Email #7

hey mom!
              Mosiah 6:18 should help you with grandpas passing. im very thankful for the life he lived. he was the living patriarch of that side of my family and i greatly respected him. i still remember the blessing he place upon me when i recieved the melchezidek priesthood. it was so powerful. let him live on in the way that we live our lives so we may know that he would be proud. i place a blessing upon you, sheryl,grandma, and steve at this time that you may feel the spirit in your lives and shall not be bothered by his passing, i pray for that everyday and i know the Lord hears my prayers. may he rest in peace.        i was very excited to hear about nicoles baptism. bless her soul she must be such a pure little thing to recognize the spirit that quickly. i hope i get people like her out here. continue to teach her though, all new converts need someone to still work them into the church. were a very weird people. haha          next time you hear from me ill be in the state of parana preaching to all those who will hear. theres a joke we always say cause theres that missionary named Dan Jones who went to wales for like 3 missions in the 1800s when the church was first organized and he baptized around 2000 people, all the while starting a business and paying for his very own church building in wales for his new converts to worship and then selling it all so that they could come back to the americas with the rest of the saints and settle in utah. hes known as one of if not the greatest missionaries of all times. dude done ran jumped off the boat before it docked and started yelling to everyone on the docks about how hes got the gospel and how its been restored. theres also a rapper named mike jones who always yells im mike jones! in his songs so everywhere i go i yell im Dan Jones! someday when i learn this language im going to stand up and yell these truths just like Dan Jones. i cant wait to get out of this place seriously.        heard rileys been playing some good ball. good to know boys finally gettin some hair on his peaches. im still gonna take a dookie on his face when i get home. i got legs like a mule now.       i miss cambria so much. i miss curlin up with her and watching lion king an stuff. i miss when she would say what the heck or repeat things we said. i miss hiding when i pick her up from school then scaring her. shes the only one i miss judging by the fact that i took a picture of her with me and no one else. sorry haha i bought her a little gift but i dont know when ill send it though. i know shell love it.      can i please get elder clevelands email and or address. i wanna know of his success      i recently read our heritage and was thinking how in the world are we going to fill the shoes of our ancestors. we dont have any dan jones or brigham youngs or joseph smiths or even the pioneers who were able to leave everything to go worship freely in the utah valley. ive been wondering lately if my generation would be able to carry on this great work of the Lord and fill the shoes of our ancestors. then on sunday we had a testimony in portuguese with just our district and we were able to bare testimonies in portuguese which is a miracle and we also were able to give one of our own district members a blessing and as we all stood in a circle with the twelve of us i realized that this work would go on and not only would we fill the shoes but we would out grow them and spread the gospel to all the world.     me and my companion were very blessed. they let us go out among the public around here and pass out book of mormons. we passed out 7 in 2 and a half hours. it was insane i held full convos with people and i have no idea whtat they were saying. we led the whole mtc in passing them out and elders were giving us theres to pass. we were truly blessed. one guy i asked if he was having problems and he just opened up. i dont know what he said but i told him this book would bless his life. love ya                                    - Elder Bennett