Freedom, A Scorpion Duel & The Rain Returns

Whoops, I didn't know it was Memorial Day... It means a LOT to me though. My companion is a marine, so it's good to be with someone I appreciate a lot for that. How free are people in Sierra Leone? Oh goodness, too free. I stopped a guy from forcefully molesting his girlfriend next to the church compound on Sunday. Doesn't anyone besides me care?? Ugh, these people are wicked like crazy, but I guess that's why I'm here. These people are way too free for their own good. There is NO threat of punishment from the law, or anything else. I miss American police forces. If you bribe an officer here, you get off scott free of whatever your trespass. In America, you get fined. A LOT. Oh goodness, Sierra Leone is an intense mission.

It's great to hear that Sister Dewitt came back to Washington for a visit! She's such an awesome sister. I am so grateful for the time that I had to help teach Andrew with the sister missionaries before I left. How is he doing? I had heard he was planning on moving right before I left on my mission.

Woo hoo!! I'm so excited for Austin and his mission call to Atlanta Georgia! You didn't know he is a history buff? Oh man, is he EVER. Being in Georgia with all that American history will be great for him. When he and Jared Marr were together talking about history my head would spin. He'll love that mission!! I'm so proud of Austin.

It's interesting Dad, that you mention the importance of "councils" in the church because that's something that President Roggia talked about in Zone Conference a couple weeks back. He said that District Meetings, Zone Meetings, and companionship study sessions aren't just instruction periods, but times of council. We are to come together as individuals and learn together, not to have a single person do all of the teaching. As a council, we are able to use all of our talents and abilities that are unique to us to help uplift and enlighten others around us. I totally agree.

The key to our success as missionaries is simple: The companionship (more particularly, how hard a companionship works). Elder Lancaster (oh how I love that man, and would never belittle the great work he did) was struggling pretty bad. He spent a year in two extremely difficult areas (one of which being Njaie Town), and his body wasn't coping well. In the end, the sickness stole away his drive to do much, so we cut down to doing what was necessary, taking care of him so that he wouldn't get any more sick, and nothing more. It was just hard for both of us at that time. Elder Bennion came, was agile, well-bodied, and excited to take charge in getting work done. He had been with OLD missionaries for his whole mission, and I suppose you could guess how it is, they get tired and it's harder for them to keep the drive to work. I was the first young missionary he was with, so he was excited, I was excited, so we just buckled down and got to work. He's an excellent teacher, and we are able to help teach each other many things to make each other better missionaries.

Have I ever told you how much fun Elder Bennion and I have? Oh man, he's the best! Ha ha ha, oh my... I can't even describe what makes it so fun... I guess it's because of how similar we are, but at the same time, how different we are. We make jokes and play around a lot (when appropriate, of course). I just feel like I can be more myself around him, so it's a lot of fun. I love my mission...

So, I have some pictures for you today! The first is of me beating pepe (peppers). It's how people prepare the peppers for use in, well, EVERYTHING. It's a good thing I have taste for spicy food, because these peppers pack more punch than anything I've ever seen. If you get it on your hand, and then rub your eyes, you'll cry all day. It's crazy. But yeah, they mash the raw peppers with the mortar and pestle, which is a lot of fun. They also mash things like cassava leaf and other spices and things. It's way fun.

The next two is of the scorpions that our recent convert Abada found out in the garden. He caught two of them and tied their tails with strings, and made them fight each other. It's really entertaining. He killed the big one and cut off the stinger and buried it. It was HUGE. I asked how he killed it, and he simply said "I used a shovel." That made me laugh.

The last picture is of Elder Bennion and Elder Kenner (our district leader) 'enjoying' our crappy power. Because rain is beginning to come, power is also starting to come, but it's REALLY bad. At least it can keep the fans on at night and make sleeping a lot more wonderful.






Oh, I just remembered: In your next package that you send me, would you mind sending more of those DayQuil capsules? I have since used them in the occasional colds I get. They keep me on my feet! Ha ha ha. Yay drugs... Also, more piano sheet music would be wonderful. I'm getting pretty dang good at accompanying hymns (well, SOME of them), but it's nice to play something else every once in a while.

It's raining now, which means that it could be hard to get home... I hate walking home from town; it's kinda far. Well, thus goes the rainy season. We're toting our umbrellas with us now so that we can be prepared in any case of weather. I'll tell you how that goes...

