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.