Proper category not showing up in new section on homepage

[cdg]

I successfully added a new section at the bottom of my page "From the Desk" but all posts are showing up and not just "from the desk" posts in that category. I added my category where it said to put it but it's still not working properly.

http://packandexplore.com/blog/


Here's the code:

<div class="hpbottom">

<h3>FROM THE DESK</h3>

<?php $recent = new WP_Query("cat=From the Desk&showposts=1"); while($recent->have_posts()) : $recent->the_post();?>

<?php if( get_post_meta($post->ID, "thumb", true) ): ?>
[img]<?php bloginfo('template_directory'); ?>/tools/timthumb.php?src=<?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, [/img]&amp;h=<?php echo get_theme_mod('featured_bottom_thumb_height'); ?>&amp;w=<?php echo get_theme_mod('featured_bottom_thumb_width'); ?>&amp;zc=1" alt="<?php the_title(); ?>" />
<?php else: ?>
<?php endif; ?>

<?php the_title(); ?>
<?php the_content_limit(350, __("[Read more]", 'studiopress')); ?>

<hr/>

<?php endwhile; ?>

<?php $cat = get_category(get_theme_mod('featured_bottom')); ?>
Read More From the Desk

</div>

</div>