February 2, 2012

Family,
I am doing great this week. We have been extremely blessed here and are seeing miracles almost daily. I love being a missionary. The blessings come so freely. In 3 Nephi 24 Jesus Christ promises us that if we will pay out tithing and offerings that he will open the windows of heaven and pour out a blessing upon us that is so great that "Walay lawak sa pagdawat niini." or sa English pa, that there will not be enough room to receive it. That is how I feel as a missionary, like I am at the bottom of a waterfall holding out my cup for a drink and am just getting way more blessings than I bargained for. I like that. So all you priest aged young men, and others preparing, and even you older folks who are now empty nesters with no kids at home, or will be in 7 months, serve a mission! The prophet has called for it. Now it is your time to come forth and hasten the second coming of our Lord and savior Jesus Christ. The blessings are greater than you can imagine!
Right now we are working with quite a few people to try to get them to progress in the gospel. This week our focus is on:
Baptismal Dates

KC Mata age 16
HoneyBabes Mata (Nice name!) 14
Earl Arda 24
Teresita and Ruben Ruiz 29 and 33

Less Active Members

Fe Toquero 30
Pablo and Gina Vercede 30's
Nephi Bontuyan 18
Ashley Celis 17 (boy)
Ricafort Family
Bienvenid Estrada 45
Burnadet Pokong 35
Getutua Family
Villarine Family
Sara Family
Brian Bakus 24
Nocos Family
Gimena Family
Dagpin Family
Samson Family
Coltura Family
Francis Ingals 38

Each person on this list is special to us. We are striving to help them all come unto Christ. We love them, we pray for them, we earnestly seek the Lords will in teaching them so that each one of them and their families will make it back to the presence of God and receive eternal life.
On Tuesday Elder Nielson of the Area Presidency and first quorum of the seventy spoke to us as missionaries. He taught us a lot about obedience. What a powerful man of God! I was able to meet him once while he was touring the Cebu temple and just happened to be in the same session as him and even got to meet him in the Celestial room. At the time I didn't know who he was, but now I consider it a privilege. And even more, when I got to shake his hand on Tuesday he recognized me. That was also special.

Elder Galdonez is doing great! He is motivated, soaks up constructive criticism and applies it, teaches well, loves the people just makes being a missionary fun. He has become one of my best friends in the entire mission. We are striving for 100% obedience as a companionship. I love Elder Galdonez. He is a great missionary.

There was a miracle that happened yesterday in our area. Due to the hand of the Lord I found a convert of mine that I had baptized in Consolation last May. She was so good, but ended up having to move to live with one of her children due to persecutions from joining the church. She had moved to Cebu City and had never known where the church was. We found her last night and she is still strong and wants to come back to church with all her heart. She has just returned from Mindanao and said that she has a niece there who she taught the gospel and who wants to be baptized but they don't know how to contact the missionaries. I am so grateful that I was able to find her. She lives here in the capitol ward.

Another miracle happened this week when on Friday night we were texted by the bishop to assist in giving a blessing at the hospital to a member. His name is Rex. He is 7 years old and had slipped and hit the back of his head on the tile floor. At first he was screaming in pain, but then the screaming stopped and he got really quiet and he wasn't acting normal. Then he started throwing up. Consequently they took him to the hospital for x rays. After the x rays we were able to give him a blessing. After the blessing we left. We visited the family again on Monday and he was fine. We then heard the rest of the story. He had been lying down and not responding for some time when we arrived. Anthony, his uncle who he lives with, said that the moment we walked in the door of the ER that he started responding some and moving more. They were really afraid for him. Anthony gave the blessing. He told us on Monday that the blessing had been the turning point. After we left he sat up and started talking again. Two doctors came over to tell them that they would need to do further tests and scans, but they seemed surprised at how well Rex was doing. The further scans and tests no longer seemed necessary and they were able to take Rex right home where he recovered just fine. I am grateful to have seen the hand of the Lord and to have been able to assist Him in His work. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is true and the priesthood is real. We are a part of this latter-day work. What a blessing that is.

I love you all, take care.

