Hey Family!

Sorry this is late and short, we were on the road all of Monday, but I was able to check your emails really quick and loved reading about all your adventures this week! Murun was incredible and we had a lot of great experiences hosting their first branch youth conference! We left last Thursday at 6 a.m., Elder Tuvshinbayar and I along with President Batbold headed off to Murun in one of the two mission Land Cruisers. Murun is about 12 hours away by car, 6 hours on paved roads and 6 hours of off road- we spent 2 hours in Erdenet while Pres. Batbold looked for new missionary apartments and got into Murun about 10:00 that evening. I've sent a couple of pictures of what we saw "on the road," everything from snow covered valleys to sand dunes along the way.

En route to Murun

The conference was all Friday and Saturday and then a closing testimony meeting Sunday morning before Branch Conference. We had a total of 23 youth who participated, 5 or 6 were first time investigators and that was a really cool introduction for them into the Church! A quick explanation of a couple of the pictures: Elder Tuvshinbayar and I did a skit with Elder Ford and President Clark on Saturday- we stood behind the black plastic and did the missionaries "morning routine" on Elder Ford and President Clark- I was President Clark's "arms" and proceeded with caution! In one of the pictures a 8 year old investigator, Elbegdorj is standing with Elder Zorigtbaatar and I; and I think the rest are pictures that I snapped on the way.

Skit with President Clark and Elder Ford
(Elder Tuvshinbayar and Elder Jolley back behind)

Elder Zorigtbaatar, Elbegdorj and Elder Jolley

I love you guys! Excited for General Conference this weekend and to share remarks with you guys. Also, go look up a place called Khovd on the far west side of Mongolia (next to Kazakistan), we're heading there next Tuesday for another youth conference. I love the work and this great opportunity to be apart of this the Lord's work.

Elder Jolley