EN ROUTE TO THE PHILIPPINES

lol just a quick email from china. currently at hong kong international idk what time it is but the sun just rose and its 4:57pm over there in UT. i just witnessed 19 hours of no sun because we were running away from the sun rise. the 15 hour flight was rad. went soo quick. good airline. unreal flight food. found a tagalog learning game on the screen. ate like a hot fish oatmeal for breakfest lol it was awful. slept like 9 hours. read so much ensign and had a gooder.  crossed the international date line and skipped the 28th of july. its the 29th for my body. masigla.

en route to manilla now

love you guys

elder kurd

sidenote:  While Scott was flying to the Philippines, I received a random text from someone who sent me the above picture.  It was a lovely surprise.  What a great looking bunch of missionaries.

THE CALL HOME

hey ma. so about calling. i will call between like 3 and 7pm tomorrow and i have a werid call card and it will not be possible for me to call more than like a couple times so what i ask of you is to get the crew together so i can talk to everybody at once. man do i love you guys and am excited to hear your voices. if mom dad, em and eric, natahsa and dan are all together that would be so preferable. also what number should i call??? it would save me minutes if i could call an american number. so please email me asap which number to call!! sorry for being a lil pesky i just want to talk to everybody bc of my masigla!!

much love,

kurd. 

sidenote:  All missionaries leaving the MTC get a calling card to use while they are at the airport travelling to their missions.  I was very much looking forward to hear scotty's voice and talk to him directly.  I was driving down to utah that day for Dan and Natasha's wedding and Emily was with me.  While we were driving south on the I-15 into Salt Lake City, it nearly killed us knowing that Scotty boy was travelling north on the I-15 towards the SLC airport.  We were busy with wedding errands all day and anxiously awaited his call.  He finally called while we were in Costco with Laura and her kids.  I was so excited when I heard his voice that I squealed.  An older woman walked by me and asked if I was talking to 'my missionary'.  Only in Utah.  Scott sounded more grown up and was excited to share more details about the MTC.  He said it was truly the hardest thing he had ever done but the most rewarding.  Even though the language has been hard for him, he is very happy to have the challenge of learning Tagalog.  He called me again from LAX and we talked for a short time.  It was his first time as a missionary outside of the MTC.  He said he was loving every minute of it.  People were offering to buy him meals or use their cell phones.  Hard to say goodbye but I understand why they limit the calls home.  It makes us both very homesick for each other.  Love my boy, julie

LAST EMAIL FROM THE MTC

Hi Mama,

Kumusta sa Calgary???  It's day 36 or something and I'm feeling great.  6 days till i leave this continent and I go to the jungle. I'm hyped.  Also nervous.  Goodbye TP and sanitation and hello malaria and rice fields.

This week was typical except for a pretty life changing situation, let me explain.  So for the sunday devotional we all sit down and Prez Bertasso shares that instead of listening to a speaker we will all watch "characteristics of Christ" which is an amazing devo given by Elder Bednar of the 12.  It's the same one i mentioned in my last email.  I've seen it twice before this being the third time.  I'm still hyped.  They start the devo and i manage to listen to the first 30 mins then i pass out for the last 30 minutes.  IDK how i slept for 30 mins but thats the MTC life i guess.   Also every other tagalog speaker in my row falls asleep, classic.   But i catch the last couple mins of the video and then it ends.  The lights turn on and i scan the stand theres some new faces i don't think much of it until Prez Bertasso mentions that Elder Bednar snuck in to address the MTC.  So now we have one of the 12 apostles addressing us in person and I'm 4 rows away.  So much masigla.  No one could believe it.  Elder Bednar then asks us to ask him questions, guess who fires off the first one?   My companion right beside me.  It was funny, at first my Companion couldn't speak and was trying to get it together but he managed to ask a brilliant question about the spirit. Elder Bednar answers the question then asks my comp a few return questions, the have a little back and forth Elder Bednar and Elder Larsen.  The meeting lasts like an hour and 20 mins of just different missionaries asking him challenging and deep questions.  The answers and things he said changed me.  What was unique was we got to hear from Elder Bednars son, the area authority of Europe and also from his wife. she roasted him a little it was so funny!   The biggest thing that effected me was Elder Bednar told us to become CHARITY, and not just for the 2 years but for our whole lives.  Become it.  Super interesting.  Also Elder Bednars son went up and talked about his dad and shared the one thing he loved about his dad.  And it was the exact thing i shared in my last letter that i love about my dad. Turning out in hard times instead of turning in.  Man,  what a great experience.

