Week 27 Land of Love

Transfers are this week and Elder Treanor and I are staying together in Loveland and I’m gonna be the District Leader of the Mountain Lion District! I’m so pumped that we get to be together for another transfer! I’m excited for this new calling I have and the opportunity to love, serve, and encourage my District.

As for this past week not much has been going on, just about all our appointments canceled on us :( 

But all 4 of our investigators and a less active we’ve been working with were at church on Sunday which was really amazing! :)

We also found a new investigator named Brent! We talked with him for like 45 minutes on his porch and then he asked for a copy of The Book of Mormon which was really sweet! He said he was gonna read it and we could come back this week.

We read 2 Nephi 31 with Allen and talked with him about the gospel of Jesus Christ. It was so cool cause right after we finished the chapter I said to him “So Allen what do ya wanna do?” And he said “I wanna be baptized” and had this big smile on his face. It was so awesome, you could just see the light in his eyes when talking about baptism. So now him and his mom are going to start working on a date that works!

I hit my 6th month mark on the 16th and tried burning a tie in our apartment so that was fun :)

Sunday afternoon got up to be like 70 then Monday just snowed all day and there was a high of like 18. Colorado you wildn.

 I love y’all!

I ️ Jesus

Elder Bennett aka yoboigator 

1715 N Wilson Ave. Apt. #308

Loveland, CO 80538

                                         Burning my tie

                                          Sunday afternoon

Our dinner had us wear these aprons to protect our white shirts haha

                                        Monday snowstorm

Week 26 Show Some Love

   Yooooo Sunday was such an amazing day!!! We had 4 investigators at church  and were so hype! We had Darron and his family, Allen and his mom, RJ and her husband Joe, and Zoey Hart and her family! Sacrament meeting was so awesome too, we had great speakers and a wonderful spirit. Then for gospel principles the class was so big we couldn’t fit in the classroom and had to move into the gym! Our ward mission leader said it was the biggest class for gospel principles he’s ever seen so we were pretty hype over that! Sunday was just an all around amazing day!

   We met with Darron on Wednesday and he committed to be baptized March 17th if he comes to know the Book of Mormon is true and baptism is the right choice for him! We are so pumped for him and his family! We met with him again on Saturday night and talked with him about fasting. We then started a fast with him so that he could receive his answer. After church we connected with him and his wife through Facebook messenger and told them we wanted them to read Enos separately then come together and talk about it. They told us they did that and had a really amazing discussion from it! We are meeting with them this later this week and go more in depth with them on that.

   We met with Allen Saturday and taught him the Plan of Salvation. He started talking with his mom about baptism and so if all goes well we will probably extend that invite to him this week. We brought one of Allen’s best friends, Isaac, that’s in our ward to the lesson with us and it was great having him there. He loved it, it was so funny, we went and dropped him off after the lesson and as he was walking up the driveway to his mom we hear him say “That was so awesome!” We we’re happy a 14 year old thought missionary work was so awesome :)

   Last night we met with RJ and Joe in the Williams home and that went great! That was a miracle in itself cause RJ has had no interest in meeting with missionaries for the past couple years, then all the sudden she’s setting up our meeting in a members home and excited for our meeting, so miracle. Now let me tell you, the difference it makes working with the members is incredible! Our meeting was more of an open discussion than it was us just teaching her the whole time which I loved that everybody could share their testimony with her. We extended a baptism invite which she declined cause she said she wants to know for herself first before she’s going to commit to anything. After the lesson I was talking to her and just wanted to make sure she knew we aren’t trying to pressure her into anything and she didn’t feel we were pressuring her and then she said something that stood out to me. She said the only reason these lessons are happening and she’s willing to listen, is cause she can tell that we actually do love her and when we say it she feels it. That we’re not just in it for a baptism but we genuinely care and love for her. It was really sweet to hear her say that cause it’s all true and I’m happy she feels of our love for her. Missionary work is easy, you just gotta love people. Look at them as Christ would, he loved everyone. So with Valentine’s Day, love your close ones, but show some love to your neighbors and everyone around you.

Much love 🤟

I love ️ Jesus

Elder Bennett aka yoboigator 


                        Homie Elder Kerchner Went home. RIP Kerch-Dawg 

Loveland, CO 80538

Week 25 Sam’s Club Shoutout

Quick shoutout to Sam’s Club for being our go to for lunch everyday cause it’s perfect for missionaries ballin on a budget.

This week flew by but was amazing! Here’s a quick recap of some of the lessons we had

We had an awesome lesson with the Clopton family who’s a single mother that’s a member and has 2 children (Chloe-18 & Allen-14) who are unbaptized. The lesson was wonderful and we had a member present which was awesome! We have another lesson with them on Thursday and look forward to extending the invitation to baptism. 

We have also been working with the Arnold family. A younger family where the wife is a convert but the husband is not and has been investigating for years. He is very intrigued with Buddhism which is funny cause I never would’ve guessed on my mission I’d be trying to convert someone from Buddhism. But he’s been to church the past 2 weeks and stayed for all 3 hours this last week and is getting to know a lot of the members. Just trying to focus on getting him to read and pray about the Book of Mormon cause we know that will be key.

Also have had great discussions with RJ Nock who’s a non member but her husband Joe is a convert of 5 years now. She is a very spiritual person and doesn’t see the need for being baptized or receiving the Holy Ghost cause she says she already feels it and is close with God. She agreed to start taking the lessons in a members home (the Williams) who they’re good friends with which we’re really excited about cause she practically set it all up and we didn’t even have to ask! Sister Williams called us and told us that RJ has been turned off to missionaries for the past couple years cause of past experiences but really likes us so we were hype about that!

The members here are really starting to get involved with the work and it’s helping so much! Three Saturdays ago we tracted into this guy named Casey Clifford and he told us his boss was a member and is actually in our ward. We haven’t been able to contact Casey since then and then his boss that’s in or ward is feeding us tomorrow and told us he went up to Casey yesterday and invited him to dinner with us and he said he’s gonna come and bring his whole family! The work is so much more effective with the help of members! Missionary work is something we should always be doing. Always looking and praying for opportunities to share this gospel with everyone around us. The Atonement of Jesus Christ is the greatest blessing our world has ever been given and so many people are living their lives not knowing of the peace and joy it can bring their lives. We need to share it with all and let them know. It’s our responsibility as members.

Much love everyone 🤟

I ️ Jesus

Elder Bennett aka yoboigator 

1715 N Wilson Ave. Apt. #308

Loveland, CO 80538

                 

    Here’s a pic of Elder Treanor and I doin service inside a fridge at a local food bank :)