Love,

Elder Vaughan

Branch President Does Ninja Leap and Saves His Congregation From Fire & Other Interesting Things

It's interesting to hear that Mom taught about talents in her Relief Society lesson on Sunday, because that's exactly what Elder Bennion taught about in his Gospel Principles lesson on Sunday (more commonly called "investigators class" by the locals. We Elders don't like to call it that). It was interesting to me because I saw that talents didn't have to be anything big. Festus was excited because he has a talent for picking mangoes (on an unrelated note, I discovered my talent to pick mangoes from a tree using a stick as a javelin. It is AWESOME), and his sister Florence was proud of her talents at planting hair and embroidering. It was neat to see a wide spread of what I may not have considered talents before, but I now see as invaluable skills that these people can learn to use and love.

So, Josh will be going to USU at the same time as a couple Elders from this mission: Elder Scott Laneri and Elder Jordan Hilton (he only just made the decision to go there. I'm so proud of him!). Josh should definitely seek them out and ask them about the mission here. They can tell him SO much more than I can in a measly little letter. Additionally, they have my stamp of approval for Hilary to date. They're AWESOME guys. They're serving in Kenema right now, but will be returning home in July, meaning that they will likely be in school by August. I'm going to miss them a lot, but I'll hopefully see them in the not so distant future!

Yay Josh! Nice job on getting your Eagle. It's SO nice to have that sort of thing gone and done. Ah Josh, I miss him a lot. There are just so many things I wish he could be here to see and laugh with me about. If he and i were here together, we'd have so much fun. I can't wait to see where he's going!

So Mom, you saw Mary Poppins? Jealous. That's my only regret about our New York trip: We (sorry, more like *I*) opted to see West Side Story instead of Mary Poppins, which ended up being a crappy choice. You know I'm up for a Broadway show anytime you want! ;) I loved our time that we had together to just have fun.

Can I fake happiness? It came as soon as Elder Bennion came to me. I can't describe how much more fun the mission is when you have an awesome companion! We're having a blast out here. He came from an area that was having leadership problems into an area that was having investigator problems. He was excited to face something he could fix.

So, as far as missionary work goes, Elder Bennion and I are kicking butt. We work so hard in a day, and the area is improving FAST. We went from 4 people with baptismal dates to 26 in a week and a half. We've been working hard, we've found success, so yes, I'm perfectly happy. Also turns out, I've lost a little weight. I'm not much shapelier, but a little lighter. I've started working out (whoops, missionaries are kinda supposed to do that, but I've been a slothful and not a wise servant), so hopefully good changes will come about in the shapeliness of my person.

This is DEFINITELY my favorite companionship. We have a ton in common, and we have endless fun quoting movies and acting generally immature (when not on the Lord's errand). So, we're working hard, and playing just as hard. I'm loving it here. Unfortunately, this companionship will likely only last for this transfer, due to the MASSIVE influx of missionaries coming up. I hope I can stay another transfer, but, I can see that it's not likely.

24 new missionaries = 24 trainers which approx.= me training. It's NUTS. I'm not sure how many are leaving, but it's far less than those arriving. Our compliment of missionaries should reach 100 by the end of the year, thus increasing our total compliment by 66 percent since my arrival. It's EXPLODING here.

So, the most important thing that I've learned from President Roggia is to love the people. As soon as you love the people, numbers melt away, problems melt away, and everything is easier, and the people become more converted. And it's true. I do love these people a lot. It was hard at first when I couldn't look past everything on the outside, but when you overcome that, these people are beautiful and wonderful to be with.

An exciting story this week: Inside our chapel, we have fans that are attached to the walls to help air circulate during the meeting (it's hot here, remember?). However, the fans here have a tendency to short-circuit and burst into flames after extended use. One of the fans that was on a pillar in the midst of the congregation did just that in the middle of the first speaker, Sister Boima. Of course, the people here are afraid of everything (including rain, snakes, etc, but not cars, bikes, or anything that's REALLY dangerous), and so those immediately around the smoking fan scattered and fled, while others stood there dazed and wondering what to do. President Songo (Branch President) had his head on straight, so he leaped to his feet and ninja-jumped over three rows of benches to reach the fan. He had been reading his quad a moment prior, so it was still occupying his left hand. The fan was wired into the wall, and thus couldn't be turned off, so President tore the sparking, flaming device from the wall (it was fastened into CONCRETE) with his free hand and carried it outside. After that, the somewhat-put-out Sister Boima continued her talk. It was awesome. I love this branch.

