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 🤟
If you feel so generous to send yo boi some food from Amazon...there’s the addy 

I ️ 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

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

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

Fort Collins, CO 80525

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 31 Deadliest Trio There Ever Was

This week was awesome! I love my companions and it’s such a blessing being able to work along side them and learn from them. Such homies. Being in a trio with these guys is so much fun! Love em.

This morning we went to the temple, bless up. Love going to the temple, such peaceful and wonderful feelings come from the temple I love it.

Here’s a quick update on investigators

Diana-Diana was baptized this Saturday into our ward! She has investigated the church for 40 years and was baptized Saturday. She was taught by Sisters by her request but we’ve been working with her in Gospel Principles class in church and are going to start recent convert lessons with her and the Sisters this week.

Ed- Ed is such a crazy fool! He talks so much and loves telling stories it’s so funny. He came to the baptism and pretty sure he was drunk as a skunk at the baptism haha. Anyway he still loved it and we went over Saturday night and taught him the word of wisdom. He said he’s scared to quit smoking and drinking and wants to eventually but kinda on his own time. He’s been smoking since he was 13!! But it was cool he came to church for all 3 hours and was sharing about what we taught him in Elders quorum. After Elders quorum someone came up to him and told him that he can quit smoking and that they recently just got over smoking.

Levy & Jana- Jana is progressing really well and reading the Book of Mormon on her own. She took the challenge to read and pray about being baptized!! Levy is solid and would already be baptized if it weren’t for his probation haha.

Darron Arnold-Watched Joseph Smith Prophet of the Restoration with him this week and he really liked it! He wants us to help strengthen his relationship with God before we start focusing on baptism.

Dennis Newberry- Dennis and his family are friends/neighbors with the Durtsche family in our ward and we made contact with him a couple weeks ago but taught our first lesson yesterday with Bro Durtsche there. It was so cool, we showed up and he had an older Book of Mormon on his table and said it was one his buddy from the Navy gave him 25 years ago and he’s held onto it since. He said “I’ve been through 5 moves in that time and still have it so there must be something special about it” That was so cool to hear! The lesson went great and he wants his family to have a strong relationship with Christ. We’re going to try and meet with all them in the Durtsche’s home this week.

RJ- RJ is so awesome! We met with her last night in the Williams home and she is so pumped for her baptism! She was getting the program all together and we went over the baptismal interview questions with her and everything went great! It’s been incredible watching her progression.

I love Loveland and the people here. The work is going amazingly! It’s pretty crazy to see the progression of this area since Elder Treanor and I got here. There hadn’t been a lesson taught in over 100 days and no progressing investigators. We’ve been blessed and it’s gonna be sad to leave here.

Much Love y’all 🤟

I  Love Jesus

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

                                 Freshest Trio

 

                                My girl Carol

                                         Ed

   

                                      Diana after getting Confirmed

                                     Mean Squad pics at the temple

m                 My boi Elder Reiswig goin home Saturday

Week 30 Were Training!

So this week was so amazing!! My heart is so full and feel so blessed. Absolutely high off missionary work and being a missionary I love it! So President called us up Sunday night and told us there was a new missionary coming inMonday and we’re going to train him. His name is Elder Thacker and he’s from Highland, UT, 18 years old. He was originally assigned to the England, Birmingham mission but went home after a couple months and was then reassigned to our mission! He’s such a stud and we’re so pumped to have him with us!

Do y’all believe in miracles?!? CAUSE RJ COMMITTED TO BE BAPTIZED MARCH 31ST!!! Throughout the whole week she’s been calling us telling us about her reading the Book of Mormon and what she’s getting out of it. She has just been flipping to random pages and reading. One night she flipped to Moroni 6 which talks all about baptism. Then she did it again later in the week!! Then while we were teaching our lesson Monday night she did it again and was like this isn’t coincidence haha it was great. We read the Title Page and Introduction to the Book of Mormon with her and then she wanted to continue reading the Testimony of the Witnesses and it all just clicked with her. She stopped and was like, “Wait, so The Book of Mormon is ancient history and stories that really happened?” And we were all like yes RJ and it just clicked for her! RJ who is the same woman that laughed at me a month ago when we invited her to be baptized on the 31st of March, committed Tuesday to be baptized on March 31st. Miracle. I know the only reason why this is happening is because we are doing the lessons in members homes and using them in teaching RJ combined with the spirit testifying of the truthfulness of this gospel to her. The difference the members make is incredible.

These past investigators Levy and Jana messaged the old missionaries from this area and told them that Levy wants to get baptized! So they got them in contact with us and we met up with them to start teaching them! That doesn’t just happen! Miracles!! So Levy and Jana are dating and Jana is pregnant with their son. Levy is an ex gang member and just got out of jail a month ago and said he found peace and God by reading the Book of Mormon in jail. He’s leaving for a rehab in Wellington in like a month and wanted to get baptized before he leaves. Unfortunately he’s on probation for the next 2 years so can’t until then but when we told him that he said that he wants to make the change and wasn’t phased by it! He’s such a humble man. Jana is 7 Day Adventist but she likes reading the Book of Mormon and is taking the lessons as well, we are seeing her progress a lot. Levy said something so cool the other day while reading the Book of Mormon. He said “All my life I’ve tried reading the Bible and been confused, but the Book of Mormon and the stories all just make sense and relate to me.” It was so awesome I was so happy!

