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| First Kangaroo sighting. She commented that it kind of freaked her out, especially when they almost hit one while driving in the "bush". |
Well this week was so good! I really loved it! And just like
Dad said in his letter good things always come right around the corner after
the hard trial.
On Monday night we went over to have a lesson with a potential investigator. She has lost both of her parents in the last 2 years, and
so we taught her the Plan of Salvation. We went through the lesson and of
course she had questions, but she said at the end that she believes it and that
she knows that her parents are up there waiting for her to come back. We told
her that if she wanted to get up there with her parents that she needed to do
her part and she was so willing. We extended the invitation to be baptized, and she
said she had been baptized in another Church. We told her that the proper
priesthood is in this Church and she said she wants to get baptized. She still
has along way to go but it will work out like its supposed too. Heavenly Father
wants his children to get baptized, and I'm sure he will help us if we do
everything in our power to help her. We have visited her again and she was
having a lot of family problems and she said that she was so glad that we
stopped by. It was a prompting that S. Nauta and I received that we needed to
go see her. I'm hoping that she will get baptized soon and that she can come to
Church and be blessed by all the Gospel has to offer. Please pray for her and
her sister. Pray that their hearts will be softened and
that they will want this for them and that they will be able to know of its
truthfulness.
We also have been visiting with a less active brother. He
got baptized about 5 years ago, but he doesn't really come to Church. He has
been smoking and can have quite a foul mouth sometimes. We immediately hit it
off though, and he has a very similar sense of humor to me and we were just
laughing with each other. But of course he knew why we were there so because of
the spirit I was prompted to ask him about his smoking habit, and it completely
opened the door and I was very bold and told him that his habit was disgusting
and that he needed to quit. I was surprised with myself when those words came
out of my mouth. Usually I'm the quiet one and the one not saying much,
but we continued to talk, and I told him that He has a Heavenly Father and
Savior who loves him and if he believes that he can quit that he can with their
help. So he committed to try. We then went back a couple days later and he had started
to try to quit. He said that sometimes when he would think about smoking he
would have this major cough attack and that he wouldn't want to smoke. I told
him that this was Heavenly Father helping him. But he said that it was still
really hard, and that he didn't know if he could. So I used what Jordan did on
his mission about having him read the BOM every time he wanted to smoke, so hopefully that will help as well.
Then we talked about Alma 5 with all the questions, especially in verse 27 that
talks about if you died right now would you be ready to stand before the
Savior. And he said no, but I told him that is why he needs to make the changes
necessary now, so that he can return to live with Heavenly Father. I was
telling him that I cared about him and then I started crying, because an
overwhelming feeling of God's love for him was pulsing through me and I told
him that he can change because we care so much about him and Heavenly Father
does as well, and if he loves the Savior and his Heavenly Father he will do
this. Then Sunday came around and he wasn't at Church before we started but
then about 10 minutes in, he came in. He came to Church when he
hasn't been for years. I was so happy to see him. I had a huge grin on my face.
He left right after Sacrament but It was one step in the right direction. I
know he can do this and make the changes he needs too. Pray for him as
well.
Then we visited another LA and her husband. We had dinner with them and we watched the Restoration Video and we set the husband with a date for Baptism on June 29th. He said if he knew it was true and
that if Kelli could give up smoking and be there with him ready that he would
be baptized. We told Kelli that she could give up smoking that Heavenly Father
knew she could do this. So she said she would try one last time. So pray for
them. Pray for her that her desire for smoking will be taken away. They need
all the help they can get. I know that they can do this. It really has been a good week.
On Friday we went up to Coffs Harbour and had Zone
Training Meeting. We had it with all the other missionaries then we had P-day
with them. It was really fun and good to actually see other missionaries
because we are all so far apart that this is the only time we see each other.
One of my favorite things we talked about is how when we tell people we are
going to this zone they say oh you are just being exiled. Because in this zone
my district leaders area is 5 hours away from me and the ZLs are an hour away
and the other 4 elders are 2 and 3 hours away, we have District meeting each
week on the phone. It is quite interesting but good. But we talked about how
some missionaries need the constant being with other missionaries, but when you
are sent out here all you have is your companion and your Heavenly Father.
Heavenly Father trusts us to be out here and he knows that we can handle it. We
learn to rely on him even more and I think that is going to benefit me so much
in my mission later on and later on in life. It certainly isn't easy being a
missionary, but I know that I'm blessed because of it. Tonight we are driving up to Newcastle to have Zone
Conference, and we are going to have to drive 5 hours tonight, then stay all day
Tuesday and then drive back Wednesday Morning. It is crazy but it will be good.
I'm excited. It's exciting to be a missionary :)
I love you all I hope you have a wonderful week!
Love Sister Benjamin
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