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Dear Family and Friends, Days are flying by much too quickly. If you don’t read The Church News , you might not have seen that the names of our successors as mission leaders in the great Michigan Lansing Mission have been announced: Karen and Gene Peckham from Fountain Green, Utah. We were notified before the public announcement, of course. We met with the Peckhams for about an hour on Zoom on January 1st and announced it to the mission a few days later. The Peckhams are delightful, and we are excited for them to serve with these amazing missionaries and the great people here. Fun fact: Gene Peckham served a mission as a young man in the Michigan Lansing Mission in 1984-1986 during that period of time when elders served for 18 months. His children told him he’s returning to Michigan to finally finish his mission. We enjoyed two Christmas Sundays. One with the Meridian and Holt Wards who combined services for a beautiful Christmas Sacrament Meeting. My favorite part was a tender talk ab...