Greetings from Mitchell South Dakota

Hi, Sister Kissner! I asked your son today in church for your email address so I could write to you and let you know how grateful we are to have him and his companion, Elder Brower, here in the Mitchell Branch. We are privileged to have them over for dinner in our home about once a week; what a blessing that is for us. They bring a wonderful spirit! We love both of these young men so much! They truly work well together and are surely among the best missionaries we've ever had serve here...ever!


My son, Trevor, is about two months away from returning home from a mission to Uruguay. I think that's why I just don't take these 19- and 20-year-old missionaries for granted like I probably did in the past. I know that, at home, they have families who miss them and pray for them...and who hope that the people where they serve truly appreciate them for all they've given up and for all they continue to give. They have mothers who have devoted their lives to raising those boys and who have bravely sent them off to faraway places, all the while desperately praying that they were ready and prepared, that they would be safe, that they would be blessed. Maybe it's only me, but I really hope there are families and individuals in Uruguay who love my son and recognize him for the awesome person he is. I hope they feel a need to support him.

I want you to know that that is exactly what we feel about Elder Kissner. We are so grateful to know him! What a spiritual young man he is. Your son has a genuine love for people that we so appreciate. He is humble and self-effacing, and he bears a powerful, yet tender, testimony. We love the messages he shares with our family; they are always very heartfelt and bring the spirit into our home. He's obviously been blessed with a wonderful foundation of gospel understanding and testimony, and I give much of that credit to his parents. Thank you for raising such an outstanding missionary! We have no doubt that he will do wonderful things throughout his life! You should be very proud of the amazing young man he is and for the dedicated way he serves the Lord. He is an example to us all.