as exotic as it gets

Hey Guys! How are you?

How was your conference weekend? I love conference time so much; it’s always so great to hear the words from apostles and prophets and to gain guidance in this life! I hope you're all doing your best to apply the things you learned. There were a lot of great things about families and I know that if you apply those things, especially elder Bednars talk, you will all be richly blessed. Continue strong in the gospel as a family, I know it will bless each and every one of you. I miss going to Priesthood session with Dad, Land and Brock. It’s always a bummer because it’s just not quite the same... It was such a great session. The only thing that was missing was my fantastic dad and amazing little bro's.

But ya, my Easter was fantastic! We went over to a member’s house for a big family feast, conference watching session, Easter egg hunt, etc. It was a really fun day, and we got Easter baskets from two different families... chucked full of the goods! oh ya!

So, we are soccer coaches here in Muscatine! That’s exciting and fun! We meet twice a week for practice and have a game every Saturday! We have the most awesome team. They are 6-8th graders and we are doing it through the YMCA. Half of the kids are Latino, so maybe this will turn into a good teaching opportunity, who knows! We’ve talked with several of the Spanish parents. And the kids love us cuz we can speak Spanish! haha its a lot of fun :)

As for the newest of the news, we should be moving out of the basement with tons of spiders to the nicest apartment in the mission, tonight! Our place has been such a mess lately because I've been trying to live out of my suitcase in preparation for moving, but my suitcase is basically scattered all over the apartment. I can't wait to move and get organized... its driving me insane. And I am constantly paranoid because of the huge spiders I've been seeing. Today when I was studying, I lifted up a paper and a huge one crawled across my desk. FREAKED ME OUT. It’s probably no comparison to the things Elder Wilson is seeing on his mission, but for a states missionary… that’s about as exotic as it gets! So we're getting out of there TODAY! YAY! Hey speaking of Stevey, I love reading about what he's up to, keep his letters coming mom, oh and I loved the pictures link, that was a lot of fun. I need to get some pics sent home to you guys soon, I have quite a few. I'll get on that!

Well I miss you all tons! Take care; I hope all is going well for you. Keep praying for me, I'll be praying for you! :) Love you all so much!

Much love

~Elder Holman