ElderParkerBennett

In Parker's email this week he found out that his buddy Elder Petersen (from the CTM) was in the hospital last week very sick so he comments on that and is doing much better this week, things are looking up!


noooooooooooo petersen was my boy! i hope hes getting better. he will be in my prayers. thanks for all the support mom means a lot. this week started off really tough because my elder freitas gave me much more responsibility when we teach so our practice sessions have gotten a lot more intense. im pissed cause he sucks at teaching and he gets pissed cause i suck at memorizing WORDS I DONT KNOW IN PORTUGUESE THE FIRST TIME I LOOK AT THEM so there really just sounds to me. haha seriosly it gets intense he fake punches me in the face or will stand up and start beating me but not actually hitting me and kicking me and i just sit there with a stiff chin cause we both really wanna punch each other in the face. so the week started off rough i was really angry about my portuguese and threw a fit while we were proselyting i wanted to just run around the town and start destroying everything cause he makes me do every house now to help my portuguese im like home boy you cant learn the meaning of words if you keep hearing em in another language and never get to study. o ya he only lets me study portuguese 3 times a week cause he believes me talking to people is better even though i have the same convos everytime cause i cant just make words up i dont know. so i prayed real real diligent on the worst day because i felt like crap becuase of my portuguese and then the next 3 people i proselyted to were like ay you speak really good portuguese for 3 months. im impressed. i was i little softened and then when we were at the bus terminal some asian lady came up to me and started speaking english wanting to know which bus to take to get to the falls from argentina and i was able to translate what she said to portuguese and then what they said to english. then i realized wow i really have gotten good at portuguese i think one more month and i could be fluent. and then just like that the weak was really good and my best yet. we taught a really good lesson to a 18 year old yesterday and i did most of the talking to. now im a little suprised with how good ive gotten instead of how much i hadnt learnded.a total 180.
             i thought i remembered jared saying something about sundays being a nice relaxing day on the mish cause its the exact opposite. we hit the streets at 8 and invite everyone we see to church and walk all over knocking at our investigators doors to make sure they go to church. its probably our hardest working day.
            thats really cool to hear about nicole getting a call cause thats what the beauty of this gospel is, right when your in youre put to work immediately. you have to actually do stuff and grow to be a part of the kingdom of God not just show up and listen to a priest form opinions about the Gospel of Jesus Christ for you.
          this world amazes me. in about 150 lessons so far weve had everysingle person except for 3, wolves in sheeps clothings, say to us after our lesson that they believe joseph smith was a prophet of God and that this was the gospel of Jesus Christ and the True church. but then when we talk about baptism theyll say o ive been baptized, im catholic or evangelical. so well say but you understand they do not perform the ordinance correctly and that they dont have the priesthood. theyll say ya i know but im catholic. so i got so just intense i asked this guy straight up so if God gave you a straight answer that this was his kingdom on the earth and had all truths you wouldnt be baptized. he chuckled a bit, saw i was dead serious and the said, i already know that your church is the true church on earth but i was baptized catholic and all my friends are in this church. i thought you small little man. its funny in second nephi, nephi prophesies people will love Christ but hate the words he speaks not knowing its the words he speaks that make Him the Christ. exactly true all these people draw close to Him with there lips but there hearts are far from Him.
                     time to preach some repentance elder bennett