So...I heard there was someone who got married....
I am so happy for Shay and Taylor being married. Being able to go through the temple to be sealed for time and eternity is one of the great blessings our Father in Heaven has given us while here on earth, and I look forward to seeing them when I come home.
The temple is such a beautiful place and the Spirit is present in the House of the Lord so that all who enter might be comforted and instructed from on high about God's plan for us and what our possibilities are. I read somewhere in mom's email that I was able to attend...or maybe it someone else who looked exactly like me...don't let President Merkley find out. HAHA 
Please send my best to all the people at the wedding. Tell them I miss them and I love them. I hope they are all healthy and I pray for all of them. I wish I could been there, but I'll see everyone soon enough. I still have some things to do here in Springfield.
As for me, the work going on in Springfield is going well. The two people that we have set baptismal dates with came to church. The first one is Raven Gordon. She is a 9 year-old who's family is becoming more active and we are helping them make friends in the ward. The second one is a man named Frank Stoops. He is a man in his 50s who has had a really rough past, but since he's been meeting with us he's been recovering from those things that have had him bound for decades. Sometimes he has relapsed, but we have not given up on him, and he is determined to be baptized and to shake off those chains that hold him captive. There is also a man who is RLDS with whom we are visiting. Well, he's from a church that broke off from the RLDS church when they became the Communtiy of Christ. He's a hard one to figure out, but he is a really nice guy and we love visiting with him and his wife. We are also helping quite a few less-active families attending church again. With many people, there has been something that has happened in the past that has pushed them to cease going to church, but Elder Argyle and I have working out the kinks with these people and miracles seem to be occurring. Slowly but surely, the Lord is pouring out His blessings upon th heads of these people.
Also, for the last couple of days, we have ahad some pretty weird weather. There was a tornado that touched down in Joplin, MO wiping out much of the city and many people are announced dead. All of the missionaries are safe, but an aparment complex that a set of elders were staying in were destroyed, and the stake center in Joplin was also destroyed. It has been said by reports that 89 are pronounced dead from the destruction. Events like these make me ponder on the great plan our Father in Heaven has for all of us as His children, and I am so thankful for a Heavenly Father who knows all things and who is watching over these events, not only in Joplin but all over the world. Because of the knowledge that comes from the restored gospel, I know that those people are now in a place where they are able to teach and to be taught more about that great and eternal plan, and one day, they will return to the earth to be resurrected. This is all made possible through Jesus Christ and His Atonement.
I love all of you and I pray for all of you, and once again and I am so happy and excited for Shay and Taylor.
As always...Never give up! Never, never give up!
Elder Brad Fellows
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