With heavy hearts, we announce the passing of Arthur William “Bill” Sessions, who left this world peacefully at the age of 83 in his cherished home in Bunkerville, Nevada, on April 27, 2026. Bill was born on March 8, 1943, in Marysville, Utah, to Arthur George Sessions and Anna Laura Rasmussen. Growing up in a small town, he developed a spirit of kindness and determination that would carry him throughout his life. On November 18, 1967, he married the love of his life, Gloria Kay Sessions, and together they shared 59 years of love, laughter, and devotion. Their eternal bond was later sealed in the St. George Temple on November 9, 2013. Bill was a proud and devoted father to five children: William Kirk Sessions, Sonia Kay Smith, Sara Lynn Allen, Arthur Scott Sessions, and Terry Bill Sessions. His family grew to include 18 grandchildren and 24 great-grandchildren, each of whom he loved deeply and cherished beyond measure. He was preceded in death by his parents; his beloved wife, Gloria Kay Sessions; his son, William Kirk Sessions; his sisters, Anita Lynn Sessions and Alice Anamae Price; and his son-in-law, Clint Smith. Bill dedicated over 50 years of his life to HVAC and appliance repair, building a respected career and eventually running his own business in Las Vegas, Nevada. He was known throughout Las Vegas, Bunkerville, and Mesquite for his skill, reliability, and strong work ethic. He also proudly served his country in the United States Navy for four years. Bill had a vibrant personality and a gift for storytelling that drew people in and made them feel at home. His humor, quick wit, and love for a good debate made him unforgettable. He had a way of treating everyone not as a stranger, but as a lifelong friend. He held a special place in his heart for the underdog and lived a life marked by generosity, compassion, and genuine connection. A faithful member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Bill found strength and community in his beliefs. His life was centered on his love for his family, his faith, and serving others. A celebration of Bill’s life will be held on Friday, May 8, at 11:30 AM at the Bunkerville Chapel, followed by a graveside service at 1:00 PM at the Bunkerville Cemetery. A luncheon will follow at the chapel. Bill will be deeply missed but lovingly remembered by all who knew him. His legacy of laughter, love, and kindness will live on in the hearts of his family and friends.

The Mesquite Days Mayor's breakfast, May 2, 2026. The cooking was done by Mayor Whipple, East Stake President Toone, West Stake President Hollingshead, some wonderful Sisters and Elders.

Sister Kiera Davis has served her mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Kiera will return home on May 6, 2026. She served in the Panama Panama City Mission. Sister Kiera Davis will speak on Mother's Day, May 10th, 11:00 AM in the Stake Center. It is located at 100 N. Arrowhead Ln., Mesquite, Nevada. Kai and Amy Davis of the Spanish Branch, East Stake are Kiera's parents. Welcome Home!

