Elder Alex Bennett's Mission Blog

Tap, Tap, Click, Tap, Wa-wa-wa, Tap, Tap..... Monday, August 20, 2012 6:04 PM That, is the sound of my lovely type-writer that I got from the D.I. for twelve bucks! Elder Hardy and I decided that we wanted to be able to write letters faster.I love it though, it's a "Brother 540-E" or something like that. Every key-stroke produces a click/tap on the paper, it's not a super old-fashioned one or a new one with like a word-processing screen, it's in-between the two I guess. I have been able to put out SOOO many letters of appreciation for meals, friendships/associations with investigators/members, etc. during some free time such as during lunch or after nightly planning, I LOVE it. Speaking of Russians,I met another one the other day. We were at the Jackson's for dinner which, by the way a cool fact, are related to Elder Daniel Anderson that was in my District in the MTC, he was DL for the first 6 weeks, and then it was me. He went to the Samara, Russia mission, Sister Jackson is his Aunt, what a small world, she was talking about her nephew from North Dakota who was serving in Russia and it all came together. Anyway, this Russian speaking guy is from Ukraine, I probably shouldn't have called him a Russian then, but he spoke the language. He's Pentecostal, very common to see where I was, but really a nice guy. He gave us his phone number and said to call him anytime. I knew when Justin was saying that the potatoes that you used on Sunday weren't from Idaho that everything was going to go wrong, it's the only way to go. That's way cool that you got to meet Elder Hardy's dad, he sounds like a really nice man. I'm sure the two of us (Hardy & I) will probably see each other a TON considering we are going to Dixie the same Semester. And, BY THE WAY, crashing on the bike is very common :) Didn't you know that 4 out of 5 missionaries crash on their bike here every day... Ok I made that up, but it's probably not far from the truth. Do you guys want to hear a pretty sweet song on LDS.org? Of course you do, it's on the Youth Music section and it's called "Take it Home" by Jen Blosil. I love this mission, I'm so grateful to be serving here. I have a Jewish friend now, we just helped them move some heavy stuff in their new house the other day. We thought we'd never see our helmets again the other day when we got a ride from a member. We were trying to get to an appointment on the other side of town on our bikes and this car pulls to the side of the road and he asks if he can take us anywhere, we were way happy to get a ride so we locked up our bikes to a fence thing and went with him. We were going to put the bikes in his trunk but we decided to do otherwise so our helmets were there and we forgot. Later we realized, we'll never see him again. Luckily he mentioned that he sold some stuff to a man which we knew, We called him and he had his phone number so we were able to meet up and get them. So after District Meeting we went to 5 Guys, Burgers and Fries.... There's this guy, he came and disappeared, but he just slapped a $100 bill on the counter and paid for all of us. We did some grounds-work with the Hunter ward at Discovery Elementary on Saturday and mowed a ladys lawn again on Friday. Has Sister Adams gotten a hold of you, she's a really, really nice lady that is so accommodating to us, she has a son out in Germany right now, her first one, so it's been tough for her, but she feels good when she's able to help the missionaries here. A Less-active that we have been working with came to Church yesterday! It was way cool to sit by him and also see one of our investigators sitting behind us. We set a baptismal date with a guy for September 15th, he's a great guy and has opened up a ton. His wife is a great support and a solid member, so we hope for the best. Also we are going to set a baptismal date with a kid for September 8th, he's 9 years old. We're seeing a lot of success and getting excited for the next couple weeks, things are movin' along.Had a great P-day today, as a zone we played volleyball at the stake-center, ate at Subway (not as a zone), and then went bowling at Big Al's (as a zone), it was dang fun. Well, I better get going, you guys have a wonderful week and we'll talk to ya real soon :) :) :) - Elder Bennett