tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43063201794420867832024-02-06T21:09:00.837-08:00Elder Connor Bennett's Odgen Mission BlogKristihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11554867504910633685noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4306320179442086783.post-57351574394139455662017-09-26T18:55:00.002-07:002017-09-26T18:55:48.417-07:00Receive HopeAlma 22:16 - "If thou desirest this thing, if thou wilt bow down before God, yea, if thou wilt repent of all thy sins, and will bow down before God, and call on his name in faith, believing that ye shall receive, then shalt thou receive the hope which thou desirest."<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">At zone conference<br /></td></tr>
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We have talked to well over 200 people this week and have found a couple of potential investigators that are working towards baptism. We have found a lot of people accept baptism but 90%of the people we have found don't live in our area so it's a bummer but it still exciting to help other areas out with people they can teach.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<br />I am super excited for General Conference this upcoming weekend! We get to go down to General Conference on Saturday Morning with two of our recent converts Sunshine and Breana. And then we will go to the Priesthood session later that night. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">Awesome view of the sun hitting the mountains after a long grey gloomy day, made it look like the mountains and trees were on fire!<br /></td></tr>
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We are super lucky we get the chance to go down to the Conference center and hear from our modern day Prophet and Apostles. Elder Jeffery R. Holland is my favorite Apostle by far and I love the way he testifies and teaches of Christ so I always look forward to hearing from him and am super excited because he will be coming to speak to our mission in February!<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<br />Today was our mission 5k and it went super well!!! It was pretty chilly this morning but then became warm as the day went on! </div>
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I ran pretty good, I don't know it's exact time but I feel like I ran 10x better than last time we did it. </div>
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No sit up or pushup contest this year so that made things go quicker. </div>
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We played a lot of basketball and football after lunch and then we got a giant mission picture in a form of a heart thanking the family that the movie Love Kennedy was about for letting us see it for free with our investigators and as a mission. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifsL7zsrmnQWjjxGXpz5KA-wpkW45JaNNKiccMJVMm4Zp6NfK2IPIuz_WLhl2i343gTOk_PhnPglDYO1F6Hx26n5L-vReYGJsWY8OJLzmEhsqZV6eIGYVZwX9u9VyqrLItibYs_GGVF6Nx/s1600/22046927_10210171798151530_6389153134443209071_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifsL7zsrmnQWjjxGXpz5KA-wpkW45JaNNKiccMJVMm4Zp6NfK2IPIuz_WLhl2i343gTOk_PhnPglDYO1F6Hx26n5L-vReYGJsWY8OJLzmEhsqZV6eIGYVZwX9u9VyqrLItibYs_GGVF6Nx/s400/22046927_10210171798151530_6389153134443209071_n.jpg" width="300" /></a><br /><br />Another than that I hope you all have a great week! <br />
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Kristihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11554867504910633685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4306320179442086783.post-14120949873248363392017-09-18T18:51:00.002-07:002017-09-18T18:51:42.224-07:00Find His Lost Sheep (& Puppies?)Alma 36:3 "And now, O my son Helaman, behold, thou art in thy youth, and therefore, I beseech of thee that thou wilt hear my words and learn of me; for I do know that whosoever shall put their trust in God shall be supported in their trials, and their troubles, and their afflictions, and shall be lifted up at the last day."<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<br /><br /><br />Hey everyone this week was a fairly good week, there was a lot of ups and a lot of downs. Well first I will talk about the ups this week. Well, we had transfers and my son Elder Tlustek and I are staying together for another transfer here in the Jefferson 1st ward in Downtown Ogden. We also have a lot of new faces in the Weber West Zone which is awesome. One of the common things among us missionaries is that if you come into the Weber West Zone you never leave, lol. There has been a handful missionaries that have been there, their entire mission so far. I have been in this zone since December so I have been here for a while as well, I have a feeling this is my last transfer here so I am going to make the most of it here! <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_dUHsqD_SN3Tc2pY6oGC6KnUyacbddZxTpuGrw1Aoh4nHPLAx_uhx55nRCKILQjdvPOWczH8iW2vCC2hnFh3BtZmDjtxld58UWltiSQTP0Fshu9UGLCxt1go4UbgKnsFWOQmcTfy4t0fY/s1600/20170916_145641.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_dUHsqD_SN3Tc2pY6oGC6KnUyacbddZxTpuGrw1Aoh4nHPLAx_uhx55nRCKILQjdvPOWczH8iW2vCC2hnFh3BtZmDjtxld58UWltiSQTP0Fshu9UGLCxt1go4UbgKnsFWOQmcTfy4t0fY/s400/20170916_145641.jpg" width="300" /></a><br /><br />We are teaching our recent coverts Sunshine and Bre still and helping them get to the temple. We have talked to them about family history and the mom is super excited to go and do family names in the temple!. <br /><br /><br />The weather has been amazing! Fall is my favorite time of the year. I love the cooler weather, wearing sweaters and the good food! This week the weather hovered in the 50-60s and let me tell you, weather has a huge impact on missionary work, we both felt like we had a ton of energy and it wasn't brutal walking all day in 80-100 degree weather so that has been nice!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirIkriFMjSbNGZFSyPQzMSKKdWR9rIVF6nXBVD1GsQg-8D2IWHt2IAaRLM6yj8VUfIdEjJkbFRQ4NiVWPni4RN437UMqngKe88k89Cofwo8Rs9Y6QvvOqssXbIexWBXIpT-jDgDSIdVdKh/s1600/received_345532719232766.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="1536" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirIkriFMjSbNGZFSyPQzMSKKdWR9rIVF6nXBVD1GsQg-8D2IWHt2IAaRLM6yj8VUfIdEjJkbFRQ4NiVWPni4RN437UMqngKe88k89Cofwo8Rs9Y6QvvOqssXbIexWBXIpT-jDgDSIdVdKh/s400/received_345532719232766.jpeg" width="400" /></a><br /><br />Well, a good week always has it's downs, a few of the downs this week were we had 6 or 7 people who told us they would be at church, including two of our investigators who are scheduled to be baptized next week who had to come to church today not show up so that's super frustrating as a missionary because you know how much it can bless their life! <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjupanMsh4qpjcmWp6nHFAbBVLxp8i1ioFfEXVrLNQGoHfnvBOgMPc4STpq_rW6r1r2uD_JAAXcCG614VYP_dUXYzgywPC0cf5_wpCP8AcZcW5eNk6LHMnDmihzYUWCJ78bBwmx_hWmRN2T/s1600/received_345532722566099.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="1152" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjupanMsh4qpjcmWp6nHFAbBVLxp8i1ioFfEXVrLNQGoHfnvBOgMPc4STpq_rW6r1r2uD_JAAXcCG614VYP_dUXYzgywPC0cf5_wpCP8AcZcW5eNk6LHMnDmihzYUWCJ78bBwmx_hWmRN2T/s400/received_345532722566099.jpeg" width="300" /></a><br /><br />One way I saw the Lord's hand in my life this week was the beautiful weather that allowed us to be outside all day and talk to a lot of people, we are currently in a finding mode right now for new people to teach and the Lord has provided ways for us to be out in His vineyard and finding His lost sheep. I hope you all have great week!<br />
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Kristihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11554867504910633685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4306320179442086783.post-25747973222423845222017-09-11T20:14:00.003-07:002017-09-11T20:14:43.322-07:00Come and Fear NotAlma 7:15- Yea, I say unto you come and fear not, and lay aside every sin, which easily doth beset you, which doth bind you down to destruction, yea, come and go forth, and show unto your God that ye are willing to repent of your sins and enter into a covenant with him to keep his commandments, and witness it unto him this day by going into the waters of baptism.<br /><br />Hey everyone, this past couple of weeks have been great! It's been busy with teaching, doing service, a baseball game, and baptisms.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4a0h-BKmBVZBQzrSpE8zxrXcXSCV19D55pMLaHY210qONmG-rN63OHcdGvTfeSfzZNfsf93Yq5HMVkxYZDSCdpTCx05nnLUN2gntx8k4TEQKyKa6VaHUw5nXqXnzPBVLKQBBH0Ql4I1jC/s1600/received_343277342791637.jpeg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4a0h-BKmBVZBQzrSpE8zxrXcXSCV19D55pMLaHY210qONmG-rN63OHcdGvTfeSfzZNfsf93Yq5HMVkxYZDSCdpTCx05nnLUN2gntx8k4TEQKyKa6VaHUw5nXqXnzPBVLKQBBH0Ql4I1jC/s320/received_343277342791637.jpeg" /></a><div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC8vBgTUH8W-6UELKr40Wofu80S1mwOSPrIWsvKgrkxoxPWYmhSWDcY6-t2fnxLb_TSoVQrvZs629Dgq9DIxRk8b4OPPGFG3lws3O_eFvIi0hTsN36SXWCnn7btOuMvG0tI77T5BdnMQF8/s1600/received_343277436124961.jpeg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC8vBgTUH8W-6UELKr40Wofu80S1mwOSPrIWsvKgrkxoxPWYmhSWDcY6-t2fnxLb_TSoVQrvZs629Dgq9DIxRk8b4OPPGFG3lws3O_eFvIi0hTsN36SXWCnn7btOuMvG0tI77T5BdnMQF8/s320/received_343277436124961.jpeg" /></a><br />We had the wonderful opportunity to baptize two of our investigators that we had been teaching for a few weeks now. Their names are Sunshine and Breana. We found Sunshine and Breana a few Saturday's ago street contacting. We stopped by and we started teaching them. The mom (Sunshine) said that she has met missionaries in the past before but never really took it seriously. Well we went over pretty much every single day teaching them and helping them find the truth. Breana(9 years old) is a very energetic loving girl. Sunshine is Breanas grandmother and has raised her since she was a child. It has been such a privilege to become Breanas Big Brothers and Sunshine sons haha, they told me and elder Tlustek that we are now part of the Lambert family. It was so awesome to get them baptized, it has been a long process. Sunshine has gone through 4 or 5 sets of Elder's/Sisters and we were so happy we were able to help her and Breana enter into the waters of baptism and receive the Holy Ghost! And right now we are working with Sunshine to get to the temple and she is excited to do family history as well!</div>
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<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8UKdVvr4dEvo3dd8f6FEXj1c8dHvsywONy6-MepYIGx7tREJVn5F8BYwxGxD_vtH5Mb8zfLbQlQ_qFI65Vhnwv4T0ftjiTfsZQBTtamd9cKXI0QrXiAqBt5TBbz7PJBuTiOtN16QuiGys/s1600/received_343277392791632.jpeg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8UKdVvr4dEvo3dd8f6FEXj1c8dHvsywONy6-MepYIGx7tREJVn5F8BYwxGxD_vtH5Mb8zfLbQlQ_qFI65Vhnwv4T0ftjiTfsZQBTtamd9cKXI0QrXiAqBt5TBbz7PJBuTiOtN16QuiGys/s320/received_343277392791632.jpeg" /></a><br /><br />On Friday we got to go to a Minor League baseball game in Ogden! 3 or 4 weeks ago we had a member of the church pull over and tell us that he works for the Ogden Raptors Baseball team ( Los Angeles Dodgers farm team) and we could go <span style="text-align: center;">to a game anytime we want and bring as many people as we want. We had the </span>opportunity<span style="text-align: center;"> to bring one of our Investigators (Hayden 12) who is planning on getting baptized on the 23rd of September. It was great because we have really good recent convert boys his age that went with us and helped fellowship him and by him getting comfortable with the boys he is gotten excited to go to church and spend time learning more. The game was awesome. The Raptors were down 7-3 going into the bottom of the 9th inning and they ended up coming back and winning on a walk off hit.</span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhSvdpfazlt6SAmRQpDhTm959pxAQTb2xM2Z6X_IZICFD4orp-U0V9ni88xHCOkIuMdZp9UjuELfQ7fMvgd9iZpsPEsgaDHMYDUzTRaaeWgcKH4AnBdoew4fedoiS9Rc1LP1xRHGUa35l1/s1600/received_343277419458296.jpeg"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhSvdpfazlt6SAmRQpDhTm959pxAQTb2xM2Z6X_IZICFD4orp-U0V9ni88xHCOkIuMdZp9UjuELfQ7fMvgd9iZpsPEsgaDHMYDUzTRaaeWgcKH4AnBdoew4fedoiS9Rc1LP1xRHGUa35l1/s400/received_343277419458296.jpeg" width="300" /></a><br /><br />We also had the oppurnity to do some service this week in West Point at a farm. We dug holes for fence post, Rewired fences, and cleaned up around the farm. It reminded me a lot of home back in Nebraska! <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Super good meal before the baseball game!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our mission posterity. Elder Beard-Barrett is my mission grandfather, then I'm the grandson and then elder Tlustek my son is the great grandson, all were missing is my dad (my trainer Elder Ballard)</td></tr>
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Kristihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11554867504910633685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4306320179442086783.post-50429221722020319102017-08-22T21:18:00.000-07:002017-08-22T21:18:03.759-07:00A Great Love for Missionary Work<br />Hey Everyone, I hope you all had a good week! So a lot has happened in the last couple of weeks. 2 weeks ago I became a Trainer aka a "Father"in the mission. I was pretty nervous at first but also super excited. As trainers we have a training meeting all day along side the greenies starting around 9 am and we didn't get to find out who our companion was until around 5, so the wait was killing me haha! I ended up getting my "son", his name is Elder Tlustek, he is from Bedford, Indiana and he is an awesome missionary. <div>