Other than that huge learning oppurtunity its been pretty typical.  I heard from an yet another emeritus 70, Don R Clarke.  I  recognized him from confrence, great devo.  I got a tie from an RM thats from Hungary from a tie bag, crazy story.  Maybe one day ill share that one too.  We have a funny joke going around about the natural man.  Occasionally one of us will yell "theres a fight w the natural man in 5M!!!" and were always talking about the natural man because your mission is such a huge war with the natural man constantly.  Or you will see a cute girl walk by and some one will say "nice try natural man" or you will wake up one morning and one guys like "such a fight with the natural man last night".   So far were all beating him tho, tough enemy tho.  Always praying for strength against him.  Another struggle is with white shirts.  Since I've never worn a white shirt everyday for the past 5 weeks you can guess how many have gone to the dry cleaner.  Typical Scott.  Red powerade always seems to end up on them and my ties.  The drycleaner works magic tho.  I'm done for in the jungle.

A huge shoutout to my mom for the absolutely amazing photo book you made and sent for me and the peters shirt.  Huge hit and much appreciated.  I also want to give a huge thanks to all who have sent me mail and packages.  It's really made this challenging experience more bearable.  And tell wendy shipley i say thanks for the shirt you gave me,  its my fav, so good.

My  branch president in here is hilarious.  He is constantly telling stories and repeats them like none other.  Ive heard all of his stories like 5 times and he always says them exactly the same way.  Theres a joke floating around that if you record the stories he says and play them all at once they will perfectly sync up.  I testify to that.  He's made me laugh harder than I have in the past year.  Great guy.  He opened the Phillippines.  He says his wife is "feisty", she's like 100 pounds, 70 years old and 5 foot 0.  But there are rumours if she doesnt like your tie she will cut it off w scissors and also shes knocked an elder out who cut in front of her in the cafeteria.  LOL,  so far I've been meeting the best people.

So i have my flight itinerary.  I fly out of SLC at 7pm july 27. Arrive at LAX at 8 pm. Leave LAX at 1am and arrive in Hong Kong at 7am.  I fly out of Hong Kong at 9 am and arrive in the jungle at 11am july 29, local times of course.  That was super exciting to receive.  i will probably phone you guys out of the SLC airport or the LAX airport.  Be ready.  Get the fam together if possible.

Holy long email.  Nothing more to say.  Life is good.  The language is better then ever and i skype into the Phillipines again tonight.  It's the best. I LUV U GUYS!!! stay true

Work Hard, Pray Hard,
Elder Kurd

ONE MONTH DONE

Hi mama,

day 29, 1 month down, 23 to go (oh man)!

As per usual, the MTC is nothing short of stellar. i always talk about how much I learn so i think before i get into it i would like to share the biggest things that have affected me this past week.

As part of the MTC experience you get to watch special devotionals given here and they will blow your mind.  A christmas devo by Bednar was pretty killer but the biggest thing he talked about is characteristics of Christ.  His biggest being selflessness.  He shared the idea of when your are having a rough time, you should turn out and continue to help others, instead of turning in and thinking of yourself.   This helped me understand the thing I love most about dad.  I've noticed throughout my life that dad never complains and is very selfless.  But what I recently noticed is that no matter what was going on in dads life he would turn out and help others.  What a great example he is to me.  Bednar also said it is selfish to think of a mission as a sacrifice.  Instead it's an opportunity to serve others and Christ.  Whats interesting is that we are asked to come on our missions at a time when we are most like the natural man.  To serve a mission is the most opposite of the natural man.  We are on missions at a time when we have the most worldly desires and this is funny but scientifically proven to be most attracted to women, lol.   Hopefully that made sense rofl.  Also study the doctrine because it makes sense.  I have also learned alot about faith and its the key to everything.

Turns out we have the most epic zone in the MTC!  Theres like 50 of us and were like bf's.  Always eating with each other and we got 2 massive polys (over 300 lbs) who are insane loud.  Crazy good guys,  tons of bonding.  They call me the rapping ranger because I participate in the nightly freestlye battles.  Funny kids out here.  One quiet kid from Missouri,  dropped the most intriging rap about a dads life, idk it was hilarious tho.  So good.  I think I've bonded closest with this one SLC kid who spent this past year at Harvard.  Great guy.  Way smart.  So much masigla in here!!

