Wk 19 FL 'Stand Firm with Nothing Wavering' 6/11/12

Hello Family and Friends!!
It was soo amazing to hear from ya'll this week!! Even though this
week I hardly had any time at all to relax cause we were honestly SOO
BUSY all week long!! I know I use to work super hard at baseball, but
Elder Shaffer and I are working harder than I have ever worked!! And
now it's a bike week and I am not looking foreword to that.. But we
will work hard either way! Things here in Wellington are amazing!!
Transfers are already comin up again and they will be here in two
weeks now so be careful with mail. You will be good if you send it
within the next week or so but when it gets close just send mail to
the mission office and they will send it to me whether I get
transfered or stay here in Wellington!! I hope and pray that I stay
here in Wellington cause we have some amazing people that we are
working with that I cannot wait to see them recieve the blessings and
happyness that comes threw baptism! I cannot wait for after the
mission to take ya'll out here to meet the amazing people that I have
met already, and I know throughout my two years here I will meet many
more amazing people!
This week Elder Shaffer and I stood strong with our faith knowing if
we worked hard miracles would come forth, and they did!! One night a
couple of appointments fell threw, so we were going to see a potential
that we have lost contact with and while we were we saw a couple of
the street. So of course we decided to contact them and offer a
blessing from Jesus Christ! As we began talking with them they loved
the doctrine we were sharing, accepted a blessing, eventually accepted
a baptisimal date, and came to church this week! We defientely saw the
blessings of talking to absolutely everyone this week and the Lord led
us to that couple!
We also had a very inspirational lesson with a family that we are
teaching! She absolutely loves how the church and gospel is always
centered around families because she raised twelve kids herself! They
love church and are progressing very well to be baptized. But we
showed them some mormon.org profiles and a mormon message on families
and the Spirit was there without a doubt. We testified and by the end
of the lesson they were even testifying to a friend that was just
visiting for the day. It was amazing to see how they felt, recognized,
and then acted upon the Spirit. It was also amazing to see how we
could apply mormon.org into our teaching and use it as another
"companion".
Ah it is truly amazing to see how the Spirit can work within people. I
have noticed that most of the time people might not even know what we
are talking about, but they can recognize how they feel when we teach
and testify of the restored gospel of Jesus Christ. We have this
Haitan sister that we are teaching who is amazing, she just doesn't
speak very much English so doesn't understand a lot of what we say.
Imagine how hard it would be to teach someone like that right, but it
isn't cause the Spirit really does the true teaching! She explained to
us that when we left a blessing on her home, she felt a peace and
happyness come over her and every single time we come over she feels
that same peace and happyness. She accepted to be baptized just
because of the Spirit and how she felt and came to church this week!
The Spirit is the real teacher in the gospel!
But I hope and pray all is going well back in the good old 801! The
day I get back in Febuary 2014 I am pumped to go shred the slopes all
day long so be preapred!! But Zac you might be a worse driver than me
big man! Hope ball is goin well and you're tearin it up. I'm excited
I'll be back for your senior year and tell your coach to save me an
assistant coaching job! I am excited for you guys back home to find a
family that the missionaries can teach and baptize! I promise and
testify that is where true happyness and joy comes. But other than
that just workin hard here in Wellington bringing souls closer to
Jesus Christ. And I do get your letters and packages don't worry! El
Bell I wanna hear from ya soon man! I'm waitin to here what has been
goin on and how the ladies are! You as well Breezy!! Love ya'll and
may the Spirit be with you!
Mobbin for life!!
Elder Pond

Wk 18 FL 'Families Can Be Together Forever' - 6/4/12

Dear Family and Friends,

Guess what!? Half way threw this transfer already I cannot believe how fast this transfer is really going it's crazy!! I absolutely love getting lost in the work of the Lord! But it is getting super hot out here in Wellington. On Saturday Elder Shaffer and I had a lot of work to do because we had to make sure everyone was coming to church, and we biked soo much in the heat! At the end of our day we both went home absolutely exhausted, which is exactly how you should come home every single night on the mission.

