Well, here we are so close to his leaving the MTC. This week we got an SD card with pictures and a 25 minute video on it. It was wonderful. He is very anxious to leave, but is still using every minute to his advantage. He is able to read the Book of Mormon in Italian, and understand much of it.

He had two, very challenging experiences while answering inbound phone calls from people investigating the church. He spent about 30 minutes with a man, whom he later found out does this very often, who calls to try to discourage missionaries. He (the caller) started out very well mannered, but as Drew answered each one of his difficult questions, he (the caller) became frustrated and began to ask questions at a rate at which Drew could not respond. In other words, Drew has a strong testimony and the knowledge to accompany it, and the caller thought he could sway a young 19 year old, but could not. This conversation did nothing but further solidify Drew's commitment and testimony. The second experience was on line chatting with those who are asking questions. As luck would have it, it was the same person, the same outcome.

As you can see, there is no shortage of goodies for him and his fellow missionaries. We thank you for your generosity and kindness you have shown by sending him many goodies. He mentioned how he was not sure he would enjoy the MTC. I did my best to convince him, but he was reluctant. He admitted that the MTC has gone by so very quickly, and he has really enjoyed it, although there is no doubt, he is anxious to get to Milan.

We, as parents, have finally begun to get paid for all the late night talks, and trying times while he was a teenager and "knew everything". He has told us he loved us and missed us, and that we actually knew what we were doing when we were raising him. Hang in there parents!! It really does come!!!

April Fools Day
He did a really great prank on his companion. For those who are old enough to remember MASH. He did the same thing as BJ did to Hawkeye. Hawkeye did not believe he could be "had", so the whole camp pulled together and pretended to be "had" by BJ's practical jokes. Drew did the same thing. His companion did not believe he can be fooled, so Drew spoke with 4 of his fellow missionaries and asked them to pretend to have had a practical joke pulled on them by Drew, but to make sure they reported to Drew while his companion was listening. By the end of the day, Elder Bevan was paranoid. He was incredibly jumpy, and thought something would happen any minute. At the end of the day, Elder Bevan said that the jokes would end at 10:30, bedtime, but Drew said no, April fools ends at 12:01. Elder Bevan stayed awake just watching Drew sleep until 12:01. The next day, the plot was revealed. Elder Bevan said he knew what was going on the whole time, and would still not admit he had been "had" by Drew.