Work, Work, Work

Dear family and friends,

Things are continually progressing with Roshanna. She believes that the time is here when her boyfriend Carl will pop the question. She is continuing to live the Word of Wisdom. We cannot teach her fast enough. She wants all of her family members to learn from us. She has convinced Carl’s dad to listen to our message. Her step-father was in and out of the room during two of our lessons. He was touched that we would leave our family, work, and school to come out here and preach the gospel. After we left he asked Roshanna what are names were. She told him, “Sister Bennett and Sister Caldwell.” He said, “I won’t remember that. I will just call them Jesus’s friends.” It is amazing to be recognized as a representative of Jesus Christ.

Ben feels that his faith is still shaky. He is slowly starting to build his faith back up. We had a spiritual experience while we were there with him. We talked a lot about prayer. He keeps telling us that he is praying for a sign to show him that what he is doing is right. Sister Caldwell felt prompted to tell Ben, “If you pray right now and ask God, he will answer your prayer.” Ben questioned, “How do you know?” She replied, “I just have a feeling within myself that you will get your answer.” He prayed. It was so sweet. He still asked for a sign, but this time I got the impression that by sign, he just meant a recognizable answer. I also felt prompted to share that I would pray for hours when I would drive to and from my home and college. Ben said that he was driving to Michigan for a wedding this weekend and he would take that time to ponder and pray about Christ and the Church. We have faith that he will receive an answer for his prayers.

We met with our bishop last night. We were able to talk about how to help the member’s with missionary work. It was short and went well. Our bishop asked us if we could meet more often to coordinate the work. Thing are looking up all of the time.

That broadcast last night was ah-may-zing! Members are so important to this work. We cannot do it without them. I will never be the same kind of member when I get home. “Every member a missionary.” The Lord is hastening his work. It is miraculous to be in the mission field at this time. Miracles are happening all around us. The younger generations of missionaries are fantastic. We are all learning and growing together.

I was very proud of myself. I hate singing in front of others. I roped my new companion into playing her violin for a musical number in sacrament. She roped me into singing for her song… I in turn recruited our zone leaders to sing along with me. As we met to practice, Brother Brinkerhoff decided that I should sing two whole verses by myself. I was frightened, to say the least. I pushed myself and it was beautiful. It turned out quite well. At least that’s what all of the members told us. The ward was so excited when they saw two elders in sacrament meeting. They thought the long awaited second set of missionaries had arrived.

In a week I will have a new mission president. I am staying the Indiana Indianapolis mission. One forth of my friends will be gone! I am excited to see what the future holds. I love you all. It is true, live it, and share it. Hope you are all doing well

Love, Sister Bennett your favorite sister missionary serving in Indiana! ;) Love you Sister Bennett Jr.

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