April 2

Surprisingly, no April Fools jokes. Which was slightly freaky...haha I was just waiting for something to happen. But those sound pretty funny :-)

You got a designer?!!? So crazy :-) But I'm really excited for you!! I need some pics!!! Feel free to send me some...That sounds like an awesome Easter. Ours was FANTASTIC. We heard from Bishop Causse, presiding bishop of the church, and his wife in the morning. They're from France, and the whole time the spoke I was reminded of dad and his funny french man accent. haha But the really cool part was having a sacrament meeting with the WHOLE MTC. I was thinking that this was almost what it felt like to be with Christ when He fed the 5,000. We only had 3,000, but it's probably the closest I'm ever going to get to that again. Such a cool experience though. Then that night for our sunday devotional, Sheri Dew came and spoke. She was awesome too :-) She talked about the enabling power of the Atonement. I feel like that was sort of the theme from this week. It was really cool to think about. Jesus Christ is truly our ONLY way to be able to return to live with our Heavenly Father. OH. Before I forget...we have a little bit of time each week to watch mormon messages and such. And one of my favorites is called the Will of God. You should really go watch it. SO POWERFUL. I'm sure there's some way that you can apply it to your class...It's from Elder Christofferson (sp?) No joke, it makes me want to cry every time.

So, I've mentioned before about TRC....it's kind of my favorite thing. The people that come in that we get to teach...they have such powerful testimonies of the gospel. And they can share some of the most amazing experiences. We taught a really old man last night. He served his mission in Uruguay like 50 years ago I think is what he said. But he told us some amazing experiences. Some of the other elders taught a guy from the Congo, who knew 6 languages. He was so awesome. Someone just told him about Joseph Smith, and he knew from that moment that this church was true. Talk about being prepared, right? So amazing. But for real, Dad should totally come do it for the French people. I think they do it every night...I'm sure there's some info about it somewhere.

Anyways...Anything else exciting going on this week? Make sure and give Claire and Bubba and Evie lots of luf from me. I miss them so much...I can't believe I'm missing Evie's first birthday. Boo. Oh well. I'll be able to call you guys for a little bit in a couple of weeks!! Apparently, I just have to get a calling card from the Bookstore here...And then I'm assuming I call from the airport? I'm not exactly sure. But I'm really excited :-) I can't wait to see Arena!!! Gosh. It'll be nice to have a friendly face. Although I have seen one of my old roommates here, Natilee Allen, and a couple other people, so that was cool. OH. And I finally met the girl that Grandma jenny told me about!! Turns out she's staying a couple doors down from me :-) haha There are a couple other girls in her room going to my mission too, so that was really cool to finally meet girls going to my mission. haha

I'll have to keep a look out for Perry...And you should tell Marshall about TRC too. I'm sure he would love it :-) And who knows, maybe Arena will teach him :-) haha I don't know if you've already planned on it or not...but that stuff that I had for Arena, could you give it to her tonight? Thanks :-) I won't be able to be her host when she gets here, But I will for sure keep a look out for her. Anyways...I'll send some pics later today. But I love you so much!! Thanks for everything that you do :-) For real, the best mom a girl could ask for :-)

Anyways...I gotta get going. Love you So much!! And miss you terribly :-)

Hermana Bowerman

And p.s. I was looking more for like normal socks...I only brought like 3 pairs...haha I might send you a letter today with a couple more things...But thanks so much for the last package!! Maren and I are working on the arrangement of Come Thou Fount...it's so pretty!!