Ben's Mission

Honestly, not too much to report on this week.  As you all know, church's got cancelled, temples got closed, and there are missionaries around the world finishing their missions early. It's crazy how much seems to be going on in the world. But I'm not letting it affect me. I still get to proselyte and work hard. We even brought the Sacrament to 14 people we are teaching yesterday! It was amazing!!!   This whole experience has made my testimony of our prophet sky-rocket though! Nearly two years ago President Nelson addressed us, giving us "Come Follow Me", telling us that we are moving toward becoming a home centered church. How amazing is it that the Lord prepares us for the future?!?!? Now is the time when a home centered church is exactly what we need. With churches closed worldwide what do we do? The Lord was prepared. We have been practicing being home centered for a year and a half. And even more amazing to me is the actual content of the...

Hello family! This week has been weird. I don't remember much. The days fleeeeeeew by. We spent most of them jumping into a bunch of missionaries areas helping them work because we found a bunch of new people to teach early on. So that was super fun. I got to go with Elder Brazier, Elder Howell's, and some other awesome missionaries. Overall though, things are going well. I love being out here. I love serving my Heavenly Father and His children. One of my favorite scriptures ever is Mosiah 28:3. It talks about what a strong testimony of this Gospel should lead to. It says,  "Now they were desirous that salvation should be declared to every creature, for they could not bear that any human soul should perish; yea, even the very thoughts that any soul should endure endless torment did cause them to quake and tremble."   I'm not quite there yet. I don't think any of us are. But the Sons of Mosiah are such an example to me about what type of c...

Elder Palmer (also from AZ) and Elder Trezise Elder Trezise & Elder Davies Elder Trezise & Elder Davies  Elder Trezise called a little early because he had a long day ahead.  He is doing well and the Zone conferences and MLT went well.  Here is his letter for the week: Okaaaaaay... Sorry this is so late. Today has been insane. If I haven't emailed you back, we had tons of stuff come up, and our mission President is sick so he can't do it. So yep.  Anyways, this week fleeeeeeeeew by. We had Zone Conferences on Tuesday and Wednesday, then MLC on Thursday. Then back to back exchanges Friday and Saturday. That was crazy.  Something that stuck out this week was the power of the scriptures. President Brad Hall, a stake president who used to be in our mission presidency gave a training on how to help people make and keep commitments. Instead of attacking the problem though, he went to the root. I love that. So his training ...

This boy wanted to be baptized.  None of his family attended the baptism.  The boy only wanted a few people from the ward there.  Elder Trezise was so happy to attend! Elder Trezise and Elder Manu - I'm not sure who the couple is Goofing around with other missionaries  I admit I was worried to talk to Elder Trezise when he called.  His struggles were weighing heavy on my heart.  He was in a much better space and had been able to talk with Elder Legas and work some things out.  I'm still anxious to hear how MLC training went..Here is his email for the week. Hello FAMILY!!!  This week was... a week. It honestly wasn't too bad. And I have things figured out now, so I'm all good.  We've been working a ton on zone conference for this upcoming week, and I'm going to be giving a few trainings. One is on teaching the Restoration with power, and another is on being emotionally and mentally tough.    Some things t...