My district is most fantastic. tons of bonding done.  To celebrate one month of friendship we are doing a secret santa gift exchange today.  Max spend is $2 and we buy things from the book store.  So much fun with these guys!   The funniest memories.  Also i got elder 'soon to be big money', so i got him a stapler and a temple reccomend holder.

The language is cruising along.  I no longer use notes to talk,  I can usually tanglish just enough to make sense to teach our investigator.  I am skyping to the Philippines tonight so wish me luck.

I miss some things.  2 biggest being motorcycling and walking joez.  I hope he's still alive.  

Other than that nbd.  Still classing so hard and and learning a ton.  Not much more to update on.  But i hope things are going good up north. oh also, nobody appreciates Canada :(  There loss tho suckers.

Hey if you ever get time I would love to get the full inside scoop on you and dads love story. I love you guys so much. 

work hard pray hard,
elder kearl

sidenote:  Aunt Liana received the following picture and note on Facebook.  Scott was a greeter for their son who was entering the MTC and saying goodbye to his family.  They wrote: 

"Thank you Elder Kearl made the drop easy and smooth for my and got my son really excited to be there. Elder Kearl will be an awesome missionary.  Where is he serving by the way?  He (I assume she means her son) is heading to Papua New Guinea.Elder Kearl was such a nice young man. He was happy and smiling the whole time and ask to take pictures for our family. He laughed when I ask if any of his family is on fb. He wrote down his name and said if I find any of his family it will be funny. So please let him know I did send you the photo haha

More pics from the MTC

Half way through the MTC!

Hi mama, 

The MTC is starting to feel less like a hard working summer camp and more like reality.  Things are going real well tho!

I have a couple questions/requests.  I'm wondering who the new teachers quorum teacher is in Tuscany Ward.  Also, could you tell both sets of grandparents to send me dear elders about their missions.  oh mom please tell G'pa rosenvall to dear elder me all about his NZ mish and his BoM work. I don't know much about either and i want to learn all I can about both!!! The longer the stories, the better.  I love mail so much.  I haven't left this campus in 3 weeks and the mail gives me a taste of some adventure so i would like to ask everyone for more mail!!  I can't get enough, seriously. Any RMs wanna talk missions with me, that would be so hype, whether it be funny or spiritual, I want it all!! Thx crew. ALSO i am asking Wolffs to put a package together for me.  So if anybody would like to send me something, now is your chance.  I won't really be able to receive packages in the the Philippines and i head out in like 3 weeks so its a bit of a gamble to send it from calgs this late.  The plan is to send the one package from montana with whatever gets put into it.  The latest you can deliver to Wolffs might be tonight or tomorrow night, so God speed. i would love to get whatever like pictures or notes or lil toys/nick nacks/ memories.  So whateve goes into there will be super appreciated.  Anyone and everyone gets the Evite, the more the merrier.  This package will be a game changer. ALSO ALSO....tomorrow is Matt Wollfs bday so today everyone should drop off something at his house for his special day, should be funny.  Thx Calgary. 

It's been a typical week but a super hype weekend!  We had an international ceremony with the whole MTC. We had all the flags of either where missionaries are going or where they are from.  I helped escort the Marshall Island flag with an elder from the Marshall Islands!  Very cool opportunity.  They then would say a country and if your from that country you would stand up, like 30 of 2000 represented Canada and it turns out there are narries from around the globe here.  Then later they listed off countries and if your going to serve in that country you got to stand.  Like 35 represented the Philippines.  I love representing.  We then watched fireworks and got to stay out till like 11!!  cray (for the mission life)!! 

The language is coming!  I learned a lot this week!  i think its about time i teach you guys about tagalog cuz its messed up.  The sentence order is very strange, if i were to say "the Prophets Teach the People" i would say "Nagtuturo ang mga propeta sa mga tao" which translates to "Teaching Prophets the people" the order goes Verb Actor Object Location.  So proper grammar is interesting, it's coming tho.  Also verb conjugation is too confusing to explain via email but pretty much there is 8 ways or more to say any verb it depends whether its command tense or past, present or future.  Also depends what your focusing on in the sentence. Very picky.  I can pretty well understand anything my teachers say and make a lot of my own sentences if i think hard enough.  Teaching still destroys me tho.  I have a lot to learn still.