Elder Schenk

January 24, 2012

Family,
I sent some pictures for you. The first one is me after climbing up the mountain in our area going to Yellow Bells. It is a steep stairway that keeps on going forever... hence the sweat. The second one was at the Cebu Zoo and the third on is my anak, my trainee, Elder Galdonez. He is from La Union in Luzon, Philippines. He speaks ilokano but knows tagalog, english and visayan. He is my Jr batch, and came in just after me in the mission, but he got sent home after 8 months. Now 8 months after that he is back, and he is excited to be here! I love him. He makes being a missionary fun. He also loves taking pictures. He whips his camera out about 5 times a day to take pictures.
We are having quite a bit of success here in Capitol. We have 5 people committed for baptism, two with baptismal dates, and a family of 6 that we are about to commit, the parents, Teresita and Ruben Ruiz and their 2 eligible kids ages 9 and 8. Hopefully we can get them baptismal dates tomorrow for the end of February.
Take care. Love,
Elder Schenk

January 18, 2012

Family,
It's been a while since I have written anything in Visaya so here ya go. Kamusta man mo? Pas pas lagi ang mission. Dili gud ko andam sa paguli. Basin moabut ang panahon nga andam na ko. Malipayon jud ko sa akong bagong area. Hapit moabut acong kauban, mga three hours lang ba! Excited man ko.
Well how you all doing? I have been having a great time in my new area. Capitol has turned out to be my favorite place in all of the Philippines, mostly because of the people. I get my companion tonight actually, in about three hours. He served for eight months or so and then went home and now is coming back to finish his mission. They said I am going to be retraining him, probably so he knows about our new focus. It will be nice to have a steady companion again. It really has been a miracle though that I have been able to work in my area almost every day because someone is able to work with me. We have had so much success here. My favorite success is with Brother Brent Nephi Bontuyan. He has been inactive for a year and a half or so, ever since he dropped out of high school because of medical reasons. He is now 18 years old. We had visited him a few times and he committed to come back to church, but wasn't able to come last week. The bishop came with me to teach a lesson with them on last Tuesday and he asked them (Nephi and his cousin Ashley, 17 year old young man) to work with me since I don't have a companion. So on Wednesday we got them all dressed up in white shirts and slacks and gave them some ties to wear and tromped them off for a day of great missionary work. Ashley thought it was hard work and hasn't been back since, but Nephi worked with me all day Saturday, came to church on Sunday at 6:00 in the morning (because of Sinulog... I’ll explain later) and worked with me for two hours after that and then worked with me again on Tuesday! He is my right hand man, and 3 days ago he was inactive! Now he is only less-active. I like that much better. He said he had prayed for guidance and the next day I showed up and started preaching repentance. So he repented! I like that story. He wants to serve a mission now. We are doing all we can to prepare him.
We have also had success with the Sara Family, Geneline Villarine , Pablo and Gina Vercede, the Ricafort Family and Brian and Sariah Bacus. Brother Bienvenid Estrada needs some extra prayers right now. He is really struggling to pay his tithing because all of his income goes to paying off debts. He has ended up working on Sundays to try to make more money. He needs a lot of help and wisdom, both financially and spiritually. We had a great lesson with him on Sunday.
We have also committed to part member sisters for baptism on March 3, KC and Honeybabes Mata. We also found a new family who wants to be baptized, Ruben Ruiz and his wife Teresita and their 4 young children. Two are above 8 so they can be baptized. We had gotten a ride from Ruben and talked to him about the church. He said he had been taught before and wanted to continue. We committed them for baptism on the first visit. That was a great success. Now we just have to nurture them with the good word of God.
This Sunday was Sunulog, the biggest catholic party of the year and I heard that Cebu has the biggest celebration in the Philippines, and lucky us the parade went right down the main street in my area and past the church. I heard that 3 Million people attended! The street got blocked so cars couldn't get in and people packed in. When the parade was over the streets got filled with so many people walking around that all four lane were full of people. It was crazy! So to avoid that we had the two wards combine and had sacrament meeting at 6:00 in the morning. Because the road was blocked we had to walk about a half mile from any direction to get to church.
Tell Grandma and the youth that I did get their packages. I just forgot to write about it. Thank you so much. I also got some Christmas cards so no worries there. The only package I haven't gotten yet is the one from Diane which she supposedly sent a month ago, maybe she hasn't sent it yet.
Love you all! Take care,
Elder Schenk

