3rd over all! no wonder you liked all the weather. how did sam do? i hope you all have fun with kate and scott. how is the lake house coming? it will be nice to come home to the lake house. things are well here. this is almost for shure my last week in this area. but you never know. life as a missionary is full of ups and downs. a couple of our investigators that were going to get baptised disapeared, but we have a few that are getting baptised this weekend. that is the happiest time that we have, baptisms. and a missionary that left from our ward, told us through his mom to visit his friend, we were going to baptise him after church this next sunday, but when we went by his house in the morning, to bring him to church he wasnt home. so hell still get baptised but after i leave. its interesting how opposition makes happy times evern happier.
we went to the beach today and played socar. it was way fun. im going to finish the book of mormon in spanish this week. i love the story of the brother of jared. and how he excercied faith the lord couldnt hide himself from the brother of jared. and then he had a perfect knowlege and not faith, and he saw a vision of every one that was going to live on the earth. i hope finishing the bom will give my spanish a boost. im excited to go to a knew area. love you mom.
ben
Monday, July 28, 2008
Monday, July 21, 2008
mom
i was real excited last week, we had a buch of people progressing and we had about 8 baptismal dates. then only 1 of those baptismal dates came to church so about 3 might get baptised this transfur. that was a big blow and i was about as frustraited as i have ever been. but things are well. after, we visited the nonmember husband of a strong sister. when we got there, we heard the sister say "dont get mad, i didnt tell them to come by, but the missionaries want to talk to you" we were his friend and taught a little and im pretty sure that we are going to come back and help him build a second floor on his house this week. things are well here. i hope you and dad get called on a prosilyting mission. you would have so much success. i know this area pretty well and im happy to be here.
have you read in the ensign the article that is about helping the youth become leaders and has a ton of quotes from uckdtdorf? it is in the ensign from a month ago. i love it. it is a great article. i realy like ucktdorf he is a powerful man.
we went hicking today, we went to a little town on the edge of our area and hicked half an hour into the mountains with a member that lives there and we saw some realy cool waterfalls. one was more then 50 feet high. and we waded in to take a picture closer, it was way cool. ill try to send pictures after. love you thank you so much for everything. keep praying for me and my investigators.
ben
i was real excited last week, we had a buch of people progressing and we had about 8 baptismal dates. then only 1 of those baptismal dates came to church so about 3 might get baptised this transfur. that was a big blow and i was about as frustraited as i have ever been. but things are well. after, we visited the nonmember husband of a strong sister. when we got there, we heard the sister say "dont get mad, i didnt tell them to come by, but the missionaries want to talk to you" we were his friend and taught a little and im pretty sure that we are going to come back and help him build a second floor on his house this week. things are well here. i hope you and dad get called on a prosilyting mission. you would have so much success. i know this area pretty well and im happy to be here.
have you read in the ensign the article that is about helping the youth become leaders and has a ton of quotes from uckdtdorf? it is in the ensign from a month ago. i love it. it is a great article. i realy like ucktdorf he is a powerful man.
we went hicking today, we went to a little town on the edge of our area and hicked half an hour into the mountains with a member that lives there and we saw some realy cool waterfalls. one was more then 50 feet high. and we waded in to take a picture closer, it was way cool. ill try to send pictures after. love you thank you so much for everything. keep praying for me and my investigators.
ben
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
your trip sounds great. i think i want to go camping my first night after my mission. today we went to syulita, my favorite beach. we played socar and unlimate frisbee. its realy pretty. the waves were small this time but thats okay becaus we didnt go surfing. a good p day gets me excited to work the rest of the week. i cant beleive that sam is swimming so well. i wish that i had started training seriously when i was younger. or maybee the trick is hes just big for his age.
