fhe + pride

This last week went by quickly and much of it was spent serving others. We have one recent convert who engraves mugs and paints them for his work. An elder in our district ordered some and so we painted them for him. It was time-consuming but very relaxing! Last week we also had to attend a meeting at our stake center; Hermana Nance is training this cycle and Hermana Benson is training the next one. I got to catch up with one of my past companions who finishes her mission tomorrow! It's crazy to think about friends and companions who are finishing up and heading home for their next adventure. I've only got four and a half months more and I am going to make it count! During our weekly planning this past week I convinced my companions to do it up on our rooftop. I wanted to get some sunshine and hopefully get a little more tan. Of course, both my companions got really red and nothing happened to me!

     We also had a great week with our investigator Ana Lilia. We got to take her to the temple to go through the visitor's center and it was perfect. She has grown so much and has a testimony that is already so strong. We got to have our own tour from the sister missionaries at the temple and they asked really good questions and helped her to learn and understand. It was perfect! I love taking investigators to the temple—there really is no substitute for the spirit they can feel there. She has also decided to enter the temple as soon as possible so she can help her ancestors. Heavenly Father really does prepare people all around us who need our message and need the peace of the Gospel.

The sisters and Ana at the temple.

This week we studied the importance of Family Home Evening. This is something that everyone struggles to do down here. I can honestly say that the times we did FHE in my family, I (almost) always enjoyed it and I fondly remember those short times we were all together learning something and enjoying a treat. I hope you all are trying to have FHE regularly—it strengthens families as much as it does the individual. I also found time to study a talk by President Benson called "Beware of Pride" that he gave in 1989. It is a fantastic talk and one everyone should read. We often think of pride in a very specific way when in reality, all are guilty of it at some point or another. This next transfer I'm going to focus on trying to eliminate all aspects of pride from my behavior. I'm not overall a prideful person but the talk brings up some things, such as gossiping, and a refusal to forgive another, as indications of pride. And as President Benson comments, pride is the universal sin and the downfall of individuals and nations. So do all you can to avoid it and change your behavior and nature—you will not only feel the spirit so much more, but others will notice the difference as well. 

     I love you all and hope you have a great week! I pray for you daily and I am so thankful for all your prayers and emails. 

Love,

Hermana Bennett

The sisters (and a photo-bombing elder) enjoying crepes. 

The entire district gathered for food.