January 12, 2012

Family,
I am officially companionless. Brother Enriquez went home yesterday to spend some time with his family before he leaves for the MTC on Saturday. I loved him so much. In the short 14 days that we were companions he became my favorite. We had so much success together and became really close.
This last week has been really successful. We were able to teach 24 lessons, 19 of which were Recent Convert & Reactivation. That is a huge improvement over last weeks 13 lessons. It was so nice to have a companion and a list of people to teach. I am seeing the first fruits of completing families. In one family in our ward, the Mata family, everyone was baptized besides the two oldest daughters, one who was planning to be baptized with her family but hadn't come to church enough times, and the other just wasn't interested. She had actually told the missionaries once that she just didn't want to get baptized. When we met her yesterday she had no desire to listen and was pretending to be sleeping on the floor and almost wouldn't even talk to us. By the end of the lesson she was sitting up and participating in reading and answering questions and at the very end we committed them both for baptism! That is just one more miracle I have seen in the weeks since I have been here in Capitol. I have been thinking a lot about all of the miracles I am seeing every day here and this afternoon remembered a line in my patriarchal blessing that says that I will see many wonders in preparing the world for the second coming of Jesus Christ and establishing Zion. I realized that each miracle I see in the mission is a fulfillment of that promised blessing. I have been seeing miracles every day in the last weeks. I love being a missionary.
Ask Winston Baring what his father’s name is. I have a very low chance of getting assigned in Lapu Lapu where he lives because I have had four areas in the two surrounding zones. I could refer his father to the missionaries working there too. Also give an address.
The two Americans I am living with are Elder Gertge from Ogden Utah and Elder Parkinson from Rexburg Idaho. We have really been getting into buying ties and trading them. Last week Elder Gertge came home from Pday with 10 new ties from an ukay ukay (second hand clothes imported from other countries). He got them all for about $5! That has been fun. I have given away almost all of my good ties so I have to get some new ones.
I am getting excited to see the North Wing when I get home. It looks really good in the pictures. Nice work Dad.
Love you all, Take care!
Elder Schenk

January 3, 2012

Family,
It is sure good to hear from you all. Thanks for your letters. It was also really nice talking to you all on Christmas. I've been starting to think more about coming home since this transfer started. It is all coming way too fast and I'll be home before I know it. I'm not ready for that yet. I still feel like I have so much work to do here helping the members and you can be so effective as a missionary because you have been called of God and have His power and authority. In the short two weeks that I have been here I have grown to love the people in the Capitol area. I have had five less-active members commit to come back to church and one already has. Her name is Fe. She also paid tithing which she has only ever done once before. They have been really struggling financially and I told her that the Lord wants to help, she just has to do her part and pay tithing. I am so excited to see the blessings that come into her life. We will see if the others come to church as well. We visit them a lot to make sure they follow through. I love working with the inactive members. It is so much better than working with investigators. They already have a testimony of the gospel but for one reason or another they have gone inactive. Some because of a lack of money and not being able to get to church, others because they have been offended. But in almost every case they want to come back, they are just unsure of how to do it. They are afraid to take the first step and that is where we come in. We bring the spirit back into their home and rekindle their testimony and help them to overcome their fears and realize all of the blessings that are theirs if they will just repent and follow the plan that our Heavenly Father has for them.
My companion is great. He goes on his mission in 11 days so I only have another 7 days with him and then I get a new one. And then three weeks after that I get another companion, but this time an Elder, not just a stake missionary. I have really enjoyed training. It is a lot of fun and it helps me to see the areas of my work where I need to improve. I have to live what I teach. It is a really great growing experience. Brother Enriquez, my companion, is growing a lot too. He is still a little hesitant but when he teaches he does a great job.
Also my ward is fantastic! I have the best bishop I have ever seen or heard of in the Philippines! I was companions with his nephew, Elder Plania, when I was assigned in Consolation. Bishop Tylaran is just so motivated and excited to help. The spirit is so strong in his home. You can just tell by the way you feel around him that he is a great guy. It is a pleasure to work by his side.
We are also so blessed here with meal appointments. We have only visited members here so often we get fed. Since we now have no more tracting in the mission, we only find investigators through the members, usually part member families. We only have one investigator and he is living with a member family. Hopefully he will progress.
I am glad to see that you are making huge progress on the North Wing. It looks good. I am excited to be able to see that when I get home. Sounds like the Lord has been blessing you there with providing you with the tools you need for cheap. The only reason (other than to see my amazing family) I would like to be home is to be able to help you build. I love building and I haven't learned about dry wall or electrical yet. That would be interesting. But it sounds like my younger brother has grown right into my shoes and kicked me right out! He is the new right hand man. Sounds like he is doing good though. We will have to fight for the #1 son position when I get back home.
Thanks also Eric for your great advice on being enthusiastic. I’ll work on teaching my companion that through example.
Sure love you all. Take care,
Elder Schenk

