Come Unto Me And Be Baptized In My Name

The Work Never Stops

Hello everyone! 

I have very little time and I apologize this weekly will be a little lame.

A few things to know:

The work is on fire right now. We are currently a 4 man companionship which has been quite the trial. But has been very fruitful and we have many many new people this week. 

We are teaching so many amazing people right now. We are planning to have 4 baptisms on Nov 18th which is coming up soon. These 4 people are doing amazing and truly could hit their goals. We have a very busy week ahead of us. We hope to have them already by that date. 

Sunny is doing soooooo amazing, she is in China right now but stays in contact with us. She said she still read the BOM every day. She is even reading it with her parents who love it!! Huge miracles, we are excited for her and know she is going to hit her date.

I would talk about all the other people but we have so little time! I am so excited to work hard these last 2 weeks. Elder Crowther and I refuse to go out without a bang! We want to do some amazing things this past 2 weeks. We know there are many amazing things on the way.

We had a Stake Conference this weekend and had a member of the 70 come visit. He is a great guy and we took a picture with him after.

LOVE THE WORK AND I LOVE ALL OF YOU! 

Elder Nelson 孙长老

A little extra from Ben's recording:

For some reason my cute son cannot keep track of his recorder, haha Thank heavens for Elder Crowther having one that Ben could borrow. 😀

Sunny is still on date for Nov. 18, which the boys are excited about. She went to China for a minute and told the boys that she went "clubbing" and drank a bit while she was out. Uh-Oh. But...she felt so guilty and in her words, "prayed deeply" for forgiveness and is back on track. One thing about her story that is cool is that when she went home, she started reading the BOM with her parents and they LOVED it. They expressed that is brought them peace. So who knows where that will lead, but hopefully she can continue to share her feelings for her Savior and this gospel. 

They met with Pius again and he has fallen back a little, but the boys LOVE him and they have gained hopefully a lifelong friend.

Rosie is doing really well and is on date for the 18th as well. Ben is pretty excited for these 2 potential baptisms, right before he goes home. 

Ben and Elder Crowther got a random call from someone that lives in Palms Springs who has a friend that is extremely interested in the gospel. The boys went out to see her and found that she is "on fire". They put her on date mid-December and she said, "Wait! aren't you going home soon? I want to be baptized before you go." Sooo, they put her on date for the 18th as well! 3 BAPTISMS FOR THE 18TH, the boys last Sunday!! They are meeting with her 3 times a week and working really hard to see if she can make that date. 

The Wong family is next. The wife just had an emergency C-section and there were complications with the baby who had to stay in the hospital. They do not have insurance so they were paying EVERYTHING out of pocket, which was getting too hard for them. Needless to say with LOTS of prayers, the baby was able to come home! YAY! The husband wants to be baptized ASAP, so the boys put them on date for the 18th as well! WHAT!! This is so CRAZY and EXCITING for them and these investigators! 

Ben will be giving his final testimony😢 this upcoming week and Elder Crowther and Ben were picked to teach one last training on baptisms and how to get people from point A to point B. What an honor to teach one last lesson to all the Elders. 

They had the privilege of having Elder Joaquin Costa of the 70 come and visit and speak to them for Stake Conference. Ben said he is a really great guy and they were able to talk to him for a bit. 

Ben's body "hates him right now" as he puts it, but as he says, "it will NOT stop me from finding the Elect". He is such a great example to me of perseverance and enduring to the end. Hopefully, the Lord will continue to bless him and Elder Crowther so they can Finish Strong these last few weeks!