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Elder Tlustek and I get along super well! We like a lot of the same things and he has a great love for missionary work so it has been awesome. <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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On our first pday together we had the privilege of being able to go the temple together! It was such an awesome day! </div>
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The weather was great. On Wednesday of last week we had our annual zone conference, it was a pretty big zone conference because of two things, first off, our entire mission got smartphones! Our mission is only the second mission in the world to have them and we as a Utah mission are lucky because we get to pilot a lot of the new stuff the church is trying out. The smartphones have data and make getting numbers a lot easier, we can have group text among our mission and overall is a huge upgrade from our old slide phones haha. </div>
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Secondly we found out that Elder Jeffery R Holland is coming to our mission in February to do a conference! Crazy to think that I will be out 19 months by then! I'm also really excited because he is my favorite apostle!<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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On Saturday we had a baptism for a boy named Traxton (9) his family and him moved to our area about 4 weeks ago and we found them and started teaching him and got him baptized. I was super excited for Elder Tlustek that he got to have his first baptism and do the baptizing. Right now we have about 6 people on date for baptism who we are working with so the work is going great here.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="text-align: start;">17 Wherefore, do the things which I have told you I have seen that your Lord and your Redeemer should do; for, for this cause have they been shown unto me, that ye might know the gate by which ye should enter. For the gate by which ye should enter is repentance and baptism by water; and then </span>cometh<span style="text-align: start;"> a remission of your sins by fire and by the Holy Ghost.</span><br style="text-align: start;" /><span style="text-align: start;">18 And then are ye in this strait and narrow path which leads to eternal life; yea, ye have entered in by the gate; ye have done according to the commandments of the Father and the Son; and ye have received the Holy Ghost, which witnesses of the Father and the Son, unto the fulfilling of the promise which he hath made, that if ye entered in by the way ye should receive.</span><br style="text-align: start;" /><span style="text-align: start;">19 And now, my beloved brethren, after ye have gotten into this strait and narrow path, I would ask if all is done? Behold, I say unto you, Nay; for ye have not come thus far save it were by the word of Christ with unshaken faith in him, relying wholly upon the merits of him who is mighty to save.</span><br style="text-align: start;" /><span style="text-align: start;">20 Wherefore, ye must press forward with a steadfastness in Christ, having a perfect brightness of hope, and a love of God and of all men. Wherefore, if ye shall press forward, feasting upon the word of Christ, and endure to the end, behold, thus saith the Father: Ye shall have eternal life.</span><br style="text-align: start;" /><span style="text-align: start;">21 And now, behold, my beloved brethren, this is the way; and there is none other way nor name given under heaven whereby man can be saved in the kingdom of God. And now, behold, this is the doctrine of Christ, and the only and true doctrine of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, which is one God, without end. Amen.</span></div>
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Hey Everyone. It has been awhile since I have written a blog! Don't worry I haven't died, haha! I am doing fantastic, I am just super lazy about writing my blog!<br /><br /><br />Well I don't know where to begin It has been so long since I last wrote, well first off I am doing Fantastic, right now I am serving in an area called "J1" My area covers downtown Ogden from 24th-30th st, Jefferson to Wall, so it is not a huge area but it is still pretty big. Me and my companion only cover one ward which is awesome. This ward has so much work to be done and with so many people who move in and out of Ogden there is always someone to teach. <div>
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My area is what the mission calls "Legendary" my area is awesome because every single day we see so many walks of life, from homeless people to tourists to normal every citizens. There is always something new that happens in downtown Ogden. There hasn't been a single day since I have been here that I haven't not heard the sirens go off at least 2 or 3 times haha. There is always something going on downtown like a marathon or movie night or something. There is also these taco stands downtown in front of the Capital building that are super popular so many people go down there and buy these Authentic Tacos, I have had them a couple times they are pretty good!<div>
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<br /><br />We are super busy here in this area every single day. Something our mission has been doing lately is keeping track of OYMs, I2Bs, and New. So OYM stands for Open Your Mouth. How we track <span style="background-color: yellow;">OYMs </span>is you have to street contact someone you don't know and share a gospel principle or invitation and that counts as one, if there was a large group of people and I was talking to the whole group that would still count as just 1. I2B stands for Invitation to Baptism so that is how many times you invite someone to baptism,we are taught to invite as many people as we can and New means a New Investigator. In order to get a new Investigator you must invite someone to be baptized( they can accept or reject the invitation) and then set up a return appoint for us to come see them again. So we are busy OYMing people all day long finding those people who are ready to receive the gospel and come closer to Jesus Christ. Our area has the highest amount of OYM in the entire mission. The other day me and my companion broke the mission record for OYMs we had OYM:74 I2B:13 and new:5. It was a pretty great day and we had 5 lessons that night so we were non-stop talking to everyone we could.<br /><br /><br />These last couple of weeks we have found a lot of people and have been working with a lot of people for baptism. On Saturday, we baptized a lady named Hailey. Hailey is awesome she has been getting the lessons for about 3 months now but finally felt like she was ready to be baptized. She is great to teach and has a special desire to come closer to Christ everyday which is amazing! </div>
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On Sunday we baptized a kid named Brent. Brent has a unique story, so Brent is 21, he has had rough start in life and he is currently homeless, we found Brent OYMing one day and he said he would like to be baptized. Typically we are pretty skeptical when we teach homeless people because it is hard to communicate everyday with them and typically they are never in the same place. Well Brent had a tablet and so we were able to have a lesson with him everyday and he never missed a lesson. We were originally supposed to baptize Brent on the 15th of July but his aunt bought him a bus ticket so he could move back to Colorado and live with her but he still really wanted to be baptized so we moved the baptism to Sunday and it was super awesome, there a different light in his eyes that I had never seen before after he came up out of the water, it was so cool! </div>
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We also have another baptism next week for a lady named Veronica she is awesome as well!<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">I got permission to go to lunch with my cousins & aunt & uncle<br /></td></tr>
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<br />Here are bunch of pictures from the last couple months:</div>
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Kristihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11554867504910633685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4306320179442086783.post-31709643378785687292017-04-24T20:43:00.005-07:002017-04-24T20:43:55.284-07:00A Great Couple of Weeks<div>
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Hey Everyone! these past couple of weeks have been a great! I am not sure what all to talk about but I will just tell you about some of the highlights, so Easter was a couple weeks ago and it was a great day, we went to three sacraments and heard a lot of great talks! <div>
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For dinner we had authentic German food and it was really good, we had some sort of beef wrapped in bacon, noodles, mashed potatoes and gravy, rolls, green beans, cabbage, and to top it off strawberry shortcake, it was a great meal! <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix-_AEQY_zFvHR8YzV6KnhXEMajooirXplB8aMOgLfoE0sPGJ4EoBcM3zOKy6Wcff3dMt6DYrzR7KrwnPeLtUYIYdLg8nI7Alc8dfqprBX4o6o_rZQxXTApHWBTAP_pEPqIMKCTEonNi1g/s1600/received_283218935464145.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix-_AEQY_zFvHR8YzV6KnhXEMajooirXplB8aMOgLfoE0sPGJ4EoBcM3zOKy6Wcff3dMt6DYrzR7KrwnPeLtUYIYdLg8nI7Alc8dfqprBX4o6o_rZQxXTApHWBTAP_pEPqIMKCTEonNi1g/s400/received_283218935464145.jpeg" width="300" /></a><br />It was pretty crazy to hear about the Tornado right next to my hometown and after seeing footage and pictures and how everyone got to see it form right in front of there eyes I was really bummed and wished I could have been there to see it! <div>
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We did a service project for the American Red Cross again and instead of installing this time we got tshirts and just went around and set up appointments! It was a pretty fun because there was a lot of missionaries and we love getting free stuff as missionaries haha!</div>
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<br />We had zone conference last week and it is always great to get together with the whole zone and learn from our awesome mission President and his wife Sister Jaggi. <div>
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Also this last Saturday My district put on a Missionary Training Center Youth Experience for 3 stakes, involving youth interested on going on missions ages 16-19. Well the turnout wasn't as great as we hoped but it was understandable considering we had to change the location of the building last minute like 3 times which lead to confusion and people going to the wrong place. But anyways each companionship from our district taught classes, there was how to prepare for a mission, mission life, how to teach the gospel to your friends and how to use the Book of Mormon. It was really fun to teach all the youth and at the end we had President Jaggi do a question and answer with them which was awesome!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZWf7xztnJ6JsfKzs2BXHNEpFOveVpyYBDSnOb-vKsANAw5X1tvGFoGxrOPA3buKBi-HsPp1HpFLD-zSqH1Qx3qAaxR8ObrAIh7IPegK8xoRE96Iy1QhPPDZsa3QXlOsETr9tAu0wypkEB/s1600/received_283219112130794.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZWf7xztnJ6JsfKzs2BXHNEpFOveVpyYBDSnOb-vKsANAw5X1tvGFoGxrOPA3buKBi-HsPp1HpFLD-zSqH1Qx3qAaxR8ObrAIh7IPegK8xoRE96Iy1QhPPDZsa3QXlOsETr9tAu0wypkEB/s400/received_283219112130794.jpeg" width="400" /></a><br />Well I hope you all have a good week!<br /><br /><br />-Elder Bennett <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Kristihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11554867504910633685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4306320179442086783.post-39255456327998253352017-04-05T15:19:00.003-07:002017-04-05T15:19:54.184-07:008 Months & A New Companion<br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">Hey everyone, I apologize for being super lazy on writing my blog! But I hope everyone has had a good couple of weeks recently! I know I have! So these past couple of weeks have been pretty busy, a couple of weeks ago we did a service project in a mobile home Park. We were working with the salvation army and going door to door offering free smoke alarms, it was actually pretty fun because it was a different service project and going door to door is nothing new for us as missionaries. We found it funny when we would go up to a door or to a porch and they would say " not interested" and then we would say " well do you even know what we are doing" and then we would tell them and then they would become the nicest people in the world haha. Each companionship was assigned an area. Me and my companion Elder S</span>coresby<span style="text-align: center;"> installed 23 smoke alarms total and the next closest group installed 5.</span><span style="text-align: center;"> </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">Dinner with the Johnsons<br /></td></tr>
