This last week was a bit frustrating as we tried to find new
people to teach. Everyone we taught seemed interested but not enough to make
the effort to make changes in their lives. Plus, none of them would commit to
come to church yesterday so for the first time in a long time, I didn't have
any investigators at church. But we did have ward conference and we were asked
to be in the choir! More on that in a moment.
The highlight of this last week was definitely on Saturday when
our President called for a mission conference rather unexpectedly. Usually we
know weeks in advance but last week on Tuesday we got a call saying we all had
to be in Neza for a conference. Rumors spread like crazy as to what would
happen and it was interesting to see what our President chose to spoke on. He
asked everyone to fast from Friday after lunch until Saturday morning at the
conference and I really enjoyed fasting with such a clear purpose. I guessed he
would speak about the biggest problem in our mission: disobedience. I was
right. I remember when I first got here I was shocked at how good missionaries
would ignore a rule or choose to follow their companion into disobedience. In
my mind, choosing to serve a mission was the equivalent to promising to always
obey. It was really hard for me when I got here and felt overwhelmed by the
flagrant disrespect so many missionaries showed. Luckily our President is doing
his best to help those missionaries. He focused on every single one of us
choosing, that day, to serve God, to obey and to honor our commitment to him
for the rest of our mission. He went as far as to offer all the missionaries a
chance to leave, to go home; he even had chairs up front for anyone who decided
that being obedient was too much. He spoke clearly about certain rules and
warned us that he knows what goes on, and that members see us and call him when
they know we are breaking rules. It was refreshing for me and I am excited to
see how the mission changes. I know we can be better, more unified in this area
of Mexico and I hope everyone else sees it too.
As I mentioned earlier we had ward conference and with guest
speakers we were asked to join the choir. Let me just say that Mexicans, bless
them, are not the best singers. It was kinda rough to be in the choir but it
was really fun! I think the hardest part was that none of them sang confidently
and so I tried to but the words through me off a little; especially because we
sang two children's hymns which were so much harder for me to get the hang of!
But we had fun and the choir director bought yellow scarves for all the girls
while the guys all wore yellow ties. After sacrament meeting a woman gave my
companion and I a jug of hot arroz con leche and loaves of sweet bread. You can
bet we went straight to the kitchen and had some! It was the best treat ever,
especially since it's been a bit chillier lately. The members are all so nice!
I love it.
My last comment is about a Mormon message that we watched at
a member's house. It is about one man's testimony of the Book of Mormon which
also explains the history of the Book of Mormon. It is just great and I love
it! Plus it is a guy from London so that's fun too. Anyways, you should all
watch this video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dNYpXZIN_c)
and make the commitment now to follow the Savior. I promise it will bless you,
strengthen you, and help you in more ways you know.
I love you all!!
Love,
Hermana Bennett
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