This week we had a baptism of the most amazing family in the entire world. They are the reason that missionaries come out on missions, to bring the gospel to people like them! But their family was a refferal, and the transformation that has happened with their family is a miracle from the heavens. When we first met them they were struggling as a family, with happiness, peace, and even health. Now seeing them that they are baptized they are so much more happier! Their family is now preparing to be sealed in the San Diego temple in a year and when I get back home in Utah they said they wanna visit so just be prepared!! But at the baptism we sung Families Can Be Together Forever as the closing hymn and the Spirit just hit me like a brick wall. It was such a strong and powerful spiritual moment for me and everyone there. The Spirit was testifying to me of a whole bunch of things. First of all, that the work we are doing out here as missionaries is the Lords work. That the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints absolutely is the Lords kingdom in these latter days. That the steps this family has been making will allow them to live together forever as a family. That I am preparing now, and one day will go to the temple and that will be one of the most amazing days of my life! But the Spirit was there without a doubt testifying of everything! If there is one thing I have learned on my mission it truly is that we cannot do anything as missionaries without the Spirit, and as we strive to always have the Spirit with us people will recognize us as servants of the Lord, Jesus Christ.

Just like this week we just got out of a teaching appointment we got called off of the street to talk with this guy. As we got closer we noticed that we knew him and was teaching his cousin a while ago, but he wasn't really interested. He pulled us off of the street and basically told us his whole life story and how much he truly needed God in his life right now. We then testified that is exactly why Jesus Christ sent us here. So we went in and left a blessing with his family and on his home. The Spirit was soo strong and powerful! We testified, invited them to be baptized and they are excited to be baptized on the 17th, because of the Spirit that they felt. We then went back two days later and he told us about how that blessing truly did work!  The next day he got a call for an interview and things have been working out and falling into place in his life. It gave me a testimony that as we truly strive to have the Spirit with us, we will be recognized as servants of the Lord and MIRACLES will come forth! It also showed me that with faith, anything is possible!

But other than that we have just been working hard here in Wellington South! Trying to dunk the world and bring everyone to the fold of God! Oh and I want to know by next week what you guys have done back home to help the missionaries out or do some missionary work or share the gospel! I expect it to be done and I love you all!! Can't wait to recieve mail from ya'll!!

With Love,

Elder Pond

Wk 17 FL 'Here Comes the Bride' - 5/29/12

Dear Family and Friends,
Once again another week in paradise, what more can I say!? That's it for this week..

With Love,
Elder Pond




Haha just kiddin!! I wouldn't do that to ya'll! But it truly was another inspirational week. I haven't received mail for FOR-EV-ER though!! So ya'll know who you are that I'm waitin for, and I'll be sendin off a bunch of letters today so be expectin one!! But it has been SOO hot and humid down here in Southern Florida, it is gettin to be summer and I am not looking foreword to it!! But that is wayy sick that the waitress' mom lives in West Palm Beach that's like a half hour away from Wellington. Oh one of the most exciting things that happened this week, that isn't gospel related, was we actually got to play in a softball game it took me back to the good old days in Dub Jay! We had a ward barbeque and softball game and it was an amazing activity. We had a bunch of recent converts and investigators come and be able to mingle with other ward members and make friends. It was a huge success and I had a blast pullin out a glove and bat and goin to work! Oh mom I would love for you to send me two old gloves that we have laying around and a couple of baseballs that would be amazing!
On a more spiritual note we had some great, uplifting experiences this week as well! First of all, Elder Shaffer and I actually had a wedding that went threw! It was one of the greatest experiences of my entire life! The Oaks gave us a referral who are absolutely amazing and their names are Vivian, German, and their daughter Alexandra! The Savior and His teaching have brought so much peace and happiness in their lives. One time Vivian was not feeling well because the cancer that she had about five years ago was slowly coming back. We gave her a preisthood blessing for the sick and afflicted and she told us after that day absolutely everything was perfect with her body and health. It was a modern day miracle!! They got married yesterday and are getting baptized on Sunday! Vivian has overcame soo much in her life and they all said that the gospel filled a VOID that was always missing and now is filled! We all felt the Spirit soo strongly at the wedding and after they are baptized they will be preparing to enter the temple and be sealed for time and all eternity in a year. Vivian loves the San Diego temple and wants to be sealed there so we could not be more excited for them! I'll send you guys pictures from the wedding cause we took a whole bunch! But Vivian and German have taught me soo much as we have got to know them very well. That the gospel can help absolutely anyone no matter what the circumstances are. The gospel helps fill that void that everyone outside of the Church is missing in their lives. And the priesthood truly is the POWER given from GOD to MAN! It works and can perform any miracle if true and sincere faith is involved on both ends of the blessing.
Another amazing experience happened while Elder Shaffer and I were harvesting one day. Our district leader challenged us to harvest for at least an hour a day and we tried our best to find time to do so and miracles came from it for sure! We set out on a harvest at normally a bad time which was around noon when everyone is either at work or school. But we had the faith that if we were obedient MIRACLES would come and they most surely did. I felt the Spirit prompt us to harvest another street that we weren't planning on going to so of course we listened! The first five doors we knocked no one answered and we kept telling ourselves to keep the faith and miracles would happen. Then someone answered!! But he said no.. But of course we still had the faith. The next door we answered this lady answered and immediately opened up to us and started telling us that her life was falling apart. We testified to her that Jesus Christ can help her put her life back together no matter what as she follows the example of Jesus Christ! We left a blessing with her that was super powerful, invited her to be baptized and she accepted! The Lord led us to someone who was prepared to accept the gospel as we listened to the promptings of the Spirit! We pulled out a scripture from the Book of Mormon testified of its truthfullness and now she is excited and well on her way to entering the waters of baptism! This all happened because we listened to the Spirit, had faith, were obedient, and the Lord provided a MIRACLE right before our eyes! It was amazing!!
But other than that the work is just moving right along here in the Wellington Ward. I am absolutely loving mission life and would not rather be anywhere in the world right now! This IS the LORDS WORK!! We are all His servants and His hands. So my challenge to ya'll back home is to be a misssionary. Just because you don't have a nametag and aren't set apart doesn't mean you aren't still a servant of the Lord. I want to here about your missionary experiences back home and I promise you that with faith, prayer, and hard work ANYTHING including MIRACLES are POSSIBLE! Pray for people to share the gospel with, be an example everywhere you go, and involve the missionaries back home in everything! Be the kind of members that missionaries love!
Look foreword to hearing from ya'll soon!
With Love,
Elder Pond