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We went on a district blitz to a trailer park home and not a lot of people answered but we had a cool experience, I was with one of the APs, Elder Castillo, and we knocked on a door and like a 95 year old lady answered, she could barley hear what we said and we basically had to shout but we showed her the Mountains to Climb video and I don't know if she could even hear a word they said but she was crying as she was watching it and I knew it was the Spirit touching her heart! <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ5idZfOTI3w6zZnzvsOI64S_t2P8Um7PQdacTsfYuVcdkjMMBQ4B_LFJV14kU72OnDqapB2HbZof4pbcKOqn6D2MjjORPB-V2M1t4s2KYvfq3rOd8NxnaepP76zGtDZS1oGSVCiLKVW_7/s1600/17619266_269513890167983_133755347_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ5idZfOTI3w6zZnzvsOI64S_t2P8Um7PQdacTsfYuVcdkjMMBQ4B_LFJV14kU72OnDqapB2HbZof4pbcKOqn6D2MjjORPB-V2M1t4s2KYvfq3rOd8NxnaepP76zGtDZS1oGSVCiLKVW_7/s400/17619266_269513890167983_133755347_n.jpg" width="400" /></a><br /><br />Last Monday we found out about transfers , I found out that I was staying here in Roy and my companion Elder Policarpio was going to Mt. Fort, my new companion was Elder Atkinson, I literally knew nothing about him or who he was. On Tuesday we spent most of the day just having Policarpio pack and then going and visiting people that Policarpio wanted to say goodbye too. On Wednesday we went to the office and I met my new companion Elder Atkinson, he is a pretty awesome Elder. He is from Billings Montana, he has been out about 5 months, and he is tall haha! <br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">With Elder Atkinson<br /></td></tr>
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Later this week we got quite a surprise so originally in the area I cover there is 7 wards in the stake, we cover 3, the sisters cover 2, and the senior couples cover 2. Well, anyway due to a visa waiter the sisters that cover 2 wards have to go to another area to be with the other sisters so now we inherited two new wards which is exciting because it's something different and more potential for baptisms which is great, so we have been pretty busy working on transitioning in the two new wards. <br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<br />General Conference was this weekend and it was awesome! The General Conference sessions were good, we took the Front Runner up with a big group to the Saturday morning session. <div>
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I had 12 extra tickets because a family we were supposed to bring didn't come. When we got there it was time to get in line so I saw a couple holding up 2 fingers saying they needed two tickets, so I gave some to them. Next thing you know, a huge group of people came up to me and were asking for tickets, I handed out 12 tickets in less than 30 seconds haha. We got checked in and were walking to our seats when Elder Ballard's family texted him and said, " Hey we need tickets, do you guys have any?" and we both looked at each other haha. I felt really bad because we had 12 tickets , they didn't end up getting to go to the morning one. We didn't have tickets to the Saturday pm session or priesthood so we just listened to what we could of it outside as we toured the different buildings around there.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">Temple Square<br /></td></tr>
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Then on Sunday our landlords made pancakes so we went upstairs and tried watching the morning session but they had little kids running around and it was hard to hear, but anyways we had Sunday pm session tickets so we had our landlord take us to the Front Runner station where the bus stop is (Front Runner closed on Sunday) and we waited for the bus at 12. Well, come to find out the Sisters, who were giving us tickets, told us the wrong address, we were at 1250 state Street, and the bus stop was at 200 state Street, and the bus leaves at 12:30 and it was 1215 when they called so we ran the whole way there a mile and half in the pouring rain only to miss the bus. So we had our senior couple come get us and take us down, luckily we got there in time. We went to the session and then got back on a bus home.<div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">Adam's Canvyon<br /></td></tr>
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For pdays they have been pretty relaxed a lot of the past pdays have just been napping and board games,although we did hike to the waterfall at Adam's Canyon so that was fun! I hope all of you have a good week!<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">Getting Soaked on our Hike<br /></td></tr>
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Kristihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11554867504910633685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4306320179442086783.post-53952026374586865812017-03-14T21:30:00.004-07:002017-03-14T21:30:41.205-07:00Serving with a SmileHey everyone, I hope everyone has had a great couple of weeks! These past couple of weeks have been great! So quite a bit has gone on this past couple weeks and we have been super busy, which is a great problem to have being a missionary! <br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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So within these last two weeks I went on exchanges with our district leader in an area called J1. This is the area in downtown Ogden with a lot of the interesting people. I had a blast while being there for a day, we met so many unique people and it such a different area it kept me on my toes and it got me excited to hopefully serve in this area one day haha. <br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<br />The weather has been fantastic out here lately. The cold has finally gone away and we have been in the 60's and up for the past week and a half and I couldn't be happier! It is so much better to get out and walk around in nice weather and we see way more people outside which is great!. We have done so much service this week just from walking around and asking people if they needed help! The weather is getting everyone out and it is nice to get to know the members, less actives, and non members. We have helped people pull weeds, build fences, clean out garages, help move things, and much more!<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<br />So we are still having pretty good success with people we are teaching.We are teaching a boy named Ricky (9 year old) he is on date for March 31st best case, April 8th worst case. We gave Ricky a children's Book of Mormon and with 2 hours we came back for a lesson and he had read 5 chapters and pretty much knew everything we talked about so that was awesome. <br />
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Rianne the 10 year old girl who is on date for the 18th is not looking like that will happen, her parents are so busy it is so hard to meet with her. Plus there is no support from them for coming to church so we are working on that. Holden Pratt who is on date for the 25th is not looking super solid for that date just because same situation he has no support at home and getting to church is a hard for him so we are hoping and praying it works out. But other than that we are just working with a lot of less actives and searching everyday! <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDUCHj_yEtPsvppI_kIdHRWLwzmk9tEHmswnDkfEkG-EIYacn-y3rCVrLfIZxkq0FFYlIB-DTFhHccpeKOeyL8qzBfDgLS0FPRauvUb6nT90xRNMTO1zyrgVepCPjtmEImu2CXVrCVeKID/s1600/17352982_263015980817774_1032496564_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDUCHj_yEtPsvppI_kIdHRWLwzmk9tEHmswnDkfEkG-EIYacn-y3rCVrLfIZxkq0FFYlIB-DTFhHccpeKOeyL8qzBfDgLS0FPRauvUb6nT90xRNMTO1zyrgVepCPjtmEImu2CXVrCVeKID/s400/17352982_263015980817774_1032496564_n.jpg" width="300" /></a><br /><br />So these past couple pdays have been super busy and filled with mostly all basketball! This last pday we started our mission wide March Madness tournament. The tournament is a 4v4, zone vs zone tournament. The games are two ten minute halves. This last pday we played each zone to determine the tournament seeding. We went 3-1 and did really good, we lost to the other number 1 seed barely but I was proud of my team considering we were the only team that had zero subs all day. We got the number one seed on one side for the tournament next week which should be fun!<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<br />Mosiah 2:16-17<br /><br />16 Behold, I say unto you that because I said unto you that I had spent my days in your service, I do not desire to boast, for I have only been in the service of God.<br />17 And behold, I tell you these things that ye may learn wisdom; that ye may learn that when ye are in the service of your fellow beings ye are only in the service of your God.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<br />Being a missionary gives you great opportunities to serve! I encourage all of you to look for opportunities this week to serve someone!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif_DxoIcxBYePNSS91LcOOwmH6BgmhS0zbJqbgWGVm_2wEVxw1JopULqXwsgqDyXVbrt78V-o1nV9eV_eBDeUbP70tuRs3TF7M9bV15h5R-zWOAF_BZcPKYHB3xaXlMGXEUJmjqabbyo4z/s1600/17352821_263033040816068_528158205_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif_DxoIcxBYePNSS91LcOOwmH6BgmhS0zbJqbgWGVm_2wEVxw1JopULqXwsgqDyXVbrt78V-o1nV9eV_eBDeUbP70tuRs3TF7M9bV15h5R-zWOAF_BZcPKYHB3xaXlMGXEUJmjqabbyo4z/s400/17352821_263033040816068_528158205_n.jpg" width="300" /></a><br /><br />-Elder Bennett Kristihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11554867504910633685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4306320179442086783.post-2381498855375784182017-02-28T20:28:00.000-08:002017-03-01T06:56:16.887-08:00Blessed for our Efforts<span style="text-align: center;">Hey everyone sorry I have been really slacking on my blog lately so I apologize for that, I will do my best to be better about writing one each week! These past couple weeks have been super busy 2 weeks ago we went on exchanges with our Zone Leaders Elder Jones and Hutchison, it was a great time. It's always nice to work in a different area and with a new companion every once in a while. The ZLs cover a lot of trailer parks areas and so it is always fun to go an tract there! You sure do find some interesting people. We did some service up in Ogden couple weeks ago at the Ogden a bike collective. It's a shop where people donate bikes and they repair them there and sell them for half the price. It was pretty fun because we got to repair a lot of bikes, we put on new tires, wheels, chains, etc. It was nice to switch it up and have something different for service. </span><br />
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Stake Conference was this week in the area I covered and it was really good. On Saturday we helped set up the stake center with tons of chairs and tables for a dinner before the Stake Conference, I guess it was something new they decided to try this year, but it was really good. Both the adult and Sunday session were great and had a lot of good insights and I learned a lot. It was pretty surprising to me because the stake center itself was nearly empty. We got there 10 minutes before it started and we had a nice soft seat, a lot of the wards just went to there home building to watch it. <br />
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This last week we did service up at the Salvation army and this time all we pretty much did was hang up clothes from boxes in the back warehouse. I was pretty lucky because just by working back there I found a brand new pair of black church shoes my exact size with the stuffing still inside the shoe and the tags, and I found a heat pad for my back which I hurt earlier that week playing basketball. So I was pretty blessed to find both of those!<br />
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The weather has been crazy this last week. One day it's 60 degrees and the next it's 20 and snowing. I am so done with the winter time and am ready for spring! Earlier this week we were walking and it was sunny and warm and all of sudden it started snowing super hard and so we bundled all up and got covered in snow and then 10 minutes later we are taking all our stuff off again because if got super warm, the weather needs to make up its mind haha. <br />
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These past couple pdays have been pretty busy. We have been playing a lot of basketball lately, getting ready for our mission March Madness tournament, and this last pday we went to Rush FunPlex with a lot of missionaries and had a good time bowling, laser tagging, and go Karting.<br />
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Also our area is starting to pick up, we put a 11 year old boy on date for March, and a 10 year old girl on date for March as well, and are teaching 3 more people who could be on date soon, so the Lord has definitely been blessing us for our efforts. <br />
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We had Zone Conference this week and again we were asked to prepare a 3 minute talk to share for<br />
zone Conference and the topic of this talk was pride, the talk was called beware of Pride by Ezra Taft Benson, I'll post my talk on here, it was a super good eye opening talk and can be found in the 1989 general conference session if you would like to read it. Anyways I hope you all have a good week!!<br />
