Hola, como onda a todos

Hey everyone, for all those I haven't emailed today, I am very sorry. We went to the zoo and now I am out of time, whoops! Love you all though, and I will email you all next week!

This week was so awesome! We met with Tin EVERY SINGLE DAY THIS WEEK!!! EVERY DAY AND THEN HE HAD HIS BAPTISMAL INTERVIEW AND HE'S READY FOR BAPTISM THIS SATURDAY, AND HE GAVE A VIETNAMESE BOOK OF MORMON TO HIS DAD AND HE'S SO EXCITED, WOOOOOOOO!!! 

We were helping Dan Torres, a returning member, on a home he's preparing to be rented out, so that was a party. 
Then we helped rake Sis. Dennison's yard, and she showed us all of her christmas trees that were still up and she gave us each snowglobes, so that's a plus.

INNTERVIEWS WITH PRESIDENT!! That was a party and a half, and I absolutely love President. He's a spiritual giant, and he asked me what I would teach the mission if I was in his position, and it was the healing power of the atonement. Then we got to meet with Sister Hollingsworth as well, and she's just the biggest sweetheart and I love her so much! She told me about the impact I made on the missionary that didn't like me to much, and it shows how a positive attitude and cheerful countenance can go a long way.

We taught Crew the Gospel of Jesus Christ by playing hop scotch, the Gospel can be taught very, very simply! 

BUCS WINNNNNNNNNN!!!! TAMPA IS GOING TO THE SUPER BOWL BABY!!! LET'S FLIP FLAPPING GO!!! I'M IN SUPER BOWL CITY, YEEEEEEEEEHAAAAAAAWWWWW LADIES AND GENTS!!!! BRADY FOR #10, LET'S GOOOOOOOO!!! (Just had to toss that in there) 

To go back to what President asked me. The healing power of the atonement is mind-boggling. That all cracks, cuts, scrapes, will be healed, whether they are physical, mental, emotional or spiritual, he can and WILL heal you. Mosiah 14 and Isaiah 53 are powerful examples of that, as it says, 

"But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.

"All we, like sheep, have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquities of us all."

Now here is where we must understand. When scrapes are healed, and cracks are filled, the scar remains. We will remember those events, and notice how we have changed and been changed in the refiner's fire. Christ himself showed his scars to the nephites and Jews so they knew him. Our scars tell our story, but also show how far we have come. Do not give up hope because there are memories that hurt, but rather know that even Christ had to look at his experiences with an eternal perspective. We must recognize that our trials and experiences may allow us to help someone else out later in life. I know Christ can heal you, he has healed me, and I will never forget what he has done for me, and I share the message that I do, because it heals others!

Ama a toda persona y a toda cosa

Elder Bennett

Disfruten los fotos <3














Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

I MISSED LAST WEEK

Image
Sorry everyone, last preparation day was interesting, so didn't have much time to do anything, lol, but life is good in Argentina ladies and gentlefolks I got to do a baptismal interview of Elizabeth leteno, from laferrere. That was humbling and powerful, to see the hope that the gospel has brought to her life, and I got to go to her baptism and help the Lafe Elderes!  We had a good ol tormenta blanca en nuestro area. Se explotó la carpeta de area.  HAD INTERVIEWS WITH PRESIDENT!!!! Haven't had that happen since I got here, so it was good to talk to him. He was super rushed, so we didnt get a ton of time to talk, but a SPIRITUAL GIANT Presidente Fernandez THEN WE GOT TO DO AN INTERCAMBIO WITH MY HERO ELDER THOMAS!!! I FETCHING LOVE HIM! HE'S SUCH A BEAST!!!! We went and visited some people he had taught in the area, and blew up every colectivo that we went in.  On monday, DISTRICT ACTIVITY!!! We made homemade pizzas and player soccer. Let me tell ya, my calves have never ...
Read more

FELICES PASCUAS!!!!

Image
HOPPY PASCUAS A TODOS QUE LEEN ESTA CARTA Y LOS DEMAS!!! ESPERO QUE DISFRTUARAN SU FIN DE SEMANA CON LOS PROFETAS Y APOSTOLES!!!!! This week was definitely was an interesting one, where do I start We had interviews this week, but my companion and I didn't get them, because we had to go to Glew for a stake meeting, and the Elders before us went too long. So instead we did some roleplays of the restoration of the gospel, and then the assistants drove us to Glew, where we listened to a big ol stake meeting. We then spent the night with the Glew Elders, ELDER SOSA Y ELDER BLACKHAM!!!!  We had our first english class this week, so that was exciting. I got to teach english to all the people in my district, so that's an exciting time. Let me tell ya, I do not know how to teach english. I'll do my best. Some latinos already speak a lot and others don't know a single word, so you make due. Everyone is ready to learn though! We met our friend Juan Diaz this week. He's absolut...
Read more

TAMPA ONLY TAKES DUBS

Image
 TAMPA BUCS FOR THE W!! ROAD TO SUPER BOWL LV!!! EVERYONE CHEER FOR THE BUCS BECAUSE I AM CURRENTLY LIVING 15 MINUTES FROM STADIUM, WOOOOOOOOO!!!! Hope that caught everyone's attention, but this week was absolutely awesome!  We had some awesome lessons with our friends Tin and Ani! We put both of them on date, and both are loving the book of mormon and got permission from their parents, MIRACLES!!!! AND BOTH OF THEM CAME TO CHURCH, YEEEEEEHAAAAAWWW!!! We had zone conference, and it was powerful! Elder Thacker and I gave a training on being a 'Preach My Gospel' missionary. I loved it! Then President spoke all about the atonement, because that is our central doctrine. EVERYTHING revolves around the atonement, without it, we are lost in our fallen and mortal state.  WE HAD AN AWESOME LESSON WITH ERIC!! IT'S BEEN FOREVER, BUT BISHOP PATEL JOINED IN AND IT WAS POWERFUL. We talked about how sometimes, God only gives us what we need at the moment, and not everything can or wil...
Read more