New York New York South Mission President - Steven D. and Majorie Bennion The Bennions opened their lovely home for our senior missionary activity on April 12. Senior missionary couples and the mission presidency come from all parts of the mission for these monthly events.
The de Paulas were responsible for planning this month's activity. Everyone brought delicious potluck dishes and we had a great time eating, visiting and being together. The Bennions are gracious hosts.
At Home in Port Washington
President Steven Bennion grew up on a small farm outside Salt Lake City. His father, Dr. Lowell L. Bennion, loved the students he taught as director of the University of Utah Institute of Religion and as a young man, Steven had many social and service interactions with them. Perhaps that is why President Bennion has been a natural at leading and inspiring young people he has worked with at Ricks College (now BYU-Idaho) and Southern Utah University where he has served as president of those universities. President Bennion has served as a high councilor, former regional representative, counselor in stake presidencies, bishop and counselor, gospel doctrine teacher and missionary in the Scottish Mission.
In the picture below, Pres. Bennion is showing Lin the mission chart comprised of eight zones, each mission picture attached, where each missionary is from, what languages he or she speaks and to what area each is assigned.
Sister Marjorie Hopkins is a wonderful mission mother! She is full of love and wise counsel for the missionaries and puts their welfare first. She magnifies her calling as helpmeet at her husband’s side and is a gracious hostess to the utmost detail. Sister Bennion has served as a ward Relief Society board member, is a former counselor in stake and ward Primary presidencies, ward Primary president, counselor in a ward Relief Society presidency and Relief Society teacher. The Bennions have five children.We know the Bennions as warm and unassuming people who live the gospel of Jesus Christ every and who love life to the fullest. How might you recognize these people in a group? In different ways. You would see Sister Bennion quietly bustling to attend to someone’s needs. And President Bennion? You would hear him enjoying a conversation with a guest - a great conversationalist. His laugh is unmistakable! It is as enormous as his heart. It brightens the surrounding.
The Bennions are wonderful people, perfect leaders for the missionaries and dear friends.
2 comments:
Very nice. I'm happy to feel your love for your mission leader. I know that Beverly and I will feel the same way about our mission president, who will arrive at the mission home only two weeks before we do. He is President Juan Leyva from Trujillo, Peru, and speaks a little English (from what I've heard).
BTW, I've been keeping a blog about our mission--thoughts, feelings, experiences, timelines, etc. It's more for a general audience that it is personal, family blog--which Beverly and I will start later. To see my blog, go to couplemissionariesinperu.blogspot.com.
Dear dePaulas,
Saturday night was such a musical treat for all of us and your lasagna was too good to pass up! Thank you for singing, playing, and sharing so many wonderful memories of your years in the choir. We so appreciate all of your hard work, sacrifice, and example. We are so happy we have been called to serve together in the NYNYS Mission with you. As we are learning how to be CES missionaries your life of service with THE choir and in Brazil are an inspiration to us. We love President and Sister Bennion too and appreciate how they try to meet all of our needs with our socials, and how they tutor and serve young and senior missionaries alike. Again, Saturday was a joy!
Love,
The Wests
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