Congrats to the new missionaries to be (Nino, Ryan, Parker and Austin)! Wow, Arcadia, California? That's sweet. I'm sure Nino will love it. We (the missionaries) use a DVD called "The District 2" for a lot of training purposes, which was filmed in a Spanish speaking mission mission somewhere in California. Not sure which mission, but it's close anyways! I'm so excited for him!

That's way cool. I won't lie, I think I'm most excited to see where Austin will be going. He'd love Africa. I can only pray that someday a friend or relative could serve here. It's becoming more and more possible as time passes, because in the next three months, we're bringing in 28 new missionaries! AHHH!!! That means I'll likely be leaving Njaie Town at the end of this transfer, and Elder Bennion will be training. I will likely train the following transfer. EVERYONE will be training. It's CRAZY. I'm here in this mission at a fun time.

Well Dad, it sounds like the Armar Branch had a fun YSA activity at Cascade Park. I really miss the branch a lot. We have branches here, but they're not part of a STAKE. But they will be soon! By the end of the year, we're trying to have our three districts bump up to stakes. We'll have the missionaries for it, it's only a matter of time now. I'll be here for the first stakes in Sierra Leone! Apparently there was a stake in Monrovia before, but it was dissolved due to corruption within the local leadership. Yikes... That happens a lot here.

TESIA'S CAR WAS STOLEN?? Oh man... AH! I feel it for her. AHH!! Tesia, I'M SO SORRY!!! I don't have anything to say. I'll ponder on that, and write her a letter.

So, time for pictures: The first is of the moon . It just looked cool, so I took it. The second is of a millipede that creeped up when we were in a lesson with someone. Elder Bennion hates creepy crawlies, so I saved it from being squished. The third is of our district (BO DISTRICT!! WOO!!): Elder Bennion, Me, Elder Svongwa, and Elder Kenner (our District Leader). We have way too much fun together. The last one is an epic, dynamic picture of Elder Bennion as we're playing Transformers Monopoly. Also pictured is Starscream, Optimus Prime, and Bumblebee. It's our new favorite Preparation Day past time.






You may notice my GORGEOUS tie in the district picture. Yeah, you ought to look up Jatala brand ties. They come from Nigeria, and they are BEAUTIFUL. They also hold up way better and wash way easier than any of the ties I brought from home. I invested in ten of them (at $5 or 20,000le each), so I'm a happy (and beautiful) Elder! ;)

Well, that's pretty much everything in the life of Elder Vaughan for this week. I love you all so much! I miss you like crazy.

Love,

Elder Vaughan

Smoking Five Year Olds, Packages Galore and No Bacon

Things are GREAT with Elder Bennion. We get along better than any other companionship I've had. He's a total goofball, and reminds me a lot of Dad (for that reason, I guess! Ha ha ha). We have a lot of fun quoting awesome movies (Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Princess Bride, etc...) and doing the Lord's will. It goes hand in hand surprisingly well. I love my companion to death! He is DILIGENT. That's what I love most. We work HARD, and are having a blast. This area is really shaping up. Unfortunately, I don't see us staying together for more than this one transfer though. Five transfers is already a REALLY long time to be in an area, though President Roggia has been instructed to keep missionaries in an area as long as possible, so, it's anyone's best guess. Zone Conference was the best this week. President Roggia gave some powerful instruction.

There were some 5-year-olds smoking outside of my room two nights ago... Oh I was mad at them. I chased them away. I also bought Transformers Monopoly last Monday, and it is now the most fun thing to do in all of Bo. It's FUN.

Did Dad ever know an Elder Bennion on his mission? My companion's dad served in Texas around the same time as Dad, but I don't know if it's the same mission or whatever.

Time is short today. There's so much time and so little to do! Wait, strike that, reverse it. Ha ha ha. Thank you for sending the Sansa. I got the other shoe yesterday, and all of the wonderful goodies inside! Also, please convey my profound thanks to Aunt Becky and Uncle Andrew for the package they sent me. I was kinda popular sitting on my bed covered in the contents of three packages (the third was from Grandma Suzi, to whom I have already expressed personal thanks). I really appreciate all of the little things that are sent to me! They make the day loads brighter.

