Elder Riley Bennett: Week 76 Tearz Of Joy

CHEYENNE IS THE PLACE TO BE!!!

We finished the lessons w/ Alyssa this week & had her baptismal interview yesterday & all is going amazing there! She leaves for California tomorrow & is back Sunday & then we’ll be prepping her for her baptism on Saturday Feb. 9th, we’re so excited for her but prolly not as excited as she is! It’s so wonderful to see her growth & excitement! She went out w/ the Sister missionaries here on Wednesday & did some street contacting w/ them & was a straight baller!! She was chasing foolz down, knocking on car windows, & talking w/ everyone!! The Sisters said it inspired them to want to be better missionaries! Alyssa bore her testimony to a woman that made her cry & was able to give her a Book of Mormon. Alyssa is such a baller! We’re so proud of her.

Thursday night we taught in the Grant’s home. We were teaching Alyssa, Jaxon, Chaslynn, and a recent convert named Tiffany. We also had a RM there teaching w/ us named Kennadee & it was a party! We were teaching & something happened which then started Alyssa to laugh, who snorts whenever she laughs, which led to everyone laughing cause it was something that they hadn’t heard before. Once things got settled & quiet again, the Grant’s 7 year old daughter Jerzey who’s in the kitchen coloring goes “haha *snort snort* (impersonating Alyssa)” which then led everyone to laughing all over again. Anyways, I ain’t laugh that hard prolly my whole mission & I was crying tearz of joy from all that laughter it was great!

Last week on Tuesday night we contacted an unbaptized young woman in our ward named Haylie. Her grandma (who’s visiting from Texas) opened the door & it was blistering cold out & bless her heart cause she had no clue who we were but let us in haha. Haylie & her Mom were both there tho so it was perfect cause we got to talk w/ them. She’s 15 and prolly the smartest most mature 15 year old I’ve ever met haha. Her Mother hasn’t been active since her & her husband split a long time ago. So we visited a while & asked to come back to teach them & Haylie very quickly said we could come back Thursday night! We went back & taught them & Haylie was following along perfectly, pondering on the scriptures & questions we asked, it was great! Haylie kept talking about how calm & peaceful she felt during the lesson & how she felt comforted knowing she was never alone cause she always has Christ w/ her. We went back last night & Haylie was so excited to accept the invitation to be baptized! She had picked Feb. 23rd but she’s at her dad’s house that weekend so she’s praying about Feb. 16th or March 2nd now!

We have a couple we’re teaching now that the Sisters had been teaching a while but we’re taking over now that we’re super excited about! Their names are Steve & Jazmuhn. Jazmuhn is a member, Steve, her boyfriend is not. Steve’s the coolest guy & is super humble & has a strong desire to learn more & come closer to Christ! We have dinner w/ them tonight & next week & are excited to be able to be teaching them!
I love life & I love Jesus Christ.
Peace & Love,

Elder Bennett aka YOBOIGATOR