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I am grateful for this opportunity I have to speak today, so the topic is Pride and I was actually pretty excited to read and learn more about this topic because this something we all struggle with, and as missionaries we are always striving to improve ourselves. When reading this talk Ezra Taft Benson shared many various examples of Pride that are found in the Book of Mormon as well as the Old and new testament, and something I've learned throughout my life is that if you hear something more than once it must be something that shouldn't be put to the side , and it is evident here that Pride has been something that we have struggled with for a long time. <br />
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President Benson mentions some different ways we struggle with Pride. He said Disobedience is essentially a prideful power struggle against someone in authority over us. It can be a parent, a priesthood leader, a teacher, or ultimately God. A proud person hates the fact that someone is above him. He thinks this lowers his position.<br />
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Another one is selfishness, he said Selfishness is one of the more common faces of pride. “How everything affects me” is the center of all that matters—self-conceit, self-pity, worldly self-fulfillment, self-gratification, and self-seeking.<br />
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Another face of pride is contention. Arguments, fights, unrighteous dominion are all examples of this, Contention in our families as well as in our companionships drives the Spirit of the Lord away. It also affects our missionary work. Contention ranges from a hostile spoken word to worldwide conflicts. The scriptures tell us that “only by pride cometh contention.” <br />
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But With every problem we face there is always an answer or an Antidote in which he calls it. The antidote for pride is humility—meekness, submissiveness. It is the broken heart and contrite spirit. Alma 23:7 is a great scripture that talks about some of the antidote, it says- And now I would that ye should be humble, and be submissive and gentle; easy to be entreated; full of patience and long-suffering; being temperate in all things; being diligent in keeping the commandments of God at all times; asking for whatsoever things ye stand in need, both spiritual and temporal; always returning thanks unto God for whatsoever things ye do receive.<br />
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Some other ingredients to the antidote or cure to pride is;<br />
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*We can choose to humble ourselves by conquering enmity toward our brothers and sisters, esteeming them as ourselves, and lifting them as high or higher than we are.<br />
*receiving counsel and chastisement.<br />
*forgiving those who have offended us.<br />
*rendering selfless service.<br />
*confessing and forsaking our sins and being born of God.<br />
*loving God, submitting our will to His, and putting Him first in our lives.<br />
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And probably my favorite one is We can choose to humble ourselves by going on missions and preaching the word that can humble others. In closing I am grateful for the opportunity that we all have to be on a mission here and to not only help other people but see improvement in our lives, I am grateful for the teachings of the church leaders and the power of the book of Mormon, and I say these things in the name of Jesus Christ Amen.</div>
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Kristihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11554867504910633685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4306320179442086783.post-89550391218865856672017-02-15T19:57:00.000-08:002017-02-15T19:57:00.064-08:00Slowly ProgressingHey everyone, I hope you all had a great week! This week was a pretty relaxed week not a whole lot went on! This had a few lessons with people that went good, we are doing a lot of less active work out here In this area which is good but we hope to find some new unbaptized! Transfers were this week and me and my companion aren't going anywhere but my good buddies Elder Mulberry and Elder Ballard got transferred to different areas and zones so I was pretty bummed about that! <br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<br /><br />This week the weather has been so great! There was one day this week that it got up to 58 degrees, it felt so good!! All the snow has nearly melted and it's been hovering around the 40s lately which has been great and I really hope it stays that way! This week was kind of lucky we somehow managed to be taken out to Village Inn twice this week! I love Village Inn and am a huge breakfast fan no matter the hour, so that was great. On Thursday we had a really fun zone activity, we received training on how we needed to invite everyone we come in contact with to baptism whether they choose to accept or not is their choice. So we all split up and went to different areas and tracted for an hour, I went with Elder Jones and we had an awesome time talking to people and inviting <span style="text-align: center;">them to baptism! </span><br /><br /><br /> This week we had lessons with one of our investigators Ricky. He is slowly progressing but he has great friends in the church so that always helps. We also had a guy who was super close to baptism but backed out at the last second, and we had been visiting him periodically and left with him a Book of Mormon and reading challenge and one day just randomly he stopped us when we were walking and asked for our number and said maybe we can finish what I never got done, so that was awesome. We also had two investigators at church this week which awesome. On Monday we lifted, played basketball for a few hours, napped for a long time, had dinner, found some names for the temple, and then had FHE up in Ogden. On Valentine's Day we get to go to the temple! <br /><br /><br />Hope you all have a good week! <br /><br /><br />-Elder Bennett <div>
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The ND state shirts are because of Sister Berney who is next to me, her dad is originally from Nebraska and she always makes fun of me because I'm from there because she hates Nebraska. I guess she goes there every year to her grandma's and it's a little podunk town so she hates it. She got us all t-shirts so we would "know" which state is better.Kristihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11554867504910633685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4306320179442086783.post-75071090548432519792017-02-08T17:50:00.001-08:002017-02-08T17:50:46.187-08:00Time is Flying- 6 Months in the Mission<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
Hey everyone sorry for missing last week's blog I am going to combine these two weeks into one!! Well these past couple weeks have been pretty good ones! Well the week of the 23-30th of January was pretty busy. It was snowing pretty hard all day on Pday and so we just hung out at home and then we were supposed to have FHE with one of the mission counselors but it got cancelled due to the weather so we went to the Haupts house where we eat every Monday and had FHE with them and played games!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRW3Jbc8cl36Msb74hiOnmgIf2ORIRMbKujlTLf-IsvYMZQ0-WOcz5bsOks74iSX2xWw9OOXAbLEcHgrsAOlFzf-K95UbMkZ1jRqMORL7gilcbGb0mgLaTtrgbCotndCU0BfLBKGIFHbfh/s1600/received_246858682433504.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRW3Jbc8cl36Msb74hiOnmgIf2ORIRMbKujlTLf-IsvYMZQ0-WOcz5bsOks74iSX2xWw9OOXAbLEcHgrsAOlFzf-K95UbMkZ1jRqMORL7gilcbGb0mgLaTtrgbCotndCU0BfLBKGIFHbfh/s400/received_246858682433504.jpeg" width="400" /></a><br /><br />On Wednesday the 25th we got together as a zone and we watched the missionary broadcast, it was a cool broadcast and it told about the new schedule changes in the mission. Not much changed we have like companionship study 30 minutes later now and our lunch got reduced from an hour to 30 minutes which I was not excited about haha. And we don't have to plan at night anymore, we have 9-10:30 to just relax and unwind which is nice. We did service this week at the Salvation Army and did a lot of stuff in the food bank, unloading food and shelving it. </div>
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On Saturday the 28th we had the special privilege to hear from an Apostle at a meeting that the missionaries were invited too. We got to hear a 70 speak, our mission President, another former mission president and then Elder D. Todd Christoffersen. He answered questions at the end from people and we as a mission aslo sang a few songs for the meeting.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha-XiPf_ZHpcEUReow9WwI1Ok3Ij8fzDtL6bEDbf8GpLtCl4Ftx6ltxidk4b7oCAnOFbgOiuuLC-sb5l1xOnDVZ-AlaMUDei8HPZ7iO7bbrgczblnrGENLUuPjD9-wd9bax_qrE_3a2nX9/s1600/received_246899399096099.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha-XiPf_ZHpcEUReow9WwI1Ok3Ij8fzDtL6bEDbf8GpLtCl4Ftx6ltxidk4b7oCAnOFbgOiuuLC-sb5l1xOnDVZ-AlaMUDei8HPZ7iO7bbrgczblnrGENLUuPjD9-wd9bax_qrE_3a2nX9/s640/received_246899399096099.jpeg" width="640" /></a><br />On Sunday the 29th. Elder Policarpio and I, the sisters, and our senior couple were in charge of a fireside for the all the youth in the Stake. The theme this year is If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God. So we all shared the 4 minute restoration with them and then we opened it up for a question and answer session with the missionaries. We also had recent converts there, so it was cool to be able to answer questions and hear the convert's stories.<br /><br /><br />On Monday the 30th we played basketball all day pretty much and then went to Village Inn. It was nice because we have a bunch of those restaurants in Nebraska and it reminded me of home. </div>
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Friday the 3rd of February marked 6 months I have been on the mission, it is crazy how fast time is flying out here, people weren't lying when they said it goes by fast! On Saturday, the Petersons took us and Elder Conrad and Elder Atienza out to eat and we went to Outback Steakhouse and she got us all a really cool missionary keepsake deal where can put stuff we got from the mission like letters or trinkets in there, it is cool! </div>
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We also did some service and helped a guy who is remodeling his house and it reminded me a bit of working with my dad back home. The Superbowl was this Sunday and it was super hard not to watch we had a lot of members invite us and even though I heard it was probably the greatest Superbowl ever, I am glad we stayed obedient and it was tough when no one answered their doors that night! <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc3tMwN-dMl-EIQUjvnEVoqqF_Q_eFTD7JeGm95eLMeI9siYwf3m9FQxv_L0jw4mAv-hW8kh3ceIO9wYm3sqqXGqVdtKHlv2hroHrbXg5X9MK-_i4kGNyGtOGMBvqrdcYh2rgtLWlN6Tsh/s1600/2017020495183329951486258472937.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc3tMwN-dMl-EIQUjvnEVoqqF_Q_eFTD7JeGm95eLMeI9siYwf3m9FQxv_L0jw4mAv-hW8kh3ceIO9wYm3sqqXGqVdtKHlv2hroHrbXg5X9MK-_i4kGNyGtOGMBvqrdcYh2rgtLWlN6Tsh/s400/2017020495183329951486258472937.jpg" width="400" /></a><br /><br />On Monday we played basketball all morning, we got haircuts and then I went out to Antelope Island with some other Elders. We had a good time, it was really cool with all the snow, We even saw a few bison which was awesome! We found out that both me and Elder Policarpio are staying in Roy. I was pretty sad my two buddies Elder Ballard and Elder Mulberry were leaving my zone.</div>
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On a spiritual note, I am grateful to be on a mission, one of the main reason I came on a mission is to see a change not only in other people but in myself. One thing that I have heard that has stuck with me since the first day is that your greatest convert on your mission should be yourself. As I reflect on these 6 months, I have seen changes in myself, I am happier, I am more fit, it is easier for me to talk to people and open up to them and I have seen my testimony grow. I always thought when you came on a mission that there would be no temptation and I was wrong, it is still tough as a missionary to be obedient always and temptation is always there but as we strive to be obedient and let the Spirit guide us I have seen how much of a blessing it has been in my life! And I know it can bless other people's lives too!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLiqhPsSiakya7sF0bU3m6PmVVnbep-qmSj4XU7wuNm6-Qse4Rc0TtJA8AjLB2dAcXKUMZ_Jvi2H688vwm3SDB4dIN948N603M34RQJlp3onlzGOJ7c_xFUibX4Ov9KiZ7hYz8KGGijCoO/s1600/received_246899345762771.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLiqhPsSiakya7sF0bU3m6PmVVnbep-qmSj4XU7wuNm6-Qse4Rc0TtJA8AjLB2dAcXKUMZ_Jvi2H688vwm3SDB4dIN948N603M34RQJlp3onlzGOJ7c_xFUibX4Ov9KiZ7hYz8KGGijCoO/s400/received_246899345762771.jpeg" width="400" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY8R2dcb2QcHelseMsLx7xGtxIWvXEA6vYXxqyMPDt-OQg6z4j2fKolQLn1XzAl9h_m_UYNesb6x54ByuBXiX6BYdVJOP6W_bGoyPrMGVjQr2UUF1YcVKPl9LYWEgwMAMXV3_ylkE7B1ro/s1600/received_246858685766837.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY8R2dcb2QcHelseMsLx7xGtxIWvXEA6vYXxqyMPDt-OQg6z4j2fKolQLn1XzAl9h_m_UYNesb6x54ByuBXiX6BYdVJOP6W_bGoyPrMGVjQr2UUF1YcVKPl9LYWEgwMAMXV3_ylkE7B1ro/s400/received_246858685766837.jpeg" width="400" /></a><br /><br /><br />Anyways I hope you all have a week!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />-Elder Bennett </div>
