Sister Benson: 5/16/22

 

Week 26: roach in my mouth

Scout Benson

Nasty right? Well I wish it was a joke. But NO. We made a new friend this week in the middle of the road. He was walking to work, we were practicing being brave. His name is Sean :) He told us we were much nicer than "mormons" he'd met in Michigan. (Sorry all my Michigan buddies but yall just dont have the *southern grace* instead you apparently have #northern aggression# according to Sean ://) Well while we were talking to Sean he gave the recovering music addict a wonderful gift: a Weezer song AND a 311 song. Unfortunately it was very distracting as I tried to juggle testifying of Jesus and singing along to Beverly Hills. Guess the prophet is right. The world and missionary work arent meant to be multi-tasked. Well Sean took a Book of Mormon and gave us his number! It was a wonderful encounter. Except one thing. Sean had a mustache. He also had.... no dental care I dont think. But while we were talking a flying roach.... landed on his 'stache. And then slowly-- PAINFULLY SLOW-- crawled into his mouth. He didnt even notice. Protien? Welcome to Waycross I guess. Its okay, Christ invites everyone to come and see, even people who let roaches climb into their mouth. Who knows where thats been :)) 

This week was long and dragging. Its getting real hot here, our teaching pool is waning, and honestly the bugs are all their hyped up to be. I cannot tell you how tired I am of tiny bugs flying to suck up the delish sweat juice on my forehead. BUT we had some fun stuff this week regardless! 

We had zone conference this week which was, as always, wonderful. President Wood talked to us about the first vision. Just as Joseph started to pray, the adversary tried to take over. And the same happens to us. Just as we start to work hard to do what God needs us to, Satan tries to stop us. Joseph said that Satan knew that he would prove to be an "annoyer and disturber" of his "kingdom". Man! How epic is that. I want to be an annoyer and disturber of Satan. Every morning when I wake up I want the devil to be like gosh dang it not again. Because do you know what it means to be an disturber of Satans kingdom? It means that youre an active disciple of Christ. I plan to annoy Satan the rest of my life. So let him throw his whirlwinds and fiery darts, I know who I am built upon. And I take those fiery darts as a compliment, as hard as they may be, because Satan considers me a threat. And that means Christ considers me an asset. So bring it on. :) Also in zone conference Sister Wood said that we need to CHOOSE to thrive. Are you choosing to thrive every day? I know Im not, but im trying to be better. I sang in zone conference, we fished for balloons, and got gently rebuked for not "weeding the garden" more often. Meaning that we need to be constantly plucking out the things hindering our growth. So thats a good challenge!! Weed your garden! 

Thats like all I have for this week!! I love yall, keep praying, keep growing closer to Christ, keep the roaches out ya mouth. Have a good week!! 

"Literally me"
 (note from editor: I laughed so hard that I HAD to include this!)