Ben is halfway through his MTC training. Funny how it seems like just yesterday that we dropped him off, but it also feels like he's been gone a long time.
The title of his e-mail last week was 'Proper Etiquette around Apostles'. The mission president training has begun and so the First Presidency and all the Apostles come in to teach parts of the training. I've been praying for Ben to have lots of spirit-enlarging experiences while he's in the MTC. Casually meeting Elder Nelson was apparently one of those this week. Ben has never been easily impressed by 'famous' people, but he has certainly been touched by his meetings with General Authorities over the last several weeks. New Caledonia is a long way from Salt Lake City, so I'm hoping that these opportunities to spend time with the Lord's anointed will help carry Ben through the hard days.
Ben also talked about the opportunity that he had to clean the Provo temple during its annual closing. Fortunately, hard work is something that Ben understands, so cleaning in the temple for a change rather than his usual participating in ordinances is still a good experience!
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