Wk 16 FL 'Let the Holy Spirit Guide, Even Threw the Thunderstorms!!' 5/21/12

Dear Family and Friends,

Sorry I didn't send an email home last P-Day it was insane!! We were runnin all over the place doing everything that we need to do on P-Day for the week, P-Days are so busy we hardly even get a chance to relax. But then we come to the Church to send off our emails and they were messin with the internet so it was all down!! I got a chance to shoot off a quick email to President at a members house but we had no time. Oh and I got my haircut by a member it looks amazing!

But guess what?? I didn't get transfered!!! And neither did my trainer Elder Shaffer.. Which is really weird cause fathers and sons never stay together more than two transfers!! But Elder Shaffer and I trust that the Lord knows exactly why we need to be here longer and are still workin our hearts out! Elder Shaffer was a little disapointed cause I think he kinda wanted to be transfered.. haha. So my address is still 1425 Riverside Circle, Wellington, FL, 33414 for at least five more weeks. But I really hope longer cause this area is just about to blow up once again!

The most amazing experience happened to us here in Wellington today! It was around eight at night and we had some appointments fall threw so we werent sure who to go see. An investigator that called us earlier that morning and cancelled on us to reschedule for five days away came to both of our minds. At first I kinda ignorned it because she already called us and cancelled that same day. But the feeling from the Holy Ghost kept coming to us so we said, "Lets trust in the Spirit and let it lead us to where the Lord would have us be!" So we biked over there and knocked on her door and her son who we hadn't been able to meet with answered the door. He said that she just left and started walking to Publix so we left a little disapointed. But the Spirit came to us again telling us to go to Publix to look for her! So we bike over to Publix and look everywhere and she is no where to be found. But then a members husband who is a nonmember came up to us and just started talking to us. We got to know him a little better and are now able to stop by sometime and leave a blessing on their home and baptize him! But we left still not getting in contact with our investigator.. As the storm above us starts brewing and pouring we head home. But in the distance we see someone walking home and once again we get an impression to take a detour from our normal path home and bike past this person. As we begin to pass her she exclaims, "Hey guys what are you doing!?" It  was our investigator that we were searching for walking home!! The Spirit led us to her and it was so amazing! We walked her home in the rain and the whole time she was talking about what she read in the Book of Mormon and how excited she was to get baptized. When we got to her house she invited us in for a quick message and prayer with her and her family. The Spirit was there without a doubt and we invited her entire family to be baptized and they all accepted! They are progressing closer to our Father in Heaven and very excited to be baptized. This all was possible because we truly listened to the impressions from the Holy Ghost!

