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ONE YEAR COMPLETED!!! WOOT! WOOT!

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Hello EVERYONE! Let's start this celebration email off right and say HAPPY ONE YEAR MARK ELDER MORTENSEN! One year ago today I gave my Farewell Talk and was Set Apart as a full time Missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints! What a ride this past year has been! The absolute joy I have felt as I've worn my mission name tag and served here in the Missouri Independence Mission.The incredible companions I've had and the people I've met and taught and the hard work and challenges that I've gone through. Whew! So much growth and so much goodness this past year! Tomorrow it is officially ONE YEAR that I started Home MTC. My life continues to be molded and shaped by my mission experiences and I know those will last a lifetime.  This past week we had transfers and Elder Stevens completed his mission and he's back home in Idaho. My new companion, Elder Davis, is in quarantine in his last area, so President Ames had me take home the companion replacing...

This Week Wasn’t FIREWORKS, But We Had A Blast!!!

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Hey Everyone,  Happy 4th of July! I hope each of you enjoyed the day and spent time with family. Our Zone had a water fight for P-day and we got creative in finding ways to soak each other. We also played the slapping tortilla game where you fill your mouth with water and slap the person's cheek with a tortilla to make them spit the water out. We laughed and spit so much water on each other. LOL. Our ward called a new Ward Mission Leader and Brother Freudland is now who will be working with on the ward level. We are super excited to work with him because he is really good at what he does and keeps up going. Transfers are this week and Elder Stevens is dying and going home. His two year mission is complete and he's ready to continue his life back home in Idaho. I appreciate his service and example to me these past 6 months and wish him the best. I am staying in the Longview Lake Ward in Lee's Summit and am happy with the news.  PAT came to church today and she continues to t...