Leo Thomas in Arkansas on his mission in 1963. He was in charge of harvesting the pecans.

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"It was while we were in Gooding, we were called to serve a full time mission in the Gulf States. This was a wonderful experience. We baptized 30 people. While on our mission, we found a bilding for th church to buy for a meeting house. Leone baked bread to raise money to remodel the building. She baked as high as 50-60 loaves a day and the elders sold it. The bread was very tasty and they would always sell all she could bake. It was known as "Mormon bread". I remodeled the old building and made a fine meeting house with a kitchen and bathrooms. We had sold all our belongings at auction to have enough money to go on that mission so on our return, we settled in St. George to work in the Temple. We attended at least two sessions almost every day. While living in St. George, I remodeled two homes and built two cabins."