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Be weary of Lamp posts- April 22, 2026 Provo Missionary Training Center (MTC)

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  Moin!  Ich habe zwei Woche in MTC geblieben, und es ist solala.  An important update on my last email, unfortunately I did not need to get a sick scar on my lat or spinal cord. We can always hope for next time. An even more important update, due to an accident yesterday, please excuse if this email seems incoherent. But we will get to that.     For a brief summary of another week in paradise: On Thursday we started our classes in German immersion. To this point we've been learning things I already know, but it's been fun. Also on Thursday it snowed, and I must admit the Provo mountains were quite something in all white. Finally, on Thursday we discovered the chess boards in the rec room. I've become somewhat of a hustler, currently 4-1 with only one spectacular loss.  On Friday I was able to have a super spiritual experience. During our evening class, one of the sisters in our district was having a really hard time, so I was asked to go out of class ...

Heiligen Luftball (aka Holy Airball)- April 15, 2026 Provo Missionary Training Center (MTC)

Gruss Gott Freunde! Ich habe jetzt eine Woche in MTC gebliebt. Viele interessant dinge haben passieren.    Not sure how to structure this email, so I suppose I will share a highlight from every day, and then leave you with the general state of things. (Thursday is a must read) We arrived Wednesday and after a quick greeting, being shown to our room in the dungeon, and a very lackluster class, we heard two awesome conversion stories from people in the evening devotional. One guy, Ed, from New York told us how the Elders knocked on his door one day while he was hung over. He said he was a bit of a kleptomaniac, and that as he kept progressing in the lessons he brought a stereo he stole to the police station, and broke back into some place to return a statue he stole, with a note attached. Anyway, I thought that was a cool story that he changed so much. Thursday was the day that I became a German television star. For our first real class, a camera crew and the host of the popular...

Elder M.J. Smith's Mission Farewell

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March 22, 2026 Elder M.J.Smith's farewell at the Adelaide Ward, Bountiful Utah 12:30 p.m. Kimball, Jesse, Brett, Andrew, McCabe, MJ, Grant MJ and Mac MJ with Grandma Darlene Mom and Aunties Anne Marie, Sarah, Laura  M.J., Zach, Sarah The Wilson Clan with Johnny Myer Jim, Sam, M.J. Anne Marie, Zach, Sarah, Laura, Caroline, Alex, Henry, Joe Alex and Sam Brothers Anne Marie, Uncle John Adamson, M.J., Jim, Sam Sam, M.J. Elise, Kait, Nate (Davis) M.J. and Andrew Jacobs M.J. and the Holt Brothers MJ with Scott and Danielle Dallas MJ with Luke and Chloe from HXP Indonesia Kimball, Brett, Jesse Mason, Carrie, Mike Tidwell Tiegan Fisher