Busy, Busy Week!

Dear family and friends,

 Things are really starting to pick up here in Lafayette 2. We are super busy all of the time. I love it. This week flew by. We were able to get a lot of work done.

 We were able to meet with Roshanna again this week. She has been sick and that’s why she didn’t come to church. She allowed us to serve her by cleaning up her kitchen and living room. I hope this was a good lesson within itself, that we care and love her. We did talk about eternal families with her. She likes the idea that her sister will be able to raise those children that she lost.

We had a lesson with Sister Collins. She is doing well. She even came to church and really enjoyed it. Some of it went over her head, but she liked church! She will be an amazing member. We were also able to answer some questions she has had.

 



 We also started to teach Brother Phipps this week. We found him tracting. He knew some members while he was in the army. He told us that he will be at church next week. He has been looking for a church actually. He moved her recently and is trying to find one that feels just right. He had lots of questions for us. One of them being, “Don’t be offended, but I thought black people weren’t allowed at the Mormon Church?” Brother Phipps being African American was confused why we were teaching him. We cleared that up. He has amazing potential.

 Sister Knight went to her neurologist this week. He thinks it is just migraines. He gave her medication. She will be getting an MRI and EEG though, just to make sure it’s nothing more serious. Hopefully everything will go well with her tests.

 I loved our exchange. It was super short, so we weren’t able to do as much as I would have liked. Sister Nielsen is an amazing missionary. We talked a lot during our exchange. She taught me the difference between testifying and bearing your testimony. She enjoys bearing her testimony at the end of the lesson to reinforce the points they have taught. Sister Nielson is an amazing missionary. She has a strong spirit. She knows what a good influence can do for another’s testimony. She’s not afraid to keep going.

 I am privileged to work with such amazing missionaries. This really is the best mission in the world. The small things matter. We are starting to see growth from the seeds we planted a while ago. We are excited to work hard.

 The pictures are from our travel to district meeting in Williamsport. We just so happened to get there right before the train. We got some smashed pennies. Super fun. The train conductor must have thought we were crazy running up to the track like that. Haha. Don’t worry mom we made sure the train was a safe distance away. Also there is a picture of Sister Guy, Elder Sperry, and me. We are the last remaining missionaries in Indiana from our MTC group. Lafayette 1: Elder Sperry, Lafayette 2: me, Lafayette 3: Sister Guy. We ended up all serving right by each other. Crazy huh!?

 Love, Sister Bennett