Jan. 10, 2010

We are hearing a lot about the bad weather in the States. We are
thinking about you and missing the seasonal changes that we are
accustom to. It is a little cooler here right now and Elder Wheeler
is loving it. We will be hot again in February so we will enjoy it
while we have it.

We have had a great week. We had zone conference here in St. Vincent
on Tuesday and Wednesday. The missionaries from Granada came and we
enjoyed them a lot. They have a set of sister missionaries. One of
them is from Trinidad and the other is from Guyana. They are very
successful and a great blessing to the work. The schedule a mission
president keeps is unbelievable and it exhausts us just to help
facilitate just two days for him. Our conference was very motivating
and the spirit was strong as usual. We are encouraged to become
master teachers. There are skills to learn and then be prayerful and
listen to the spirit. The accommodations worked out and the food
disappeared so, I guess that part was a success.

With the new requirements for baptism, we will have fewer baptisms but
we will have fewer less actives also. It is amazing how many new
converts don't come to church after a few weeks. We also have started
a "40 days to Zion" program that is helping to make the transition
between the missionaries and becoming friends with the members.
Inspired program.

We also had a fun experience with the family that live downstairs. We
wrote about having a FHE with them and how well it went. When we came
back to our apartment Friday evening, Aaron 8 and Matthew 6 were in
the tree which is where we park our vehicle. They asked us when we
were going to have another party and talk about God. Sounds like we
will have opportunities to have more FHEs with this wonder family. We
have become very attached to them; they are so good to us. They
brought us coconut water and lunch today. Little Asharia 2 had tears
in her eyes today when we came home from church and I asked her if she
needed a hug. When I hugged her, she kissed me on the cheek. We
definitely were supposed to move here.

Well, that is about it for this week. We hope that the beginning of
2010 has been good to you. We are so grateful to have the "good news"
to share with those whose hearts have been prepared. We send our love
and our testimonies that our Heavenly Father loves us and that reading
the Book of Mormon will help us be happy, successful people in this
life and eternal life in the future.
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