I had this great email about this week all typed up, but it
somehow got deleted, so here are the high points of the week.
Well, it has been ages since I've been able to say
this: We have found a person who is
excited to get baptized! Her name is
Aliyah and she is 9 years old, turning 10.
She is the most adorable little girl ever. When she heard we were coming over, she freak
out in excitement. We have a baptismal
date set for June 9th. So, this was a
success of this week. The road was rocky
leading up to this point, but it makes all worth it!
Along with the good
news, it has also been a sad week here in Benson. Whether it's a young family splitting up,
someone our age who has been diagnosed with a rare life threatening cancer,
someone who was highly thought of in the Benson community passing away or even
our wonderful District being broken up by last week’s transfers - it's been
sad, but I've learned a lot from it.
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| Benson District |
Like I said, this week has been sad, but we ended it with a
couple high notes by adding 4 new investigators, having 12 Quality Gospel Conversations and setting
1 baptismal date.
This week also involved a ton of service including two acts
of service I'd like to share with you:
First, we been working at the DAV; a thrift store where all
of the proceeds go to Disable American Veterans. All of the volunteers we work with are
disabled vets and it's a blast.
They have us do everything from moving and delivering
furniture to hanging up clothes. Knowing who all of our time benefits makes us
come away from there so happy.
The second act of service we did this week was moving Steve
and Donna's chicken coop. Man, what a
process! Thursday night we removed
the entire coop floor and moved the rest of the building onto the concrete slab
we poured last week. It took the four of
us and a tractor to push and pull the forty year old structure onto the slab.
That thing was so rickety it was more than a little scary moving it. The next morning we had to do everything
from replacing base plates and studs to trusses and sheeting the outside. We replaced corner posts and even framed up
the south side. So, by this Friday the chickens and ducks will be in their
forever home. We just need to finish
framing, sheeting and installing a door and vent and all of the electrical –
all by Friday.
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| WHEW! |
I know this is a short email this week, but it's from the
heart. One important thing that I learned was not waiting for the storms
of life to pass, but learning to dance in the rain. Sometimes we focus too much on the troubles of
the past and/or the present to realize that no matter what, the sun will still
come up tomorrow.
That being said I hope you all had a wonderful week and I
can't wait to hear from y’all.
I love you,
Elder Connor William Dickinson
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