Elder Benson Plaster

This week was pretty tiring. We had a service project this week cleaning the house of someone who was in need. I don't think I have ever seen a house so dirty but it looked a lot better by the time we finished.  We had a p-day today with some other Elders. We played soccer and I'm feeling pretty exhausted but it was super fun. Other than transfers not much happened this week. It is a little crazy to think that this is my last full transfer and then I'll have 2 more weeks before going home.  A scripture that I read this week that is helping me to keep going is in Alma 37:34. "Teach them to never be weary of good works, but to be meek and lowly in heart; for such shall find rest to their souls." This scripture has helped me to keep on doing good things even when it's tiring and to try my best to be meek and humble and strive to keep on learning. If you have any questions or just want to talk you can email me at benson.plaster@missionary.org . Tchau, Elder Plast...

This week was a little difficult, but also fun. We didn't have a lot of success in our area but we still saw a few miracles. We got transfer news and I'm going to have a new companion. His name is Elder Gomes and I already know him because he was already serving in this ward but in the other area.  It normally doesn't rain in Goiânia from May until October so we were a little surprised when we started getting rained on this week.  Our mission president also approved watching Brazil's world cup games if we are with members or friends so on Saturday we watched the game at a members house and it was a fun experience even though the game ended in a draw.  On Sunday we were on the way to church on the bus and at one of the stops the bus turned off. After about 5 minutes trying to turn it back on the bus driver manually opened the door and told us all to get off and that a different bus would come and pick us up. Unfortunately we weren't going to make our connecting bus s...

This week was nice. Lately there have been a lot of fires in our area. It is really funny how nobody cares about the fires and the don't call the firefighters even if they are right next to houses or stores. They are a lot more trusting in the moisture of the plants than I am.  The world cup starts this week and Brasil is definitely ready for it. I don't think I've ever seen so many streets painted, flags, and jerseys for one event in my life. It's going to be a super cool experience being here during this time.  The work here has been progressing very slowly recently so we are going to try to focus our efforts on a few people/families and see what happens with them.  Recently I have been studying Elder Holland's talks. I started at the beginning and am about halfway through. This week I studied his talk called "Safety for the Soul". In it he talks about how the Book of Mormon will help us and protect us in these last days. He says, "Love. Healing. He...

This week was pretty good. I got to do exchanges with my companion from the MTC. It's been a while since we had talked so it was good to catch up with him and see how much we have grown so far.  We found a lot of people to teach this week which was amazing because our teaching group has been a little rough recently.  Recently I have been studying about charity and how I can get better at loving everyone especially the people we are teaching. While I was reading the Book of Mormon this week I read the story of Ammon and King Lamoni. The King offered Ammon his daughter but he denied and offered to be his servant. Alma 17:25 "But Ammon said unto him: Nay, but I will be thy servant. Therefore Ammon became a servant to king Lamoni. And it came to pass that he was set among other servants to watch the flocks of Lamoni, according to the custom of the Lamanites." I love the example of Ammon showing that the way to love others though service. These next few weeks I'm going to ...

This week was pretty good. The members had a surprise birthday party for Elder Cunha so I had the job of getting him to the chapel without raising suspicion. He tried to go to the chapel a little early so I had to do my best to convince him that we couldn't go early. In the end it worked out.  We had Zone conference this week and we learned about the sense of urgency we should have to help people to be saved and baptized.  This is the scripture I want to share this week. Mosiah 1:7 "And now, my sons, I would that ye should remember to search them diligently, that ye may profit thereby; and I would that ye should keep the commandments of God, that ye may prosper in the land according to the promises which the Lord made unto our fathers." This scripture really shows the importance of keeping the commandments and covenants that we make because through them we are blessed and will prosper.  If you have any questions or just want to talk you can email me at benson.plaster@mis...

This week was okay. Elder Cunha is still a little sick so we got to return to the hospital again. I had a cool experience though because I got to do an "exchange" with President Faria while his wife stayed with my companion. It was a good experience to have to see that he is human and just trying to do his best just as any other missionary. Other than that nothing much happened this week other than we were stuck inside a lot.  For my spiritual thought I want to talk about a lesson I learned for the Come Follow Me last week. It is the story of the 10 spies that Moses sent into the city of Canaan. Reading this story I learned a lot about how we see challenges in our lives really affects our attitudes and how easy it is to forget about everything that God has done for us. Truly He wants the best for us but we need to trust Him and remember what His plan is for us.  If you have any questions or just want to talk you can email me at   benson.plaster@missionary.org . Tchau, Eld...