Dad asked me if I have two comforts of home, paper plates and bacon. Paper plates? Uh, no. In fact, I'm sure they'd mold here. Things decay that you wouldn't normally think of. For instance, our cast-iron frying pan has to be scraped with steel wool before each use to remove the rust that collects on it. Oh, and food that we leave sitting out grows orange fur. It's NASTY. So, paper plates or anything like that doesn't work so well here. It's all plastic.

Go Nino! I'm so excited to hear where he'll be serving! Hopefully the Sierra Leone Freetown Mission. But, you know, anywhere else is good! (at least, that's what they say)

Mom mentioned that Sister Allred of the Relief Society General Presidency was in Mount Vernon Sunday night. I wonder if she's related to the Elder Allred who is serving in Freetown right now... I don't know. He was in my district my first transfer here, and his older brother had served in South Africa. So, it could be, but I don't know. The 40 investigators at church mentioned by Sister Allred in her visit to the Congo is MADNESS. That's definitely NOT typical for us. We had 10 last week and we were celebrating. Any more than that would have been overwhelming. These small branches aren't equipped to deal with that many people investigating at once. But, it's okay. I like our 10. Ha ha ha.

As far as bacon goes, it's pretty hard to get since Muslims don't eat it, and half of the people here are Muslim. So... One of our former investigators raises pigs, and we bought from him one time and made BBQ pork shawarmas. SO GOOD. Unfortunately, he no longer butchers and sells the meat. If we wanted pork again, we'd have to buy (and kill and prepare and cook) the entire pig. Hmmm... Super P-Day activity? Ha ha ha. Maybe someday.

I sure miss that good salmon Dad cooks. Most of the fish here is crappy. Mackerel is here, and that stuff is nice, but most of the Sierra Leoneans don't like it. Works for me! So I hear that there is bacon ice cream at Denny's? I might say "ew" to that, but I don't remember what ice cream tastes like... :'(

Just one new Elder in Bo, and he's from Ghana. I have yet to see a shell-shocked American since myself! Ha ha ha. I hope one day to train one. That'd be neat. We're beginning a new training program that makes me eligible to train at any time now, which is pretty exciting. It makes any missionary ready to train a new one after only two transfers. Elder Stott came from Liberia to Bo Zone, so it was nice to see an American who didn't know any Krio. Made me realize how much I had learned. It was also funny talking to him, because he thought I was two transfers older than he, but I'm actually like three younger. It was funny.

Anyways, I luv yu bin bin! Have a wonderful week. I have some pictures prepared, but I can't send on this computer. Next week!

Elder Vaughan

Farewell Elder Lancaster, Salone Rebels & P-Days

It was so nice to hear from you yesterday! I'm so embarrassed though: I forgot to wish Mom a Happy Mother's Day! I felt so bad when I realized that later. It doesn't help that that holiday isn't celebrated here... Sorry Mom! I love you so much!

You know, the challenges with Elder Lancaster's health were pretty difficult, but I'm so grateful for what I had learned. I was so sad to have to drop him off at the Sewa Road apartment last night. I'll miss him a LOT. It won't be the same Njaie Town without him. I am very excited for my new companion Elder Bennion though. He's been here in Bo for three transfers now in the New London branch, so I've been seeing him every week. He's a wonderful guy, and he's way funny. He and I are both extremely excited to be working together! We were pretty dang surprised to hear that we would be working together. Most transfers take people between zones, not within them (for reference, we have 4 zones: Freetown West, Freetown East, Bo, and Monrovia. It wouldn't surprise me if someday while on my mission we saw a Kenema Zone. Freetown Zone split just six weeks ago, so things are changing!).

You know, something that all of us Elders face here in this mission: "Greener Pasture Syndrome." We all want to go to the greener, easier, and less-apostate branches, but sometimes we're stuck where we think the grass is brown. In my time here in Njaie Town, I've thought the exact same thing; that I'm in a browning pasture. I always told other Elders that i wished to be transferred just to see if the grass really was greener somewhere else. I fully realized that it might not be, but I at least wanted to see the good from the bad. Since that time, I've changed my mind. I'm content wherever I'm sent, because I'm there for a reason. As long as I find the reason, I can find contentment and joy in all of my areas. My reason for being here in Njaie Town was to find those people in the Reservation community on the edge of our area. No elders had ever been there, so Elder Lancaster and I were the first. Since that time, we've baptized six people in that area. Sure, *ONLY* six, as my former self would say. But I know these people now. I can see the purity of their desires, and the powerful change that has come over their lives. They're not just numbers: They're people, and I would never say that my efforts were wasted on *only* six people. I feel very successful here, in spite of all of the trials we've faced here.