So amped on Jake Maller and Dave Henry's calls.  Good news for all you spanish speakers, spanish is the easiest language to learn out of all the missions languages.  Still gonna be hard tho so don't get too excited. 

All the Kirabati narries headed out yesterday ;/ miss their misigla, and their hugs.  But we did get 34 new tagalog speaking narries which triples the size of our zone.  So much masigla here.  Ones from Rocky Mountain House.  Havent talked with her yet.  Exciting tho.  Also, a Derek Johnson from Calgary Stake arrived at the MTC.  Super good to see a buddy.  He's been in toronto for the past 2 months waiting for his visa.  In 9 weeks he will be shipped off to Chezck Republic (idk how to spell btw).

The Provo temples been closed for a week and is closed for another for cleaning so for Pday we got to clean the temple.  I've already done a session in it before hand tho which was hype!  Weird story cleaning it tho.  So the church has a house by the temple they have been renting out for 10 years and the people just moved out and the house was disgusting.  They have literally never cleaned it.  Never vacuumed, never washed anything, just filthy.  So we were in temple cleaning scrubs and we had to gut the whole house out and throw everything they left into a dumpster.  And anything too big had to be smashed because there was too much junk to fit into the dumpster.  So we smashed alot of chairs, very fun.  Really funny stories from that. 

Nothing else really to share other then i love it here.  Hyped to get shipped out.  Half way done the MTC and more mail!!! 

Work hard, Pray hard,

Elder Kurd

Sounds like he's the leader of the MTC 'hype' gang!

MTC day 16! We are just cruising!!

I think I'm going to fully commit to honest emails these 2 years. So this is an authentic Scott Kearl experience. 

Things are going sobra mabuti!! The tripanionship and I have been keeping really good habits, staying real obedient and  getting hyped!!  Every morning at 6:30 we are up and I do 100 pushups.  I've been eating so big!  The food here is secretly epic, there's like 4 meal choices, you just got to know how to fully operate the cafeteria.  I have like 3 plates of food every meal, tons of juice and a fruit!  Every meal I am so full.  I've gained like 5 pounds (thought it would be more tho :/).  Gym time is super sunny.  I play a handful of hard working 3 on 3 basketball then finish her off with a chill game of volley ball.  Like 30 mins of each.  So fun.  I get a mean sweat going.  Thanks so much for the sneaks dad, they are perfect.  Pretty sure I'm the fastest kid in the MTC.  I haven't actually raced anyone but the shoes are rad, sooooooo also i can jump close to 7 feet.  They work out so much better than crocs and socks, less swag but more functional.  thx.  I'm pretty sure its a thing for all scotts (scott wolff and I) to love Elder Waites.  The Waite in my district has got to be one of my favoite people ever.  So funny.  So spiritual.  Great people in here.  Just great. 

The language is still killing me, but I'm getting with it.  Sometimes during a grooling classroom sesh, Elder Paulsen will whisper "the Billings Montanna Mission sounds pretty nice right about now", but we stay positive.  I've heard in these 2 weeks we have learned more than the average highschool student learns in the 3 years of whatever language they are studying, so thats rad.  I just realized yesterday, thanks to somebody's letter,  that its pretty neat how I'm learning Tagalog, so thats got me so hyped!!  I'm loving the learning so much.  I'm learning a lot.  Super tired tho.  I've seen everyone doze off in class, even Elder 'soon to be big money'!   I'm shamefully leading that stat tho.  Takes me an hour to an hour and a half to fall asleep every night.  But i dont mind laying there and thinking in in english.  When it hits around 11:20 Elder Larsen starts snoring so i get up, use the CR and shake him awake to tell him to shut it (so savage).  Apparently Tagalog is the one language where after you learn it, it makes learning another language so much easier beacause its so bonkers.   I now know a couple hunnit tagalog words and i can say a bunch of my own sentences.  Teaching is going smoother but we still get wreckt. 

