On Monday I took a nap! For the
first time in forever. It was splendid and so much needed. We also taught part
of the Plan of Salvation to Norma and Manuel and the Spirit was so strong.
On Tuesday we had interviews with President Baker, and they went great as
always. At the beginning he always prays for us, and his prayers are the BEST.
So personal and loving. After that Hermana Brugman and I talked about some
things that we've been struggling with as a companionship, and now things are
much better. I HATE companionship inventory, but it really is essential to a
unified companionship.
On Wednesday we committed Shelby, an investigator that we picked up from the
zone leaders, to pick a baptismal date :D
On Thursday we went with Sister
Moore, an amazing lady in the ward here, to visit a less active woman that she
visit teaches and then she took us out to lunch. Sister Moore is the best. I
want to be just like her when I get older. She is so dedicated in her callings
and then also goes above and beyond what is asked of her to reach out to
people. I'm realizing that that's what our religion really is: service.
On Friday we went to Nags Head
to stay there for the weekend. We taught one of the investigators that the
elders left us with, Jesus, and it was probably the most awkward lesson I have
ever been in. At the end I asked him to say the prayer and he said yes, and
started praying, but then he never said amen! So we sat there forever awkwardly
in silence waiting for him to finish and then finally I said, "Gracias!"
and we called it quits. It was rough.
On Saturday we had a good day, and at the end went to McDonalds to eat dinner.
I had already bought some food at a gas station, though, and Hermana Brugman
was waiting for the line to go down, so I decided to just say a silent prayer
and start eating. I start praying when all of the sudden I hear Hermana Brugman
say, "Padre Celestial, gracias por este dia." I look up and say,
"What are you doing?" "Well, you weren't saying anything, so I
thought you wanted me to say the prayer!" Hahaha. I have her trained so
well. We also get hit on pretty hard by some guy while we were there. He kept
asking us where we were staying and if we had Facebook and saying he had
nothing to do. Sorry, but not interested. Another great thing that day was that
we met a man that Hermana Flores, my trainer, had taught when she was in the
Outer Banks at the beginning of her mission.
On Sunday we went to church,
and to my surprise a family that I had known in Newport News was there
visiting! It was so fun to see them. For dinner we ate with another family that
lives there and then went to teach two investigators, Carlos and Maria, with
them. They are golden and the lesson went really well, except that they talk A
TON and I had to work really hard to maintain control of the conversation. We
read 1 Nephi 13:20-41 about the Great Apostasy and the Restoration, though, and
the Spirit was strong.
Yesterday we couldn't email
because it was Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Instead we had an amazing zone
activity at the sand dunes in Nags Head. We had so much fun just playing
around taking jumping pictures and burying each other in the sand. It was nice
to just relax and enjoy ourselves without stressing about investigators, etc.
I hope you're all doing well
and enjoying the cold! ;)
I LOVE YOU!!!
Hermana Bennett
PS. Sorry no pictures. I'm letting Hermana Brugman use my camera card thing
today. Hopefully she'll be done soon, but if not I'll send some next week.