Last week we had a baptism of three after church on Mothers Day and it was amazing as always! We had a total of about 20 investigators at the baptism and the entire gym was full of members and nonmembers alike. When they were baptized I felt the Spirit confirm to me once again that the work we are doing is the Lords work. But after the baptism every investigator that was there felt the Spirit so strong one even went and paid tithing!

Adversity definetly came this week though, as always. But the thing we know as missionaries is when it does come something amazing is about to happen. So we went off for a two hour harvest knowing something amazing would happen if we put our trust in the Lord. Every single door we knocked on that answered let us right in, knew we were representitives of Jesus Christ, and let us leave a blessing with them it was amazing! I love how the Lord always prepares a way for us to work threw adversity we may face, and find MIRACLES!!

But we hope and pray all is well at home here in Wellington. Always "let the holy spirit guide" no matter what. And I can't wait to hear from ya'll back home! But Elder Pond is out until we email again! Mobbin for life!

With Love,

Elder Pond

Wk 14 FL 'Sunshine in Your Soul' 5/7/12

Dear Family and Friends!!!

What is up!? Elder Pond reporting in to the 801 from the 561!! This week has been amazing out here in sunny Wellington Florida. The temperature here in now around 92 with humitity!! Safe to say I hardly ever wear long sleaves anymore.. And I am soo glad that this week is a car week cause now we can get around faster, its not as hot, and my bike has a flat tire that I have to fix! But life is great here in the mission field I love it and truly never wanna come home!! haha. But don't worry I will eventually..

This week was very sweet and sour. The sour part was all the dates that we had for this weekend fell threw and one of our recent converts is in jail for some reason.. But we are working threw it and know that once we get threw the trial of our faith, then we will see a miracle! We had a ton of SWEET parts of this week as well though! Yesterday we met an amazing family that came to church! We saw the miracle of having 16 investigators in sacrament yesterday it was amazing!! But anywase this family was a referal from the Oaks, and yes Brother Oaks uncle is Elder Dallin H. Oaks! They are an amazingly strong family in the ward! So they brought this family who is their neighbor and I talked to both of them after church and they expressed the love and spirit that they felt at church! We then had dinner at the Oaks with them and they totally opened up to us and told them that this is exactly what they need in their life right now. I gave her the Book of Mormon that you wrote your testimony in Mom and it was absolutely amazing! We had her read it and she expressed this is exactly what she wants for her family and what they need in their life right now. She then got up and gave me a hug and thanked me soo much for the special and sacred gift of a Book of Mormon and we were both about in tears! They then told us that they would absolutely love a blessing on their home and said come over anytime and that they cannot wait for church services next week. This was a testimony to me that as we get threw those tough times, MIRACLES ALWAYS COME!! You just must push a little bit father, work a little bit harder, even when it may seem impossible you have to know that with Christ all things are possible!!

We also had an amazing experience harvesting, which is just like tracting except we don't ask if they would like to hear a message but if they would like a blessing on their family and home, this week!! We have been teaching this Haitan family who is absolutely amazing and their friend next door just got out of jail so they told us sometime we should stop by. I stopped by when we were on exchanges this week and I was with Elder Hoole and we just started talking and we identified ourselves as representitives of Jesus Christ. She told us that she knew we were and are more than welcome to come and leave that blessing when her entire family got home. We went back later that day and after the blessing she was in tears because of the Spirit that she felt and the love from Jesus Christ that she felt. She thanked us and told us she would consider baptism but would absolutely love to come to church! I absolutely love harvesting it is a tool for the "above average missionaries" and works amazing when used with exact obedience and faith!

Once again we are teaching SOO MANY investigators and preparing them to be baptized hopefully here soon! But I love my mission so much cause I not only help other people grow soo much but I myself have grown more than I ever thought I would! I now KNOW what Helaman meant when he said "it is upon the rock of our Redeemer, who is Christ, the Son of God, that ye must build your foundation"! Threw daily studying the Book of Mormon I have firmly planted my foundation in Jesus Christ! Just like Joseph Smith said, the Book of Mormon can get any man closer to God by abiding by its precepts than any other book!