December 27, 2011

Family,
It was really good to be able to talk with you on Monday. Christmas was a great one. I enjoyed it very much.
Since we talked on Monday some new events have happened. I’ll go through them.
First Monday at two o'clock I got my companion. His name is Brother Enriquez. When I forget his name I just think of Eric’s name in Spanish and then add a "z". He is from Talamban here in Cebu City, so he is not too far from home. It is probably about a 40 min jeepney ride if there isn't traffic. He has a mission call to the Philippines Davao Mission, the third largest city in the Philippines coming after Manila and Cebu City. He enters the MTC on January 14 so he will only be my companion for about 2 weeks. After that I guess I get a new one. They are still trying to get it all figured out. One of the best up-sides to having a non-missionary companion is that every lesson has a member present and I don't have to worry about getting a member to as many lessons so we can teach the females. There has to be a non-missionary adult male for us to teach lessons. So that will help the work move right along. Often we cannot teach lessons because there are only females home. Brother Enriquez is going to be a great missionary. We taught a lesson on faith on our first day together and he nailed it! I was so impressed. He is pretty shy though because he is just brand spankin' new and hasn't even been into the MTC yet. Also he lives with three Americans which I am sure is a shocking experience. He is good at English though so that helps. When a missionary first gets into the field they are born and their trainer is their father. I was talking to Elder Stirland about what I am going to call him since he hasn't even been born yet. He is still like a fetus. I don't get my actual son until next transfer. Elder Stirland told me he is like my puppy. In the movie Marley and Me the guy gets a dog to prepare him to be a father. So I don't have a son yet, but I've got a puppy! I guess I'm just being prepared for the real deal.
The second thing was that we got to sing in the multi-stake cantata last night. We got there at 3:30 and learned the song Candle Lite Carol. They didn't have sheet music, only the words so we had to learn it just by singing it over and over and over again. But at 6:30 we sang. Success! It was fun to be able to support my new ward and get to know the members better. I also got to see members from four of my last areas. That was fun.
For the question about the carport, I always like wood better than carpet. Here in the Philippines they don't even have carpet. I have never seen it outside of the temple or a church building. It just doesn't exist here. No vacuums.
Also about the nativity sets, I just met a guy yesterday who can get them made out of oyster shells. It looks really cool. He showed me some samples of animals he had made. It has a Mary, Joseph, Jesus, 3 kings, I think 2 shepherds and 3 animals, a carabao, a pig and a chicken, the animals of the Philippines! It is expensive though. It is P3500 or about $80. They stand about 6" tall. Let me know. I’ll try to find a cool cheap one.
Love you all. Take care,
Elder Schenk

December 25, 2011 Christmas "Phone Call"

Devin is doing great!  We got to skype with him for an hour.  Our connection was good, so we could see him well and hear him just fine.  He is now in downtown Cebu City in the Capitol area, living in an apartment with 2 other Elders.  He was getting his new companion the day we spoke.  There was no need for me to worry about his Christmas celebration in a new place where he didn't know anyone.  The other elders took him along to like 8 meal appointments in 3 days.  He had his best dinner and breakfast the whole time on his mission on Christmas Eve and Christmas morning.  He loves being a missionary and being in the Philippines.   We sure enjoyed seeing him!

