It's Almost December!

This is Theo, he got baptized on Saturday. He was one I was teaching when I first got to the area, but when they switched the boundaries, the other elders got to teach him.

Dear Family!

Well there were some great things that happened this week!

Tuesday After a day of failed appointments, we went to visit one of our potential investigators Jamie. As we were walking up to his door, he motioned for us to come in so we did. We sat down and he started talking to us about things that have been happening lately. Then he turned the conversation to death so we were able to talk about the 3 kingdoms of glory with him. He was so excited to hear what we had to say it was tons of fun to see him love the message. Quote from Jamie, 'I eat Thunder and poop Lightning!"

Wednesday we had the opportunity to go down to the temple and help around the grounds. We decorated a couple of bushes and trees in lights and helped around with yard work. It was really cool to work on the lights because so many people come to see them! Brother Rogers, the guy in charge, was so thankful because of our service him and his crew would be able to take off Thanksgiving to spend it with their families. Between that and fighting traffic to get home, that contained most of our day. 

Thanksgiving was a pretty dandy day. We got to play football with some members in the morning. After that we commenced to our thanksgiving meals. The first one was with the Dotimas family. Knowing we had more after, we tried to control our food intake, but the meals was so great we just kept eating until we were packed full! As we were going to the next meal, we went and gave the leftovers to a homeless guy named Danny. He was super thankful and deserved a good meal for thanksgiving. Our last meal of the night was with Sister Rigsby. She is the new Relief Society president so we had a good chat about some of the members over dinner at Bob Evans. Then following that we helped her decorate her Christmas tree so she wouldn't have to do it alone!

Saturday we got to go and explore the top neighborhood of our area. There is an area with tons of Burmese speakers. We are just stuck because they know little English but always invite us into their homes. We are going to do what we can for them in regards to acquiring something they will be able to understand more. But for the meantime we shared Christmas videos that were just music and the video so there wasn't any worry for the language barrier.

A thought that came to mind this week. When we encounter people, we have the blessing to share with them the happiness we have. Sometimes as we share that love, they won't want to be receptive or will reject what we have to share. But sometimes we don't think about the influence we can have on others. They way we treat and deal with others can drastically change the outcome to them accepting the gospel. So continue to try and help others, because no effort is wasted.

Love,

Elder, Bentley