Ed who showed up at church last week we taught this week and things went good there, he’s humble and has a sincere desire to learn. He was there at church on Sunday, suit and tie, such a baller! Ed is a crazy funny character!! He called us up Sunday night and told us he wants one of us to date his daughter cause we got our focus on the Lord and she needs a man like that in her life hahaha. Love Ed, such a character!

WE GOT MOONED!! Funny story from when we were out tracting, we met this older guy out in his driveway doing yard work and talked to him, gave him a copy of the Book of Mormon, offered to help out and he said he was okay. Then told us he’s had 7 back surgeries and proceeded to show us the scar on his back. He lifts up his shirt, and on his lower back you can see the scar already but he just pulls his pants down for whatever reason and straight up mooned us in broad daylight! Like cmon bruh! I looked over at Elder Treanor after and his face almost made me lose it, so dang funny.

We got to clean the temple on Monday which was so sick! We got a tour afterwards and got to go in the attic and down in the baptistery with the oxen. It was such a cool experience!

Today for District P Day we went to Zephyr Hats which was dope. Then we went to the park afterwards and played a bunch of games. Reminded me of being at the beach at Leo Carrillo playing poison and whiffle ball. Tender mercy cause I know I’m missing out on that trip with my family but at the same time I had an epiphany that I was with my new family in Colorado playing all those games and it’s like a wasn’t missing anything. Weird but it was special for me and just connected. God’s got his hand in all our lives and he finds unique ways to touch us that’s special to us individually and that’s because he knows us all individually and we are his children. Sorry bout the long email but honestly this week was so amazing I could’ve gone on a lot longer and I left a lot out haha. 

Love y’all. Make the time to sincerely read the Book of Mormon. It will change your life.

I  love Jesus

Elder Bennett aka yoboigator 

1715 N Wilson Ave. Apt. #308

Loveland, CO 80538

Temple cleaning squad

Rolled up on some horsies

Zephyr Hats...Elder Thacker is to my right in the picture

District Squad Pic

Week 29 High On My Mission

This week was so amazing!! So many miracles and tender mercies. To start off Elder Treanor and I taught seminary this morning and it was so fun! Reminded me of when I used to be in seminary and brought back a lot of funny memories. Our lesson went really well and the spirit was strong. The teacher came up to us after and told Elder Treanor and I that we teach so well together, so grateful for my companion and how well we get along and how much he teaches me, he’s so awesome! Then we went and hooped and my homie Elder Halladay, who’s in another zone, was at the church cause he had to take his comp to our building for a meeting so we got to hoop together, tender mercy seein that boi.

This week Colorado was having some beautiful weather, reminded me of Cali. Made it easy to go out and talk with people cause lots of people were on walks or doing stuff in their garages, we had a lot of success talking with people this week and got some solid potentials we’re looking to follow up with this week.

We were fasting and praying Sunday for our investigators to progress and an increase in our missionary work. We were blessed with a miracle. After sacrament someone came up to us and said there were some people in the foyer looking for us. We went out to find 2 guys in jeans and button up shirts. 1 was named Steve and he was a returning member who had just moved from Greeley, and the other was his friend Ed who’s not a member. So we talked with them a while and they came to gospel principles with us and Ed was loving it and participating and cracking jokes the whole time it was great! Then we gave him a Book of Mormon and he was excited to read it and was already calling it the word of God. We’re going to meet with him this week to start teaching him. WHAT A MIRACLE!!!

In sacrament meeting I sat next to Joe and RJ and RJ was asking me questions about going to the temple and I was like chill girl you gotta get baptized first. Nah just playin but I was hype that she was already talking about going to the temple like she knows it’s gonna happen! And she stayed all 3 hours which was huge for her!!

We taught RJ Monday and she told us about how she had been praying about baptism and that her neighbor Lucy, who’s a member in our ward, called her and told her that she had a dream where RJ was baptized and then she had a baby! This was HUGE to hear, cause Joe and RJ have been trying to start their family a while now and haven’t been able to. So that was incredible to hear!! The lesson went really well and now RJ is praying about being baptized March 31st!

Darron Arnold said he doesn’t think he’s ready to be baptized on the 10th but he wants to continue meeting and going to church, praying, and reading his scriptures before he is baptized. Please pray for him, the adversary is really working on him.

I got to interview a man named John on Friday for baptism and he is one of the most humble men I’ve ever met. He said the opening prayer for our interview and said, “Please bless my brother Bennett, I know I just met him but he my brother” He continuously bore testimony of Christ, Heavenly Father, The Book of Mormon, Joseph Smith throughout the interview. It was very touching for me and I learned a lot from him.

I love my mission. I love the people I’m serving. I love The Book of Mormon. I love my Savior Jesus Christ.

Please please please read the Book of Mormon if you haven’t! It is one of the single greatest decisions you could ever make. It is the word of God, and I know it was written for us today in these last days. It can bless and uplift you no matter what circumstances you’re in or trials you’re facing, it will always bring you the spirit and love of God unto your life.

Elder Bennett aka yoboigator 

1715 N Wilson Ave. Apt. #308

Loveland, CO 80538

                   1-This guy’s backyard we did service for

      

                  2-Beecher and Bennett

                     3-My main woman Carol who I sing with twice a week

             4-Dope service pic

              5-Zone Conference

               6/7-Squad

8-John’s Baptism and his brother Hue, love those guys. He was baptized by President McMurray