Another Great Week in the Mission Field!

I got this picture from a member in Bridger's Mission
She said "The Piano Lessons Paid off!"

      Elder Bentley played for "Why I Believe."  He did beautifully and he gives you credit.What a super missionary.

Dear Family! 

This last week has been a refreshing one. We have been trying to make contact with the less actives of the ward this last week. We were able to get an appointment with one of them. 

Monday night we had dinner with Sister Wills, she likes to have us over to talk with her grand kid about serving a mission. His name is Noah and he's 12. He has tons of questions about serving a mission so it is nice that we can help her answer his questions. We helped her carry boxes around her house be used she needed to take down all of her decorations from Christmas. She had knee surgery and wanted some help before she had the surgery done. 

Tuesday we had our typical meetings, which went pretty well. That night we were at the farm helping with the riding when it started to snow! It wasn't really that much snow and it didn't stick, but it was snowing! It is really a great opportunity that we have to work with the kids, and especially to work with horses! We also got to play with Peter, he is a miniature horse, they are still working with him to be more child friendly though because he still likes to bite fingers. We also had to say goodbye to Rusty, he was helping running the farm, and he is headed home to Idaho. 

Wednesday we tried to pack full with appointments. We had an appointment with a returning member and tried to help her recognize the importance of the Book of Mormon. We then went over to Harold's house so he could chat away with us about the dinner calendar. We had dinner that night with the McAllisters and it was a simple but quick appointment because we had to get to Betsy's home by 7. Betsy is doing great! She read the Young Adult devotional "What is the blueprint of Christ's Church?" And we were able to relate to that as we taught her the Word of Wisdom and Ten Commandments. Her kids are so hilarious and it was quite the appointment. Elder Johnson butt dialed 911 so in the middle of talking with her we heard, "This is the Montgomery County Police, what's your Emergency?" And we all started busting up! Her son Aiden asked if next time we came if we could have a Pokemon battle. That was so very cute!

We visited an in-active member who told us he has no desire to return to church, but he respects missionaries and opened his home to us whenever we were in the neighborhood. He was a member in the 80's until he had some complications in his family that led him off of the path. He really wanted to talk politics which was hilarious because his wife was getting mad at him for doing so! 

Saturday we knocked on every referrals' door that we had to get drop them if they weren't answering. We did that for most of the day until our dinner appointment with the Washington Family. Sister Washington invited tons of people over to her home for a football night and fried Chicken. She wanted us to teach everyone that was there but we felt like it was better to just keep it simply on Christ. We spent most of the time taking about missionaries, what we do and how we live. 

Sunday was killer! Betsy came to church With her three kids again! She is super excited to be baptized and her little son Aiden who is 7 said, "when I turn 8 I want to be baptized!" She has been such a golden investigator! We had dinner with the Lewis family and they let me play their piano which is a forte! Why I Believe was that night as well, Terryl Givens spoke at it. He is the author of The Crucible of Doubt, The God who Weeps, and Wrestling with Angels. He had such a great talk prepared and it was so amazing! I also got to play the opening hymn and closing hymns there so that was fun! Mima Kearl is the wife of the mission doctor and she talked to me after the Why I Believe fireside!

This week was amazing and I hope all of you had a great one as well!

Love,
~Elder Bentley