Wednesday, April 18, 2018

Week 35 Easy Money Sniper


Hey this week was a lot better than last! We started teaching a couple people which was great! We started teaching this middle-aged couple Mike & Deb. Their neighbors across the street are in our ward and we tracted their house before our dinner with their neighbors. We had a couple lessons with them this week and read the Introduction and Testimonies of The Book of Mormon and it was amazing to hear them say, “The Book of Mormon fills so many gaps from the Bible” Seriously made me so happy! They’re so prepared and so humble! Mike works with the CSU football team and was talking about getting us to tour the new stadium and be on the sidelines of games so that was pretty sweet haha.

We had a less active member named Mark call us up and tell us he wants to get active again and work on going to the temple cause he’s never been...straight MIRACLE! That never happens haha. Mark is so humble and progressing amazingly! When we first met with him Wednesday we told him he was gonna have to quit coffee if he wanted to eventually go to the temple. Next time we met on Friday, he told us he was already working on quitting. He came to church and sat with us Sunday, them Monday he told us he was done with coffee. So much progress in 1 week!!

William Arnold and Ty Wilkerson came and took my comp and I out to lunch. What homies. It was so cool talking with people from Fresno about Fresno but also so weird. Being out on the mission you just totally forget about life back home it’s so crazy haha.

Elder Jenson and I are in the works of changing the missionary game so stay posted. We sick of all the cliche robotic things missionaries say when trying to get people to talk with them so we tryin to think of different approaches...big things comin...but if you have any suggestions we’ll gladly take them cause we’re currently stumped haha.
Also changin the game when it comes to dinner messages cause currently none of ours our working with our members, they don’t get hype about missionary work, and they don’t give us any referrals, sorry for the roast City Park ward, but anyways, we outcha tryna change the game up.

Our zone is the smallest zone in the mission, we have 2 districts and a total of 7 companionships, and has been labeled as “The place you don’t want to go. Everyone there is prideful. Everyone has already been talked to by missionaries. There’s no work.”  Our zone has a population of little over 200,000 and 1 stake. Cheyenne, WY zone has a population of around 65,000 and 2 stakes. So Elder Jenson and I are taking that pretty personal and trying to flip the attitude of this place around. We had a sweet District Meeting with one of our districts this week and everyone was pretty pumped and excited about turning FOCO around! We’re trying to come up with a zone plan to push the work forward, and currently it’s looking like we’re going to focus on working with the members. Members, PLEASE understand the importance of your role in missionary work. It is so critical. Miracles happen when members and missionaries work together. Much Love everyone
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️ love Jesus

Elder Bennett aka yoboigator 
700 E Drake Apt. A8
Fort Collins, CO 80525

Got to see some Fresno homies and they took us to Chik-Fil-A. Ballerz 

Outchea showing some love




Wednesday, April 11, 2018

Week 34 Bo Knows


Yo this area is so sick! We have CSU campus and old town Fort Collins in our area and so just do street contacting all day and talk to a ton of people. We were left with nobody to teach so there’s lots of finding to be done before we can start teaching.

Elder Jenson is awesome! He’s from Philly, and I love working with this kid! He’s already taught me a lot.

Funny story from our first night. We were leaving Walmart and these two homeless guys were outside that we starting talking with and one of them wanted us to pray with them. So we get the prayer circle going and he starts off and goes...and I quote “Dear God, I don’t know if you’re cute or what......but I’ll suck a fish to know you.” Homeboy was on something else. Seriously so funny elder Jenson and I always just be sayin “I’ll suck a fish” now haha. 

Our ward isn’t very open to doing missionary work so I can see this being a more difficult area but Elder Jenson and I are determined to flip things around here!

We went to the temple this morning and that was sick! Feeling extra blessed cause that’s like twice in a month now which is super rare out here on the mission haha.

Sorry not much to report on but hopefully there will be more next week!

