Elder Riley Bennett: Week 80 Give A Hug-Light The World

We was teaching this family after having dinner w/ them and they got this cute little girl who is 4. We were sharing a message outta Come Follow Me for the week & were talking about Matthew 5:13-16 when Christ is talking about how we are the light of the world. Well we asked this little girl, “How can you light the world?” And she jumps out of her seat and shouts, “I CAN GIVE HUGS!”it was the cutest thing ever! Children are so innocent & the best, no wonder Christ has such a deep love for children. So, go light the world & give someone a hug :)

Well we got to meet w/ Haylie last night & that went amazing! Even tho we haven’t been able to meet w/ her for 2 weeks she’s still been reading, praying, and is still super solid! She is prolly the most mature 15 year old I’ve ever met & when we read scriptures w/ her & ask her questions she goes back to the scripture, analyzes it, ponders it, then gives the answer its pretty cool to watch how smart she is & how much she’s learning! We set the goal for her to be baptized March 30th!

Everything is going well w/ everyone else that we’re teaching & we also started teaching a new man named Jason. Jason just showed up at our church w/ his parents a couple weeks ago. Jason already has a testimony of the Book of Mormon & knows more doctrine than most members haha. He’s had a real rough life & has a super cool story about being Atheist & then coming to God & seeking out his church & he said after going to many other churches & searching he came to know thru the Book of Mormon that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is truly Christ Church! Jason is basically a member & has even held a calling at one point haha. He now wants his parents to be able to learn more so he’s been having them come to church w/ him. Jason’s being a missionary & he ain’t even a member! He struggles a lot w/ drug addiction & bad influences so unfortunately he’s on probation for the next 5-7 years but we love meeting w/ Jason! #ProbationIsTheWorrrrrst

This week has been one of goodbyes :( We said goodbye to Kennadee who got home from her mission in October & we had been meeting w/ her helping her out. She’s a real close homie & we’re excited for her future! She moved back to Iowa so we said our goodbyes to her. And we also said goodbye to Hermana Garza who is one of the biggest homiez in the mission! We’ve served around each other for 9 months! She had results that came back from the hospital that diagnosed her w/ M.S. so she needs to go home to get the care she needs. It was sad seeing her go cause she is someone who LOVES being a missionary & is an amazing one! But the Lord got a plan & she’s faithful in that.

Also transfers are next week & the Sisters that I came out with go home on Saturday!

Aight seriously now go light the world & give someone a hug :)

Peace & Love,

Elder Bennett aka YOBOIGATOR