Monday, November 19th, "20:5:13:16:12:5 __ 4:5:4:9:3:1:20:9:15:14" Speaking of "Matrixes", I have given you a matrix/code of numbers that correlate with a letter of the alphabet. To find out the title you have to de-code it, bwwaaahhh huh ha, I'm so evil. Here is a hint... 1=A, 2=B. Can't believe it's been another week out on the mish. It really is crazy that one year ago I was Zombie-Billy and I came home and was in that awful state that I was. So grateful for all of you, Heavenly Father, and the Savior for healing me at that very complicated time in my life. We didn't go to Boise for the Cultural Celebration, but it was broadcasted at some of the local stake centers. We took two investigators with us. One of them is preparing to take his GED soon, he is suuuuuper intelligent and loves "mathmatics". I'm sure he'll pass with flying colors. We have set up lessons with him that a portion is dedicated to helping him study English, Math, Grammar, etc. and the rest is Gospel study and reading from some of the pamphlets, lately it's been on the Restoration. We have 3 baptismal dates as of now. They are set for December 1st, so we'll have a white Christmas and "white Baptisms" I guess, this was our Zone goal (Have some for December). There was a mini-Thanksgiving hosted by the 2nd ward, Brother LaMarche has a picture of it on his iPhone that he'll send me. He invited us to have Thanksgiving at his house, we're excited for that, him and his family are so awesome. That's cool that Judy got that Honda, they're usually pretty good, maybe you should go that route. Lambo is decent, but I'm tellin ya, he'll give out soon, it's only a matter of time. So we had Zone Conference this week, it was from 8:30 am - 5 pm, talk about a long day, but a good one. We found out some more information about departing missionaries. Now the procedure is to leave the Saturday before transfers because it's more convenient for going to the last trip to the temple with President as well as flying out, scheduling, etc. but who knows if it will change when President Cannon leaves in July :( :( :( I love that man, he is truly one of the most loving, patient, charitable people I have ever met, as well as Sister Cannon. Anyway, with this change, I would come home Oct.26th instead of the 31st for example, I think that's my dates, idk. Not getting trunky or anything, just letting you know of the recent news. Since it was the Zone Conference of the Holidays, we got to play this hat game where you switch hats to this music, like musical chairs, and if you don't have one when the music stops you're out. There were so many cheaters. We also got to watch, "The Other Side of Heaven, OSOH is a pretty good movie, I forgot what really happened in it so It was a good refresher. I remember when he came to the Benson Stake and talked to us and all I got from it was that rat bit the soles of his feet off, I was younger, less attention-span. I knew those girls that you mentioned from SV, good for them. That was a good quote that you left in your message. It'll be cool to meet all of these Russian people that you claim are migrating to St.G. Well I hope you all have a great Thanksgiving, I'm gonna miss the circus, but I'll be there next time :) Thank you for all of the letters and packages, I'm spoiled :) Love you all, talk to ya next week! Oh p.s. There is a woman in the Relief Society in the 2nd ward who is like related to Elder Kelly that I served with in Novosibirsk. She said that he is very competitive in family games. Anyway, we'll obshatseya (converse) paposhye (later)! -Love Elder Bennett

Tuesday, November 13, 2012 2:35 PM Prrrrrrrrrrreeeeeeeeeevvvvvvvviiiiiiiiieeeeeeeetttttttt to my family and friends on this wonderful Tuesday of November. So there was a situation yesterday where the library was closed for the Veteran's holiday and the Family History Center was having electrical work done so it was not in operation, these means we're pretty much out of luck, on getting emails out :) President said that we would have an opportunity today to do our normal hour and fifteen that we usually do on P-day. That is why I didn't write cha yesterday, It's not because I ignored ya or anythin of that nature... Ty gave a talk? Wow, he's surely growing up fast, I thought it was a few years before he started doing that. Last P-day I got some music at Desert Book , pretty good, but stuff get's old fast especially when you have a 300 mile Road Trip to Boise and you're the driver. Hey I get to see you soon on Skype, I'm not sure on the deets, but it'll be fun to hear yall voices and hear about the pork loin yall are makin for the holidays. Right now one of Momma Truscott's friends is on vacation so we have two extra furry creatures runnin' around the house, Skippy, a sassy Corgie that I love, and Joey, this dog that's half-shaved curly hair so it looks like a girl, but it's a boy dog. And of course, Tuffy, chiwawa, and Bob, who loves to just be lazy in this tower carpet thing that she bought him. We've been helping an investigator build his shed. We picked up a new investigator who came to church this last Sunday and stayed for all meetings and really liked it so we're way excited. We also have a few baptismal dates coming up here,one is set for December 1st, so we'll see what happens. Oh yeah, soooooo I tried the new battery on the camera and it worked for like one hour and now it doesn't. I think it might be the camera itself, it won't charge any more, so I can't take any pics. Well we're heading out to go do some missionary work with Brother LaMarche (Ward Mission Leader) so we'll talk to ya later! -Love Elder Bennett :) :) :)

short email from Elder Bennett....Please Tell Pat Dagley thanks for sending me her letters and for the newsletters. She is a great friend, sounds like she is doing great! I like to hear from her, and get the goings on in ole Newton. Love Elder Bennett