Crazy stats this week!! So last wednesday, we got 700 new narries and 171 new mission presidents (double that including there wives) so the MTC got supper busy and weird.  The cafeteria was getting changed over for a huge Mission president thing for saturday so we ate in the gym.  We got catered by like subway, chick fil a, taco bell and other stuff!  So it's been a fun week.  Most people on this campus ever.  All of the 12 apostles were here on saturday, first for that too.  I didnt see any tho :/ so much masigla (enthusiasm) around the MTC this week.  I also hosted yesterday meaning when kids get dropped off I get them situated.  I hosted 2 different boys and it was weird and hard seeing them say goodbye to their families. 

Cauayan stats now.  I heard my mission has one of the coldest areas (Bambang) in the south in the mountains and one of the hottest (Tugugarae or something) in the north.  Also,  I have the tallest mountain in the Philippines in my mission boundary!  It's 3000m, thats as big as devils head!!  So maybe ill be able to score a summit out in the field.  Look it up its called Mt Pulag.  So hyped!  Also the Cauayan mission is biggest in the country and also has the most daily walking distance, so I'm getting hyped! 

Also Dan.....I met an Elder Vaiau from Yigo ward in Guam who knows you! i see him all the time, so rad. 

Also, that's fun how all the Melchins are in Calgary.  Wish i could be there, but I'd rather be at the MTC.  Even tho I'm the Melchins number one fan. 

Theres some contention in the land with the tripanionship and I share some of the blame.  We are figuring it out though and things are going well.  There's some kind of enchantment in here where the scriptures become so much more interesting and understandable. I'm learning a lot of Tagalog and doctrine and i couldn't be loving it anymore.  I feel myself growing at a tremendous rate and i would reccomend the MTC to all.  So much goodness in here.  When you get set apart as a missionary you get set apart from the world so you can magnify your effectiveness, it's such a blessing!  While it's still challenging in here,  I'm loving all the challenges because I'm becoming better from them.  I was told by a General Authority on Tuesday,  when your on the Lords errand you can expect the Lords help so i will be just fine!!  Thx for all the love and all the mail!!  More mail tho, it's the highlight of my day always!  Thanks to all who have sent me mail!!  Keep em coming!!!  The more the merrier.   If you want me to reply please add your email!  I'm doing great tho.  Nothing to worry about on my end.

I love wearing the Missionary name tag.  I love representing Christ and I feel hounoured to do so.  There's a lot of trust in us to do the work properly, so I'm studying hard to be effective.  I feel respected when i share the same title as an apostle "Elder".  I will never get sick of being called "Elder".  Love being a narrie. 

Please read 3 nephi 14:2 and also Ether 12 until verse 27. 

Work hard, Pray Hard,

Elder Kurd

ONE WEEK DONE.....103 WEEKS TO GO!

Hey mama,

So it is day 9 in the MTC and it has been such a rollercoaster. i have an hour to email so let me explain. 

I'm not going to lie, its been very hard. The days feel like weeks and this week has felt like a day. I also have trouble remembering what life back home was like. They brainwash you pretty good in here. On the first day we went to our classroom session and I immediately was depressed because the teachers speak in tagalog only.  Everything they say goes over your head and you end up just listening for an english word they would slip in and look at their hands as they try to direct you.  It's super frustrating not understanding what the teacher is saying.  On our second day in the MTC we taught an investigator (actor i think and hope) in tagalog. So that was a gong show because how much of a new language do you really know in 2 days. She would talk and we don't even know what she is asking.  A lot of awkward quiet and long pauses in the conversation.  We have taught her everyday since.  We are learning the language at an insanely quick pace.  I'm a little slower then the rest but im keeping up.  Our last lesson with her was very discouraging.  We said what we know (next to nothing) and we mostly read out of a book of our pre written phrases.  Then she would drop a question on us like "whats the difference between a prophet and apostle?"  i can probably create about 7 phrases off the top of my dome and my companions and i in no way could even begin to anserw her question.  She tore our lesson apart.  The language is kind of killing me and some classes drain me of my masigila (enthusiasm), my pep and my personality.  But since sunday I have been feeling a lot better. You have nothing to worry about with me on this end. 

I'm in a triple companionship!!  I have an Elder Paulsen from SLC who graduated like 3 weeks ago. I look up to this guy a lot, he works hard and is very spiritual.  He never complains and is nice to talk to, he's my best friend in the MTC.  He's good at sports, huge but shorter then me. My other companion is Elder Larsen from South Jordan. He is tall and lanky, with the exact build as Ben Palmer so its kind of like having a familiar face in the MTC.  He's an interesting dude.  He's good,and we dont argue but i have to be tolerant.  He means well and is very intelligent.  He  knows the language well and has a goal of being fleuent before leaving the MTC (good luck buddy).  All in all a good tripanionship, and I'm very happy. 

