May 11, 2009

It was great talking to you guys (on Mother's Day). Thanks for the update on the weekly things, it's always nice to hear. It was really weird talking to all of you and hearing your voices again. Afterward I felt like Harrison, Mitch and I should've gone out to Wendy's or gone hot tubbing or something.

So I pulled out an Ensign and read President Benson's conference address from April 1989! The two Ensigns that I'm reading right now are the conference addresses from 1989 and 1999, then this week I'll get this last conference address. President Benson (I'm pretty sure it's Benson, I might be wrong, I forget names) gave a talk on the universal sin of pride. He talked about how pride is really enmity or any negative feelings towards one of two groups, towards God, pitting our knowledge against the infinite wisdom of our Father, fighting our will against His will. Then enmity towards our fellow men. He also talked about how competition is a sign of pride, and a prideful person seeks his gratification and self worth from a world of decaying values. The phrase he used is we're more concerned about "what will men think of me" rather than "what will God think of me." It was a really good talk.

As for the lady with the 'hernia-ish' thing she's in McMinville that's a different area. They're still working with her to my knowledge, but I don't know for sure. Anyhow not much else has happened this week. I love you guys and e-mail you next week!

Elder Carpenter