Elder Benson Plaster

This week was transfers and I'm going to be staying in Araxá with Elder Dewey for another transfer. I'm super excited to continue strengthening the branch and helping our friends to continue learning more about the gospel.  I got to try something new this week. I ate fish eye for the first time. It's not as bad as it sounds, tastes like the rest of the fish but some weird stuff inside as well. We got to help the branch president move this week. It was pretty hectic but it all worked out in the end.  I read a scripture this week that I really liked. It is in Mosiah 21:33. "And it came to pass that king Limhi and many of his people were desirous to be baptized; but there was none in the land that had authority from God. And Ammon declined doing this thing, considering himself an unworthy servant." I like this scripture because it talks about the importance of having authority of God to baptize. These people waited and sought after someone with the correct authority ...

This week was super good. We got a lot of people to church again and lots of them are progressing towards baptism. It’s still raining a lot here but it's been better than the heat. We got to play some beach volleyball today. Transfers are this week, but I don't think anything is going to change.  Remember that God loves you and is here to help us change and improve. If you have any questions or just want to talk you can email me at   benson.plaster@missionary.org . Tchau, Elder Plaster  Vaca    Pastel e Caldo de canã

This week passed by super fast. I don't really remember what happened other than we had a lot of lessons that got cancelled the day we were supposed to visit the people. We have been able to work a lot with the members recently and it's been amazing.  There’s not a lot of stuff to do in this city, so p-days have been kind of boring, but we're gonna find something cool to do next week. Sadly most of our friends that were at church last week were traveling this past week but we're going to be able to visit them all this week.  This week I had the opportunity to study a BYU speech given by Brad Wilcox. It's called "His Grace is Sufficient" and it's amazing. Would definitely recommend listening to it if you have some time. My favorite part says this, "The miracle of the Atonement is not just that we can go home but that—miraculously—we can feel at home there. If Christ did not require faith and repentance, then there would be no desire to change....

This week was pretty good. We had zone conference to start the week. It was good to talk with our mission president a little.  Afterwards we came back to Araxá and had a busy week.  It also rained a lot, but that didn't stop us. We had 8 people at church on Sunday and most of them we found this week so we will keep working with them and get to know them a little better.  I want to share part of a hymn that I like a lot. It is from Praise to the Man in the 4th verse it says, "Sacrifice brings forth the blessings of heaven". I really love this quote because it helps us know that the sacrifices we are making are worth it. We will be immensely blessed for all of the sacrifices that we make in order to establish God's kingdom on the earth. If you have any questions or just want to talk you can email me at   benson.plaster@missionary.org . Tchau, Elder Plaster  Filhos Peixe    Zone Conference 

This week was pretty good. The title today is because we were walking home from church on Sunday and a car smashed a garage door open. We thought someone was going to get out of the car, but after a little bit we realized that no one was in it. Luckily no one got hurt and there was no car passing when it happened. We got to help them pick up the heavy metal door and tilt it against a wall.  Other than that the week was pretty chill. We got a lot of work done but then we got up on Sunday and it was raining so we had less people at church than we were expecting. It was still pretty good though.  This week I want to share a scripture about repentance. Moroni 6:8 "But as oft as they repented and sought forgiveness, with real intent, they were forgiven." This scripture talks a lot about the goodness of God and how forgiving he is. It doesn't matter how bad or many times we mess up if we repent with real intent seeking forgiveness we will receive it. I’m so grateful for all of ...

This week was pretty good. I was a little sick, but we were still able to get out every day. We invited a few of our friends to be baptized so if you guys could pray for Lidiane and Edson that would be awesome.  I would like to share a scripture I found when studying this week. Alma 32:27 "But behold, if ye will awake and arouse your faculties, even to an experiment upon my words, and exercise a particle of faith, yea, even if ye can no more than desire to believe, let this desire work in you, even until ye believe in a manner that ye can give place for a portion of my words." I know that faith is really important and as we do the small thing to exercise our faith we will be blessed and receive a greater knowledge. I invite you all to do something this week to exercise your faith.  Hope you all have a wonderful week. If you have any questions or just want to talk you can email me at  benson.plaster@missionary.org . Tchau, Elder Plaster  Edson Elders Quorum