Pilot Issue

In February of 2008 I went off to the beautiful land of Switzerland to serve the Lord for two years as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Amazing experience. The members there are so loving and strong. While on the mission I [attempted] to write home weekly of my adventures. Four or five weeks into the MTC my weekly letter became the soon-to-be-legendary Elder Howell Gazette. On my way out of the MTC, I offered a two-year subscription to the other missionaries who were heading over to Europe with me. Stuttgart, Offenburg, Interlaken, St. Gallen, Schaffhausen, and Wettingen. Along the way I picked up a few additional readers. I sent the last Gazette I wrote to fifty-six addresses. I've missed a few Gazettes, and I'm going to try to write those up ASAP. But I got home last Friday. I'm in America now. Homesick for Switzerland. I'm not Elder Howell anymore... I'm Jesse. And so the Gazette needed a change of name. 'Til next week.

-Jesse