Monday, April 1, 2013

Slow start in Maringa


Mom,
     A hammock? They don’t sell them in the states?
     Life has been a whole lot harder ever since i showed up in Maringá. we haven’t really gotten an opportunity to start working, we moved houses and we haven’t had water or electricity in the house for the last two weeks haha and that’s put us back. then pres. Tavares said we have to leave the house cause they don’t know how long its gonna take to get the water and light installed, he said it could be another 15 days which is basically till the end of this transfer. So now were living on the other side of the city in a house with 6 other elders. haha now we have 10 elders living together in the same house. were gonna stay here till we get the water and lights installed. Life’s gonna be bad cause we have to take the bus to get to our area which is tons of money and time. All i know is its gonna take about 2 hours out of proselyting every day. Then Elder Morgan had to do his paperwork to stay in brazil so Monday and Tuesday i was in Londrina doing nothing in the mision office while he was at the police station. Mercy on my soul! All i did was basically hang out with the bros for two days straight.
     This house im in right now though has 10 elders, its gonna be a party everynight haha. Today for p-day were gonna have a barbeque. The house here is pretty awesome though. not much to say though cause nothing special has had the opportunity to happen yet. Elder  Morgan seems like he’s going crazy though cause he wants to just have a regular mission for the first time in his life but its not coming like that. Then again that is a regular mission haha.
     We took this lady to church that is super firm in her evangelical church. We taught her the restoration and she said, but if the true church has to have 1 prophet and 12 apostles and the authority of the priesthood then my church is false. Is my church false? i said ask God what he thinks and follow what he says. She said no, tell me is my church false. i said yes.  she got really offended  and then started saying that maybe shed come to church but that we don’t need to go to her house and get her cause if she goes she’s gonna go on her own, which basically means im not gonna go. She got really offended by the whole "true church'' thing. so i said, "  either we come and get you and you tell us right now if you go or your not going with us tomorrow. she said she would go. i don’t know what got into me though, i was really mad and there was no spirit at all in the way i invited her to church, but she accepted the invite went to church liked it and now she’s gonna be baptized this Sunday. Elder  Morgan asked me why i got so mad at her, i don’t know why, but it worked! basically me and Elder  Morgan met 10 people that were gonna baptize in the next 3 weeks but they didn’t go to church cause it was Easter and everyone traveled, but these next 3 weeks fires gonna fall from the heavens!!!
         - Elder Bennett



Dad,
o my goodness Maringá is trying to kill us! There is just a lot of things going on that have nothing to do with missionary work, mainly our house. We need a house right now were on the other side of the city staying with other missionaries. Its not that great, but there cool guys. All i know is that these last 3 weeks we baptize 10 people. lets goooo!!!! I’ve never been so focused on something in my entire life!
love ya dad your the man!

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