Hello All,

Another amazing week in Arizona! The weather was pretty awesome, we had a lot of good lessons, saw an amazing Easter pageant, and had several baptisms! We gained an Elder to our companionship for a short time, Elder Smith, who is waiting for his companion to come down from the MTC....not sure why he got held up there but I guess we'll see in a week or so. We got to go to the Mesa Easter Pageant: Jesus the Christ, on Thursday, and that was a truly amazing experience. We went with our friend Mardi and her mother, along with a couple members of the ward and they absolutely loved it. We had a long talk with Mardi the next day about all the things it meant to her, and how she is coming to understand that Jesus really is our Savior and loves each and every one of us.

Last Saturday was also a great day. We had two baptismal services, one for Emilio, Neveah, and Milani, and then one for Tiffany. I was honored to be able to baptize the three kids and then to confirm two of them, so it really was a great weekend. Its awesome to see how the gospel is changing all of their lives, and bringing their families closer together. The gospel really does bless families and gives us so much peace and hope in a crazy world.

I hope everything is going well back home,

much love and God bless,

Elder Hiatt