December 29, 2014
So much has happened this week. Wednesday we spent the day with
half of the mission here in Warsaw for Zone Conference which was incredible. I
will never forget Elder Fotu unwrapping that Babcia cart during the white
elephant gift exchange. Then Christmas day we got to have breakfast with my
district and get together later with all of the Warsaw missionaries, plus a few
others who lingered from Zone Conference and play American football which was a
blast. That evening we got to spend with the wonderful Mastroianni family
skyping and just enjoying Christmas.
We went in on Friday and stayed the night then trained for most of
Saturday. I haven't had a spiritual whooping like that in a very long time.
This training is not just going to change my mission, it is going to change me
and I am so excited.
President Edgren truly has a vision for this mission, and it is
the same vision that the Lord has for the missionary work all over the world.
Just because this is the Poland Warsaw mission, does not mean that God has not
prepared people and great things to happen here just as he has in different
missions all over the world. People need to know that this is an incredible
mission, that the missionaries here have a new vision and the work is about to
change. People have always talked about Poland as the country that “someday” will
have the gospel message spread throughout the land and “someday” there will be
a temple here. It’s always in the future,
because we keep treating it like that. The day is today! We are working to
change the vision out here of what we can accomplish personally as
missionaries, and we need you out there to be helping boost that with words of
confidence, positivity, support, and prayers. Together, we are going to help
build the Lord's kingdom here. 
I just want you all to know that I love this work. I love this
people and I am grateful everyday to be able to be a representative of my Savior
Jesus Christ. I used to count the days of my mission, now I just try to make
every day count. A year ago I was sitting home during Christmas break, so
unsure of where my journey would lead, still trying to decide if I wanted to
serve a mission. Little did I know that here I would be a year later in the beautiful
country of Poland, forever grateful that I took that huge leap of faith and
clicked send on those papers. That leap of faith have changed me forever.
Another year from now and I will be finished with my work here as a missionary,
and my main goal now is to see how much growth I can make in that amount of
time. This gospel is true, it all really happened; deep down if you have put in
the honest effort you cannot deny it! I encourage you all to take some time in
the coming months and new upcoming year to deeply consider your personal
relationship with God. No matter where that relationship stands, continue to
seek for the hand of God in your life and evidence of a loving Savior. I
promise you as their representatives that you will find the truth. He lives,
and knows each personally, I so testify always!
Have a great week, and Happy New Year!
With Great Love,
Sister Ellis Benson
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