Yuhhhhh so another great week out here in FOCO. I love life. We did lots of service this week & serving others brings so much joy into my soul. We had a lot of fun projects to tackle for some people this last week which I will explain.
We had a couple of non members who reached out to us about service from some missionaries who made a post on the NextDoor app. So the first was a woman named Sabrina who is married & has 3 yung kiddos & she knows some great members in our ward. She needed help painting her daughters room. So we spent a great deal of the day painting this room with some members from our ward & some of the youth. While painting she asked us many questions & told us about her background, we had some great discussions with her & she invited us to come back to be able to teach her more about Christ Restored Church! I love how much service can soften hearts & the opportunities it provides to help others come closer to Christ.
Another was a lady named Karen who is older & her husband is disabled. She’s had many back surgeries & it’s tough for her to get around. She had a wheelchair ramp in her backyard which she needed painted & staining. So we got to do some more painting...w/ the amount of hours I’ve put in painting on my mission I’d say it’s fair to say I qualify as a professional painter. But this was another great opportunity cause Karen bought us lunch & while over lunch Elder Hansen asked her many questions about her religious background & she opened up to us! I invited her a few times to come to church w/ us & that she would love it which she ever so sneakily dodged numerous times. But we will be going back to finish the job Thursday & sounds like she has more projects for us after that, so we will have many opportunities to continue teaching her while we serve her.
And there’s tomorrow. We will be doing a service project out at the ranch scraping & painting an old stall for holding horses. More painting...I feel like the Karate Kid out here with all this painting but I love it! Service softens hearts & invites the Spirit into our lives. If you’re struggling w/ your testimony, receiving an answer to a prayer, or anything really...go out & serve. You will not regret it. It brings joy.
People we’re teaching are doing well. We had the Loveland Stake Conference this last weekend & it was prolly the best one of my mission. Elder Perkins of the Seventy visited & was such a great man to listen to! Also P Crane threw it down!! I was feelin the Spirit strong & am grateful for inspired leaders which we have today. There truly is Peace In Christ but we gotta do something on our part to invite him into our lives, but as we do, he embraces us with His Arms of Mercy.
Exciting things happenin. I’m just lovin life. Peace & Love 🤟
Elder Bennett aka YOBOIGATOR 
I Really Really Love Painting 
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