Mission Life in CDMX

  Wow this week was amazing! Highlights: -GENERAL CONFRENCE!!! If you do not know what general conference is, it is when the prophet of God along with his apostles speaks to the people of God. It is one of the biggest blessings in my life and this week I have grown a strong testimony of this conference through my testimony. I love a quote from Ezra Taft Benson that says "God’s revelation to Adam did not instruct Noah how to build the ark. Every generation has need of the ancient scripture, plus the current scripture from the living prophet.". We all know that the problems of today are different from the problems of the generation of our parents. Prophets provide our modern day guide for this very day. I also love Matthew 24:37–39 and 43 which says 37 But as the days of  a No ah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. 38 For as in the days that were before the  a flood  they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until t...

  Quick update! Highlights: -Teaching Rodrigo and his family. They are progressing so much and they are really the most amazing people on earth! Keep them in your prayers please! Rodrigo, Media, Ismael, and Sofia! -Jorge is still killing it as usual and we hope to go to the temple with him and his family this week. He also gives us food every morning and it is always SOOO GOOD!  -We met a guy named Antonio two weeks ago and he had some serious addictions to drinking. We talked to him in the street for an hour and it was a powerful lesson. We kind of lost contact with him, but this week he came up to us in nice clothes and combed hair. He told us he has not drunk beer or alcohol for two weeks and he feels so good. He told us that he had drunken a bottle of beer everyday of his life sense he was 15! So cool to see the change! We asked him what made him change and he told us he looked into our eyes and knew we were representatives of Jesus Christ and that we could help him return...

 Hey guys! These past two weeks have been a blast!  Highlights: -We met an investigator named Jorge. He is the most amazing person and has had such a desire to learn and share the gospel. We have started to teach his family and two other families that are super close to him as well. We have basically lived in Jorge's house the past week. We do Basketball in the morning with them, English Classes, and Lessons with them about everyday. Typically it also ends up that they surprise us with a breakfast and a dinner. They are the Best! -Sushi Night! Our stake president loves us and decided to take us to Sushi. He definitely spent way more money than we deserved, but it was delicious!!! -We WENT TO THE TEMPLE! I love the temple and I love the spirit in the temple! Spiritual: I have pondered a lot about the journey to the promise land and in particular a verse  "(There are eleven days’ journey from Horeb by the way of mount Seir unto Kadesh-barnea)”-Deuteronomy 1:2 There is a art...

  Had a CRAZY busy day and this week was kind of strange, so this email is going to be short! Highlights: -Played Chess with Ivan(The Blind Man). He actually is really good at chess (at least for  being blind.). He even beat my companion which was pretty crazy. But my companion demands for a rematch jajaja. I know he will get him sometime! -Found some good news this week, but none of them came to church which is always heartbreaking! -Had a missionary give me a haircut! Luckily he actually did a pretty good job. I was nervous to say yes, but he is kind of legendary in this mission so I decided to give it a go!  -Got to go back to Chicoloapan again to baptize! It was a super tender experience. The woman is 82 and just the biggest sweet heart on this earth! Always amazing to see the joy of baptism! -I LOVE my companion Elder Smith! He is so funny and loves to work hard! It has been a blast seeing him grow as a missionary! Spiritual thought: "Every man's work shall be made m...

  I hope everybody is doing AWESOME! Here is the quick highlights of my week: -I received my new companion Elder Smith and it has been SOOO MUCH FUN! He makes me laugh so hard and we have been working really hard! -I got to return to Chicoloapan to do some Baptisms! It was so much fun seeing the joy of Baptism! Jetzemani, Joan, Vennesa, and Kimberly all have been such amazing examples to me! -Got to go to Central with my Mission Presidents and get some stuff. It was super cool because we got to see the house of the President and some historical sight. TO finish it off we got some amazing food, which always makes a trip better! Spiritual Story: This week we were walking home one night and we walked past a blind man. We were super tired and our initial thought was just to pass by and get to our house. But 5 minutes after walking by him, I felt the spirit to turn around. SO we walked back and we asked him if he needed help. He asked us if we could walk him to the bus station 10 minute...

 Hello EVERYONE! This email will be short. This week was full of so many miracles and a big part of them came from the temple trip we had! The temple is a HOLY PLACE! Some highlights: -The big news I got this week was that I will have transfers tomorrow. This was both really exciting and SUPER SAD. The sad part is that I LOVE Chicoloapan and the people here. The miracles have been so amazing in this area and 5 weeks just is not enough time for me in this area. Luckily I have been invited back for a lot of baptisms, so Chicoloapan will be seeing a lot of Elder Bennion! The happy part is that I am going back to the area I was trained in! Tepelcates is going to be so much fun! Also I will have a new white missionary, so it will be fun helping him know what a mission will be. -I honestly did not know you could find people you love in five weeks, but Chicoloapan. The kids here are SOOO amazing. Also handshakes are the best -Our temple trip had 33 investigators and it was so much fun to ...