Hello!

Dear family and friends,

Our investigator, Sister Collins dropped us this week. She said that her husband and she had been reading up on things and decided that this wasn’t for them. It made us sad, but her uncle got in contact with us. He is a member and he said that he would try and work on her some more. Hopefully she will find the truth.

This week I took a moment and pondered how all of the lessons in chapter three could apply to our investigator, Ben. It clicked. This is what I should be doing with every investigator. Take the doctrine from Chapter 3 and then apply it to investigator A’s life. The doctrine in chapter three will answer any questions Investigator A might have. The doctrine is meant to be personal. It is up to the missionaries to make it personal. That is what made my MTC teachers so effective. I get it.

Ben is a former investigator who was given some anti material from his family. We had our first lesson with him. He told us that he wants to meet with us weekly! He told us that he wants to get back into it. After he stopped meeting with the Sisters before, he went back to his catholic church. It didn’t feel right to him, so he didn’t go back. He wants to know the truth. I shared a scripture with him. John 14:26-27. I almost didn’t read verse 27, but I felt prompted to share it as well. He loved the part about peace in verse 27 because that’s what he wants in his life right now. I cannot wait to teach him again.

We have a new investigator this week. His name is Ponch. He loved the message of the restoration of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. He is dyslexic and has trouble reading. We gave him a copy of The Book of Mormon anyway. I felt prompted to tell him that if he has the desire to read it, that God will help him. He agreed to say the closing prayer. In the prayer he asked, “Please help teach me to read this book.” What an amazing moment.

Love, Sister Bennett