=) I love the mission.

Dear Family and Friends,
This week I was a little bit frustrated because it seems like the only people who want to do the work of the lord is our bishop and the missionaries.
We told everyone in our ward council meeting specificaly to please come say hi to us right after sacrament meeting and we could introduce them to our investigators and to "Diego" who was just baptized.
The only ones I saw who did say hello were the bishop and one of the counselers. The hypocrisy of it all is that we just heard talks about the work of the Lord. All the talks were about missionary work and how we can be a friend a true disciple of Christ and share the gospel. Was anyone listening? No.
One lady started crying about how after her mission she hadnt really done anything to help but she knew the church was true and is going to change. Well.... Right afterwards when I asked her to say Hi to Patrick she seemed confused and asked.. when? I asked if she could right now. She asked where. I said right here! He was just confirmed. Next week in our ward council meeting i am going to ask everyone to raise their hand if they had come to say hi to us or one of our investigators. The hard thing is that everyone here is converts and they dont really understand how to function as a ward yet. They have never seen a ward functioning properly and so they dont really have the example.. but still, being a friend is something universal.
On the upside, Diego got baptized and then Sunday morning we called him to remind him about church. Well.. he told us that he didnt know if he could make it because his grandma who practically was his mother, was on her deathbed. We told him we knew his grandma was very important but so was the gift of the Holy Ghost. After talking for a bit he told us he would confirm with the member that was going to pick him up. We were praying like never before. Thankfully right after the sacrament they both entered, the member and Diego. After the intermediate hymn, they blessed Diego. I was so grateful and happy. I think he was too. Later that night we asked how his grandma was. He told us thank you and that she was much much better. I know that when we put God first he blesses us. =)
Please, remember that when you were baptized, if you were baptized, you took upon you the name of Christ to mourn with those that mourn and comfort those that stand in need of comfort and to keep his commandments, the greatest of which is to Love God, and then to love your neighbor as yourself.
Be a friend.

With love,
Hermana Bendixen