Ben's Mission

When I spoke to Elder Trezise this morning he was super tired.  He had been up a lot of the night talking with some other missionaries.  I think he was worried about a lot of stuff.  His email reflects some of that. Idaho is swell. I am having a really great time and things are going great! This week was really good. We had 13 nonmembers at church, and apparently have had a family of 4 we're teaching come to church the last like 3 weeks. Sweet surprise. It's hard to keep track of everyone when you cover 10 wards, haha. But things are going great. I had some really good conversations with a lot of missionaries this week, and the zone is doing great. It's weird. I feel like I need to be doing more. There were only 3 days this week that I was up past 11, and I feel like I'm not working as hard as I should be. But I know I'm doing fine deep down.    This upcoming week we have zone conference, which I am super excited about. And I have a meetin...

 Last week was transfer week and the first 3 pictures are from transfers.  I'm not sure who the first 2 missionaries are but the third one is Elder Lukenga - who was Elder Trezise's companion but was being transferred. Elder Trezise and Elder Lukenga (at transfers) Elder Trezise and his new companion at a baptism Elder Trezise and part of his zone  Elder Trezise was able to travel back to Shelley for the baptism of one of his investigators and her children.  It was a special moment for him.  He was reunited with the Shively's (a family that he loves) and Elder Brazier whom he trained.  It was a good day. Elder Trezise, Elder Davies, Bro Shively, Elder Brazier and I don't know the last Elder  Sometimes Elder Trezise's letters are short because he is so busy.  Here is his letter: Hello family! Sorry I'm emailing late! It's been a long day. Anyway, update on this week... Elder Luekenga got a transfer call to Menan and ...

Elder Trezise and his district Elder Trezise and his MTC companion (his favorite companion) Elder Trezise has lost 55 pounds in the last few months.  He has loved serving with Elder Luekenga because they eat healthy and work out together.  I am so proud of the work he has done on his physical self as well as his spiritual self.  We were able to Skype with him for an hour on his p-day and Grandma and Grandpa were able to speak to him as well.  It was awesome!  Here is his letter: Good morning family! This week was a good one. To start out, I had a good conversation with President. He called me to train again this upcoming transfer. I will be staying in my area, and 2nd half training. Elder Luekenga is going to Menan. Crazy stuff. President also talked to me about the future. He said that a General Authority told him, "If you have an Assistant for more than 6 months, you are a weak mission President." Meaning he won't call missionaries to be AP's...

Here is Elder Trezise's letter: Hello family! This week was another great one! I had two exchanges, one with Elder Stowell, and one with Elder Smith. Both went amazing! The one with Elder Stowell we had a lesson with a girl we are teaching and we talked to her a lot about baptism. She struggles a little bit with knowing that it is true for herself, but we had an awesome conversation about being baptized. She opened up a ton, and accepted a date. But we don't want to force her into anything, so we made sure to have commit her to pray, REALLY pray to know that this is the right decision, and then to flip open to a random page in the Book of Mormon and read. If she does that, she WILL get the answer that she needs to be baptized.  Then of course my exchange with Elder Smith was awesome. We get along so well and work hard. It was fun. I've been pretty stressed out since my exchange with Elder Stowell, and we stayed up until about midnight counseling together. ...