Hello family! Thank you all for the emails as always! So I have a lot to tell everyone! So today is the last day of my 3rd transfer and yesterday Elder Kozak was released and went and hung out with some friends and a recent convert we had. Wow, this transfer was NUTS. Did you know a pack of 30 Ramen's is only 4 bucks? Anyway, we still were able to baptize A. J.! This kid is THE MAN. I love him so much and feel like I have made a best friend with him. Also, M. is still a little nervous about being baptized because of what his family is going to think but he says he knows he needs to be baptized because it's right for him. I love how faithful he is! I think he is going to be baptized on Friday. The Lord blesses us with baptisms when He trusts us to take care of His children and as we work hard. I love that.

So there are some big changes happening at Weber State. Because most people are going home for the summer, the work there goes down a ton and so they are combining Weber State with another area...Sadly this means I am being transferred and some other missionaries are picking up Weber State, BUT I am so excited about where I am going next! I am moving up to Brigham City tomorrow and will be serving with another awesome guy named Elder Hernandez. He is my trainer's trainer (aka Elder Dill's trainer) and so I'm way excited to serve with him! Elder Hernandez just got released from being an AP on Wednesday and is going to Brigham with me to finish his mission. We are white washing the area (two new missionaries) up in Brigham City and so we will basically be starting from scratch. I talked to Elder Hernandez on the phone this morning and I told him I wanted to work my guts out this transfer and he was like, "That's just what I was going to say!" Haha, I'm so excited! He is an awesome missionary and I am excited to learn from another really seasoned, hard working missionary! We are going back to riding bikes up there and so it's going to be great to put some miles on my bike! Well, I gotta get going because I'm running behind but I know the Lord is blessing me so much. I love the Gospel so much and I'm learning a ton! ALMA 26:22 is my motto for this transfer! If we are diligent we can bring thousands of souls unto repentance! Our sphere of influence is huge don't forget that! I love you all and thanks for all the support! Love, Elder Powers

Hey Fam! Happy anniversary Mom and Dad! I can't believe you guys have been married for 30 years. That is nuts and I bet about 1/100 people in the world have been married for 30 years and are still going strong! A lot of things on my mission have made me think about the future and look forward to what type of husband I want to be. I think The Lord is putting those thoughts into my head because He knows how important it is to have eternal families! Thank you all so much for your emails! They were awesome! So the work keeps moving up on campus! Yesterday M. got baptized and it was an awesome service! I can't believe how blessed I am to see how much the Lord's kingdom is growing. Also, I think a lot of the time we don't recognize how much effect our work on the Lord's behalf is really doing. M's parents aren't members and neither is her whole family and so maybe some day her whole family will get baptized!

ALSO some huge news for this week. A guy we are teaching named A is getting baptized this week too on Thursday or Friday. I know I haven't said much about him but he is absolutely the man. Elder Kozak and I have been working so, so hard to try and help him be baptized and he finally is being baptized this week! We go over every single day and talk to him and teach him for about an hour and we weren't sure if he would commit to being baptized because he would have to change his life around. But just these past two weeks he has stopped some of the bad habits that were holding him back and now he is going to be baptized. We are also teaching an awesome guy named M. who is from Eritria! He actually is in the library with me right now and I saw him and asked him how he was feeling about baptism and he said he wants to be baptized now, haha, which was some awesome news, of course! He is scared of going back to his country where being Mormon is illegal but he knows that being baptized is the right thing. So much faith! The most people that have ever been baptized at Weber State in a transfer is 3 people and we will have hopefully baptized 4 by the end of next week, which would be incredible. The Lord is blessing us so much. Also Elder Kozak and I aren't coaching rugby anymore because the season ended on Saturday but we still are in contact with a lot of guys on the team and hopefully will be teaching a few of them soon. AHH I totally forgot. So I found out yesterday that this one kid on the rugby team named Ross, was in the Doylestown ward and than he told me that he is dating KILEY ASHBY, hahah, SO CRAZY! Ross texted her and told her he was with me and than Sister Ashby called him a minute later and was asking him all these questions about our family and how the family is doing. Haha, Sister Ashby says "Hi," Mom, and that she loves you! I have to get running but I am having Elder Kozak send you a few pictures from our transfer together, and from the baptism yesterday! I love you all so much! The church is true! Love, Elder Powers

