Semana 75: What A Precious Gift
Life Is
Well where do I start this week? It
sounds like things have been pretty difficult back home and taken some ups and
downs. I guess as Rascal Flatts says, "Life is a highway, I'm gonna ride
it all night long..." I suppose we just have to roll with the punches and
take what the Lord gives us one day at a time. Please give Grandma Ward my
love. That is good to hear she is handling things so well but death is never
easy to handle. I'm so thankful for the restoration of the gospel of Jesus
Christ and how we have such a better understanding of where we go after this
life. I know Grandpa will be going to a place of rest and joy. He will most
definitely be in paradise.
Kodi's car looks great! I can't
believe you got such a good deal on it! Tell him to watch” Meet the parents”
and find the part where Jack Burns is talking about green cars... "Genius'
pick green". :D
This week was good. The weather was
really strange. For most of the week it was REALLY hot and then by Sunday we
had rain. I really don't get it but I was thankful for the rain. We did a lot
of tracting this week. We tracted for five hours straight almost every day this
week. Don't worry though mama, I am drinking lots of water. I am curious how
many miles I've walked. I would venture to say we walked between twenty and
twenty-five miles this past week. My shoes are holding up really well too! I
think that they will last me to the very last foot step when I step off that
air plane. :P Please pray we find some new people to teach. We need some new
people.
On Tuesday and Wednesday I went on
exchanges with the Sunset English elders. It has been a long time since I have
been to an English area. Usually I stay in our area but because it was
necessary that I went to their area. I was with an Elder from Laie so we had
lot to talk about. He said I probably had walked past his house all the time
going to the beach. It was neat to see how many people they are teaching. It
just is such different work! We never teach children and a lot of the work here
in this mission in English is working with less-active families. Elder Eggen
did a great job in our area and it gave him a chance to take the lead.
We gave a zone training on the power
of prayer on Wednesday. We got the assignment from the zone leaders Tuesday
night. Nothing like last minute but it turned out really well. It reminded me
of HOW important it is for all of us to pray daily and pray sincerely to our
Father in Heaven. Prayer moves mountains.
After all
the trainings and exchanges I was ready for some work in our own
area. I guess I got that because we did lots of working/ walking. Well I am
almost out of time. I hope next week is good for you all! I can't believe
school is starting for all the little ninos here in Utah already! The summer
just flew by! I love you! Remember how precious this life is. God has blessed
us with this opportunity to prove ourselves, to grow and to become more like
him. After the trial of our faith comes the blessings from above that can
distill upon us like dew drops from above. Vaya con Dios.
Dios es amor,
Elder Bennion
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