HI!

It has been a great week. Last Saturday was interesting because we've begun having “Full Proselyting Days” again. Meaning it's so slow in theVisitor Center that they only have 4 sisters in shift instead of 6 and the extras stay in their area all day. It's great. What was odd about it though, was that despite having 6 extra hours to proselyte. We only taught 3 lessons. We taught 3 lessons on Sunday between church and going to the visitor in just a 2.5 hour period. So the Lord really blesses us to find people at home and find people in our path at the visitor center. And it's a testimony to me of the difference between being busy and being effective and the difference is really Heavenly Father's help. The 2nd divider wall was opened during church on Sunday because so many less-actives and nonmembers attended. The bishopric was beaming.

We had a fun lesson yesterday with a less active family. We gave them stickie notes with the names of BOM characters, descriptions and a scripture that talks about them. The goal was to guess who it was. One of the descriptions was about Abish. Ammon performed a miracle, taught one lesson and took a nap while Abish (a previously less active member) ran around and testified to everybody she knew to come see him and as a result, thousands were converted. Ammon was a very effective missionary. He saw opportunities, was diligent in serving, testified when he could, didn't run faster than he had strength and everything fell into place. He was just a tool.

I can see how those same principles are working in this ward with this bishop. All the lessons in all the auxiliaries since I've been here have focused on 3 things: Missionary work, Prayer and Scripture study. And the ward is doing great. Wonderful. There's a story in the Ensign this month that talks about another bishop who had similar experience.

We're teaching a lot of Liberians right now. It's really neat. Saturday, we went to go see a less active Liberian lady and we saw Peter Slober anda friend out in front. He's a recent convert from Liberia. We invited his friend to church. Then we went to go contact a referral, guess what...Peter was there too! The referral was from some Elders in Kansas who had tracted into one of the young men of the family doing construction, and they happened to be some refugee friends. We taught them all the restoration and it went great. We asked him to pray to know if the things we taught were true. He told us he already thought Joseph Smith was a prophet. He said it just made sense, but he'd still pray about it if he wanted us to. Then we had an appointment with Peter Slober's son that night, so we went over there and he was there, too! It was so funny. His nonmember friend was there at church on Sunday, along with the other less active Liberian sister we'd taught and her 3 kids and 3 of their friends!

We've been really blessed. So cool. The Lord has lined it up and it feels good to be where He needs us. I love my family. Thanks for being the example for me and being so supportive. People aren't always there when we go by, they change their minds a lot and often listen to the world more than the Spirit, but the worth of souls is GREAT in the sight ofGod. They're great. I'm loving serving the people here.

Love you.

Blessings,
Hermana Deb