Elder Benjamin Michael Conover Mission Blog : Week 84: Progression

Hey Guys!

This week, we finally made some progression! It is slow, and difficult, with a lot of rejection, but we are making progress.

We had a few tender mercies this week, and a couple of people stopped us in the street that had talked to missionaries before asked us to go by there houses.

First off, a guy named Ernesto stopped us, and he is 28 or so, and he talked to the missionaries a while ago. He still has the Book of Mormon, and he is excited to read it and to learn more.

This week, I also got to do intercambios with one of the Elders in the Zone, Elder Sosa, from Paraguay! He is a fun, super crazy guy, and it was nuts working with him. At first, I was mortified by his way of contacting in the street, because he pushed so hard that the people would get offended. But, it ended up being fun, so I went along with it haha. It was nuts. But, heis a super hard worker!

Finally, yesterday, at church, Satan was really working hard on me. As we sat down for Sacrament meeting, I felt super down. I felt forgotten, like no one cares, especially since I realized that the members still dont know my name (Memorize the names of the missionaries in your ward, please). It was rough. But, during the sacrament, I prayed a lot, and I read the scriptures, and the Lord blessed me with so much peace. The Lord loves us!

Funny

Last week, I forgot to mention this, but we were walking down the street, and we were about to pass a house, when suddenly, a dog came flying out, coming straight at me, and it was like 1 1/2 ¨Toby´s¨ for those of you that have seen my dog.

I started jumping backward, still facing the dog, trying to not get bit, but the dog was way mad and still was trying to get me, and got super close to biting me. So, I went all ¨Colonia Bombal¨ on him, and I gave him the hardest kick I could muster.

It was the best dog take down I´ve gotten. It was awesome. I got it right in the head, on the bottom side, and as I kicked it, it got shot back, and barked once or twice more, and walked away all dizzy.

I think I got a few more chest hairs that day. Haha!

I love you all!

Elder Conover

Last week we went to a buffet for pday!

By the way, the gringa that is in the picture of us is an hermana
in our zone, and on monday we realized that she
is kip sheppard´s neice!