December 19, 2011

Family,
Merry Christmas to you all! I hope you are all enjoying all of the cold weather there, we are getting none here. White Christmases come in different ways here, baptisms and sealings. I will be skyping this Monday here about 8 in the morning, but I can’t be certain on the time because I am transferring tomorrow! I will be assigned in Cebu City in the Capitol area. I will be training a new missionary so neither me nor my companion will know the area. I find out tomorrow at transfers who it is. They were deciding between putting me in the Branch presidency here in Polambato or having me be a trainer. I also don’t know what time the internet cafes open there, but I’ll shoot for 8 am Monday morning. That should be around 6pm Christmas day for you... I think. I don’t have much time to write because my entire district is waiting for me so that we can get a district picture. Take care, I love you all.
Merry Christmas!
Elder Schenk

December 13, 2011

Family,
Merry Christmas! 11 days na lang!
Wow, carport looks impressive! Nice work dad! That would have been fun to help with, I love framing building.
We are one week away from transfers here in the mission. We will find out next Monday who will be staying and who will be going. I have been in the zone for as long as anyone and will probably be transferring. It’s hard to believe that I only have 4 transfers left! A transfer goes by so fast! I'm not ready to come home yet, I have way to much work to do here in the mission. I also love how much I am learning. The last two transfers as district leader I have learned more than at any other time in my life. I have been given more responsibilities which have taught me and helped me better understand true leadership. I have grown to love these people so much. I have seen so many soften though the touch of the spirit. It has truly strengthened my testimony. Out of my five areas Polambato has been by far my favorite, and also one of the most challenging. I have come to see the love the Lord has for these people and just how important each child is to our Heavenly Father. This gospel is his perfect plan to be able to bless us. I have seen that so many times here in the mission.
I will be skyping Monday morning here after Christmas, that is if I can find an internet cafe open early in the morning. I’ll let you know.
I did receive both Christmas packages. Thank you. My companion and I are going to have a great Christmas!
Our new focus of reactivation and retention is so rewarding. I have found so much joy in helping those who have lost their way come back to the gospel and get back on track for the Celestial Kingdom (2 Nephi 31:19-20). I have seen first hand what the Lord Himself has said, "Repent, and I will receive you" (Alma 5:33). I think that is correct, I translated from Cebuano.
Thank you so much for your love and concern and for the many many prayers in my behalf and in behalf of the people I am working with and for all missionaries. Your faith is helping the cause of countless miracles.
Love,
Elder Schenk

Decembe 6, 2011 Pasko NA!

Family, This week has been probably the favorite of my entire mission! The last four days have been so AMAZING! Here is what happened.

I have never been so pumped and ready to work in my entire mission! On Saturday I went on exchanges with Elder Wangsgaard. We had such a successful day. We taught a family who was offended and has been inactive for about four months. At first they didn't even want us to enter their house and were super closed down. But after we had gotten in and brt'd (Build relationship and trust) them we were able to teach a lesson. During the lesson they opened up their concern to us. We were able to teach to their needs and ask some inspired questions. After, while answering, the sister started to cry. She had felt that she had forgotten the Lord, but that the Lord had not forgotten her. She then committed herself to come to church the next day, which she did with her Melchizedek priesthood holding husband and youth grandson. I have never been so excited to see anyone at church. And they were there early! I am so grateful to have had that experience.

But the joy doesn't end there. Monday we went back and taught them, and after that lesson were able to teach their son and his wife, who are also members. They as well were hesitant to let us teach, but in the end had been deeply touched by the spirit. The brother had said previously that he often works on Sundays and couldn't come to church. On Monday he told us that he could be absent from work on Sundays if he wanted and that that was not a problem. We are planning on them coming to church this week.

After that we taught another family, the Mahusay family. The mother and father have been inactive for 15 years and their son and his cousin are also recently inactive. They ALL committed to come back to church this Sunday, other that the father who has work, but he will come the next week.

And then yesterday with Elder Wong we taught a priesthood holder who was baptized 5 years ago and then went inactive two years later because his wife had gone inactive and he didn't like going to church alone. He committed to help prepare his wife and kids to come back through family prayer and scripture study and he committed to come to church this Sunday.

Can you see now why I am so excited? We have been blessed with so much success and I have felt a joy that is so sweet. I can hardly wait to get to my studies in the morning so that I can dig into the doctrine and feel the spirit, and then I get so excited just to get out the door and save those souls who are dwindling in unbelief. I love this work! It is so much more rewarding reactivating than tracting. If everyone follows through with their commitments the priesthood attendance at church will double this week.

I also got your package today. I am excited to open that. Thanks.

Also I got a letter from Jeff Komar. Please tell him thank you for me. He always reads my blog so you could just put it on there. By the way he said that my blog is super good and that he is making one for Anna and wants lessons from mom.

Take care, love you all!

