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Well this
week has been absolutely crazy, but certainly in the best way possible. I love
it. I love being a missionary and the wonderful blessings that come from
serving the Lord. I had a lot of great experiences this week, and Heavenly
Father has been so good to me. First off, He blessed me with a WONDERFUL
companion. She is AMAZING. I love her so much. We have gotten
along so well and we just hit it off, and I knew that we would be a power
companionship from the beginning. I knew that she was going to help me so much,
and I hope to be able to help her. She was a visa waiter for 5 1/2 months so
she already knows so much, so we could just start working. I just love her so
much and I am so grateful for the wonderful person that she is.
The next is that Heavenly
Father blessed me with a WONDERFUL area. I have only been in Toronto for 3 full
days but I already love it. The people here are wonderful. They have welcomed
us into their homes and have just been so loving and kind to us. It is all I
could ask for in a new area. I love that the members are so willing to meet
with us and help us out. We met with Bishop and the Ward Mission Leader, and
they are both willing and ready to work.
Another wonderful blessing is
the people. Seriously. One lady just got baptized last weekend, and we were
able to meet with her and she is wonderful. She has such a powerful testimony,
and she just wants to be able to do what’s right. She has set a great example
for me. There is another lady who is getting baptized in 2 weeks’ time,
and she is really excited and it will be wonderful. I'm really glad I got to
come here at this time. This lady is amazing and she is really excited to have
this culture for her family. She is wonderful. Coming here has really helped me
to see that Heavenly Father really does prepare the hearts of his
children to receive the Gospel when they are ready. Heavenly Father really is a
God of miracles and I have really seen that just being here for a couple of
days.
In my practice this week of
becoming more like the Savior in my teaching I really tried to listen to the
Spirit, because I had never met these people before and I just needed Heavenly
Fathers help. Another miracle. We visited this man that was investigating
the Church a while ago. We went there yesterday with the Ward
Mission Leader and we had a great lesson with him. We talked a lot about the
Book of Mormon, and that with faith, God will provide a way for all things.
And the whole time I just kept feeling like we needed to invite him to be
baptized, so after my companion gave very powerful testimony of faith in Jesus
Christ and trust in him, I invited him to be baptized. And he said YES. When,
we don't know at the moment because we couldn't set a date with him, but he is
really wonderful, and we felt that he would be baptized
soon, so we are really excited about that.
There is a lot of work to do
here, and I am really excited to be a part of it. I am loving it. I have felt
the spirit so much and really have been learning so much. This week I have been
reading in the Book of Mormon in Helaman and it is just amazing to me how
quickly people are in forgetting Heavenly Father in their lives. And it really
struck me, that I can be forgetting him without even noticing it. Something my companion and I have discussed a lot is our prayers, and how when things are
all well and fine that we don't stop praying but we sometimes get lazy in our
prayers. So we both made the commitment to really have meaningful prayers no
matter what is going on in our lives. We have both felt such a greater spirit
come to us, even though we have only been working together for a couple of
days. I feel Heavenly Father’s presence more and I feel a greater love from
Heavenly Father.
Love you Heaps
Sister Benjamin
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