22 April 2013

This was a long slow week. I didn’t feel my best, but we pushed through. The start of last week was rough. I have been having a bad allergic reaction to something and I hit the climax Monday. I almost blacked out. I am doing much better now. I had my doctor’s appointment today and he thinks it is a medication I was taking. I’ve been off of it for a week and it has helped. Hopefully I continue to get better.  

 

So we got the call last night. I am staying and will finish training a sister! We have a 12 week training program that we do as missionaries. The sister I will be training has finished weeks 1-6 and I will be training her on weeks 7-12. I am so excited! Sister Fullmer is leaving and will also finish training a sister. I am going to miss Sister Fullmer. I know she will do great things. We have had so much fun together. She is an amazing missionary. Our time together has flown by.  She is such a strong person and missionary. She has done great things, and will continue to do great things. She is so happy. She sings all of the time and has a spring in her step. She wants to be better. We did hit a few hard spots, and we are stronger now because of them. I will miss her so much.

 

We have a new investigator. We found her by knocking on the wrong door. We visited her another time and prayed with her. We finally had our first meeting with her this week. We taught Roshanna the restoration. She told us that ever since we prayed in her home, the whole spirit in her house has changed. Good things are starting to happen. She told us that when we talk, she gets goose bumps and chills. We explained that she was feeling the power of the Holy Ghost. She loves to read and is excited to read The Book of Mormon.

 

We were asked to teach seminary this week. It was a lot of fun. We taught the Gospel of Jesus Christ. It was really good. Our transitions to and from each other are a lot smoother.   I thought it turned out very well. One of my favorite lessons thus far.

 

I loved church yesterday. We had ward conference. We talked about how our efforts should be focused on finding our gift/talent and then living up to that privilege. We talked about being strong women and I think Sister Collins is right. It will be the men looking for a return missionary instead of the other way around. President Ellis then talked to us. He told us, “You are doing much better than you think you are doing. Don’t get discouraged.” He then gave us all a blessing. It was sweet.

 

I am looking forward to this new transfer. Great things are happening. I love this work.

 

Love, Sister Bennett