so if someoe is on the edge of getting baptised, what can we do to to help them tip the scale to get baptised? the work is going well. i contacted this guy that said he was going to get baptised in utah when he lived there but things kept comming up. and we went to visit him like 5 times and we couldnt find him. we were walking near his house friday and i thought why not well see if hes home one more time. he was home and he told us that he wants us to start planning his baptism. the only thin is that his wife is out of town and they have to get married before he gets baptised. i have worked hard here and we havnt had much succes, then all of a sudden, things keep falling into our laps. w went to a peuplito thats realy far from our house but still in our area, and there is only one member that lives there. he has a killer testimony and want to share the gospel with the whole town. hes very humble and sincere and i realy like him. he dosnt have a clue how to be a missionary but he realy wants to be one. from the weak and the simple great things are brought to pass. and he helped us find this less active lady that got baptised 8 days after she meet the missionaries. and her grand daughter came to church with her. we are going to have succes this change.
a seventy came a while ago and said that in door aproches, the longer we are on their door the more time they have to think of exccusses. he said that when he knocked and people said "who is it" he shouted "with permission" and walked into their house. he was kidding but we just say our names and that we would like to visit with them and talk about christ. then after we get to know them and try to win their confidence. in contacts in the street, i try to talk to them a little more, maybee find a need and promise the the gospel is what they need. but when it comes down to it, if they are hard hearted or not prepared right now they will be rude and if they are more prepared or more humble thell give us their adress.
oh i forgot to tell you my scripture size. i dont know it. they are taller then dads if in doubt to big is better thento small.
tell dad i think im getting cavities. i might be imagining it, but my molars are starting to ach and im not sure if i sould wait or try to see a dentist. let me know hwat you think. well i love you. im excited to hear your missoinary experience.
bye mom
ben
so if someoe is on the edge of getting baptised, what can we do to to help them tip the scale to get baptised? the work is going well. i contacted this guy that said he was going to get baptised in utah when he lived there but things kept comming up. and we went to visit him like 5 times and we couldnt find him. we were walking near his house friday and i thought why not well see if hes home one more time. he was home and he told us that he wants us to start planning his baptism. the only thin is that his wife is out of town and they have to get married before he gets baptised. i have worked hard here and we havnt had much succes, then all of a sudden, things keep falling into our laps. w went to a peuplito thats realy far from our house but still in our area, and there is only one member that lives there. he has a killer testimony and want to share the gospel with the whole town. hes very humble and sincere and i realy like him. he dosnt have a clue how to be a missionary but he realy wants to be one. from the weak and the simple great things are brought to pass. and he helped us find this less active lady that got baptised 8 days after she meet the missionaries. and her grand daughter came to church with her. we are going to have succes this change.
a seventy came a while ago and said that in door aproches, the longer we are on their door the more time they have to think of exccusses. he said that when he knocked and people said "who is it" he shouted "with permission" and walked into their house. he was kidding but we just say our names and that we would like to visit with them and talk about christ. then after we get to know them and try to win their confidence. in contacts in the street, i try to talk to them a little more, maybee find a need and promise the the gospel is what they need. but when it comes down to it, if they are hard hearted or not prepared right now they will be rude and if they are more prepared or more humble thell give us their adress.
oh i forgot to tell you my scripture size. i dont know it. they are taller then dads if in doubt to big is better thento small.
tell dad i think im getting cavities. i might be imagining it, but my molars are starting to ach and im not sure if i sould wait or try to see a dentist. let me know hwat you think. well i love you. im excited to hear your missoinary experience.
bye mom
ben
its good to hear that pop is okay. what does pop believe about god and the purpose of life? ask him for me.
we where knocking doors and we found this lady sule, she has 22 years or something like that and it kind of reminds me of your storry. she prayed and got an answer but hasnt been to church yet. we always comit to baptism on the second visit and she didnt accept, but she very excited to read the book of mormon. maybee in 25 years shell write to her son thats on a misson about those two elders, gutierez and the weird name that began with an L. how long did you wait before you were baptised? i hope that when i bear my testimony people feel it. i keep thinking that it would be so easy for people just to feel the spirit, be converted and become great leaders in the church, but i take a long time to learn and change, every one else is the as well.
i cant beleive the olimpics are going to start again. when do the light the torch? a 41 year old in the olimpics? wow. im impressed. i want to see the triathlon. that would be cool. the king lamoni story is cool. i cant remember it its his conversion or his fathers, but amon asks him if he beleives in god, and he dosnt know what that means, so he asks the king if he beleives in the great spirit. when the king says yes he tells him that that is god. then 2 pages later, he subtly says that god is a perfect man. what a great missionary, starting with what the king king beleived, he smoothly worked in that the great spirit dosnt exist but a perfect man who is our father.
