me. It's not nearly as good here. Or as big. LAME.
Wednesday:
We went and played housie at the old folks home again. They're my favorite. One
lady was super excited that we came and could play with her, and the she feel
asleep like 14 seconds in and didn't wake up. hahahaha.
We
visited a less-active family, and we saw the husband because he
was home from work! Turns out, Bronson Kaufusi's dad is his cousin! So that's
cool. Anyways. As we talked, he said that he really wants to get his family
back to church and invited us inside to give him and his wife a blessing. We
had never been invited in before! I loved it so much. The blessings were
powerful and the spirit was so strong.
Thursday:
We had district meeting and then mowed some one's lawn. and I don't remember
much else of what we did...
Friday:
Weekly Planning and stuff, we talked to a lady who hadn't been to church in
something like 20 years and, through the incredible gift of the spirit, she
agreed to have us come and read the Book of Mormon with her and answer her
questions about it!
We
had our first correlation meeting with our new ward mission
leader, and he's incredible. He has a vision of where he wants our ward and I
know it'll get there. He's the right man for the job.
Saturday:
We helped a sister move something like 600 ceramic molds out of her shed
and into a truck that someone brought. It was something like 6 hours, but
service is good things. We went door knocking and then had dinner and made a
few visits.
Sunday:
Basically, we had church, had about 4309720934 people not be home after church,
and then had dinner with George and Liz, or in other words, my grandparents in
New Zealand. They love the missionaries so much. I'll send a picture
soon.
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| Gorgeous Sunset |
Here's
something I wrote in my letter to President Hudson: This week has been
really good. Every week is really good. I think it's been one of the hardest
weeks I've had, but the last couple days I was able to feel very close to
Heavenly Father. I had a rough few days in the beginning of the week, they
weren't terrible but I didn't feel the comfort and joy that the spirit has
brought me so much nearly as strong as I had and I really didn't like it. One
day, I prayed and told Heavenly Father that there was something missing and I
wasn't doing enough to be happy. I asked Him to please show me what it was that
I needed to do better in the Book of Mormon so that I could be happier. I read
a couple chapters from Jacob and was very humbled to realize that my prayers
had been lacking. I had been praying, and still receiving answers, but I looked
and realized that my prayers had become routine and were very much lacking in
emotion. I wasn't pleading with Heavenly Father or feeling overwhelmed with
gratitude. It's not very easy for me to pray with so much emotion every single
time, but because Heavenly Father has given me everything and can help me with
and through everything, I think He deserves everything I have when I pray to
Him. I found that as I tried to do that, my days got a lot brighter and I have
been able to be happier. It's incredible to see how aware of me Heavenly Father
really is.
I love
you all!
Love,
Elder
Benjamin
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| They say if your badge is wet that you'll have a pretty wife. So that's neat. |
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