Well to describe the transfer here in Lecco it’s a little like
this. As you know we’re are really big here on 20 lessons, because the European
Area Presidency has declared a promise that all missionaries who teach 20
lessons double their baptisms. Well during the winter the mission, as a whole
lost that focus a little bit and we did not get even close to reaching that on
average. But now that summer is here more people are out and about and well you
just naturally teach a lot more than winter. Winter is pretty tough, but
anyway, the week I got to Lecco they taught 21 lessons and rightly so, we had 2
baptims this transfer. And then we just hit rock bottom. From 20 to nothing
because we baptized 2, dropped 3, and lost 1, and then we had 3 people not
answering the phone and disappeared off the face of the earth. Oh man that was
hard. To go from teaching that many lessons to nothing was rough. And of course
I have never tasted of the 20 lesson week in my mission, I think I came the
closest with Anziano Smith. I’m probably
one of the only ones to not reach this goal and to be rather honest, well I got
mad a little because you bet I work hard. You bet I’m obedient. I come from the
charge of President Manwaring and well, you don’t get slouchy missionaries from
him and It was rather disappointing because for the life of me I could not
figure out why everyone else in the mission could reach 20 lessons and I could
not! I know many who are not obedient as they should be and they are baptizing
strong members and have a day packed full of lessons! What’s with that? So I
set out to find out what was stopping us. Well with a lot of prayer and self
evaluation and study, it came down to the fact that I didn’t think I could. I
really didn’t honestly believe that I could get 20 lessons because it seemed
like one of those things that are so far into the distance that only the good
cities get, and only the miracle cities get, and that’s just not Busto, Siena,
or Lecco. Well I was wrong. If the miracles that Jesus did are true then it
should be a snap to get 20 lessons with some faith, obedience, hard work, good
planning, and goals. Took me one year to figure that out unfortunately, but I
got in figured out. We are hoonin ( as they say in Australia) here in Lecco
now! I pulled myself out of the pit and we are getting keen (also Australian
terms) on 15 lessons first and then we will be on the road to 20. 
We are doing
great and I think to help me accomplish this task the Lord is sending me a stud
of a comp.
His name is Anziano Davis! I already know him and he is in the group
above me,. We will have 2 old missionaries out here harvesting the streets of
Lecco. He’s super obedient and is a calm focused missionary. I knew him from
the MTC, and he was my district leader in Busto for a while, so we have already
worked together. I have a feeling that
this transfer is going to be awesome. I’m really excited! Anziano Ramey was an
awesome companion as well and he taught me a lot and got me started on good goals
and having some ambition which prepared us to do great on this next transfer.
Anziano Ramey is off to Genova and so is Anziano Johnson, they are actually new
companions in Genova together hahaha. How funny. No need to meet your new comp
he’s already here! But Anziano Murphey my Australian buddy is training.
Tomorrow we will have our new comps.
Well I don’t want to get you hyped up to much so if I fail then I
look super cocky, haha but I will put my trust in the Lord on this one and I’m
pretty set on this because I don’t have a lot of time left in the mission and I
don’t want to have any regrets and well, I have some making up to do. I hope to
get it done.
Elder Benson
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