Hello family! How are you guys doing today? I am doing great just sitting here in the Weber State Library with a few hundred students who are prepping for finals. I'm pretty grateful right now I don't have to worry about school and that I can just have my eye single to the glory of God! I'm glad to hear everybody is doing so great and that you all got back from India safely! So what's the deal with the move, Chels and Kev? I didn't really understand what that lady was doing with your contract? But that's awesome that you guys aren't sweating it. I love how the Gospel keeps us so grounded and keeps everything in an eternal perspective. I love it. Mom and Dad, thank you so much for making me go to conference all those years for every session. It really is one of those moments where you can tell me "I told you so" because I'm so grateful I was raised to love conference! I can't wait for you guys to listen to conference.

Okay so just a little bit about whats going on here up at campus! Things are finally starting to pick up. Elder Kozak and I have been working hard to get a good teaching pool and finally some investigators are coming through! I'll just tell you about this one awesome girl. Her name is M and she is on the softball team. We have been teaching her for the whole transfer. She knew the church was true and wanted to be baptized and so we were setting a date with her to be baptized and she really didn't have time to do it until June. Elder Kozak and I were pretty upset about it and have been praying that she would be able to be baptized sooner. We told her when she said she was going to put her baptism off for a few months that there would be a ton of opposition. We told her that one morning in a lesson about 2 weeks ago and than she called us that night crying, and said that that day was one of the hardest days of her life! It was so crazy. We told her that something that would help is to get the Holy Ghost and she would have the strength the overcome the adversity. We prayed that a day would be open where she would get baptized and not have to wait until June. The next day, she tore something in her shoulder and now can't play softball for the rest of the season. Now she has the time and will be getting baptized this upcoming Monday! The Lord works in such interesting ways sometimes to accomplish his purposes! It's so great that she is now able to get baptized! I'm so grateful to be here on campus and being able to learn so many things as I try and help people my own age come unto Christ! I have to get going but I love you guys and am praying for you! Thanks for all the support!

Love, Elder Powers

Wow, I love getting everyone's emails so much! Thank you! First off I am glad to hear you guys got home safe from India and that no one was trampled by any elephants or bitten by an exotic snake. I was so happy to hear about the wonderful saints over in India :) It really is amazing how blessed we are to live in a country where living the Gospel is not only possible but easily accessible. We have so many amazing resources that we need to take advantage of them! I would have loved to hear the amazing testimonies of those humble people. Chels and Kev, congrats on finding out that it's a new baby girl most likely. Hate to say I told you so...but...I did. hahaha. Just kidding. I can't wait for Jill and Pete to have another younger sister! So this past week was pretty much awesome. The highlight being going down to conference with my new best friend Elder Mitchell. So basically for conference weekend Elder Kozak's bishop came down from Canada and he spent the whole weekend with him, with President's permission. So I spent the weekend being Elder Mitchell's comp and it was so awesome. He's Canadien also and I seriously think I might room with him after my mission at BYU. But the best part of conference was being able to go! President said if we had a ride we could go down to the conference center. I got into 4 out of 5 sessions! For the Saturday afternoon session I was about 15 rows back and it was so amazing. Elder Holland gave one of the most bold and amazing talks I have ever heard. I want to tell you so many things that were so awesome about it but I don't want to ruin the surprise! Watch all of it though! I have to tell you something that really hit me hard at conference the President Eyring said in Priesthood session. He spoke about diligence and something he said really struck me. He said "When my body begs for rest, I remember this rallying cry, Remember Him" That hit me so hard when he said that. Often times we feel like we deserve a rest. Like we have done our part and that our service is finished or that it's good enough. President Eyring has been serving for decades solely on being a special witness of Christ and still even he must get better and push forward! I have basically made that statement my new motto. Whenever I feel like I deserve a rest, I will try my best to remember how much the Savior has done for us. I received a special witness of His love during this amazing Easter season. I know He lives. I know he loves us and that we can serve Him by serving everyone around us. I know that as we are diligent in the Lord's service, we will have so much joy. I love you all so much and hope you are doing great! Have an amazing week!

Love, Elder Powers

PS- Kate I saw Sara at conference and I got a picture with her! She was doing amazing! Also I saw Elder Bybie? He said he knew you and that he just got home from your mission! He says hi! Also, I saw Brother Pinegar at conference and Andrew and Aaron Moura and Bishop Faust haha. It was crazy.