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<br />Kristihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11554867504910633685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4306320179442086783.post-44766871607635376402017-01-25T17:28:00.000-08:002017-01-25T17:28:14.582-08:00Once There Was A SnowmanHey everyone I hope you all had a good week! Well this week was not a really exciting week! It was a pretty typical week and not much happened. On Tuesday, we had the opportunity to do service up at the Salvation Army up in Ogden. I can't believe how much stuff goes in and out of that place, which meant we were kept busy!<br /><br /><br />This week a was really service filled week, it has been snowing a lot here. A lot of this week consisted of helping people shovel their driveways. I would like to say I am getting pretty good at it now! A <span style="text-align: center;">lot of people have mini plows on their four wheelers and Razors and they get done super quick, I wouldn't mind just driving around all day shoveling people's driveways if I had that! Me and Elder Policarpio also built a snowman and took a picture with it but unfortunately someone came and knocked the head off of it haha!</span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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We had a couple really good dinners this week, a family took us out to eat at Chuck O Ramas which is an all you can eat buffet and it reminded me a lot of Valentinos back home! We also had a family that made us breakfast food which I love and haven't had much of here on my mission so far. We had crepes,eggs,bacon, toast, and orange Julius it was super good!! <div>
<br /><br /><br />Sundays are super long! As a missionary we go to 3 sacraments a day which can be rough but it's nice to learn new things and to be with the members we are working with. We go to other meetings in between Sacraments and are often gone from around 8 am to 4 pm which can make for a long day, but I love it because I am so spiritually refreshed and I am always happier on Sundays! On Monday was just a relax day and we got some IN and Out which was super good and played some pool! <br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPVVm6g76gOoetDQErwQXryo8PMLahwEQn287GXPxvL3OH4GI0UqGFTfZOmW-D2fniBWhhW16iWSznGrNbJlBqRJmozhBkXKSwlA1xMFQa5qE7I0wpEhVQ3N_5llNOwQVXNQCyz79AUZpt/s1600/20170123_113657.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPVVm6g76gOoetDQErwQXryo8PMLahwEQn287GXPxvL3OH4GI0UqGFTfZOmW-D2fniBWhhW16iWSznGrNbJlBqRJmozhBkXKSwlA1xMFQa5qE7I0wpEhVQ3N_5llNOwQVXNQCyz79AUZpt/s400/20170123_113657.jpg" width="300" /></a><br /><br />On a spiritual note I just wanted to express my testimony on the importance of going to church! I am so grateful for the opportunities I have to go to church. I never really looked forward to church before my mission and just felt like it was another thing I had to do throughout my week, but it hasn't been till my mission that I have been grateful and understood why we go. I am so grateful that each week we get to have a mini baptism again. When we were baptized our sins were washed away but Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ knew we would sin again so they provided a way for us to be forgiven of those sins through the Sacrament. Each week as we partake of the bread and water we are reminded of the covenants we made at baptism and and are forgiven of those sins that we have repented for. It amazes me as we teach people. It is hard to imagine how Jesus Christ felt every pain and sickness and temptation and took upon everyone's sins. I feel like sometimes I have it hard, but imagine taking on everyone's feelings and actions, wow, I am so grateful for the knowledge and the willing sacrifice of our Savior Jesus Christ! When I am having a tough week, I always know that when I go to church I can be at peace and leave all that behind!! I hope everyone has a great week and hope you can gain happiness from and peace from going to church!!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />-Elder Bennett </div>
Kristihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11554867504910633685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4306320179442086783.post-19187295477721192122017-01-16T17:38:00.000-08:002017-01-16T17:38:00.308-08:0019 Years Old!Hey everyone sorry I have been slacking on the blog post the past couple weeks! I hope everyone has been doing well back home! These past weeks have been pretty good! It has been bitter cold here the past couple weeks, you don't realize how much you miss car's when you are walking in weather less than 10 degrees! Something I hear so often out here when I get asked where I am from and just tell, them Nebraska they say "oh you are used to this weather." Well, I am used to the cold but I'm not used to walking in it 8 hours a day, haha!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFfZjO_y73JeLYPZ-PP8QDKDiu-nB0smknw5LFMS0veIeOv6p5of0DguV8dZtS_6YoI3xCBaNFBr92AZN2UXxaJUOGin_QbOzsDE79Vn4idKadZLKpjPwdsEmrrfE_XwB8AlbCK58CQCz0/s1600/received_234474970338542.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFfZjO_y73JeLYPZ-PP8QDKDiu-nB0smknw5LFMS0veIeOv6p5of0DguV8dZtS_6YoI3xCBaNFBr92AZN2UXxaJUOGin_QbOzsDE79Vn4idKadZLKpjPwdsEmrrfE_XwB8AlbCK58CQCz0/s400/received_234474970338542.jpeg" width="300" /></a><br /><br />There has been snow here for the past couple weeks, a couple of times its has came down out of nowhere and has been a pain to walk in, I ordered boots but it took a while for them to get here so needless to say each night I came home my feet were frozen and wet, which was not fun. <div>
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Monday (the 9th) was a pretty good p-day we worked out, played some pool at our apartment, and then went to the mall and did some shopping. We had Zone Conference on Tuesday and it was a great learning experience, and we learned many new ways that we can find new people teach.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<br />This week we had the opportunity to do some service up st the Catholic Community Services in Ogden. This is a food pantry where people can come in and get food based on how many people are in there family. We helped them get food, talked to them, and then helped restock shelves. We did that on Thursday and Friday and it was a great experience to help serve people. </div>
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It's hard to believe but I turned 19 years old on Saturday. I want to thank all the people who wished me a happy birthday and made my day special. My companion worked with the sisters missionaries and surprised me, they came and decorated our apartment door and then got me some presents for my birthday. I got some gifts from my parents, many cards from family, and many messages from, friends. We went to Tony's Burgers for lunch which was great and then we played some basketball with a few nonmembers. Later that night the Peterson family got me a cupcake with a candle and a card and some gifts which was a great surprise!!! I am truly blessed with all the family and friends I have and thanks again for making it special! </div>
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Today we went and worked out, played some volleyball at a members home gym, and got our haircuts.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<br />On a spiritual thought I just wanted to share my short talk that I wrote for our Zone Conference. We were all supposed to write a talk based on scriptures our president gave us and write about what they mean/how it applies to me. <br /><br /><br />I chose to write my talk over 2 Nephi chapter 33 Verse 9. It says " I also have charity for the Gentiles. But behold, for none of these can I hope except they shall be reconciled unto Christ, and enter into the narrow gate, and walk in the strait path which leads to life, and continue in the path until the end of the day of probation." <br /><br /><br />I chose these this verse because this is what relates most to me at the moment while serving here in Roy. At the beginning of the verse it talks about having charity for the Gentiles. Charity is a Christlike attribute that I have studied a lot since I have been on my mission it is one thing that I try and do each day. But is is also one of the hardest things for me to do. Since being on my mission I knew it wasn't always going to be easy to help people come closer to Christ, and I was ready for that challenge but for me sometimes it has been hard to accept when people don't agree with what we are teaching them. But that is where the charity attribute comes into affect. As missionaries we want what's best for our brothers and sisters and when it's not what they want it's hard to not be a little upset, but inviting them, planting that seed, and loving them is the best thing we can do.<br /><br /><br /> Throughout the verse it talks about entering into the narrow gate and walking on the straight path. It is so important that we do that and that we teach our investigators that because it is so easy to get off that path and with it being narrow, it's easy to get lost. Something that has been hard for me to understand is how someone who has experienced the gospel in their lives or served a mission can be lead away, but when I think about what's going on in the world today and the temptations we face I can see how hard Satan is working in our lives. That is why the last part of the verse is so important because it says we need to continue in the path until the end of the day. <br /><br /><br />It hasn't been until my mission that I finally have realized the importance of daily scripture reading, prayer, and opening our mouths. We as missionaries always invite and stress the importance of this to our investigators because it can bless their lives and help them stay in the straight and narrow.<br /><br /><br />I am grateful for the opportunities I have had so far on my mission, I'm grateful for the chance we get to each and everyday be in the scriptures and testify of Christ I say these things in the name of Jesus Christ amen. <br />
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Kristihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11554867504910633685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4306320179442086783.post-14433244315389600652017-01-04T19:50:00.000-08:002017-01-04T19:50:26.670-08:00New Year- New AreaHey everyone, hope everyone had a fantastic New Year! Well, this week was a pretty crazy week. On Monday night I found out I was being transferred to the Roy Midland area. My new companions name is Elder Policarpio, he is from Grand Prarie Texas and has been out 3 months. On Tuesday I packed up all my stuff, which took a while because I had been in the Clearfield apartment for 3 months! On Wednesday we did the transfers. <div>
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My new house is a lot nicer than my old one, a lot more room, and not as old which an upside, on the downside the area is way bigger than Clearfield was so we walk 7-8 hours a day and needless to say it is not fun especially when it has been snowing and below 20 degrees for most of the week.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<br /><br />On my first day in the area we put a girl on date which was awesome, she is super excited and we actually put her on date to be baptized on January 14th which is my birthday so that would be a great birthday gift and she showed up to church and stayed for all three hours! The work is tough here in Roy, there are a lot of members in the area but many of them are very less active or don't want anything to do with the church. From what I noticed a lot of people around here are so comfortable with their lives they don't see the need for the gospel which is sad, but that's why we are here so we can change that. <div>
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On Saturday we had a New Year's Mission get together. It was casual dress and it was a lot of fun. It started with testimonies, then we played speedball and Dodge ball and we were going to watch the ball drop but due to some technical difficulties we couldn't.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<br />On Sunday, we gave talks about the Christlike attribute of hope and I got a chance to meet some of the members in my new area. On Monday for P-day we lifted, went grocery shopping, played speedball for a couple hours, and then went bowling up at Fat Cats. Me and Elder Conrad's investigator, Darrin Festus, got baptized last night. It was quite the interesting baptism, he has severe ADHD and a form of autism, which made it difficult, he loved kicking his legs up and it took three times to get him under and then he was jumping around and hitting his hands on the glass of the font which was strange, but hey, he got baptized! <br /><br />On a spiritual thought, I am going to talk about hope, The word hope is sometimes misunderstood. For instance we might hope the weather changes, or we might hope our favorite team wins, but with that hope there is that hint of uncertainty, we are not exactly positive the weather is going to change or that are favorite team will win, we just hope they do. But I didn't even know this myself until I read it from a gospel standpoint that hope is- " sure, unwavering, and active"! So something that I thought about for this new year is not hoping we change or better or self but having a sure unwavering confidence we will, and part of that change means we need to be active and doing what we can to change. And I personally have a hope that I will become more knowledgeable and have my faith grow this year in the gospel! When I wrote my talk, in studying, I noticed that hope usually led back to one thing and that's the atonement! Mormon taught us that such hope comes only through the Atonement of Jesus Christ. He said “What is it that ye shall hope for? Behold I say unto you that ye shall have hope through the atonement of Christ and the power of his resurrection, to be raised unto life eternal, and this because of your faith in him according to the promise” (Moroni 7:41). What a great promise given that if we make the right choices, follow the commandments, pray, read, attend church, and endure to the end that we will return to live with our Heavenly Father again. <br /><br /><br /> In closing I am so thankful for the Christlike attribute of hope. I am so grateful to know and have an understanding that we will one day return to live with our Heavenly Father again in the Celestial Kingdom. One of my favorite things I love so far about my mission is when we teach people who have never heard this message before. The look on there face when we tell them death is not the end and that they can see beloved family members they have lost says it all. I am so grateful for the knowledge of the plan of salvation. Something we do as as missionary is we always invite. So I would like to invite each and everyone of you to look for opportunities to develop this attribute of hope as well as share it with others. I can promise you that if you sincerely seek for opportunities to do that, the Lord will bless you, in the name of Jesus Christ,<span style="text-align: center;">amen.</span></div>
