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Well, we're halfway through this transfer! Time is most definitely going by more quickly here in the field. I never thought it would happen like everyone said, but it is. I spent three months in my first area and when I finish this transfer it will be over four months. Crazy! But this last week we had two really rough days. We were walking for over four hours trying to find someone. We leave the house at 11 am and we have lunch at 2, except that day they couldn't feed us and instead had given us money. So after three hours of exhaustion and no lessons, we went home and ate and took short naps. It was another hour before we started finding people and we had to work extra hard to make up for the lack of lessons. We were done for when we finally got home and I have never been so happy to go to bed in my life.

     The next day was much better, we found some new people to teach and we had a great Family Home Evening with a family in our ward of less actives and investigators. We had a puzzle and lesson and they had the treat. It ended up working out really well and I just loved seeing everyone (literally a dozen people) working on this little puzzle that we had made. It was a great experience. 

     And on Sunday our mission president and his wife came to our ward. It was really fun to see them and it was amusing to see our ward react to them—most didn't seem to know what to do. But after church, we had two baptisms!! The sons of our last baptism, Patricia, finally got baptized and it was perfect. We had a lot of support from the ward plus some of their extended family.

At the sisters' most recent baptism.

I seriously adore this family, they are all wonderful and such fun to teach. An example is this: on Sunday the family who was supposed to feed us couldn't and so we were going to eat with the relief society president, but she couldn't either and instead gave us money, which was no help at all. When the family Lopez found out they insisted we come over and eat with them. So we went over and we're getting some food together and waiting for some water to boil when we realize that gas has run out! They were quick and got a little grill type thing set up and we're all outside trying to get it hot enough to cook some meat. It took a while but we finally ate and it was delicious. They always make really good food and had actually made us a cake for later, also tasty. Basically it was a fantastic day. 

     I hope you are all doing well! This week we have been teaching a lot about commandments, specifically tithing and fasting. My testimony of these two principles has grown immensely and I know that as we follow all of the commandments, including the counsel of the prophets, we will be blessed. Our life will not necessarily be easier, but we will have the strength and the knowledge to endure and overcome our obstacles. I know this Gospel is true and I love it. I hope each of you will continue to learn and exercise your faith through your actions—you and your family will be blessed for it. 

I love you all so much!!!

Love,

Hermana Bennett