Sunday, March 10, 2019
Monday, March 4, 2019
Miracles are real
> This week was full of miracles! Our finding efforts were finally rewarding, our ward is starting to trust us, and we finally met Bettina!
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> Firstly, our finding! We were out all week trying to find people to teach. On Thursday we started to knock a street. The first like 4 doors were super awesome! The first door was a family that literally got done praying to find a church. *ENTER MISSIONARIES* She answered the door and started exploding with joy. She told us she and her family had just moved in and was praying to know what church to go to. It was an amazing experience! She came to church yesterday and she told us she loved it! We set up an appointment for this Wednesday. The next door we found a single mother who had talked to missionaries before. She said her past feeling for our church were very negative but then the past missionaries had talked to her and now she's super friendly towards us. She said we could come back anytime and talk to her. We are defiantly going to do that! The next door was a less active member who was not on the records anymore so we had no idea she was there. She was rushing out of the house to go pick up her sons from school but was very friendly and invited us to come back anytime. A couple of houses later Elder Modesto had to use the restroom so we went back to what we thought was one of the people we had just encountered, unfortunately it wasn't but he let us in anyways. While my companion was in the bathroom, we started talking and I figured out he had been going through a hard time recently and was starting to question God and his plan for him. I told him that originally we thought this was someone elses house and that our meeting him was no coincidence. I told him that God has something in store for him, He(God) just needs to humble him before it was reveled to him. Then I told him about the gospel and how it can help him more than anything. He accepted to take the lessons. He also came to church on Sunday and said that one meeting changed his point of view on everything. A lot of people bore their testimony on faith. God certainly knew what would help him.
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> We had another surprise on Sunday. after weeks of trying to meet her, Bettina came to church just out of the blue and we finally got to meet her! She stayed for the whole 2 hours(WOW That's weird to type out. 2hrs instead of 3!) and loved every minute of it.
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> It's amazing how God tests you to see if you're humble enough to receive blessings from him! That's all from this week. Have a GREAT week. Continue in your faith and move mountains!
> Elder Grandon
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> Firstly, our finding! We were out all week trying to find people to teach. On Thursday we started to knock a street. The first like 4 doors were super awesome! The first door was a family that literally got done praying to find a church. *ENTER MISSIONARIES* She answered the door and started exploding with joy. She told us she and her family had just moved in and was praying to know what church to go to. It was an amazing experience! She came to church yesterday and she told us she loved it! We set up an appointment for this Wednesday. The next door we found a single mother who had talked to missionaries before. She said her past feeling for our church were very negative but then the past missionaries had talked to her and now she's super friendly towards us. She said we could come back anytime and talk to her. We are defiantly going to do that! The next door was a less active member who was not on the records anymore so we had no idea she was there. She was rushing out of the house to go pick up her sons from school but was very friendly and invited us to come back anytime. A couple of houses later Elder Modesto had to use the restroom so we went back to what we thought was one of the people we had just encountered, unfortunately it wasn't but he let us in anyways. While my companion was in the bathroom, we started talking and I figured out he had been going through a hard time recently and was starting to question God and his plan for him. I told him that originally we thought this was someone elses house and that our meeting him was no coincidence. I told him that God has something in store for him, He(God) just needs to humble him before it was reveled to him. Then I told him about the gospel and how it can help him more than anything. He accepted to take the lessons. He also came to church on Sunday and said that one meeting changed his point of view on everything. A lot of people bore their testimony on faith. God certainly knew what would help him.
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> We had another surprise on Sunday. after weeks of trying to meet her, Bettina came to church just out of the blue and we finally got to meet her! She stayed for the whole 2 hours(WOW That's weird to type out. 2hrs instead of 3!) and loved every minute of it.
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> It's amazing how God tests you to see if you're humble enough to receive blessings from him! That's all from this week. Have a GREAT week. Continue in your faith and move mountains!
> Elder Grandon
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Monday, February 25, 2019
A Whole lot of Nothing
> This week was so incredibly slow. Elder Modesto was sick from Tuesday to Thursday so we did nothing those days. On Friday I taught the lesson and I did it on faith. I used Alma 32: 28-30ish. I Drew a graph, that I wish I took a picture of, that went right along with the graph. Then I read Hebrews 11:3 and proclaimed blessing that you get from being faithful and striving to build your faith upon the Savior. I think it went pretty well!
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> Today we finally have a lesson with our new convert. He was invited to Bishops house for dinner then afterwards we're gonna teach the new member lessons. This has taken so long to try to set up. Because he's in the ROTC program at his school, he's like always super busy. On the weekdays he has school and never get home in time for us to go over there, then on the weekends he's at ROTC for the majority of the day, but finally we caught him when he doesn't have anything after school or any assignment he has to do! I'm super excited for tonight.
