Guys!!! Guess what! We made a discovery here in Kenosha! The whole town is excited and the missionaries made the historic discovery. We discovered tiny little blades of grass underneath the layers of snow. Who knew that they had grass here? Who knew the weather could break 40, or maybe 45. Who knew the sun could produce enough heat to warm up the polar Wisconsin and wake her up from hibernation. Who knew that we would actually enjoy this week and the weather it produced. Free at last from winter, spring is on her way! Grass does exist!

Speaking of the sun...Here is a beautiful Kenosha Sunset
and traffic to remind me of home.

In other Kenosha news, Elder Reynolds and I are going to go into the hypothetical food business together and call our restaurant Taco Tims. Our menu as of right now includes the:

~ Mergatroid Burger

~ Unbeweavable chicken tenders
~ Frown fries
~ Bobe sauce
~ Schlichter Burger

Each of these unique names comes from quotes that the people here in Kenosha have said or from members that Elder Reynolds and I have served with over the course of our mission. A word of caution, these are comical food items and not meant to be taken seriously.

On Saturday the Kenosha Ward had two members moving to new homes. We were busy from 8am to 3pm moving and doing the heavy lifting along with most of the Elders Quorum. I am grateful that there was nothing back breaking and that with so many able hands the work got done relatively quickly and without the Elders having to do all the work. In between the two moves we 4 Elders went to a Mongolian BBQ Buffet restaurant called Hu Hot (Pasadena needs one of these places) Hu Hot has some excellent food, and they have lots of variety that allow you to experiment and try new plates and combinations for an excellent Mongolian lunch/dinner. A special that they had on Saturday was S’mores. They bring to your table a small pot with a gel inside that burns for ~15 minutes. The plate comes with two chocolate bars, 4 sticks, 8 marshmallows, and 16 crackers. I got to make some golden s’mores that my mamma would be proud of. It was a great way to rest in between the two moves.

Delicious, golden brown, s'more to make my mamma proud!

On Saturday March 21st, the entire mission (230 missionaries) from all areas of the mission: Houghton, Rhinelander, Manistique to Prairie Du Chain, Platteville, and Kenosha and every area in between are gathering in Milwaukee to meet Elder Perry of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. This All Mission gathering will be a spiritual blessing and a fantastic social reunion with old mission friends and companions. The whole mission is greatly looking forward to this event, and President Cutler is getting us prepared spiritually and temporally for this special opportunity to receive personal revelation from an Apostle.

After emails today, I’m going to the Kenosha Jelly Belly factory with Elder Reynolds and the Senior Couple that serves here in Kenosha.

Scripture for the week: 3 Nephi 23:1 search the words of God, study them diligently.

And now, behold, I say unto you, that ye ought to search these things. Yea, a commandment I give unto you that ye search these things diligently; for great are the words of Isaiah.

Thank you all, have a wonderful week!!! Love,

Elder Luymes

My Kenosha Homies - Elder Stafford, Elder Muir, Elder Reynolds and myself.
We must be brothers cause we all start with "Elder".