March 27th

By the statue of Brigham Young at the Capital

Dinner with Sister Roblino

All the bread we have received

Dear Family!

This truly has been another great week in the service of the Lord! As Elder Vogel would put it, "Wahoo!! Life Is Good!!" This week we have had a lot of learning opportunities and teaching ones as well. But you'll hear about those throughout the week. 

Monday Night after our preparation day, we met up with Maxine finally. We had taught her the first discussion about a month ago and invited her to be baptized. She said of course so this was our time to follow up with her. She has been a busy person this last month but found time to do some reading. Our discussion went great with her. We invited her to prepare for baptism April 29th so we hope and pray she follows that Date!

Tuesday we had our Zone Conference. It was a training of obedience and of love. I loved the way things were presented and it threw some more fuel of the fire to be the best missionaries. Elder Mullen and I talked about things holding us back and have resolved to fix them. And that's when the blessings will start to pour in. This was a much needed training for this zone and it will show its fruits! But it was cool to hear that our mission has jumped from the 26th in the area to the 2nd in baptisms. Everyone was excited to hear that.

That night we ate with Sister Roblino. She had some family in town that she wanted us to try to talk with about the gospel. No better way than with food! We had some Cuban dish and tried our best to communicate with her family friends! They speak Spanish and we don't have any nearby Spanish missionaries. It was a cool experience though because it gave Sister Roblino time to share her testimony of the restoration with her daughter and family.

We had another lesson with the Beezer family. The Nelsons had us into their home with them for dinner and a lesson. It was quite the environment to share the gospel within the member's house. It is also great to see the willingness and preparation that the Beezers have come through to meet the missionaries. We felt prompted to invite them for a specific date, but didn't know exactly what one. As we taught, the spirit made it clear to us that they can make it for April 15th. They both accepted the dates and Sister Beezer said, "We can do it that soon?" With excitement in her voice. We talked about Conference and the joy it'll bring to them as they spiritually search for truth.

Friday was exchanges with the District Monkey so Elder Mullen went with the District leader. It's weird being on this end of the exchanges now, but it is really relaxing because now all I need to worry about is serving the Lord. It was a good exchange with Elder Buchanan and we had tons of fun. Within the day Brother Brooks called us and said he had some bread for us. Picture is attached. French toast for months. 

It really has been a great week and we are looking forward to conference! 

Love,

Elder Bentley