Sister deBenito's Mission: March 2018

Monday, March 26, 2018

Week 61- "You're so Beautiful""I know cause thats the way God made me"

Well it's back to being busy again doing trainings, going on exchanges, and lots of meetings! I'm so excited but we're already so busy beginning with the first night of having to stay up until 2 am then getting up again at 4 am. I dont remember the phone going off so much! Hahah

Love y'all!

1 sister Kump!

2 temple

3 la familia casas

4 saying goodbye

5 we got booted

6 Easter time

ER at 1 in the morning

Wednesday, March 21, 2018

Week 60- "Well Good!"

Hola mi familia!

I'm sending you my lil weekly!

Thank you for all the updates and fun things that have been going on!

Well this week has been crazy weird!

I don't think I've ever been so anxious about transfers before!

So my companion sister Porter is going home officially. I tried my best to keep her here and help her stick it out but in the end it's her decision and she said that she needed to go home. It's hard to see her go but it's what's best for her.

So transfers are this week!!

I know I would either get moved out or I would stay for another transfer and be here for 6 months but that's a slim chance here in this mission.

BUT I guess the impossible can happen too when the Lord is the one that is directing this all.

I'm staying here in Provo til May! And they recalled me as a sister training leader! I will be training a new sister training leader sister Kapuniai! She's from Alaska but originally from Hawaii! I've only heard good things about her and I'm excited to be able to help out in any way that I can.

I was so anxious last night I couldn't go to sleep after I got the call from president I think I was up until midnight just rolling around trying to find a good spot to fall asleep in!

I also have been packing for sister porter cause she thinks I'm a good packer.. who wouldve thought! She's just been emailing while I've been doing it all for her haha! I'm a bit tired from everything woo! She's actually in her final interview right now with our President.

They've changed sooo much stuff this transfer! I cant even begin to explain everything.

Not too much has happened except work work work and we are definitely seeing the fruits of our labors

We got to go to the Provo city center temple with one of our recent converts to do baptisms for the dead! It's such a beautiful temple! It was my first time going to that temple. Also this month was our temple month and I was sitting in the celestial room and I hear someone sit next to me say 'no way.' I look over and its one of my friends caigen! I haven't sen her in about 2-3 years because she went to college and then I went on a mission. It was just a crazy feeling that out of all places there in the celestial room, later to find out that she's going to Singapore on her mission and has been in the MTC for 4 weeks. So crazy!

Life is crazy and I can't believe how others change over time.

I love y'all and I'm so grateful to be here!

Be safe!

This is the only email I've sent today so feel loved:)

Dog!

Other adventures.

My fav place in Provo.

The baby is tied to his dreads!

Family History back to Adam and Eve.

Provo temple.

The 70

Semana 59 - "Humility is not modesty, humility is knowing your strengths and giving credit to God."

Well it's been a bit but lets just say this day has been crazy and so has every other preparation day. I feel like it never gets slower and there's no time.. but I do the same thing every week! Haha

Love y'all!

Con Amor,
Hermana de Benito

> Icicles
> My district
> More icicles
> Dafine
> Snow after the gym
> Snow
> Cemetery
> Elotes
> We still have to go to meetings even though the roads haven't been cleared yet
> Salt lake temple after luz de naciones
> Hermana Porter
> Chapel
> Salt lake temple again

Week Something- Semana 1 Año? - "Hey do you have peanut butter? Cause I'm jelly!"

Were in the car so this might come late...

Hahaha, you can tell we've been pretty busy. This week was really busy. We met a girl named Dafne, she's from Mexico, and taught her all the lessons in a little over a week. To give you an idea, it normally takes about 4-6 weeks to teach someone. Just to be able to give them time and meet with them about once a week. We had her baptism this last Saturday, so this week has been so full of squeezing things in to prepare for her baptism and then finding people and other appointments.

Other than busy, we've been really good! Our area has been doing well, we found two, maybe three new people to teach, and we have learned a lot. As well, it snowed last night and still is snowing. I dislike the cold but at least Hermana Porter loves it :)

We also got bikes!! We were so pumped up when we found out that we were getting some! But we don't have helmets, so we can't use the bikes until we get some. No luck yet. We got a personal tour of the mission storage unit and wow! they have a good amount of bikes. Most of them are elders' bikes that are serving in a non-biking area.

On our way to a rush appointment, Hermana Porter tag fell off and we couldn't find it. Guess who found it for us? This kid

See pictures, please. Directly afterwards, I stopped Hermana Porter because I was short of breath from laughing at an autocorrect to finish my text. Again, see pictures.

We had Zone Conference this week! Sister Hodgman announced that as one of their last hurrahs, we will be doing another 90 day book of Mormon reading challenge. We will start March 1st and end May 21st. The Hodgmans finish their mission in July, and the O'Riordans will be taking over then. We haven't met the O'Riordans yet, but we’re are mixed in our emotions because we love the Hodgmans but were also excited to meet the new mission president.

Yesterday I gave a talk in another ward (they asked me really nicely. Because if you know me...i do not like giving talks… at all. But we normally go to our Spanish ward, as we are their missionaries, but this was an exception). I talked about how I manifest the love of God in the missionary work. I talked about the Giving Tree, and if you haven't read that book, do it. It summarizes how we are expected to give of our time and talents in service.

Missionaries are called a "living sacrifice," as we are actively sacrificing the things we desire most for a year and a half or two, for something we know matters more than the things we enjoy in our regular lives. As members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, we are expected to serve the ward & serve one another. We give our time and efforts to our responsibilities, knowing as well it is for a greater cause. Finally, as humans, children of an Eternal Father, we are commanded to love one another, and "no greater love has a man than he lay down his life for his friends." Soo we need to give, give of what we have and are, make sacrifices and efforts to show love, and take time for others. In doing so, in following and striving to keep this commandment, we receive some of the greatest blessings, ones that will last into eternity. I have seen the blessings of just my year, and I can testify that sacrifices for the greatest cause, the Lord's cause, truly bring the greatest blessings.

This week we don't have any big plans, but that leaves more space to knock:) All of them. We'll knock all of them out of the park. And maybe find some bike helmets :)

Happy late Valentine's day!

Con Amor,

Hermana de Benito