General Conference and the park

This week went by very fast, and we were so busy. We got to go to this park in our area a few times this week and it is pretty amazing to see the beauty of Brazil even when there are still very big buildings close by. There is a giant pond there that is full of big fish and turtles that are always cool to watch. 

Sadly, one day this week we got kicked out of the park because we had a table and poster about the Book of Mormon with us. They said we had to have permission to have the table there, but we could go around and talk to everyone which honestly seems more annoying than us just having a table there. Hopefully we can get permission this week so we can return because the area around the park doesn't have a lot of people that are interested, and it is easier to find people who are interested with the table than going and knocking on people's doors. 

For my spiritual thought this week I want to share a talk I liked from conference. It is the talk given by Christopher H. Kim. He talked about how we need to soften our hearts. One of the ways he said we can soften our hearts is to repent daily and trust God to help us. This is one thing I want to focus on this week because it relates to one of the themes I heard a lot of during conference and that is humbling ourselves before God like a little child. I hope you all have a great week and have some time to study a few of the conference talks more in depth. 

I love you all and know that Heavenly Father loves you too. If you have any questions or just want to talk you can email me at benson.plaster@missionary.org.

Tchau,
Elder Plaster 

Birds chilling upside down

Fish at the park

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