Blitzing for Baptisms

I really want to be

better at emailing you guys.  I think I am starting to figure it all

out. And Elder Taylor absolutely

loves the letter Brooke wrote him. He is "going to keep it forever"

yes he loved it.

One thing that has been going on for me, to keep you guys in the loop,

is the growth first of all.

My testimony has been stretched, pulled, and formed into something

much more powerful than is comprehend able right now. It has been

quite a ride. I have been going through times of great blessings and

miracles, and at the same time I have had to push on through feelings

of insufficiency and inability. I have felt a roller coaster of

feelings, most have been the ones I have just mentioned.

We have been getting a lot of work lately. Which has been a huge

blessing. There are days that we have so many lessons we have to

reschedule some for future days because other lessons go over time

because they are so good, or because there simply isn't time.

One family is on date for next week. So we are blitzing to get them

ready for their baptismal interview this Saturday. This family is

amazing. They do almost all the homework we give them and this

includes going to church for the past 3-4 weeks! Their grandma is the

only one not on date because she needs to quit smoking, but she is

showing a lot of promise. The 4 grandkids under her care are the ones

on date.

One more family is one that we just taught for the second time just

yesterday. They are so ready. They don't do anything against the word

of wisdom, except very infrequent beers. They share a lot the same

values of our church. At the end we were feeling the spirit so we

invited them to baptism! We didn't set a date but we plan on doing

that soon.

Your updates keep me going, especially when I get to see you guys grow

through the gospel. I promise to write more next time and they will be

better. I love you guys!

P.S. Conference was awesome! I don't have a favorite talk because they

were all so good!

P.S.S. We might have a bed bug problem.... We are taking a lot of

precautions right now. We are praying it was a false alarm.

Elder Nathan Benson