Sister Benson 3/7/22

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 This week has been wild but this email will probably be short since.... Sister Ashby and I have been wrecking our district in a nerf war. 


This week we went out contacting in the heat. We went to a house to visit a guy who had at one point been meeting with the missionaries. He didn't answer the door, but the next door neighbor pulled up on his fourwheeler looking.... aggressive. He asked us what we were doing and we told him. At first he was stand offish, but he started asking more and more questions. We started testifying of different things and he started to be more friendly. In the end he accepted a copy of the Book of Mormon, said he might come to church, and was interested in meeting with us!! Moral of the story, Christ can and will soften people's hearts.


There is this old lady in our ward who is just the SWEETEST!! Her name is sister duke. We love her. She loves it when i sing for her, when Sister Ashby plays for her, or when we sing together. And she is always talking about her son who sings. So this week, her son came from Kentucky! (or something) So she asked us to come over. So we spent the night with her son and I singing hymns to her huge family while Sister Ashby played the violin. Its was so much fun! And it was such a good way to testify. Through music. :) 


Another day this week Sister Ashby and I were invited to a dinner with the 65+ ladies in our ward. We were the youngest by...... a lot. but it was so much fun. These ladies sat around (eating good food) lifting each other. The Spirit was felt, smiles were traded, and it was just such a good night. I strive to be like them. Constantly filling others with joy because of the joy this gospel brings you. I love that :))


I love yall!! Hope you have a good week!! 

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