You asked about our preparation days. Well, P-Day's are very very chill around here. Most days, we nap (it's actually ENCOURAGED for us to do so in the Sierra Leone Orientation Book they gave us missionaries) and listen to music. I practice keyboard (A LOT). Our branch has one that we use for services, and I'm the only person who knows how to use it, so... Naturally, I have to play it, no matter how bad at it I actually am. I'm getting loads better though. That's why I want Mom to keep sending piano music, to give me something to practice.

Occasionally we'll play football (soccer) on some P-Days, but our zone has turned into a less football-able zone. Everyone has transferred since I came here, and most of the people that came to replace them aren't so good at football. As far as just our district goes, neither Elder Svongwa nor Elder Kenner play at all, and neither Elder Bennion (my future companion. He arrives Wednesday) or I are very good. So, it's not so fun for us. There's just not a whole lot to do here, unless you like hiking in the bush.

So Sister Roskelley got to hear Mariama Kallon speak?? She's practically a celebrity for us missionaries. I haven't yet watched all of her documentary yet, but I hope to be able to soon. As far as first hand experience goes, I've never seen any Salone war rebels turn to Christ. The commonly-held suspicion here is that the Okadamen (bike taxi drivers) are all ex-rebels, saying that they sold their guns and bought bikes to blend into the communities and disappear. One of our (VERY VERY FORMER) investigators was a rebel in the war. He's so stinkin' messed up. His mind is totally fried from the things he's done/put in his system, so teaching him didn't work out so well. Whenever he gets in a fight with his wife, he tells her that he killed her family, just to make her mad. Whether or not he actually did, I don't know, but he certainly killed SOMEONE'S family. It's just so sad to see... I have heard of some totally turning things around for themselves, but it's rare. Former rebels are typically afraid of God and organized religion, believing there is no hope for themselves. Of the few I have heard of changing their lives, it's a BIG deal, because it requires the approval of the prophet to allow them to be baptized.

I have some pictures for you! The first two are in honor and memory of a timeless friend: Nate Braaten. The first one is of a Subaru Outback. Enough said. Josh ought to enjoy that too. ;) The second requires small explanation: It's a picture of a cover for a DVD. Here in Salone, there are only bootleg DVDs, and these DVDs will have a dozen different movies or so on them, commonly with a theme (i.e. "The Sylvester Stallone Collection" or "Killer Women," featuring things like Tomb Raider and Kill Bill). This particular DVD was a "Zoo" theme (so movies like "Anaconda," "Alien Versus Predator," ect.). AND IT HAD A WARHAMMER PICTURE ON IT!!!! I was pretty excited, to say the least. It's the cover art for Warhammer: Age of Reckoning (the computer game). Why it was on the DVD cover, I don't know. There was absolutely nothing else Warhammer-related on it.

The third picture is an epic shot of Elder Svongwa with his Sab's hamburger. Pictures four and five are of our delicious "Sab's Doctrine," as we affectionately call it, before and after (respectively). To buy half of a roasted chicken with half of a plate of fries (it takes two people to do this) costs 27,000le, which is roughly $6. It's not bad at all! Picture six is of Elder Lancaster with his last Sab's Cheeseburger (on a separate visit to Sab's). This was from Saturday night when we received transfer news in the zone. The last picture is of when I dropped Elder Lancaster off at the Sewa Road apartment last night. It was a pretty sad moment, but I'm glad he's going, because it's the right thing for him.










Tell Josh to have fun at prom. I'm excited for him! Also tell him to extend his greetings to Jenni, Michelle, and Nate. Alrighty, until next time. I luv yu bin bin! I dae go.

Elder Vaughan

News of OBL and an American Dinner

We saw the news about Osama Bin Laden today at Mars Cafe. We were joining in on the singing that came through the TV. We were pretty excited about it too.

