Hello From Adenta

Dear Fam,

This week was another great one! Nate I loved what you said about the fire in your bones, I find that almost each morning I feel that and I always think its a great day to be a missionary. Dad let me answer your question before I forget.. I would say about 70 to 60 percent of our investigators are from contacting the other 30 to 40 percent or referrals. Almost a 100 percent of the people we taught were from contacts, I'm not sure but I think only 2 or 3 of the people we baptized there were contacts, the rest were all referrals. I really think that might have been the best area in the world for missionary work. I miss all those people! But I hear that they are doing really well and they had a ward temple trip a few weeks ago so I hope some were able to go!

We had some more crazy news in the mission this week.... so the mission was supposed to get 12 missionaries on weds. Instead the mission will get 29 missionaries!! I don't know if you have heard the news about Nigeria, but from what I've heard that place is getting a little out of hand so they can't send those other 17 missionaries back to Nigeria until it calms down. I bet it will just be for a few weeks, but it will be crazy to see how everything works out. All the missionaries are excited about it and I think it will be good for the mission but we are also praying every thing gets worked out in Nigeria in the next six weeks because in the following transfer 22 more missionaries are coming. If not the mission would have 51 new missionaries... sweet is the work!

This week Elder Jones and I have seen some great progress in some of our investigators. Bro Richard continues to do well and he is keeping all of his commitments, and has put his word of wisdom problems behind him. We are hoping and praying for his baptism to take place on the 28th. We are also working with a Bro named Bright, Bright has consistently been coming to church and been keeping all of his commitments. We weren't able to see Irene this week, she traveled but we are scheduled to see her this week. She has several concerns but we have worked to resolve many of them, she is an honest seeker of the truth and so I feel very good about her. Those are the ones that can be difficult to teach but once they know its true they are solid. We have a few other people that are progressing well and many others we are trying to help progress, but all is well in our neck of the woods.

This week in my personal study I was reading in Mosiah. I cant remember the verse but as I was reading I wished I could serve with the Sons of Mosiah. It said they trembled at the thought of someone not receiving the gospel and being damned to an everlasting torment. Thats Powerful! I know if we all worked to be like that we would be amazed at the opportunities we would have to share the gospel. Love you all!

-Elder L.

P.S. I feel really bad about the pictures but the computers at this cafe are full of viruses and earlier on in my mission I lost some of my pictures because of the virus so well look for a new cafe