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> Other than that there's really nothing else. I hope y'all have a super good week! Stay Fresh!
> Elder Grandon
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> Today we finally have a lesson with our new convert. He was invited to Bishops house for dinner then afterwards we're gonna teach the new member lessons. This has taken so long to try to set up. Because he's in the ROTC program at his school, he's like always super busy. On the weekdays he has school and never get home in time for us to go over there, then on the weekends he's at ROTC for the majority of the day, but finally we caught him when he doesn't have anything after school or any assignment he has to do! I'm super excited for tonight.
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> Other than that there's really nothing else. I hope y'all have a super good week! Stay Fresh!
> Elder Grandon
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Monday, February 4, 2019
New Address
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> So my new address for mail or packages is 5520 Woodmen Ridge View, #245.
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> Love you,
> Benjamin
> So my new address for mail or packages is 5520 Woodmen Ridge View, #245.
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> Love you,
> Benjamin
First Week in Oakwood
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> Howdy from Oakwood! I got transferred last week from Fountain to Oakwood. I'M FINALLY IN A NEW AREA!!!!
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> I guess my letter from last week didn't send so last week was kinda bitter sweet. I was super excited to go to a new area but at the same time Fountain is all I know. The members were super cool and I knew all of them personally. Yesterday we had church and I knew like nobody except 2 families. It comes with the struggle flushing into a new area. That's right I flushed AGAIN! My whole mission I've flushed into the area. It's defiantly fun but hard if you didn't inherit good area notes. Luckily for us the sisters left fantastic notes for us, so we're chilling!
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> My new companion is Elder Modesto. He's from Fresno California, and has been out almost 19 months. He's a dope missionary and a very hard worker. We have become really good friends in less than a week.
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> I don't really have much else to say. I hope y'all have a fantastic week.
> Elder Grandon
> Sorry no pictures this week. I got y'all next week
> Howdy from Oakwood! I got transferred last week from Fountain to Oakwood. I'M FINALLY IN A NEW AREA!!!!
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> I guess my letter from last week didn't send so last week was kinda bitter sweet. I was super excited to go to a new area but at the same time Fountain is all I know. The members were super cool and I knew all of them personally. Yesterday we had church and I knew like nobody except 2 families. It comes with the struggle flushing into a new area. That's right I flushed AGAIN! My whole mission I've flushed into the area. It's defiantly fun but hard if you didn't inherit good area notes. Luckily for us the sisters left fantastic notes for us, so we're chilling!
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> My new companion is Elder Modesto. He's from Fresno California, and has been out almost 19 months. He's a dope missionary and a very hard worker. We have become really good friends in less than a week.
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> I don't really have much else to say. I hope y'all have a fantastic week.
> Elder Grandon
> Sorry no pictures this week. I got y'all next week
Monday, January 21, 2019
Flown by!
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> On Tuesday we had Zone Conference. We talked a lot about the goal we set for 80 souls to Christ(80 baptisms) for the months of October to December last year. We ended with 34, which isn't a bad thing by any means but when they set that goal in MLCs the spirit was so undeniable. President talked a lot about how they set that goal knowing it was a stretch but having full confidence we could achieve it. I love that mans! He shared this experience, "After we set that goal of 80 souls to Christ, I saw no difference in the key indicators, and that's why I believe we didn't reach our goal. Not because any of you Elders or Sisters didn't contribute but because we didn't see any progress. Now just because we didn't hit it doesn't mean miracles weren't wrought in the CCSM(Colorado, Colorado Springs Mission) we had 12 people who weren't on date when we set this goal, be put on date and baptized! There were miracles." After he closed his opening remarks we split off by district and went through 5 different stations and got to break down our teaching and improve it. I really appreciated this because the more solid we can teach with the spirit the more our key indicators will increase and the more they increase, the more people we can bring unto Christ. All-in-all Zone Conference was and always will be lit!
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> Also this week we recieved a list of people our bishopric wanted us to stop by, see if they live there, or try to get in to teach the discussions to. We really worked our tails off and got that whole list done in a day and a half. I know it doesn't sound that impressive but the sent us like 100 names, each of them with different need! I happy to announce that because we challenged the bishopric to do that we added close to 20 people to our teaching pool, which is AWESOME! Hopefully when they said come back on this day and this time, they'll actually be there. That happens a lot to us and it's kinda frustrating but we can't force anyone into heaven sooooooooooo yeah!
