Dear Elder Snell,

Hope you enjoyed conference as much as we did!  We had a wonderful Easter dinner (your mom made enchilada sauce) and even Ker & Mindy made it down!  I also invited an RM from our mission who wanted us to meet his girlfriend  Katrina (she is Russian & went on a mission to Ukraine).  They fit right in to our crowd.  Katrina is an only child but lived with a large LDS family as an exchange student so she was right at home.  Buffy was worried we wouldn’t have enough food since we had 4 extra adults but I have always counted on the loaves and the fishes miracle which has never failed yet.  We had ¼ cup sauce left over!  Pat and Jessie were also there. 

The parts of conference I liked best were:

Elder Eyring said if we live the Law of the Fast, we will increase our resistance to evil and it will change our nature.  We’ve always paid a generous fast offering, even when we were poor, and I’ve noticed God is gradually changing my mind so I have less & less disposition to do evil (which is 90% of the battle, right?)   I’m hoping I can qualify for greater blessings.  I really want to do more missionary and family history work.  The Hebrew word for “grace” means power.  I need more grace…more enabling power. 

Sis Wixom said “Nourish all light.”

Grandpa and I laughed out loud when Elder Renlund told of a missionary who was upset with his unacceptable companion and complained to the Lord about it.  The Lord said, “Compared to me, you are both pretty much the same.”  

FAVORITE talks were Elders Bednar, Christofferson, Renlund, Causse, Holland, Uchtdorf, Hales, Pearson, Anderson, Sitati, & Sister Burton.  Felt validated & encouraged several times.

  

So I hear you’re the mission barber.  The apple does not fall far from the tree!!  I always cut all my kids’ hair although I wasn’t as good as your mom.

Just remember:  “God is easy to please but hard to satisfy” (according to Elder Holland)

Love, love, love,