HI there!

Sorry this is late. P-day and transfer day ended up being the same this past week, so I'm just winging it and writing while I'm at the Visitor Center today. How is everyone? It's been a good week. A Liberian man we're teaching came to the Visitor Center and we took him on tour and talked about bit about baptism for our third lesson. He said he wants to get baptized and we said great! We didn't even invite him to be. He said he was willing to take work off and come to church on Sunday. Sadly I won't be there. I'm going to miss Riverview a lot. It's so different and fun. Lots of strong people I just fell in love with.

Sister Williams is training in Riverview and I'm with Sister Fife in third ward. It was an exciting first day. We went to do laundry at Sister Hamilton's house. She is so nice. Third ward is a lot like Lawrence. Big shmancy houses in a lot of the area intermixed by lower income neighborhoods. And we went to two shmancies (former bishop and current YW pres) and one investigator's house. I honestly didn't know what to do with myself in a big home. The families are so nice, and they're doing their missionary work and serving their neighbors and inviting people to church and fasting and praying for missionary opportunities and fulfilling their callings and we have a dinner every day next month... so I'm still sort of trying to figure out exactly what we're there for. What we can do for them. We shall see.

Sister Fife was inspired to go see an investigator that wasn't in our plans and has been out of town forever. Her name is Edie. She was home for the first time in in a long time she said, because she's been busy. But she was a very nice woman in her thirties who has been reading and praying and eating up the Gospel. It's been amazing. She's coming to church on Sunday and she's really excited to learn more. She has a greatSpirit about her and just left a husband that sounds pretty dominating, but who knows.

She also had a rather nice mtn bike propped against the wall in her home--BMX style, with Bontrager tires and Avid brakes....soooo we've made p-day plans :-) Apparently she went to Colorado to ride with some friends a few weeks ago. This is going to be a good transfer. I feel like I'm serving in Utah in a lot of ways. Most of the 3rd ward is from there and their neighborhoods have that HIghland/Linden/Orem look to them, so I feel like this is good preparation for missionary work in my BYU world.

Thank you for the letters Mom and Dad. I like your explanations, Dad. Share your testimony too. Thanks for the update Lisa. Christian that was a cool card. You'll be a good MiSSiNry. Love you all.

HermanaRobbins.

p. s. Rick Holden came by the VC on his way to basic training for some kind of operation in Iran. He's living in Arizona now. He used to be in Riverview ward a few years ago. it was exciting to see him and take him on tour. Great great man.