Show A missionary IN california BOOSTS THE VERNAL EXPRESS san diego cal gal april 12 1929 1920 since leaving vernal ten months ago I 1 have received the vernal express regularly every week and aay say that it has h been the means of me keeping in touch with the main events ev eirts that have transpired in the land of milk and honey for which r am very grateful lii i the vernal express press is the best beat paper on earth for news we mie min sio alona narles here in san diego always v atch vatch for the arrival of the express and read it from cover to cover we often remark that we ge get along without the vernal express california is sorely a land laud of fruit and flowers and has a climate that Is not equalled equal led in all the world and paved roads from ona onel el end nd of the state to the other ye yet with all her beauty and wonderful u recourses utah has her excelled in v hundred different ways we have iwo two classes of people living here the rich and the poor the poor are people that come from other states state X to got rich and get sauly dis disappointed apont most bloat of them never get enouf enough of this worlds goods to ever get away again the rich are those that have their money in utah or some other neighboring state and come here to spend K 1 we find aa many people coming here with the expectation of making fortune but they boon hoon fand out that thoro thore the chance for them here that wo we hare have in utah the california mission is growing quite rapidly in the past six month months two conferences have been organized six new now sunday schools anve new branches seven relief reiter societies three mutual improvement assoria kigns with three new now chapels under construction and anti two more soon to be under construction we have bave missionaries in the california mission in the past six months they have sold books of loaned books of mormon sold 1 other church books tracts and pamphlets distributed 63 Inee meetings tings held hold children blessed children baptized ond 44 adults baptized gorou see the tue work of the lord is advancing in this part of the world my purpose in writing to you was waz mainly to express my appreciation for sending merthe a wonderful little pa per the vernal express olvo olve our best regards to your fa fara ily and all the vernal people and may you always be guided by wis dam and remain in utah the rho star of the tho west |