Dear Family,

Sain Uu? Happy April Fools. The only thing I had for a good prank wasto not write an email this week... but yax ve? No but really it's been an amazing week here and lots to write about!

This last Saturday transfers came out. Elder Quinton's off to my old stomping grounds of Khailaast, he'll be Elder Reeve's last companion (what???), as he is leaving a transfer before us. I'm heading to Enkhtaivan Ward! They meet in the same building I'm in now so it's not going to be too drastic of a change, but I really love the area and am excited to dive into the work there. It's got the Western half of the city center mixed in with a bunch of ger disctrict- ever since I
worked there on companionship exchanges with Elder Cardinal back inthe day I've been wanting to serve here, and now it'll probably be my last area. My companion is a Mongolian Elder from Erdenet named Elder Tugsbaatar (Elder Perfect Hero gesen ug). He's 26, an incredible artist and a great basketball player! On top of all that he's a really great teacher, I've always been really impressed for his passion in the work. He's been my district leader for the last little bit and I'm excited to now work with him. For the last little while the zone leaders and assistants have been going solo, but with this transfer there will be zone leader and assistant companionships again- so I will remain zone leader in Bayanzurkh Branch and Elder Tugsbaatar's coming in as zone leader as well. Most of all, I've got a native companion! Super excited. That means 24 hour Mongolian and I couldn't be more excited for that.

This week we did put out a lot of effort to find some of the lost sheep in the Selbe ward! We went to a lot of different places, and had some success in meeting and working with some of these brothers andsisters. Elder Quinton and I are especially looking for less active Melchizedek Priesthood holders. We found some living among the people we were already meeting with, but because of their work and etc. we didn't know they were there! These things require more than a quick stop in at their house, much of the time it requires a lot of love and patience but I'm glad that these efforts have been started again.

This week I had an interesting experience with prayer that I would like to share. I've mentioned to you before Will, our American investigator. He is swamped with work throughout the week and so we meet with him each Sunday afternoon. He takes a really sincere approach to learning about the Gospel and yesterday we followed up on the commitment we gave him to read Moroni's promise and pray about the Book of Mormon and the prophet Joseph Smith. He came back having read and prayed, but did not receive the answer that he was looking for. He was really impressed with what Moroni says concerning a sincere heart and real intent. He prayed, but didn't feel he had the sincerity and the intent he knew he needed and we had the opportunity to share with him more about prayer. I really like what the Bible Dictionary says concerning prayer:

"As soon as we learn the true relationship in which we stand toward God (namely, God is our Father, and we are his children), then at once prayer becomes natural and instinctive on our part (Matt. 7:7–11). Many of the so-called difficulties about prayer arise from forgetting this relationship. Prayer is the act by which the will of the Father and the will of the child are brought into correspondence with each other. The object of prayer is not to change the will of God, but to secure for ourselves and for others blessings that God is already willing to grant, but that are made conditional on our asking for them. Blessings require some work or effort on our part before we can obtain them. Prayer is a form of work, and is an appointed means for obtaining the highest of all blessings."

Growing up in a different church, we were able to share with him a lot on the purpose of prayer and the opportunity that it presents. It was a great lesson! As we understand truth and apply it in our lives the difference in results is like night and day. It was also a great opportunity to see Will's example of really looking at our prayers, realizing that we are speaking with our Heavenly Father, and then working to make our prayers sincere. It truly is an incredible gift that the Lord has given us and it does take work to do it right!

Love, Elder Jolley