Party in the Parking Lot" Hello once again friends, family, and all creatures alike who are reading my emails. If you could just sense the subject of this letter with the tune "Party in the U.S.A." by Miley Cyrus, it has a nice ring to it... With all of the different wards that we cover, there were Ward Halloween Parties & Trunk or Treats for each one of them. I forwarded a few pics from 2nd wards that Brother LaMarche took with his iPhone, pretty good costumes huh? As you probably guessed, we were dressed as missionaries. Everybody was happy to see us at the Trunk or Treats with our garbage bags that we got from the janitorial closet except for really only one guy who said, "Get off your mission and go have kids if you want some" and denied us candy for a few seconds until he threw it in our bag, ughhh, You're not the only one who mentioned the "Hump-Day", Elder Hardy did as well. Let Sue know how grateful I am by the way for the card and the Subway card ($15) that she sent in the mail, it helps out. Also, thank you for your package that you sent with the Reeses, lovely creations they are, Fruit-Roll ups, way good too, and the Skittles. I love hearing from you, Papa (his crazy hospital stories and what's going on), Justin (wise council and how he is able to get through his busy life), and Mike (him liking Indians and whatever else comes up that week). He looked pretty good in that clown/zombie costume, I'm sure he scared a few people for sure. Elder Dearborn really is so funny and has a sense of humor, you were so worried about me offending someone with my sarcasim/humor but he just sends it back, we make a great team.. ---- was baptized this Saturday, he will be one of the General Authorities one day I swear, he is so awesome. I'll email some pics. , They are finishing up the Chick-Fil-A here, will totally be done in a month :) hahahaha Tell John Mayhew and J Hutch that I say hello. Also thank Sarah S. for the letter that she sent, she's a good friend, she says that Aaron Austin says hello to me and that she hasn't heard anything from Adam Aguillon on his mission yet. . The ----- were at church yesterday, we are working with 'em ( great family, the little girl was bawling because she wasn't up there singing with the Primary Program, so I think they'll get her involved with that soon. We heard that there were about 8,000 applications in the first week of the announcement and it has leveled out at about 4,000, that's a ton. The election tomorrow, mercy. Well I got to get goin', so we'll talk to ya next week, "Bye everybooooddy" - Love Elder Bennett,

Oct 29.condensed version I was laughing my head off last night when Elder Kelliher was telling me this story about one of the people that they met with and had them over for dinner. Apparently Elder Kelliher has this picture that he carries around of this huge/legendary Elk that someone shot and the guy asked him , "Ahhh did he save the liver?!" Then Elder Kelliher was like "Uhhh, no", then the guy got so mad because that's like his favorite food. As a matter of fact, we actually had potatoes, carrots, and.... onions and calf liver for dinner... that meat has a different taste to it... We had the baptisms this weekend, it went great, she has such a strong testimony. We also have a baptism scheduled for this Saturday he is awesome, so the ward and us are excited. Elder Haleck of the 70 came to a Zone Meeting as you see from the picture. I think he spoke not this last conference, but the one before that. Kayla having a baby before Krista? OHHHHHHH I love those wiggle cars, I pushed Elder Reed in Walmart and he was going so fast that he crashed into one of the isles and fell off, it was pretty dang funny. Lambo isn’t worth fixing, sell it for $1000 now while it runs and just tell him to buy a newer one. Good for Mike for keeping his grades up. Dang glad to hear that Justin is doing great. Don’t send the Russian coat, it’s to heavy, I’m fine right now, just keep money on the card and if I need one I’ll just get it, if I buy stuff like that here its better than if you send it in the mail. Its not that bad, there are times we both scream in the car, like we did earlier in yours when it was just cold in the morning or night while its defrosting. There have been a few Halloween parties here, there was a bounce house at one and there was a girl that talked to us and said she wanted to be baptized, pretty cool, we got some candy as well, which Bob sat and pawed at all night. That is soooo crazy about the whole East Coast storm stuff, right now I'm in 3rd Nephi a couple chapters before Christ appears to the people of Bountiful to manifest himself as the Savior and bless them and there were a lot of signs of destruction before His coming and when He was crucified in Jerusalem, it kind of reminds me of what's goin on right now. Well, I've gotta get back, so I'll talk to yall later, I love ya and hope that you all have a wonderful week! Enjoy the pictures :) - Love Elder Bennett

Oct 22, Elder Bennett had alot of experiences in this weeks letter, but for the privacy of others it won't be published in the blog. So this is pretty short..... Ohhh, what a wonderful sight to go outside, it's pouring rain, and see that someone has egged your car. Don't know who did it, but when I find 'em I'm going to have Bob use his back feet (his front ones are declawed) and mess them up a little bit. Our car has taken a few hits this week, I'm pretty sure that I told you about that lady that backed up into us and made a dent above the rear light and scratched it up. We have to get the claim thing approved and then take it into a body-shop for 3 days and get it repaired . It has been fun to be a trainer, Elder Dearborn is great, he is a funny kid. Why did you give the stray away?! You should have kept it! Oh so Elder Dearborn used to be a salesman for a Toyota outlet and he claims Toyotas, Hondas, and Subarus are the way to go on efficiency. That's funny that Tim described Hunter's friends as the next Disney Channel show waiting to happen, I laughed at that. That's way good that the missionaries came over. It has been rainy weather today, but I'm glad it was raining so the eggs didn't hurt the paint. We just did some shopping today because it was too bad of weather to do anything outside. Hope it's nicer down there where you are, enjoy the wonderful St. George climate that I love. Thanks for all of your support, love, and letters, you're the best!!! - Love Elder Bennett