It's Been Confirmed

There have been a lot of rumors going around that our recently baptized investigator Stacie has received the gift of the Holy Ghost. Well, I'd like to let you know, it's been confirmed. In fact, the confirmation happened on Sunday. Yay! She had to wait a couple of weeks because of General Conference, but now it is done! We are so happy for her. Sunday was just great. We had the confirmation in Sacrament meeting, and then just all of the lessons and testimonies were very spiritual. One man got up and bore his testimony about how he got an answer to prayer when my companion and I stopped at his house for a glass of water during those hot summer days when the air was filled with smoke. It is amazing how God uses us as instruments in his hands. As we were speaking with the guy, we mentioned that we knew a member had lived in the house, and so we decided to go there for water. He said that he received a witness, clear as a bell from the Spirit that God loved him and knew him. It was great. I didn't even know we had blessed that man at that time, but he had really needed it at the time. We then finished of the day with a rousing missionary musical fireside... my last one. I was asked to play the piano 10 minutes before, but I got through it with a lot of prayer and it  ended up being the best I have ever done on the piano in a fireside. Which is good because they were recording it. Other than that wonderful Sunday, I must admit that the rest of the week was a little drab. It was fun and I enjoyed it, because the work always feels good, but there was not anything even remotely interesting that happened. We knocked many a door. Most people didn't answer. We didn't find anyone to teach. No worries, though: We always have this week to try again. The most interesting knocking story that happened was when some nice Catholic brother let us in and let us look at his board game for red necks. He was nice, but didn't want to hear our message at all, he was just lonely. 

So yeah. I know that was a pretty lame weekly email, especially because I just rambled on the whole time. Oh well. Have a great week, amigos.

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Elder Benge