We have about 4 elders in my zone and on my floor who are from Kiribatis and they are a riot.  So funny.  They are from the south pacific islands and are hilarious islanders. They have tons of stories from there.  A lot of the photos I will send you,  involve them.  They don't speak much english but we communicate with masigla.  They dont go to bed at the proper time but instead give people from the building haircuts (against the rules).  All of the polynesians and islanders get together and it gets so exciting.  There are good people put here.

My district is top notch.  Not much to say.  I have 2 other sisters, ones from Colorado Springs and the other from SLC, and 2 other Elders one from Fort Collins and the other from Gilbert (shout out to Lysys!).  The elder from Fort Collins is a super genius and we call him "Elder soon to be big money" because he is a young Bill Gates.  He is avery quiet kid.  The other elder from Gilbert is Elder Waite (shout out to Wolffs!!), he is such a beauty, fills me with masigla, he gets me laughin so hard.  I am a huge fan. 

If you are ever wondering what I'm up to and its between 8am and 9pm you can bet I'm in class while my teacher is speaking only tagalog at me.  We usually have 8-10 hours of class/study time a day.  It gets discouraging some days, but some lessons in here will blow your mind and fill you with masigla.  I'm very hyped to be out here and honoured to be a missionary for this church i love so dearly.  So don't worry about me, I'm getting through this just fine. 

Mom..i need some things from you, lol, typical.  I need sneakers immediately because I have been using my crocs as athletic shoes during gym time and the trainers are not hyped.  Thanks for the crocs tho erin!!! life saver.  So if you could buy some online or something and ship them to the MTC that would be great.

Also could i get a flip book of photos? I want pictures of my family and crew and tons of my adventures.  Make sure they are sick or funny, thanks. I also need a pillow tie for traveling and laughs.  Can you also wash my goretex jacket and store it out of the sunlight in my closet or something.  You are the best mama.

I think about home sometimes but i am not homesick.  I realize summer is soon and I'm getting hyped for all the kids back home.  If any of you NW folks need something to do i have a suggestion.  A good start is grabbing my dog Joey,  a Matt Wolff and a Ben Kearl and heading somewhere pretty neat to go for a good walk.  That always leads to a sunny day.  Please walk my dog, the more he gets walked (to an extent, go easy on him hes old) the longer he will live.  So thats on you guys!  His leash is on the front step and the evite is open for all.  Get out of your house (your house is lame) and go outside or to someone else's house.  My favourite house is the Wolffs.   I prefer to drop in uninvited, its good living lol (sorry Wolffs). 

As one day in here feels like a week,  you feel all the emotions in one day as you would a week.  It's a rollercoaster. i have become closer with my Heavenly Father and I am working hard and praying harder!   I wouldn't trade this experience or trial for anything.   I'm becoming a better person and stronger in my faith.  The MTC is a magical place. 

I found out that I get to go to the Manila MTC for 5 days and I'm super hyped for that.

I've decided the scripture I want on my mission plaque.  I have chosen Alma 26:11-12,  it's a beauty.  It reads, "But Ammon said unto him:  I do not boast in my own strength, nor in my own wisdom; but behold, my joy is full, yea, my heart is brim with joy, and I will rejoice in my God.  Yea, I know that I am nothing; as to my strength I am weak; therefore I will not boast of myself, but I will boast of my God, for in His strength I can do all things; yea, behold, many mighty miracles we have wrought in this land, for which we will praise His name forever." 

Work hard, Pray hard,

Elder Kearl

PS: Please send me as many dear elders and mail as you possibly can everybody!!!!  Mail is a life changer and i love to hear from home no matter what it be about or no matter how much you have to say!  My mom will hook up the neccesary info (thx mom :)) love you guys. 

from julie:  what scott is referring to is www.dearelder.com.  on the left hand side you can select 'MTC pouch Free'.  You can send a quick note to him and they print them out every day and deliver them that evening to the MTC.  his unit number is 40, mission is PHI-CAU and his departure date is July 27.  I have attached a link for you.

http://www.dearelder.com/index/inc_name/letter_sender/mission/Provo%20MTC/