New Mission President

Dear Friends and Family:

Well, this week we had a really great week. We achieved standards in almost every key indicator, which is something that I am very happy to report. We will continue to grow and to work hard, of course, and I can't wait to achieve standards in every key indicator.

One of the biggest blessings that God has given us this week was that Dylan Edrington was finally baptized! He has been wanting to be baptized for almost a month, and he finally was able to do it! Hooray!

One of the miracles we saw this week was that a guy named Matt Ellsworth referred himself to us on Mormon.org. He has been in and out of church for several years, and although he knows it is true, for some reason he has never been baptized before. So he already knows just about everything that we need to teach him, and he's very solidly preparing to be baptized this Sunday (the 6th)!

Something that I learned over the last 7-10 days is that the Gospel of Jesus Christ really does change people's hearts. One of our investigators was on the fence when we started to teach her, and over this time she has progressively become more solid and more willing to act with each visit. Her name is Daphne, and she is preparing to be baptized this Sunday as well.

We have a new mission president. President Anderson flew home on Friday; we'll be meeting President Richardson face to face tomorrow. These are the questions that I asked him, and I'm hoping he'll respond to:

- How long have you and Sister Richardson been married?

- How big is your family?

- Where have you lived?

- And who is your favorite Disney villain?

I'd also love it if all of you (friends and family) would respond to that last question, as I only know a few of them by name and I have no way of looking them up. Thanks!

Thanks,

Elder Slade