But I'll be skyping home this Sunday for Mothers Day and it will be at 8 PM here so around 6 PM in the 801! First of all I need everyone there at 6 PM sharp!! That means all my friends and family that would love to come I would absolutely love to see all of your gorgeous faces! And then Dad I need you to send me your skype account number in the mail posted tomorrow so it gets here Saturday and then any other information I may need to connect with you guys on Skype! And I am pumped to see ya'lls face and I promise by Tuesday when I email home Elder Shaffer and I will of found a family to write you about! But nothin really else goin on just workin hard in the Lords work. I will be sending pictures soon!! I just have to find my camera cause I kinda lost it.. Oh and transfers are next week so beware I could get transfers but I pray I don't! Oh and the bugs don't really bug me to much cause the Lord protects His missionaries!

Jesus Christ is there to strengthen each and every one of us threw every single day!! Keep the "sunshine in your soul" and always have the Spirit with you! I love ya'll and write letters as always!!

With Love,

Elder Pond

Wk 13 FL 'Another Week in PARADISE' 4/30/12

Dear Family and Friends,
Ah just another week in paradise loving the mission field!! I have
decided that I love it so much out here that I am never ever coming
home! It is just soo amazing bringing souls closer to Jesus Christ!
But I absolutely love how exciting of a time it is right now to be in the
Fort Lauderdale Florida mission! Another record broken with new
investigators and I know that was only possible because of our faith
and obedience! We are gonna work as hard as we possibly can here in
Wellington South to bring as many souls unto Christ threw baptism as
possible in the month of May. There are soo many people out there that
are prepared, we just must go out and listen to the Spirit to be able
to find them!
This week the Lord blessed us with a baptism! We got to see the
witness of our faith and it was amazing! An amazing lady named Tiffany
definetely showed forth her faith in the Lord and entered the waters
of baptism. Her families home was blessed about six months ago and
nothing really came of it. But just over a week ago Tiffany called us
and told us that she wanted to find a way to come to church. So we set
up an appointment for the next day and had a very spiritual lesson. We
gave her a blessing for the sick cause she has M.S. and invited her to
be baptized and she accepted! She came to church the next day and then
a week later she was baptized! But at the baptism she really had to
show forth her faith because she has a tough time walking, so Brother
Hollbrook was suppose to baptize her but then at the last minute we
decided that I should get in the water as well to make sure everything
went well which saved us! Cause she got in the water and got really
scared of going fully immersed in the water because she wasn't able to
be stable. But when she trusted in us and more importantly the Lord it
was then that she finally went all the way under but her feet came up,
so I hurried and pushed her feet down and we were good! I saw that as
we fully trust in the Lord blessings always come!
We had a lot of amazing lessons this week as well and are preparing a
ton of people to be baptized! So we are praying every single day that
they keep coming closer to Jesus Christ and baptism! But we are going
to have the faith and obedience to bring even more souls to Jesus
Christ.
We have been teaching a guy named Onel and lately he has been having
family problems and it's wayy hard! He also struggles with smoking,
but on Saturday we had a very spiritual and uplifting lesson with him
and he gave up his cigarretes! We had him take out his cigarretes,
crumple up the box and stomp on them then he gave them to us so he
wouldn't even have the temptation anymore! It was soo amazing to see
the spirit work within him and he should be baptized as well here
soon!
This week I also got to go on an exchange in Belle Glade and if I do
get transfered I would wanna get transfered up there it is soo sweet
up there! If you do look it up on the computer you might be a little
scared because it is straight up hood. But the people up there are soo
amazing and they really NEED the gospel of Jesus Christ in their
lives! I was up there with an Elder from Brighton High School  that is
suprisingly younger than me in the mission field named Elder Hoole! He
is a wayy cool guy! Oh and transfers are two weeks from this
Wednesday!
Another sweet thing that happened this week is Saturday we got to go
glean corn! We went to a HUGE corn field in Loxahatche and basically
picked corn for three hours it was actually wayy fun! The members out
here are amazing we had like 250 people in Church every Sunday and
they are talking about spliting the ward cause it is getting wayy full
every single Sunday!
But that's about it for this week just workin hard out here in
gorgeous Wellington Florida. For the most part people like Mit Romney
out here dad but we honestly don't hear much about it. There's just a
ton of anti that we always have to help people threw but the Spirit
always testifies to them of the truthfullness of the Restored Gospel
of Jesus Christ! And like I said transfers are in two weeks so
everyone I love letters and packages, but if you send them and you
don't think they will get to my house before May 15th then just send
them to my mission office just in case I do get transfered which I
doubt and hope and pray that I don't I love the work here in
Wellington but I trust that the Lord will send me where ever He needs
me to be. But everyone please write me I absolutely love the letters!
Oh and I will tell ya'll what time I will be skyping home on Mothers
Day next P-Day but it will either be around two or three or six or
seven depending when the Oaks want us to come over! And I only have
thirty minutes so whoever is coming over make sure they are on time.
It would be amazing if Grandma Ruby could make it! And all my friends
who read this you are invited I would absolutely love to see ya'll!
Thank ya'll for all that you do we can feel your prayers here in
Wellington! Oh and mom send me some recipes especially Chicken
Enchelladas. Hope to hear from ya'll soon!
With Love,
Elder Pond