Elder Schenk

November 29, 2011

Family,
Thank you for your emails. It sounds like you all had a great thanksgiving. I wish I could have joined in the turkey bowl and the skiing, but we had a good thanksgiving here. The Baileys treated us well. There was way too much food as apparently the Filipinos don't understand the concept of the holiday, eating! Some of them ate before they came! At any rate Elder Wangsgaard and I (the two American elders) did a good work. I ate so much that when I tried to stand up, I sat right back down! It hurt too bad to stand. Success!
I experienced my first “Dressed in white, twice!” today. Two of our recent converts went to the temple today to do baptisms for the dead. That will be great for them.
On Sunday we had 8 investigators at church! I don't get it. We are now focusing on the members and then all of the sudden all of the investigators came to church. I love this work!
Well I am officially out of time. I had to write two letters to President Schmutz because the first one didn't send right and got lost. Suffice it to say, I am learning a lot and am grateful that the Lord has entrusted me with the trials I have. There is no other way to be learning these experiences.
Love you all!
Elder Schenk

November 22, 2011

Family,
I have had a fantastic few days! Sunday we had 5 investigators at church and were excited about that, but the branch is so weak that we are worried about their inactivity. That is a major problem here in the Philippines. I went home after church greatly concerned on how I could help my little branch progress and become strong again. I looked at the many baptismal records for the last three years and only 3 melchizedek aged men have been baptized, and two I have never even heard of. One of them has almost been baptized for 2 years and is sealed in the temple and comes to church every week even though they live ridiculously far away and are extremely poor. They live in a 50 year old house that his grandfather built that has no electricity or running water. And yet they come. What great faith. We only have 4 strong melchizedek priesthood holders that are active right now, and none of them have served missions. After church I was overwhelmed with our responsibility here. How could we possibly help? For some time I couldn't sleep because of my concern for the branch. So why were the last few days fantastic? It all started Monday morning at 8:30.
We had zone conference in Mandaue and had to wake up at 3 to get there on time. So running on 4 hours of sleep we hauled ourselves out the door before the crack of dawn and crammed into a V Hire (a mini van that they cram 15 people in 4 rows of seats... Fun!) . At the zone conference President Schmutz introduced the Philippines new plan for missionary work that they had learned at the mission presidents conference last week from the Philippines area presidency. The presidency had been instructed from the twelve. The church is not functioning as it should here, so the responsibility has been given to the missionaries to get it going the way the Lord would have it run. Our new focus is:
1. Keep the recent converts active.
2. Reaching out to the less active members.
3. Completing families (baptize the non-members).
4. Get everyone to the temple.
Our new motto is "Dressed in white... twice"
We will be doing no more tracting. None! We will spend all of our time with the less active and inactive and through them find family members to teach. There are 645,000 members and 114,000 are active. That is only 18%! There are far too many members for the priesthood to handle and it is hurting the church. President Teh said we are "Baptizing them into inactivity." We have a work to do. We have been promised that even though our focus has changed, that if we are diligent, we will have many more baptisms than before. We are no longer just getting investigators to baptism, but are taking all members and investigators to the temple. We will not stop teaching them until they get there. That was the answer to by plea for help! That truly is what we need here! I am excited! The church is indeed run by revelation. Everyone is excited to be working on this new program. It is what we have all been concerned about.
On Tuesday I went on exchanges with Elder Wangsgaard. He is a great missionary who just returned to the mission after having gone home for back problems. He is so motivated and teaches so powerfully through the spirit. We had such a fantastic spiritual day. I also had 4 baptismal interviews, and originally had 6 planned but wasn't able to get to them all. The work here is moving forward.

The mission is great, but I am a little envious of Dad and Eric for getting to go skiing! There isn't even snow here! Today for thanksgiving we are going over to the Baileys for a thanksgiving lunch. They are doing it all! The turkey, potatoes, stuffing, pumpkin pie! YUM! This is going to be the best p-day of my mission!
Thank you for sending me General Conference. I love listening to it, and am getting my old ones put on a jump drive today so I can listen to it. Please put them in an mp3 format because the players here don't read the big American file types. I’ll have to get it converted. And much more will fit on.
Well give Katie, Josh and Ellie a hug for me, and Katie, give Mom, Dad and Eric a hug for me. And all of you should give both grandmas a hug for me. Have a great thanksgiving.
Love,
Elder Schenk