Love y’all

I love ️ Jesus

Elder Bennett aka yoboigator 
1715 N Wilson Ave. Apt. #308
Loveland, CO 80538

Pics from the temple with Elder Jenson and Kellogg


People from Loveland  from last week :)




Pic 5 Look out for his book “I Forgave You Yesterday” this November-James Skeen


Wednesday, April 4, 2018

Week 33 In Memory of Larry Bird


    Very exciting final week in Loveland!! RJ was baptized and confirmed a member on Saturday! Her baptism was in between sessions on Saturday and it was a packed house! So many people showed up to support RJ and her parents even came. There was a sweet spirit there and I was able to stand in the circle and confirm her, it was such a glorious day!

    President McMurray was at the baptism and pulled me aside afterwards and told me he wants me to serve as a Zone Leader in Fort Collins. It was bitter sweet. I love this area, ward, comps, all our investigators, and it’s sad to be leaving but I’m excited for Fort Collins! My comp is Elder Jenson who’s coming down from Laramie and he’s a cool guy, he was also trained by Elder Litster so we’re brothers haha. And from what I’ve heard, our area covers the CSU campus so I’m hype about that! We’re being swept in there and will be serving in the City Park Ward. Shout out to my boi Elder Halladay becoming a Zone Leader in Loveland too, hold it down!

    The past couple days have been crazy with conference, preparing for transfers, and RJ’s baptism but I’ve loved it! Conference was so incredible. President Russell M. Nelson is a prophet of God and a straight up baller. Love that man. Excited for the new changes in the church, it’s so awesome seeing God’s hand in his church and making the changes he needs to hasten the work in these last days. Gets me pumped! We watched conference at the Durtsche’s and Williams on Saturday, and then the Arnold’s and Goldsberry’s on Sunday. All such amazing families and I’m grateful they let us into their homes to watch conference with them.

    Couldn’t have asked for a better way to finish out my last week in Loveland! RJ’s baptism and conference have me feelin way blessed. RJ is one of those people that is a confirmation to me that I was called to this mission by God so that I could teach her. It’s been a blessing serving in Loveland and I’m sure I’ll be back. Much Love Loveland.

Love y’all 🤟


I love️ Jesus

Elder Bennett aka yoboigator
700 E Drake Apt. A8

Took tons of pictures so enjoy :)

RJ’s Baptism'




Arnold Family

Goldsberry Family

Ward Mission Leader Bro Scalva and his wife


Painted Sister Williams salon

Shout out to the fam for the Easter package with the dopest socks I ever seent 

Homie Chuck Williams

Chuck Chuck Riley and Ryley 
The boi's





Week 32 Tuscan Leather Smellin Like A Brick


Another amazing week out here Loveland, CO!

Had to say goodbye to Elder Reiswig which was sad to see my boi leave but what an amazing missionary and I’m grateful for all I was able to learn from him

RJ’s baptism is this Saturday in between conference sessions and I’m so hype for it!! She had her interview today and everything went great so now we’re just waiting till Saturday. Her husband Joe is gonna baptize her and it’s gonna be such an incredible day for them both, so excited for them! RJ is definitely one of those people that has been confirmation to me that I was sent from God to serve in the Colorado Fort Collins mission and it’s been such a blessing teaching her.

Everything is going great with all our investigators, we’re gonna try and start having them all be taught in members homes cause it makes a huge difference!

So stoked for General Conference this week! What a blessing it is for us to be able to hear from our prophet and apostles and receive whatever guidance they have been inspired from Our Heavenly Father to share with us. Letssss Goooo!!!

I love being in a tripan with my boyz Elder Thacker and Elder Treanor, it’s such a blessing serving beside them. Pretty sure I’m gonna be leaving them this next week with transfers which is sad but I’m grateful for the time I’ve had to serve with them. They’re some true homies. Well I know I’m at that point to where I’ve been forgotten about and the only people reading my emails still are my Mom and Pops, so shout out to them. Errybody else enjoy the pics :)

Much love everyone 



I love Jesus

Elder Bennett aka yoboigator
1715 N Wilson Ave. Apt. #308
Loveland, CO 80538

Farewell Elder Reiswig 

Got to see G Money for little 


Icy Squad Pics


Yo boi as Alma The Younger for the primary 



Week 103 Trust In God & Never Give Up