Wk 12 FL 'Blessed to be Part of MIRACLES' 4/23/12

Dear Family and Friends,

Another amazing week in PARADISE!!  Ah how I love the mission field and how blessed we truly are to be a part of the miracles that are happening here in Fort Lauderdale. I absolutely love seeing the Lords hand in the work, and I do see it every single day! The brethren called President Anderson this week and asked him how our mission is having such success, he responded we are obedient, have faith, and work hard!! So we just must continue to be obedient, have faith, and work hard in the vineyard as the world looks upon us for us to guide them to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! I love how everyone here in Floridas life can be blessed, if they accept the message of the restored gospel of Jesus Christ. We are giving two years unto the Lord so families can have eternities as my good friend Big V once told me who is now in the MTC!

This week was absolutely inspiring here in Wellington South! Right when Monday hit Elder Shaffer and I knew that we had a brand new week in our hands and we must work hard to make something out of it. It is truly amazing to see our hard work of 42 total lessons, 21 investigators in sacrament meeting, and 19 baptisimal dates come forth this week. I cannot wait to link all of these amazing investigators to recieving the blessings of baptism! The thing I probably saw most this week was the blessing it is to get investigators to come to church and preparing them to do so. One of our investigators named Wendetta has been taught by the missionaries for a while now and has been taught everything but has not came to church. So this week we met with her twice before Sunday and pounded attending church into her until she was finally like, "I'm coming to church this Sunday, I NEED to see what it is like for myself". So she attended church and we went over to her home Sunday night to see what she felt. She explained to us that she felt totally at peace during Church and knew it was the Spirit. Wendetta absolutely loved church! So we pounded how she can have that Sprit with here constantly threw entering the waters of baptism and recieving the Gift of the Holy Ghost in the restored gospel of Jesus Christ and she is so close to accepting it is amazing!! It was just a huge testimony strengthener to me that this is Christ's church and the FULLNESS of peace and blessings can be felt within this gospel.

We also saw that as we applied our specilized trainings that we recieved this week from the Assistants of increasing desires and then an action that follows are lessons were filled with the Spirit just testifying and they are absolutely being prepared for baptism! After the end of our lessons this week people were asking us how they could get a Book of Mormon, or how they can come to church it was amazing!! Like we went to go teach a part member family Ricky and Colleen and Ricky's mom is a less active member. We saw Colleens ears peark up when we talked about eternal families so we pounded that into her and Ricky. Then at the end we invited them to come to church and Ricky said we'll see, but then Colleen came in and told us we will absolutely be there!! And guess what!? They did show and were able to feel of the Spirit at church!

So as you can see missionary life is going amazing here in Wellington South and in the Fort Lauderdale Florida Mission! P-Days consist of going to Wall-Mart, studying, writing letters, and fishing!!

Miracles are happening here in Wellington South, Staurt Zone, and the Fort Lauderdale Florida Mission! Miracles from the Lord and we owe everything to Him. He is our Savior and Redeemer. I love being a missionary and serving the Lord cause this is His work!! Everyone back home ALWAYS remember how blessed you truly are for having the RESTORED GOSPEL in your lives and never forget that!!!! So many people do and then they become in-active and it truly breaks my heart. So press forward with the gospel and Jesus Christ leading you in your lives!! I love y'all and write me as much as you would like anytime you would like and always cause mail is amazing!!

With Love,

Elder Pond