HEY! BUDDIES! FAM! COUSINS! FRIENDS!

SO YA I AM SUPER EXCITED TO SEE YOU ALL ON SUNDAY! IT FEELS LIKE YESTERDAY THAT I WAS ABLE TO TALK TO YOU GUYS, WHICH IS SUPER CRAZY TO THINK ABOUT. SO WE ARE PLANNING TO SKYPE YOU AT 7.. SO IT WOULD ABOUT 6 FOR YOU GUYS.. HOPEFULLY THATS FINE.. BUT IF NOT WILL WORK SOMETHING OUT FORSURE. I AM GLAD THAT YOUVE HAD A GOOD WEEK, WITH SOME SUPER NICE WEATHER OVER THERE. YOU’RE NOT GOING TO BELIEVE IT BUT WE HAD 3 INCHES OF SNOW THE OTHER DAY.. I KNOW RIGHT.. EVERYONE AROUND HERE THINKS ITS CRAZY TOO!

MOST IMPORTANTLY WEVE HAD A GREAT SPIRITUALLY UPLIFTING WEEK, WITH A LOT OF AMAZING THINGS THAT HAPPENED OVER THE WEEKEND. SO I DIDNT TELL YOU LAST WEEK THAT WE WERE HAVING A MEMBER OF THE QUORUM OF THE 12 APOSTLES COMING.. I HAD TO SURPRISE YOU ALL.. ON SATURDAY WE GOT TOGETHER AS A MISSION, IN IOWA CITY SO WE COULD HERE ELDER NEIL L. ANDERSON COME AND SPEAK TO US.! NOT ONLY HIM BUT WE HAD A FEW MEMBERS OF THE SEVENTY TOO.. ELDER CLAYTON OF THE PRESIDENCY OF THE SEVENTY, ELDER DUBA OF THE SEVENTY WHO WAS JUST RECENTLY CALLED THIS LAST CONFERENCE.. ALL TELL YOU WHY I THINK HE CAME LATER.. ELDER REAUL OF THE SEVENTY AS WELL. IT WAS A SUPER POWERFUL MEETING FOR US. IT WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT OUR MISSION HAS GATHERED TOGETHER FOR A LONG TIME. YA ALL 240 MISSIONARIES WERE THERE, SO IT WAS A SUPER COOL MEETING TO BE APART OF. IT REALLY IS INTERESTING TO SEE THE APOSTLES AND PROPHET ON THE TV, BUT IN PERSON ITS A TOTALLY DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE. I CAN JUST TESTIFY THAT HE REALLY IS A CHOOSEN APOSTLE OF OUR HEAVENLY FATHER! THEY ARE REAL PEOPLE JUST LIKE US, CALLED TO SERVE! THAT WAS THE HIGH LIGHT OF OUR WEEK!

ON SUNDAY WE HAD STAKE CONFERENCE! ELDER DUBA SPOKE AT OUR STAKE AND REALLY TOUCHED A LOT OF THE LIFES OF THOSE THAT WERE THERE.. I HOPE. BUT THE REASON WHY I THINK THAT ELDER DUBA CAME TO SPEAK TO US IS BECAUSE HE IS FROM ZOMBOBWAY, AFRICA. AND N...... W..... IS FROM AFRICA AS WELL, BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF AFRICAN REFUGES THAT ARE IN DES MOINES. THEY ARE A VERY HUMBLE PEOPLE, THAT NOW HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXCEPT THE GOSPEL IN ITS FULLNESS. ONE OF OUR NEW INVESTIGATORS IS FROM AFRICA AS WELL AND SHE WENT TO STAKE CONFERENCE THIS WEEK AS WELL. HER NAME IS J....

WEVE SEEN A LOT OF GREAT THINGS HAPPENING HERE IN THE MISSION AND I KNOW IT IS BECAUSE THE LORD IS HASTENING THE WORK RIGHT NOW, AS WAS TALKED ABOUT IN CONFERENCE. WE ARE WORKING HARD AND SHOOTING FOR A GOAL OF 5 BAPTISMS THIS MONTH, SO WE HAVE OUR WORK CUT OUT FOR US.

AGAIN IM SUPER EXCITED TO SEE ALL OF YOU, THIS MOTHERS DAY! KEEP BEING SAFE AND I WILL SEE YOU SOON! LOVE YOU ALL! 

                                                               NICE!!!

                         EXACTLY                 OBSERVENT

                           LOVING                 TOUGH

                            DEDICATED       RARE

                              EXAMPLE       INSPIRED

                                RESPECT     KIRTON.. read carefully...