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Kristihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11554867504910633685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4306320179442086783.post-40779844909463949462016-12-26T22:26:00.003-08:002016-12-26T22:26:35.160-08:00A Great Christmas<br />
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Hey everyone sorry I missed last week blog not much happened last week so I will combine most of it!<br />
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We were able to do a 3 way skype with my family and my brother who is Mexico! It was super cool and strange to be talking to my family and brother as a missionary, because I remember like it was yesterday that we were skyping my brother last Christmas and now to be doing the same thing was like Deja Vu haha. I am so glad and blessed to have a wonderful family who is so loving and caring! I also wanted to thank everyone for the gifts I received: My family, the Neddenrieps, The Lincoln Stake Youth, The Petersons in Utah, The Peterson family in Olathe Kansas, The Dunster family, Grandma and Grandpa Koski, and everyone else who gave me some gifts, thank you so much I am extremely grateful and blessed!<br />
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The rest of the week before Christmas was pretty good,we had an awesome great mission devotional, and then we did a mission picture and had some cinnamon rolls, and hot cocoa bar. On a spiritual note I am so grateful for the birth of the Savior. This year I finally have gotten a perspective of the true meaning of Christmas! I am so grateful for our Savior and the plan of happiness that He has in store for us! I am very blessed to be serving here in the Utah Ogden Mission and I am excited to see what the 2017 year will bring!<br />
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Kristihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11554867504910633685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4306320179442086783.post-27347814682456194722016-12-15T22:15:00.001-08:002016-12-15T22:15:43.809-08:00Standing as a Witness of ChristHey everyone sorry for the late blog post! I hope everyone had great week! This week was a pretty rough week! But this week should be a lot better! <br />On Tuesday we had the opportunity to do some service at an event center. The event was a large Christmas display of Nativities, other religions, nutcrackers, and a live nativity. The service was really easy because all we were asked to do was to make sure no one touched anything there haha!<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<br />The rest of the week was a pretty slow week! Darrin the 9 year old was supposed to be baptized this Saturday but again he couldn't, then three people we had on date: Carlos, Megan, and Evelyn are no longer in our area! A big fight within the family led them to move out of our area! So we can no longer teach them which was super sad! We have two more investigators that have been moving along slow. Even though this week was trial filled I am grateful for it because without trials we wouldn't know the difference between sadness/happiness.<br /><br /><br />My Companion Elder Conrad went and took the ACT test on Saturday, he was pretty nervous but I know he did well! While Elder Conrad was on exchanges with a member I went and spent the morning with my former Trainer, Elder Ballard, and his companion, which was a fun time catching up with him. It was cool too because one of my parents friends came up to me and said they knew me!<div>
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On Sunday we had the opportunity to give a talk in the Freeport Branch. We spoke on Standing as a Witness of Christ. Giving talks before the mission was something I dreaded but it is something that I look forward to now! <br /><br /><br />We also on Sunday got to go up and sit in on the last lesson for one of Elder Conrad's recent converts, the Petersons. They are really awesome family that I had the opportunity to go to their three sons baptisms! We taught them now that they are members how they can serve in the church. Afterwards they gave us Christmas Gifts! They were so kind and got each of us a super soft blanket, a stocking full of goodies, an ornament, a book called The Tattooed Mormon and they got it signed for us!, a mini mailbox full of letters, and there sweet little 7 year old daughter made each of us a build a bear missionary with a recording that says " I will love you forever Elder Bennett". I truly didn't deserve any of this but I was truly grateful for the kindness and love of this family!<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<br />I also received gifts from my parents! Me and Elder Conrad get to open one present for the 12 days of Christmas which is super fun! </div>
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On a spiritual note I just wanted to talk about standing as a witness of Christ. If you get the chance you should read Elder Anderson's talk from this last general conference called standing as a witness of God. It is a great talk that shares a lot of good insights and ways we can be a witness of God. Before my mission I was not always the best example of standing as a witness of God but getting the chance to be a witness 24/7 for two full years has been a very special experience. Although it can be hard sometimes I know that we don't have to stand alone, other members, families, the Spirit, and Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ are going to be with us every step of the way! I encourage you all to stand as a witness of Christ. Remember at baptism we made a covenant to stand as witness of God at all times and in all things and in all places! <br />
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Kristihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11554867504910633685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4306320179442086783.post-61966142496906229962016-12-06T21:23:00.000-08:002016-12-06T21:23:12.256-08:00Bearing TestimonyHey everyone! I hope you all had a great week! this week wasn't to busy but it was still good! We had our fist district meeting this week and it was great to see all the new faces that we had In the Weber East Zone. On Thursday we were able to kick off the 25 day light of the world challenge! We went up to Salvation Army as a District and volunteered up there.We helped fold and separate clothes, move furniture, and then spent most of our time unloading and shelving food in one of there warehouses! it was fun to all work together as missionaries along side the other volunteers!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAWMddWhwmEg0GpyQUxm3zaTZqfEDk6aUEDtE3YU_R8F9sV5viHTNj1vWbfEq2R7ZQzwIgBseZPgx9lnIKv703oDn_nwytK0du-79-vcJhLgm_6KbNgmr3eelzdoDWM_P1phg0-db2BqGv/s1600/image1+%25281%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAWMddWhwmEg0GpyQUxm3zaTZqfEDk6aUEDtE3YU_R8F9sV5viHTNj1vWbfEq2R7ZQzwIgBseZPgx9lnIKv703oDn_nwytK0du-79-vcJhLgm_6KbNgmr3eelzdoDWM_P1phg0-db2BqGv/s400/image1+%25281%2529.JPG" width="300" /></a><br />Our teaching pool is still pretty good. We currently have 6 people on date and some are moving along slower then other but that's okay because we all get baptized when we are ready to be. We are still working with the Ortiz family: Carlos, Megan, and Evelyn. We also started teaching two new people Mellisa and her boyfriend Jeremy, they are both eager and excited to work towards there baptism date. We were supposed to baptize Darrin on Saturday but he was sick and we are going to push it back for a couple weeks so that his dad can be down for the baptism.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLhdS2r9JrJFFjd_5YR-Z_uOkIejY6WCBt4PC229aSKlA75dO5AnyeE4owTs8iC5kz5_38EBQ8YFFQNQ6TBS3mC0fLvMtZETinlh17Gmn_oacxahEHM4_MfZE6mCuuqhrwdhRATJDism8j/s1600/FB_IMG_1481043319767.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLhdS2r9JrJFFjd_5YR-Z_uOkIejY6WCBt4PC229aSKlA75dO5AnyeE4owTs8iC5kz5_38EBQ8YFFQNQ6TBS3mC0fLvMtZETinlh17Gmn_oacxahEHM4_MfZE6mCuuqhrwdhRATJDism8j/s320/FB_IMG_1481043319767.jpg" width="320" /></a><br />Sunday was a great day. Since we cover 8 wards we go to 3 sacraments a Sunday and try to rotate through which ones we go to. Elder Conrad challenged me to bear my testimony at all 3 sacraments and so we both ended up doing it and it was awesome. I have always struggled bearing my testimony in front of a lot of people but it has gotten a lot easier since I've been on my mission.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXdtazNRaQGFPGTyNMP-Q4lXuzaKtx0BiKqfKa6rlR8_gSoFGAjGhlvUUeGIeYFIpYAuC3jOcwN4OMz-_Waagu2HPtBS_6-cI_uARcg9VDE-VJ8ergJ00U1T069PSFBp-TJdr3QAvnAW2C/s1600/received_10157892617665436.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXdtazNRaQGFPGTyNMP-Q4lXuzaKtx0BiKqfKa6rlR8_gSoFGAjGhlvUUeGIeYFIpYAuC3jOcwN4OMz-_Waagu2HPtBS_6-cI_uARcg9VDE-VJ8ergJ00U1T069PSFBp-TJdr3QAvnAW2C/s400/received_10157892617665436.jpeg" width="300" /></a><br /><br />On a spiritual thought, I have come to realize the importance of bearing our testimonies. When I was at home I didn't have a strong testimony and you would rarely ever see me get up there and bear my testimony. It wasn't till I got on my mission that I started to grow my testimony, I really liked what Elder Conrad told me he said " A testimony is not easy, it takes hard work, and consistency to gain that testimony". Each and everyday my testimony is growing and each time I bear it, it is easier to share with others. I encourage you to look for an opportunities to share that testimony with a friend or family member this week and let them know your beliefs and feelings about the Gospel and our Savior Jesus Christ. Also keep continuing to do the 25 day light of the world tasks!<br /><br /><br />2 Nephi 27-13: And there is none other which shall view it, save it be a few according to the will of God, to bear testimony of his word unto the children of men; for the Lord God hath said that the words of the faithful should speak as if it were from the dead.<br /><br /><br /><br />Have a great week everyone!<br /><br /><br />-Elder Bennett<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Kristihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11554867504910633685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4306320179442086783.post-32878751932784219082016-11-22T19:40:00.000-08:002016-11-22T19:40:17.325-08:00Same Area, New CompanionHappy Thanksgiving week everyone ! <div>
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Well, this week has been a pretty good one! On Wednesday we had transfers and I stayed and Elder Ballard ended up leaving and getting transferred to West Point! </div>
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My new companion is Elder Conrad. Elder Conrad is a super goofy guy and is an awesome missionary. He is from St. Gallen, Switzerland and has been out for 18 months!<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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This week we were pretty busy! We had a Family History Training, at the really cool, recently built Family History Center in Layton. It was really neat to get on there and see how far back you could get! While going way back I didn't realize how many different kings I am related to and it was awesom<span style="text-align: center;">e to Google them and read their history! At the training we learned the purpose of it and how we can help set up the people we taught or are teaching, an account so they too can look up their family history and possibly bring their family names to the temple!</span><div>
