Elder Riley Bennett: Week 68 Back To Back To Back Like Jordan 96,97,98

We spent lots of time traveling this week & spent half the week in Colorado. We had to leave Wednesday to go to Loveland for our exchanges w/ the AP’s & it’s about a 4 hour drive. On Thursday we were on exchanges & The Dream Team was reunited!! I was able to be w/ Elder Halladay for the day & it was a ton of fun! We got to teach together, do service together, minister, & catch up. Great day! On Friday we had our MLC meeting which was really good! Yo boiz went for the 3 Peat in the MLC quiz game

On our way back to Casper Friday we stopped in Laradise for dinner w/ a bunch of the YSA. It was so much fun & felt like home being back w/ them! We were able to have a great visit & I was able to minister to Joe & Loren which made the visit worth it. They bought Elder Fronk & I dinner :) Kevin was there too!! He’s being doing good, has started reading the Book of Mormon (Joe & Jordan have been reading w/ him), & is asking questions in his prayers! Such a huge step for him! It was so wonderful being able to see him, he had to take off pretty abruptly so I didn’t snag a pic w/ him.

We’re still teaching Zander & Xavier along w/ their grandparents. We taught them last night & it was so funny! We have a Plan of Salvation kit that when solved spells out “LOVE” and we tested them w/ it to see if they remembered it & it was so fun to watch! Right when we set it down immediately Zander was like “where’s pre mortal life...where’s the veil...where’s birth...and so on” it was really incredible to see how well they remembered it & how quickly! They had it done in like 30 seconds! Afterwards they both got up & started dancing & Zander said, “That made me feel like I’m on a sugar rush!” Hahaha I’ll tell ya teaching children Jesus Christ gospel is the greatest blessing. At the end Xavier gave the sweetest prayer, prayed for the world, his grandparents, us, President Nelson, and his brother Zander. He’s 7! His prayer blew me away! I think children are one of God’s greatest gifts on earth, they possess such a sweet & tender Spirit. No wonder we’re invited by Christ to become like children.

We also got to watch the Christmas Devotional w/ Michael & the Hillan Family! Such beautiful music & a blessing to hear from our prophet! My favorite quote was “If you ever think you’re too small to make a difference, you’ve obviously never spent the night with a mosquito.” BARZ. We can make a difference, never get discouraged! A great way to make a difference right now is w/ #LightTheWorld. I love the reminder it gives us during the holiday season of the true meaning & importance behind Christ commandment, “Love One Another.” Help someone out this Christmas & #LightTheWorld!