Berry, Benjamin T

Now you're probably wondering, why did Elder Berry say, "Now you're probably wondering." Now I bet you're really wondering. Anyhow, this week was hard but good! Bruh, there are so many stray dogs here it makes me mad. I just bend over and act like I pick up a rock or something and pretend to throw it at them, and they scurry off. I think it's from the chancla abuse around here. I also got an acoustic guitar now, so that's awesome. I've always wanted to learn and play guitar, so I have fun practicing and stuff. I got it for free-99 as well. We had a really good last week and set up lots of lessons and met some pretty promising people. Unfortunately, most of them canceled, which sucked, but that's okay. I feel like my faith is growing, but my patience was not very good this week. I gotta trust more in the Lord and His peculiar ways of doing things. Maybe He thinks we're the weird ones. We met some very kind people throughout the week and have bee...

What's up! It's a pleasure to be back on gmail.com to talk to you all. I hope your weeks were good. I'm enjoying Sanger, California! I'm in a trio! Trios are so fun. It's a hoot up in here. I'm training again! I got such a good trainee! I'm also with another missionary whom I'm "greenie breaking," which means they just got out of training. I'm a pretty immature fella, so I should not be the one impressing on the easily impressionable. But here we are. I enjoy each and every day here. The members here in Sanger are awesome! They have a lot of Hispanic members, so we get lots of Mexican food! I think I love tacos now. My first night, I almost had a heart attack as we were walking down a dark street when a big dog charged us out of nowhere, and I thought I was going to get bit good. Luckily, it stopped and backed off at the last minute. My adrenaline shot so high, it couldn't have been healthy. It's always a good day in California when...

I've been in Madera, California, for a quarter of my mission. I'm so absolutely grateful for all of the people that I've been able to meet and grow close relationships with. But like all good things, they must come to an end. I'll be leaving for Sanger, California, and will be in a trio! I will be training again! I think I might be finishing someone else's training and getting another brand-new missionary. I'll tell you more about my companions in my next email. I'm not going to lie... I feel inadequate to train haha. I feel like I didn't do very well training these past two transfers. I tend to be prideful and only like things my way, and if they're not my way, it's not as cool or efficient. But that's not how it works with companions. You have to work with them, or the work will NOT be efficient. Nevertheless, I'm excited to learn to lean more on my Savior and my companions and learn to be more humble and trusting. I've had the chan...