Easter wasn't much of one, except for the realization of how real the 

Atonement is, which really made my day. I haven't received your 

Easter package yet. But don't send me a DVD player. We don't even 

have a TV. We're not allowed to have a TV. Or a DVD player. Otherwise 

we'd decide to sit in the apartment and watch movies, using the fact 

that they're church movies as a means of justification, or rather 

rationalization, that it is okay to watch them rather than to go 

proselyting. The reason I requested Special Witnesses of Christ is 

because we decalre that there is a prophet on the earth today, but a 

lot of people have never heard of this, nor of President Hinkley, so 

I though it would be a good idea to get a DVD to show them who 

President Hinkley is, and what he decalres, to show that we do have a 

prophet that testifies of Christ today. While General Conference is 

great, and some of the talks can help investigators, I thought I 

would stick to Special Witnesses of Christ so that investigators can 

see and hear from a current prophet and (mostly) current apostles.

Apparently Mandy was a bit confused about the relationship between 

Susie and Elder Morgan. Elder Morgan was trained by Susie at the Hub, 

the USU cafeteria, when he began working there. Thus, running into 

him on my mission was higly unexpected. But anyway....

Not much to say in the way of investigators. Marcus Howard is moving 

back to Florida. We haven't been able to get a hold of Levi for quite 

a while. We had a few less actives come to church, as well as Sandra 

Cosso, our golden media referral. She called and asked for a Finding 

Faith in Christ DVD, and she immediately saw something different in 

Elder Brewster and me. Elder Jaynes and I split for sacrament 

meeting, so I wasn't able to ask her how she liked the services. He 

went to the English services so that he could make sure the 

investigators that went there were okay, and I went to the 

Marshallese services, because I was supposed to give a talk on Elder 

Worthlin's talk "Sunday Will Come" from the October 06 Conference. 

(By the way, I would appreciate the November 06 and May 07 Ensigns).

Things are going really well. A few of the members have volunteered 

to teach some investigators in their homes, which is what we really 

need. Member referrals are more effective than tracting, and teaching 

an investigator in a member's home is more effective than teaching an 

investigator in their own home. It looks like we'll have three of 

them within the next three weeks. Then, the Marshallese elders arrive!

We're really pressed for time today. We're supposed to go to Siloam 

Springs to go hiking for a district outing. Well, it takes about 45 

minutes to get to Siloam Springs, and we've gotta be there by 2 pm 

(not to mention we have to figure out where we're supposed to go), 

and then we have to pay to go (ugh!), so that leaves us with about 

three hours to e-mail and write letters, clean the apartment, go 

shopping, and eat lunch. Not to mention I'm trying to be cheap this 

month, so I'm using my college skills for making cheap meals, using 

cheap generic brands. I figure since I'll be here for a year, I might 

as well start buying things to last me a while, rather than just 

going from week to week.

Anyway, I'd better get going. See you all next week! Brady