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<br />Elder Conrad was/still is in the Swiss Army back home so he loves to work out. We go and workout every morning at 5:30 am and it has been really nice getting back into shape! Elder Ballard picks us up, now that he has a car, and we go workout at Syracuse High school.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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We had an eventful Saturday, so Elder Conrad had a baptism up in his old area at 11 am and we had a Baptism scheduled for our investigator Jelena at 1. Well, after we got done with his baptism we realized we had completely forgot to fill the font for Jelena's baptism, and filling the font is a long process. So we ended up pushing the baptism back till 3. Even though it was a small baptism it was spiritual. This was my first baptism I've ever done so I was ready, I told Jelena to make sure she bends her knees and I'll do the rest. That didn't happen. She would not go under. It ended up taking 6 times to baptize her! After the 3rd try she said "I nearly drowned as a kid and I'm terrified of going under water" so that was nice to know haha, but we ended up getting her under and it turned out good. We were able to confirm her on Sunday and we also brought another investigator we have on date to Sacrament and he enjoyed it, so things are looking good here in Clearfield South.</div>
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Here is a scripture that I liked on the topic of Thanksgiving:<br /><br />Alma 34:38- That ye contend no more against the Holy Ghost, but that ye receive it, and take upon you the name of Christ; that ye humble yourselves even to the dust, and worship God, in whatsoever place ye may be in, in spirit and in truth; and that ye <i>live in thanksgiving daily,</i> for the many mercies and blessings which he doth bestow upon you.<br /><br />I hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving and be sure to eat a lot of food!</div>
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Kristihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11554867504910633685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4306320179442086783.post-44172117346195466622016-11-14T20:13:00.000-08:002016-11-14T20:13:13.737-08:00House of the LordHey everyone, so this week was a good week! Sorry this a pretty short blog! <div>
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On Tuesday we had the wonderful opportunity to go to the temple this week! I am super blessed to be serving a mission in Utah where there are temples everywhere! So we have a Mission Temple Day and each zone is designated times to go through the temple! We had the 2:30 pm session. We got there pretty early so we ended up going to Farrs Ice Cream, I have heard a lot about this place and I was excited to go! It was good, but I am more of a soft serve kinda guy! <div>
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The Temple Trip was awesome, it was really cool to be there with all the other missionaries and to see our mission president there.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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After the Temple trip we ate with the Pierces again! This time they made one of my favorite meals, They made roast, mashed potatoes, carrots, rolls, and salad! It was super good and it is always a good time with the Pierce family! </div>
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We started teaching a mom and her daughter named Jelena and Natasha, they are super excited to learn more every lesson and are planning on being baptized this Saturday! Which is super exciting!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="text-align: center;">We did exchanges this week with our zone leaders which was fun! It is always fun to learn from a different companion and it is cool to go to a new area or show them the people we are teaching!</span><br />
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Kristihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11554867504910633685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4306320179442086783.post-57912156316701974372016-11-07T17:34:00.001-08:002016-11-07T17:34:07.885-08:003 Months in the Mission<br />
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Hey everyone! Wow I can't believe how fast time is flying here! Thursday November 3rd marked 3 months that I have been on my mission! It seems like yesterday I boarded that plane for Utah! This week was a fairly good week! On Wednesday we had our weekly district meeting, which is always great because we learn new spiritual things and ways to improve our teaching each week! This week we did a lot of inviting. On Tuesday night and Wednesday night we went around to all three church buildings and invited all the youth to invite there friends and to come to the musical fireside this Sunday!<br /><br />We didn't have a really busy week of teaching, we are searching each day to find new people to teach! We have a few investigators we are working with as well as a family we are trying to reactivate. We have been really blessed this week to receive like 7 referrals! We are really hoping that those referrals turn into some solid investigators as well as baptisms! That is the great thing about Utah is that we get a lot of referrals from members and that certainly helps with people to teach!<br /><br />I was sad to hear that the Huskers got beat, haha! Oh well I still love them. Sunday was an awesome day, we had 3 people we are teaching come to sacrament meeting which is so good. We also were able to help confirm Cole Young, our recent convert baptism, as a member of the church! We also had the Musical Fireside on Sunday! It was awesome, although we didn't sing in it, I could really feel the spirit. The Ogden Tabernacle was completely packed all the way to the back. We went with a really cool family, the Johnsons!<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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On a spiritual note I just want to talk about the power of music! What a great experience it was to listen to the wonderful spiritual songs that the Ogden Mission sang. Songs can carry a strong message that can really help change your thoughts and mood! I know for a fact that it is not by chance that we have these Musical Firesides, song always for me brings a strong spirit and that is one way I feel the Spirit the most! On our programs that we handed out to everyone there were two sheets, one was the program and the other was a referral sheet, President Jaggi during the fireside got up and invited everyone to take a few moments and write down someone who they would like to meet with the missionaries, today President posted on Facebook that we have received over 100 referrals from this fireside! That is super awesome and I hope each and everyone of those referrals turn into baptisms! Have a great week everyone!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br /><br />-Love Elder BennettKristihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11554867504910633685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4306320179442086783.post-40150640148113909792016-11-02T16:45:00.000-07:002016-11-02T16:45:10.700-07:00Halloween and a HaircutHappy Halloween everyone! I hope everyone had a fun safe night! So this was a fairly good week. We were supposed to go to rehearsal on Tuesday for our Ogden Utah Mission Fireside coming up but our zone leaders forgot us and so since we missed that we are way behind which is a bummer and won't be singing in it. We had a great district meeting this week and we set up a zone action plan of how we can become a better zone in finding and baptizing. We set a goal of 22 baptisms for our zone in the month of November!.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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The bugs are bad here in Utah right now! on our way to a dinner appointment me and Elder Ballard rode our bikes right into a swarm of little flies and we had hundreds on us, it is quite disgusting because whenever we ride bikes they are on us. At least the cold weather will probably kill them off which will be great!<div>
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On Friday we had the great opportunity of being able to meet a few general authorities. We got to meet Elder Christensen (President of the 70) and Elder Natress of the 70, both of them spoke at the latest General Conference. They were here in Ogden doing a mission tour. We got to shake their hands and meet them. We were also able to have a question and answer with them as well as hear them speak on a few things they wanted to. I learned a lot of good insights and got some of my own questions answered. We then had a awesome lasagna lunch with everyone and it was fun to talk with the other missionaries.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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We went to a lot of trunk r treat activities this week. We went to one that the Spanish elders invited us too as well as many of the ones in our area. There was a lot of good food, candy, and interesting costumes, still none of them beat the ones from back in my home ward! This week me and Elder Ballard gave talks in the West Park Ward. I spoke on loving thy neighbor and he spoke on member missionary work. I thought it was going to be nerve racking, being that there is twice as many people as I am used to speaking to but it was really easy and I enjoyed preparing one.<br /><br />For Halloween we got our cards renewed so we had a good time getting some much needed groceries. The weather was awesome for Halloween so everyone was out that day, the Walmart was packed and the lines were crazy long. We tried getting haircuts but they were closed so they told us to come back on Tuesday so we did during our lunch time. For Halloween we went over to a members house and we had pizza and handed out candy to all the kids until we had to be home which was fun!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNYZYOK6ZJq9lkpYVQ7mzSAqz5bm6fYDj1EVHWIWMG1wCHEQQ-ROQB5xzeNmy1MMJxy-O2M6_8LOTYbnSyaGrpl-s1ANpo413t5q3Ti7nMe5DZ9GR-8NkfhiAc8DhoCyqpsPEnkbVY1SJN/s1600/20161028_192401_001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNYZYOK6ZJq9lkpYVQ7mzSAqz5bm6fYDj1EVHWIWMG1wCHEQQ-ROQB5xzeNmy1MMJxy-O2M6_8LOTYbnSyaGrpl-s1ANpo413t5q3Ti7nMe5DZ9GR-8NkfhiAc8DhoCyqpsPEnkbVY1SJN/s400/20161028_192401_001.jpg" width="400" /></a><br />So on a spiritual note, again we had the opportunity to give a lot of blessings to people in need this week! Each and everyday we must do what we have to do to remain a worthy priesthood holder. You never know when your time is going to come along that you need to give a blessing. So many times we hear many awesome experiences from General Conferences, and from youth videos about times that a blessing has helped tremendously. I loved getting a blessing from my dad each year before school. It was a awesome feeling when you were able to have that sense of comfort and peace and I love being able to give that to other people!<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Have a great week everyone!<br /><br />-Love Elder Bennett<br /><br />sorry I didn't take many pictures this week!</div>
Kristihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11554867504910633685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4306320179442086783.post-4700322400221937132016-10-27T19:20:00.000-07:002016-10-27T19:20:56.786-07:00The Real Reason We are Here on Earth<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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I am doing a really bad job of getting these up on time! Well, this week was a pretty good week. On Tuesday we had dinner at a members house and they helped us get a presentation cardboard cut-out for our companionship unity poster that we had to prepare and present at Zone Conference the next day. We actually spent some time on the board and made it look nice. Wednesday we had Zone Conference. Wednesday was a full spiritual day, we learned many things from the other missionaries in the zone as well as the APs, and President and Sister Jaggi. President Jaggi gave a really awesome lesson about Joseph Smith and I learned some things I didn't know before, which is always awesome. We also had a really good lunch while we were there, we had chili, baked potatoes, rolls, and brownies it was good, the mission always keeps us well fed.<br />
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Thursday morning, we had the opportunity to help our landlord fix his sons car, well, really it was all Elder Ballard. He was able to help weld a part on our landlord's car, I took welding in high school but I don't think I could have done as good as he did haha. We also had a awesome night at a members house. We ate with the Hale Family. They made French dip and it was really good, as well as refreshing because we have been having pizza, tacos, and spaghetti for the last week. We had a good time with them and the dad showed us some of his cars which was cool.<br />
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We had quite the interesting experience after the dinner. We were heading to the church to use the computer, when we got to the church the silent visual alarms were going off in the church building. We walked around the whole building to see if anyone had broken in or if there was a fire and there was nothing we could see. We tried calling the Bishop but he didn't answer. A member pulled up and asked us what was going on and we told him the situation and we told him we were going to call the police and he said sounds good. Well, I told elder Ballard I wanted to call the police because it has always been in my list of things I've wanted to do haha. So, we called the police and told them what happened and 2 firetrucks and 2 ambulances came and the building manager showed up as well and he shut the alarms off. I guess the reason they were going off was due to faulty alarm being triggered. The firefighters still swept the building to make sure everything was clear and good, it ended up being nothing but hey, it made for one interesting night! Sorry for the low quality pictures all I had was my tablet and the camera isn't very good!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">Checked off his bucket list, lol!<br /></td></tr>