i love the people here. this lady fransisca who ive been teaching, i feel like she is my sister or my mom or somthing like that. she had an interveiw with the bishop to help her know what to do so she can get baptised. in the spanish bom, im in 3 nespi 9. ill finish in about a month.
its rainning realy hard right now so we are just going back to clean the house today. well would love to go the bach house and surf and talk on the porch and read and all the cool things that we do in the summers, but it will be 10 times better when i get home. and im the happiest that ive ever been. love you mom ben
we where knocking doors and we found this lady sule, she has 22 years or something like that and it kind of reminds me of your storry. she prayed and got an answer but hasnt been to church yet. we always comit to baptism on the second visit and she didnt accept, but she very excited to read the book of mormon. maybee in 25 years shell write to her son thats on a misson about those two elders, gutierez and the weird name that began with an L. how long did you wait before you were baptised? i hope that when i bear my testimony people feel it. i keep thinking that it would be so easy for people just to feel the spirit, be converted and become great leaders in the church, but i take a long time to learn and change, every one else is the as well.
i cant beleive the olimpics are going to start again. when do the light the torch? a 41 year old in the olimpics? wow. im impressed. i want to see the triathlon. that would be cool. the king lamoni story is cool. i cant remember it its his conversion or his fathers, but amon asks him if he beleives in god, and he dosnt know what that means, so he asks the king if he beleives in the great spirit. when the king says yes he tells him that that is god. then 2 pages later, he subtly says that god is a perfect man. what a great missionary, starting with what the king king beleived, he smoothly worked in that the great spirit dosnt exist but a perfect man who is our father.
i love the people here. this lady fransisca who ive been teaching, i feel like she is my sister or my mom or somthing like that. she had an interveiw with the bishop to help her know what to do so she can get baptised. in the spanish bom, im in 3 nespi 9. ill finish in about a month.
its rainning realy hard right now so we are just going back to clean the house today. well would love to go the bach house and surf and talk on the porch and read and all the cool things that we do in the summers, but it will be 10 times better when i get home. and im the happiest that ive ever been. love you mom ben
ive been here for ever. and our area is kind of small. its rare to contact someine in the sreet that ive never talked to. its good though. we found 4 realy cool people this past week, 3 people who prayed and got an answer about the book of mormon the firts try. that had never hapened before. a 14 year old that reads the book of mormon every day and has to start working to help feed his little brothers and a man that came to the chapel one sunday and said that he liked it so much hell keep comming and wants to get baptised in 2 weeks. we also taught 47 lesson last week. 25 lessons is pretty normal for me thats almost double. and my new companion is a great guy. we ran a few times and we get along great. and my friend hector that got baptised but started smoking again a few weeks after is talking to the bisiop and his goal is to pass the sacrament before i leave. i wish i could be at the beach house with you. and val said that you are all going up to visit her in a few weeks, that would be great as well. i wish i could be there as well. and im going to miss the bike trip. its okay. this is more rewarding. give uncle sam a high five for me. i hope its done before i get home so i can road trip like crazy for almost no money.
oh and we were walking down the road the other day, and this man that was reading the book of mormon invited us over and asked us if we beleived in thisbook. we are going to visit him in a few days. there is a reason that im here for another change. as frustrated as a was when i found out.
ill try to remember that scripture about taking on the yoke of christ and being meek. im not meek but i think you are closser than i am. how is sam? care package express is the best way to send packages. i think its specificly for missionaries. check the rules for sending packages across the boarder so that there arnt any probles.
love you mom. bye
oh and we were walking down the road the other day, and this man that was reading the book of mormon invited us over and asked us if we beleived in thisbook. we are going to visit him in a few days. there is a reason that im here for another change. as frustrated as a was when i found out.
ill try to remember that scripture about taking on the yoke of christ and being meek. im not meek but i think you are closser than i am. how is sam? care package express is the best way to send packages. i think its specificly for missionaries. check the rules for sending packages across the boarder so that there arnt any probles.
love you mom. bye
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