BUENAS! I'm going to try to type this fast and get all this
written out before time expires. Do you remember those old Geico commercials
that would show something crazy like a boat getting destroyed or a car getting
totaled and then it would say, "Life comes at you fast, Geico."? Well
I feel like that is the way life is like right now. (In a good way!) Life is
just coming at me fast and there is no time to slow down!!!
The week has been hectic like all the others this transfer. In
fact it is so crazy we have lessons scheduled during P-day. I don't know if you
remember one of my letters I wrote while in the MTC titled something to the
effect of going to Eldorado, aka St. George and how excited I was to be
teaching like crazy. It took awhile, but I found Eldorado. This past week we
taught a grand total of 92 lessons, 11 people came to church, and 10 people have
a baptismal date! It doesn't get any better than this! I can't even begin to
describe how crazy it has been. The biggest miracle I've seen is just the way
the Lord prepares these people to accept the message before we even begin
teaching them.
This week there was a man who ran up to Elder Hayden, asked him
if we are Mormon, and then said he wants to be baptized just like that. There
was another man that answered his door and within ten minutes Elder Hayden
invited him to be baptized and he said yes. Another woman that I had tried
teaching four months ago here wasn't very receptive before. The main reason was
because of her husband but since then he has been incarcerated and now she has
a baptismal date! There is another woman we are teaching with a similar story
and she is getting baptized next week. I think we have 4 baptisms set for next
weekend. The Lord truly prepares people even before the missionaries come into
the picture.
This week we got help from two other Elders who where serving in
Hurricane because there are so many appointments and too many people for just
Elder Hayden and I. It has definitely been a growing experience for me. I've
grown accustomed to doing things a certain way and now having two new elders
things have been extremely different. Elder Hayden and I are happy go lucky and
maybe sometimes we are too relaxed about things but the work gets done and we
have a blast doing it! This new Elder I've been working with is very straight
laced and does things differently. On top of that he has less time in the
mission so I'm having to take the lead on everything. I've been having to plan
out EVERYTHING we do through out the day. It has been stressful at times and we
have butted heads on several occasions. I will admit I'm hard headed and sometimes
need to humble myself but I think that is what the Lord is teaching me. I'm
being taught how to lead with love and that is a crucial skill to have.
Contention is of the Devil. Plain and simple.
The past month has been a blast runnin' and gunnin' with Elder
Hayden doing the Lord's work. This week has taught me several good lessons
though. Nevertheless, the Lord God showeth us our aweakness that we may know that it is by his bgrace, and his great condescension unto the
children of men, that we have power to do these things. Behold, great and
marvelous are the aworks of the Lord. How bunsearchable are the depths of the cmysteries of him; and it is impossible that man should
find out all his ways. And no man dknoweth of his eways save it be revealed unto him; wherefore, brethren,
despise not the frevelations of God. (Jacob 4:7&8) The Lord gives us
challenges to learn and grow. Sometimes it would be nice to give up when I'm
stressed out but I keep going because I just love these Hispanics! They will
always have a special place in my heart.This work isn't about me, it's not
about any other missionary. We have been called for two years to labor in His vineyard
as instruments in the Lord's hands. What a privilege it is to witness these
miracles. This is Eldorado; where we
find, teach, and baptize! Vaya con Dios.
God is love,
Elder Bennion
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