#Im a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

NOTE from Mom: Brett's Subject references that we are not using "Mormon" to reference who we are. We aren't the church of Mormon - he was a prophet in the Book of Mormon that compiled the records of those that lived during that time. We have always been nicknamed Mormons - but we really are Latter-day Saints from the Church of Jesus Christ. So the President of our Church has asked us to remember that! We love the prophets of old - but we are Christians, first and foremost! ♥

Subject:	#Im a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Date:	Mon, 8 Oct 2018 13:21:08 -0500
From:	Brett Hogg

Another week out east, another 200 miles!

We had to head out to Sulphur Springs for another meeting, getting to ride down again with the awesome brother that told us about

HAM radios last time (did I tell you about him before?). This time we learned hes also a bee keeper and he told us about catching wild hives, and different kinds of bees (African vs. European, etc.). It was informative! That night we spent the night with the Elder in Hugo, OK. They live in what is known as "The Barn". It's a little one room deal above a barn! Really it's a machine shop but it's pretty cool.

This week we also started teaching a marshallese man who right now has a baptismal date! We was taught a lot in the past, but has some obstacles and the missionaries kind of lost contact with him. This time we stopped by and when we came back he had read 13 chapters of the Bok In Mormon (marshallese)! Hes awesome, and is apparently some kind of something back on the islands, with some level of notoriety. He's awesome. Love the marshallese people! 

The other day we stopped by another marshallese family, the family of the boy that was baptized a couple weeks back. Most of his family are members, some are just not active. He wrote us this note and it was awesome (we were on exchanges and had a senior missionary with us so that's why there's 3 names on there) (see below). Another of the kids was just attached to us as well and had his arms around us the whole time like old pal lol. 

Then of course there's General Conference! I am a bit sad about losing an hour of church, but also excited for the new study deal they're putting out. Conference over all is awesome. Of course I'm a big fan of the prophet, and the apostles. The common themes I was noticing were families, actually ministering, and answering the "why me?" moments in our lives. Just a big ol' spiritual feast. Also watching it at the church is the best, I get way more out of it. 

To watch our General Conference - or see parts of it and quotes - you can visit the Facebook Page here: https://www.facebook.com/LDSGeneralConference/

Or you can view all of Conference here (and other great videos): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdNjexbIS_NKJC4ZRwKf9ag 

Here is the link to the main website for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints:
https://www.lds.org/?lang=eng

BUT probably the highlight was that there was baptism in between! The DeQueen Elders have been teaching her, and she got baptised in between sessions of general conference. It was great, baptisms always are. 

That's about it for this week, love yall!
Elder Hogg

P.S. I got grandma Debbie's box and the shirt from you for Elder K! Elder K loves it! We'll get a picture for you. It came by itself in its own bag. We are looking forward to trying out those awesome recipes. Let everyone know how appreciative we are!! Don't send another box quite yet, there this is the last week of the transfer. We're doing ok for now. THANK YOU!

(Transfer week is next week - Brett will find out if he's staying in Oklahoma or transferring to a different area for his last transfer!)