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Friday was a great day! We had Cole's baptism today. We got the church all set up for it a couple hours before and got the font filled. All the family was able to make it and the baptism went really smoothly!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">Cole's Baptsim Day<br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">Totally Spoiled!<br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">All our favorites!<br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">So generous!<br /></td></tr>
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On Sunday we had a special Stake Multi Conference Broadcast for the northern part of Utah and some of Idaho. We went to it at the Stake Center close to our house and it was packed. There was a lot of good messages, and it was cool to have President and Sister Jaggi on that stand representing the Utah Ogden Mission at the Conference. We also were able to hear Elder Craig C. Christensen, the President of the Seventy speak, he is doing a mission tour of the Ogden Utah mission and we get to meet and talk to him on Friday. Monday was a another day we just stayed at the apartment. It was raining all day and we didn't have anything planned.<br />
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This week's spiritual message would be on priesthood blessings. On Monday, we got a phone call around noon asking us if we could come give a blessing down at some rundown apartments a little ways from our house. He said he hated to call us but he tried multiple people and he couldn't get anyone. I don't know about Elder Ballard but I personally was kinda mad and upset because, this was our day we had to just relax. Well, we got changed and we biked over in the pouring rain. We got there and we were able to give the blessing. I was truly grateful for the opportunity to give this man a blessing. His living conditions were slim to none, he was almost completely blind and he was sick. I was really humbled by the opportunity we had and was thankful for how blessed I have been in my life. I made it a point to give the guy who was sick our number and told him to text or call us if he ever needed anything and I let him know we were here for him. That event made my day 10x better. I really like the topic of ch<span style="text-align: center;">arity and it is something I try to work on each day. I really like the verses and the meaning of Moroni 7:45-47</span><br />
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45 And charity suffereth long, and is kind, and envieth not, and is not puffed up, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil, and rejoiceth not in iniquity but rejoiceth in the truth, beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.<br />
46 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, if ye have not charity, ye are nothing, for charity never faileth. Wherefore, cleave unto charity, which is the greatest of all, for all things must fail<br />
47 But charity is the pure love of Christ, and it endureth forever; and whoso is found possessed of it at the last day, it shall be well with him.<br />
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I just wanted to bear my testimony about the love of Christ, I was so thankful for the opportunity I had to humble myself and to see that the real reason we are here in this earth is to have charity for our brothers and sisters. I invite you all to look for and pray for an opportunity to show the pure love of Christ to someone you know or maybe someone you don't, I know if you do that you will feel 10x better and will want to make it a habit, in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.<br />
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Hey everyone sorry for the late blog post this week! So this week was a pretty good week here in Clearfield Utah. Not much happened this week until Wednesday. We had service at the Community Foodbank again this week haha, we have served there so many times!. This time we mopped the entire warehouse, it actually turned out to be pretty fun. This week we also had the awesome privilege of going out to eat twice with return missionaries. The first missionary has been home for about three weeks and he served in Riverside, California. He took us to a Hawaiian Barbecue restaurant. It was really good and it was cool hearing some of his experiences on the mission. It's not to often we eat Hawaiian. The second returned missionary we ate with has been home almost a year now. He served in Colorado and he took us to Texas Roadhouse! I really enjoyed it because we have Texas Roadhouse back in Nebraska! We definitely took home some of their rolls in a box.<br />
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On Friday, we went to the primary program practice in the Chrisim Meadow Ward and we talked to all the primary kids a bit about the importance of doing missionary work and how cool it would be to invite their friends to see the program. Also on Friday we were able to get a church building opened up and play Volleyball with a lot of the adults and some investigators and less actives in the West Park Ward, it was a lot of fun! On Saturday our landlord, Brother Berry, took us out to eat at the Chinese Dragon, it was super good. On Sunday we had the privilege of being able to listen a church historian come and talk to us about Joseph Smith. I learned a lot of things that I have never heard of before and it was interesting to hear things about Joseph's life. After that he was able to answer a lot of people's questions and he talked to us about the importance of getting to know our church history better.<br />
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Monday was a pretty relaxed day. We decided to stay at the apartment for the day and just relax. This was the first p-day where we haven't had anything planned and it was nice to not have to worry about being somewhere and then being gone all day. We got a lot of things accomplished and it was a much needed day off.<br />
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On a spiritual note, I was reading in first Nephi Chapter 11 and in this chapter Nephi is wanting to know about the things his father Lehi knows. Much of this chapter is about Nephi being talked to by an angel and having things revealed unto him. Two of the main things that stuck out to me were when he is shown the tree of life and the great and spacious building. At one point within the chapter the angel asks Nephi if he knows what the tree of life represents. Nephi is able to answer that question in verses 21-23. Nephi realizes that the tree of life represents the love of God. Later on Nephi is also shown the Great and Spacious building. From what he saw he learns that the building represents the pride of the world.<br />
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We should all be striving to follow the iron rod to the tree of life and staying on the straight and narrow path back to our Heavenly Father. It is not easy to stay on the path with the worldly things we face today. One thing I've learned on my mission is to rely on the Lord and to put our faith in Him that He will help us stay on the straight and narrow. I know that if we do that, we will notice a difference in our lives and I can testify that I have noticed that while serving a mission.Kristihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11554867504910633685noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4306320179442086783.post-58885020901999491832016-10-12T20:29:00.000-07:002016-10-12T20:29:27.641-07:00Power of the Book of Mormon<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Sorry for the late weekly update but here it is! Well it was a pretty good week. On Wednesday we went up the Habitat for Humanity up in Ogden which partners with Weber State College. The place we worked was a big warehouse store deal and we built some shelves to put windows in. We also helped unload stuff for the store. There was a communication error so me and Elder Ballard were the only ones there haha, but it went good. We got some free Weber State T-shirts out so that was a bonus.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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This week was transfer week. I didn't go anywhere and I am still with Elder Ballard which is good! The Weber East Zone seems completely different now, there are so many new faces and new missionaries. It was fun to get to know everyone and I was happy to see my MTC roommate, Elder Johnson, join the Weber East Zone! <div>
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Another highlight this week, Aiden (the 9 year old we baptized) his families washer went out and they couldn't afford a new one. So one day I signed up on "Items Needed" list at the Sunset building while on exchanges and a few days later we get a call saying we have a washer for you! It was awesome because the folks who gave it to us were able to take it down to Aidens house and we unloaded it hooked it up for them! They were so grateful and you could tell they were super happy! Which always makes us happy. We were also able to help a family move into a new house, so we had a lot of service opportunities this week which is awesome!<br /><br />We ate out lot this week! And what is so great about serving in the Ogden Utah mission is everywhere you eat is 1, good and 2 either discounted or free for missionaries! We ate at Sills (breakfast place), Paces-2 times (burger place), and Del Taco. Also one of my favorite places to go get a drink is Fiiz. It is a soda cafe deal where you can mix your favorite Drinks with all kinds of flavorings. I have gotten the Purple Nurple (MT. Dew and Grape) and the Xandew ( pineapple and berry with mt dew). It is a great place and they give the missionaries drinks for a dollar which is great. </div>
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We also attended a chili cook off in the West Park ward. They had really good food and it was to be able to play catch (baseball) and ultimate Frisbee.<br /><br />For P-day we played speedball as a zone. It was a lot of fun as usual and President Jaggi came and played with us for a couple hours which is awesome! </div>
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Recently the mission has started a 90 day Book of Mormon reading challenge. I am a little behind because I started late but what an awesome opportunity we have to read the Book of Mormon. Before my mission we read the Book of Mormon as a family, but I haven't really taken the time to read the whole thing by myself and my goal is to have it done and have it read many many times before I go home. Something that is helping me to focus on what I am reading is writing down the keys points and events that take place in each chapter. From what I have noticed so far it is easier for me to remember what went on when I write these things down, which is making it easier for me to continue reading which is great! </div>
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I know the power of the Book of Mormon and what it can do in our everyday lives. I love how the Book of Mormon isn't there to replace the Bible at all, but it is a companion to the Bible. There teachings go hand in hand and I love reading from both and love how both books contain testaments of Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ that still pertain to this day and age. The mission office has pictures up on the wall and they have this meme that says "Mormons, the most secretive church that knocks on your door to tell you all about it".<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju7lvppTtVCY0_uXWYtAfn6LVCnqhn1c5l05U7SHqKIaxzk0nWpMwl0ivZonPHte-GcNRw_2xE49rY7EyqnfFgITojaXDi-IQfAiAjFyouHBWMnOoeNgDy2eVfKX7-jxqKZL6VfjurJvTN/s1600/14658197_172568439862529_1888445606_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju7lvppTtVCY0_uXWYtAfn6LVCnqhn1c5l05U7SHqKIaxzk0nWpMwl0ivZonPHte-GcNRw_2xE49rY7EyqnfFgITojaXDi-IQfAiAjFyouHBWMnOoeNgDy2eVfKX7-jxqKZL6VfjurJvTN/s400/14658197_172568439862529_1888445606_n.jpg" width="300" /></a><br />The Book of Mormon is open for everyone to read! Moroni 10: 3-5 says:<br /><br /><br />3. Behold, I would exhort you that when ye shall read these things, if it be wisdom in God that ye should read them, that ye would remember how merciful the Lord hath been unto the children of men, from the creation of Adam even down until the time that ye shall receive these things, and ponder it in your hearts.<br />4. And when ye shall receive these things, I would exhort you that ye would ask God, the Eternal Father, in the name of Christ, if these things are not true; and if ye shall ask with a sincere heart, with real intent, having faith in Christ, he will manifest the truth of it unto you, by the power of the Holy Ghost.<br />5. And by the power of the Holy Ghost ye may know the truth of all things.<br /><br />I would like to invite all of you to read it and to pray ask Heavenly Father is these things are true.!</div>
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