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> Well transfers are in a week from tomorrow. I have a strong feeling I'm leaving my beloved Fountain because I've been here for 6 months, and that's a long time in one place for a missionary. I don't know where I'll go but it'd be nice to train. I think that'll be really fun. I'd be a dope trainer! But ultimately if I don't that's fine too. As long as I get to serve the Lord with all my heart, might, mind, and strength I'll be happy! Missions really do change you!
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> I hope y'all have a fantastic week and grow spiritually and any other way you want to grow! HA HA! I look forward to hearing from you. Peace till next week!
> Elder Grandon
> 1&2.) A street we found while working the list
> 3.) A member gave us purple potatoes for dinner
Tuesday, January 15, 2019
Jan 14
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> This week was a little weird. We had Exchanges this week with Mesa Ridge. I stayed here with Elder Ryan and Elders Morrill and Westwood went with Elder Marin in Mesa Ridge. I love that man Elder Ryan. He's so insightful and loves what he does. We were out tracting and we started talking to some construction workers. They kind of view us off because they didn't really know enough English to talk to us, so Elder Ryan just starts talking in spanish to them. He figured out they they all live in the Springs and that they get paid 1,000 per job! That mans Elder Ryan, What a guy!
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> While on exchanges we talked a lot about how to hand this area off. I've been on Fountain for 6 months so I'm feeling like I'm gonna ship out soon. For the majority of this transfer I've been planning the days and where we're going to tract and basically everything. So we came up with the idea that each day we would take turns planning out the day and everything else so they can learn the area. We only have 2 weeks till transfers but I know, with a little help, that they'll know the area enough to take over when/if I leave. So far it's worked pretty good. They have slowly learned the area and are becoming more and more confident with approaches and talking to people. They'll do great when I'm gone.
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> So Friday we had dinner with the Haywood's. They always come through with the bangin food and always have a lot of It! After dinner I shared a message. It was on Faith. I used the passage Alma 32: 28-30, this is where faith is compared to a seed. Then after explaining it deeper, I shared Hebrews 11:6. Then I asked how you've seen the gospel(or seed) grow and bless your lives. I really liked Bro. Haywood's response. He said something like... "The biggest blessing I've seen is peace. With the world straying further and further away from God and his plan for us, his gospel, has brought peace into my house, my children, my family and myself." After he said that I bore my testimony on Faith and the blessings it can bring us and then departed in prayer. I love this gospel. It really has changed my life and the lives of my friends and family. It will truly bring you closer to God and his son.
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> That's really all I got this week! I look forward to hearing from you guys! I hope y'all have a fantastic week and if you don't... change your attitude and have a fantastic week! HA HA HA! Till next week!
> Elder Grandon
> This week was a little weird. We had Exchanges this week with Mesa Ridge. I stayed here with Elder Ryan and Elders Morrill and Westwood went with Elder Marin in Mesa Ridge. I love that man Elder Ryan. He's so insightful and loves what he does. We were out tracting and we started talking to some construction workers. They kind of view us off because they didn't really know enough English to talk to us, so Elder Ryan just starts talking in spanish to them. He figured out they they all live in the Springs and that they get paid 1,000 per job! That mans Elder Ryan, What a guy!
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> While on exchanges we talked a lot about how to hand this area off. I've been on Fountain for 6 months so I'm feeling like I'm gonna ship out soon. For the majority of this transfer I've been planning the days and where we're going to tract and basically everything. So we came up with the idea that each day we would take turns planning out the day and everything else so they can learn the area. We only have 2 weeks till transfers but I know, with a little help, that they'll know the area enough to take over when/if I leave. So far it's worked pretty good. They have slowly learned the area and are becoming more and more confident with approaches and talking to people. They'll do great when I'm gone.
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> So Friday we had dinner with the Haywood's. They always come through with the bangin food and always have a lot of It! After dinner I shared a message. It was on Faith. I used the passage Alma 32: 28-30, this is where faith is compared to a seed. Then after explaining it deeper, I shared Hebrews 11:6. Then I asked how you've seen the gospel(or seed) grow and bless your lives. I really liked Bro. Haywood's response. He said something like... "The biggest blessing I've seen is peace. With the world straying further and further away from God and his plan for us, his gospel, has brought peace into my house, my children, my family and myself." After he said that I bore my testimony on Faith and the blessings it can bring us and then departed in prayer. I love this gospel. It really has changed my life and the lives of my friends and family. It will truly bring you closer to God and his son.
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> That's really all I got this week! I look forward to hearing from you guys! I hope y'all have a fantastic week and if you don't... change your attitude and have a fantastic week! HA HA HA! Till next week!
> Elder Grandon
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