Week 3 MTC

In the french zone in the mtc, every night we have a tradition we do. in our residence halls, everyone french speakin meets at our commons at 9:20. we all gather around, sing a french Hymn, someones shares a spritual experience, then we all pray. in this time, there are artifacts given to elders which means they have speccial roles in these traditions. some artifacts are the 'BOWL OF PLENTY' (which is a bowl of food passed around) there is a special chair, the cheer master stands in, if someone not the cheer master touches it, they get a curse. THIS IS CALLED CANTIQUES. This week we added a new artifact. the cravate d'amour . he who is caught 33ing (check page 33 of white handbook, its on gospel library mom and dad.) gets to wear a tie, that is ugly, short, and just embarrasing. it is so fun.

These days alwasy seem to go by so fast. we have been having lots of fun and lots of learning. this weeek we got to meet two new 'amis de leglise' (freinds of the church). ones name is eric, who we had to street contact,  haha very hard to do in our broken french but it helped us alot to learn how that process happens. the next amis de leglise, her name is sophie, she was a referal, she lives alone and stuggles with health problems, she is so sweet and so tender. 

the MTC tours have started which is cool because we get to see alot of different people, but kinda weird because we feel kinda like zoo animals when people just observe us! 

some things we alwasy looks forward to are persoal study, ( because those are some of the most spiritual times we have, ) and also Excersise time. holy we play some fun and good Beach VBall. its just like barns vball, just more spiritual! 

something ive really been diving into this week for my personal study is alot of church history. its so cool learning about joseph Smith, his family, his friends, and how much God really does love his children to give them this gospel. something that sticks out to me, is how much god knows every person individually, i feel like sometimes people talk about god and his love in an abrastct way. but it is definitly not abstact. it is so prominent and clear. when we read the scriptures, and listen to the holy ghost we can know how non abstact god is. im so grateful that ive been raised in the gospel and im so grateful to know this truth. 

i love you all

Love, 

Elder Bennett

video,

doing some lesson planning in the zone room with a piano. ft(elder trentman)