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4b47ee1f-14e8-4ee7-a668-be2ec81f1be1 Elder Drake Wakefield Back to Missionary Letters Baller sunday this week, Fredi got the Gift of the Holy Ghost, Vincent got sustained to recieve the Aaronic priesthood, the mom of the orphans came w her kids finally, pak Sirai and his wife came back and two new friends came🙏praise up⬆️ PLDs was pretty litty, im up to didnt have to go home fast this time lol. The night before we ate TUCANOS BB, and id say i pounded. Why do i say that? My 6' 5" poly elder said i pounded. Ive received the greatest praise a man could ask for. I have now challenged him to all you can eat sushi, ill keep you updated on the results. Bad part of that is i ate likely the equivalent of 2 chickens worth of beef and 3 pineapples. My stomach felt like concrete while my poop was slippin-slidin out my butt. Cant even be mad cause it was self inflicted. You know it was bad as my solidifying solution was a Taco Bell crunchwrap. --=+ you feel This waa a cool miracle too, PLD is usually a time to learn to become a better missionary, but this one guided more for what ill do after. This mental heath mission couple, Elder Jensen and Sister Jensen, came and spoke. I was really riveted in not necessarily what he was teaching about (which was still interesting to me) but more of how he presented himself. How he was able to so easily connect with us an have our attention. Something working along the lines of psychology has been an option in my mind for some time, so when he offered to meet one on one later I quickly accepted. Our meeting was pretty amazing actually, lasted less than 30 minutes but I learned so much. One of my favorite things was he never even answered one of my questions, just guided me with more questions until i figured it out myself. After the meeting a simple but strong presence of the spirit was in my heart. I want to be able to understand people the way he did. How easily he connected with me and guided me to so much understanding in such a small amount of time. Still not positive what id like to do but id like to he able to help people as effectively as he helped me. Cool miracle from God to help me prepare for the next step Cause yea I got travel plans home which is insane😭7 hour layover in Seoul here we come🤝 🌟miracle of the week! Missionary promised blessings are real fam. We've been meeting meeting with Ibu Dewi basically since I got here, her backround being of the Islamic faith its been slow and steady progress from 0% understanding. Its been fun to teach someone who has no background information, really being able to focus on Jesus Christ and his divine mission. But this last week Gods hand pushed her along a little faster. This past bit has been focusing on how the Book of Mormon is an all-in-one solution to her questions, that if true proves Jesus Christ is her Savior and also Joseph Smith is a called prophet of God. She wanted to know these things but we asked her what she would do if she received the answer, as God gives according to our willingness to act on revelation given. We asked if it were true would she be baptized, she thought a little bit and said yea that would be the case. So with the spirit we promised her if she was ready to act God would answer her prayer that night. The next text received from her brought a grateful joy to my soul. She described how she received a dream where she saw us elders and just felt so happy like a little child. Then she said there was a book, and it was as if she were in the pictures and they were alive, so we asked what were the pictures, to which she sends: She then goes on to explain the same morning while taking her daughter to school she reaches the church building instead, her daughter asking confusedly "whyd we come here?" before ibu dewi even realized where she had instinctively gone. We met with her after church and asked do you believe these were an answer to your prayer, which she agreed were. We have asked her to pray about baptism on the 24th of May. I ask everyone to keep her in her prayers, that all family and other complications may be overcome and she can enter a covenant with God and receive Jesus Christ as her Savior and king. This really is God's work, lets let him help with it. That truly is a principle of Gods, he speaks to our understanding (see 2 Nephi 31:3), but also according to our willingness and readiness to understand and act to the given revelation. Another one clearly taught in bible is ask and ye shall receive (see matthew 7:7). So God is waiting for us to prepare ourselves to receive his knowledge and waiting for us to ask in faith for it. Both need to be checked in order to receive. If we ask yet lack preparedness, he will not damn us with information were not ready to use. If we are ready yet lack the desire or faith to ask, he too will respect our agency and not give what we dont want. So the question is what do we need to increase in, our desire to listen to the Lords will or seek it more often? Likely a bit of both, at least is for me. If a stagnant state of testimony is where we are, one of these things is lacking I suppose. Another is if God has given revelation and we have not yet acted upon it, why would he give us more to also not act on? Again if theres a sense of stagnantivity, where have you overlooked God's hand in your life? Correct and the revelation will flow once again. Talk to yall next week🙏 -Elder Wakefield Visited the mom of a previous elder I've served with. She was sick so we were able to go and clean her house and give a blessing🙏so grateful for Priesthood Power Previous Letter Next Letter

83b5405e-beb2-4402-97b5-671436b57dcc Sister Brooke Mickelson Back to Missionary Letters "I'm a baptist sweetheart" Join the photos📸 https://photos.app.goo.gl/UoWFGHnRxwjSNdbB9 Hey hope you all are doing well! I didn't send an email last week... Oops I don't really remember what I talked about last time😅 Anyways it's been good here in C-falls!! We actually have quite a few people we are teaching, it's just a little difficult to set up lessons with some of them. We've had some new friends come to church the last couple of weeks so we are really excited about that! This is really testing my ability to teach, so hopefully all the practice and studying is paying off! Training is still going great! Sister Tippetts is an awesome greenie! We have such a blast together🫂 We had Zone Conference in Missoula on Thursday so that was fun to see everyone. We did a competition between the zones on who knows certain chapters in preach my gospel best. My zone won, so we earned a zone Pday and breakfast with President and Sister Johnson!!! We made a goal to hand out ten BoMs this transfer, which I know doesn't sound like a lot, but for Montana it's a good amount considering I think last transfer we handed out six lol. It's also a new area and we weren't sure how it was gonna play out. God works miracles when you are diligent and have the faith because we handed out our tenth one on Saturday and we are less than halfway through the transfer!! This is a quick email so you're welcome. They keep getting less and less detailed as I go, but I'm sure you appreciate that😆 Spiritual thought: I came across a quote by Ezra Taft Benson. He refers to in Alma 59 when Moroni talks about how it would be easier to keep a city from falling into the Lamanites hands rather than to retake it from them. The quote is, "it is better to prepare and prevent, than to repair and repent." Let's try to prevent ourselves from getting into bad situations rather than letting it happen and trying to get out after the fact. Obviously sometimes things aren't preventable, but as we strive to be as the Savior would in our thoughts and actions, he will help us and guide us to the places HE needs us to be rather than the places we think we need to be. Love and miss y'all, sorry if I haven't responded to your emails that's my bad I'll try to be better :) 💗Sister Mickelson Previous Letter Next Letter