Buenos Dias!
Another great week in
Benton City. Fun Spanish word today: Noche de Brujas. Spanish for Halloween
(literal translation though: Night of Witches).
Speaking of Halloween... ours was rather uneventful. Because Benton City
gets so crazy on Halloween, we had a curfew of 6 PM, and then the best part was
weekly planning!!! (that was a joke). So my companion and I just sat inside all
night after planning and watched “Mountain of the Lord” and “Joseph Smith: Prophet of the Restoration” - some church DVDs we had in the apartment.
That and I ate way too much candy. No regrets though.
Another cool thing I
learned about Benton City recently is in the church library/materials center,
they have the entire Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, and the Pearl of
Great Price in Braille. It takes up at least 6 big 3-inch binders but it was
really cool. Props to people that can read Braille. That stuff is insane.
So a cool experience
this week: Wednesday night we had exchanges which is when two priest age young
men (ages 16 – 17) or elder-age men (18 & up) from the ward come out with
my companion and I and we go and split up to get twice the work done. So my
temporary companion and I went and visited a Spanish recent convert to teach
her a lesson (not like an actual lesson) but my temporary comp didn't really
speak Spanish so it was all on me... and somehow I survived. I spoke fine and
understood 95% of what she was saying. It was amazing seeing the gifts of the
Spirit in action. I just wish it could be like that 24/7. Soon enough.
That's all for today
folks. Have a great day and I'll be back next week!
Elder Kupferer
