WEEK 54

Well this week wasn't the most productive. One of my companions has a cough that won't go away. Has a coughing fit every 20mins that's has been going on for a couple weeks now so we have been stuck in the apartment a lot. But we have gotten some work done! Our investigator Raanjit is progressing great! We took him to a baptism on Saturday night which he loved and he said he was imagining himself being the one being baptized during the baptism haha. He's so golden and will be
baptized in a couple weeks! The sisters in our ward also had a baptism on Saturday which we got to go to. I'll be taking their area starting this week so they had me witness at the baptism so I could have an in with Dan (the investigator that got baptized) to make the transition better. 

We got our transfer calls last night and I'll be with Elder Taylor! My MTC companion so that's sweet! One of my two companions that's been taller than me haha so we are gonna be a little intimidating in the streets. 

Had a New Years revolution resolution set up by our zone and had a good turn out! My New Years resolution is to be more kind/positive when giving advice/counseling people. I have a tendency to be impatient with people's blatant bad choices so I'm gonna work on that haha. Fast and testimony meeting was pretty nuts haha there seems to always be one crazy lady in each ward in LA haha. Loving being back and hope y'all have a good week!

Love, Elder Bennett

WEEK 53

Well I'm back on the mission! It was so cool flying over top of my old areas on the plane and seeing the temple. Was a lot different when I first came out haha. A senior missionary picked me up from the airport (Elder Bangeter) and took me to the mission office. The APs then took me to the church just behind the mission office to meet my companions Elder Guerrero and Hicken. We are in the Mar Vista ward which is pretty close to the beach! The members are super cool and rich haha. We have a really nice apartment that pretty close to the mission office so we don't live in our area which is kind of annoying. Lots of traffic... Which is really the worst thing by far about this mission haha. Met a Ted Ellison who apparently knows the Brewertons? So that was pretty cool.

We have mainly been doing service these past few days for Elder Wright who is from Edmonton. Set up a new apartment for some new senior missionaries and moved some stuff into my soon to be apartment. I'll be taking the other half of our ward next transfer and replace the sister missionaries that are there right now. We have a really sweet investigator name Ranjit who is Hindu. We teach him at the visitors center and he is progressing really well! Has been to church once and has accepted baptism so it's sweet! Had dinner at the stake Presidents house yesterday and he remembered me from stake reports (my last report with him was the day that I left my iPad on top of my car haha). I'm loving it so far and it's great, weird, fun, exciting to be back!

Love Elder Bennett

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