Hello family and
friends,
What an amazing and exciting
week! I started off the week by going on exchanges with Sister Farr! She is
such an amazing missionary with such a strong testimony. She asked for my help
with teaching the Plan of Salvation, which is probably my favorite lesson to
teach. I really enjoyed her testimony. She bore it often and made two of our
investigators cry. It was nice because that is something I’ve been working on.
The weather ended up being
horrible by the end of a day. Our trainers called us and said that President
Collins told them to stay put for now, and we would have to exchange the next
day. It was a long exchange, but I loved every minute of it. I was the one
driving though, and the roads were getting bad because of the snow. We were in
Seymour which is 25 miles away from our apartment. As we drove I was nervous.
The roads only got worse and then our phone died… *gulp* I turned on the CD
player. “I Need Thee Every Hour” came on. I started to sing it. A peace came
over me and I knew that God was with me and that we would get home safely.
Music can be a powerful means of drawing the Spirit closer to us. I am grateful
for good music. D&C25:12 is true, “For my soul delighteth in the song of
the heart; yea, the song of the righteous is a prayer unto me.”
On
exchanges we met Sister Ivy. I’ve met her once before and Sister Bonner had two
times before that. It was a miracle that we found her. She wasn’t home when we
got there, but walked up right as we were about to leave. She talked with us
for a little bit. She said she wasn’t ready to meet with us. She’s had a lot of
men wrong her in her past. Sister Farr testified of Heavenly Father and Jesus
Christ’s love for her. She started crying and said, “You know what? I want you
to come back and share your message.” What an amazing experience.
We
met with Brother McQueen and his wife sat in. We read with him because he
hasn’t been reading. His wife said that she’s glad her husband found something
he could believe in. She doesn’t see the need for another book besides the
Bible. She said, “As long as you’re coming in the name of Jesus Christ and
doing it out of love, I am fine with it.” I guess she ended up not being fine
with it because the next time we met with Brother McQueen his wife told us that
they had prayed and that they received an answer that this is not the path for
them. It was heart breaking. Brother McQueen couldn’t say much. I could see on
his face that he knows that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is
true. I’m sad it ended this way. One day he will become a member of our church.
We
went tracking this week and found a couple dozen 3x5 cards on the ground,
strewn across the roads. They had written on them, “Message from Heaven:” and
then John 3:16 written on them. It was fun to find them. We found 9 potential
investigators this week from tracking, all of them set up return appointments
as well!
Well
we got a call from President Collins yesterday… It wasn’t what anyone expected.
I am leaving North Vernon. Sister Bonner is staying and training someone else.
I am shocked that I am not training because we have so many new Sisters coming
out! We did have a sisters conference this week and President Collins told us
that we needed to trust his judgment and that those of us not training he need
our specific talents for a specific purpose. We need to look for that specific
assignment, find it, and then achieve it. I’m ready to do whatever the Lord
requires of me.
What
a bitter-sweet week coming up. I’ll miss the little Hoosier town of North
Vernon. I’ll be sure to let you know what area I’ll be serving in next. God
bless all of you! Listen to some good quality music that brings you closer to
God this week, will ya!? I hope all of you are doing well.
Much
love, Sister Bennett
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