It is good to hear that Lokey is chasing bunnies in the back yard at home. Oh Lokey, I miss that dog so much! There's one member of the church here that owns a dog that's black and white just like Lokey is ("fiba cow" as we'd say here, which means "resembles" or "looks like" a cow), and it makes me miss my furry friend like crazy.

We're currently having this thinly veiled "fuel crisis" here in Bo. The gas stations are in a combined effort to withhold all of the fuel in town (it's not that hard, I think there are two or three stations in all of Bo) to artificially inflate the price of fuel. It's making life DIFFICULT. First of all, we use a generator every night, and we refill our 4 gallon container every week or two at a cost of 76,000 Le. Now, it's 100,000 Le. AH!! It's insane. Most of our districts don't have enough money to afford fuel to run the generator every night, like we have a right to as missionaries. It's tough.

Second, there is suddenly a scarcity of motor bikes, and the price to ride is doubled or tripled. Ugh, I hate it. Sure, it's a difference between 1,000 Le and 2,000 Le for a ride, but it adds up QUICK. So, on Saturday, we were forced to walk to Reservation Quarters, because there were no bikes around (and even if they were, I'm sure they wouldn't have wanted to take us.). We WALKED. It's FAR. We arrived at the quarters and Elder Lancaster chucked in the bushes. I suppose my companion is doing all right, but he's still struggling health-wise. I don't see him staying another transfer here. We're doing okay though, we just have to pull off another week and things will be better.

We had a program on Saturday where we watched The Testaments with our recent converts and some investigators. It was really awesome, actually. One line in the movie really stuck out to me, and perhaps it's the Spirit talking to me: It's where Helam is talking to Jacob after he returns with the caravan with all of those nice riches and things. Helam explains to him the reason why God blesses fathers with sons, saying that they are there "to take care of them when they grow old; to be a friend when no one else is there." I thought a lot about that...

I really want to come back to the business and work with you Dad. I just keep realizing how hard you've worked to provide that business for us children to provide for us, and that I ought to take advantage of that as well, and continue your legacy. To take your place. I don't know how you'd feel about that, but I keep feeling more and more that I am supposed to take an active part in the family business. I hope you'd be pleased to have me around for good.

I'm very VERY excited to hear the family on the phone when you call on Mother's Day. In terms of phone calls, I'm halfway done with my mission! Ha ha ha, oh I'm so depressingly far from returning home...

I'm trying my best to write in my journal. Sometimes there's just nothing to write about though, and that can make it hard. I write every week at the very least, but usually more often than that. Most days just feel like "another day," so it's hard to write a lot of days. Things will be changing soon, as transfer news is coming on Sunday. It'll be a good change.

So, experience time: Lately this area has been REALLY hard. We have VERY few lessons, even fewer investigators, and most of those that we have are, well... not so good. Remember Festus I've talked about? His sister was one such investigator, by the name of Florence. She didn't take us seriously at ALL, but we've been building a really good relationship with her and the rest of the family. Finally, she accepted the invitation to come to a recent convert/investigator fireside. We watched the Testaments at the activity, and it was wonderful. The next day, Sunday, she surprised us and showed up to church! A first, to be sure. We went after service to visit her, and we asked her how she saw things. She said that she felt amazing as she watched the Testaments, and we taught her from that feeling that what she was experiencing was the Spirit. We then read from 3 Nephi 11 about Christ's visit to the Americas, telling her to focus on how she feels. She said afterward that she again felt "amazing." We asked her if she wanted her to keep that feeling with her always, and of course she said yes. We talked briefly about the Gift of the Holy Ghost, and gave her an assignment to begin reading the Book of Mormon so that she can invite that feeling to be with her even when we aren't around. Not sure what will happen next, but she's suddenly interesting in what we are saying. It makes all of the trials we are facing here worth it.

On a different experience, Festus came over to our apartment for dinner. We took the table out onto the veranda so that we all could be together (visitors aren't allowed in our apartment), and we made some delicious Alfredo from the box you sent. I got some chicken from the market, and it was a super-delicious enhancement. We also enjoyed some mashed potatoes and gravy, and lemon poppy seed cake for dessert, compliments of the boxes you sent. Festus was excited to try some American food for the first time. It was a lot of fun (and a lot of work! Cooking is such a thankless and difficult job. I LOVE YOU MOM!!!).

Well, time to jet.

Love,

Elder Vaughan