Hi y'all!!

 I hope you are all doing well, and are in good health. I am doing GREAT, and am LOVING the work!!

 We had a lot of exciting things happen this week in this area. We had a lesson with Angela and it was do or die. She was on the chopping block. We had been praying to know if we should drop her. Or what we could share with her that could get her progressing again. Right before the lesson I felt like we needed to ask her how her Book of Mormon reading was going. She replied by saying that she hadn't been reading so I had her read 2 Nephi 29:11. I asked her what she got from the verse. She said," that we will be judged for our works". We then asked her what the second part of the verse is. We explained that we will be judged from the words that are contained in The Book of Mormon. She smiled at us because she knew what she needed to do. She said she knew she needed to "Repent" by reading The Book of Mormon everyday. We then invited her to read The Book of Mormon everyday for 5 minutes and to attend church this Sunday. Now this was a big step because in the beginning she said she never wanted to come to our church. At first she kept telling us that she probably wouldn't come. But we just kept telling her that we would call her Sunday, and would see her at church at 10:00 a.m. The good news was that She Came!! We asked her what she thought about it after Stake Conference, and she said that she knew she was supposed to be there. I am so glad God enlightened our minds so that we could get Angela progressing again.

We had another investigator attend Stake Conference whose name is Alex. Alex is 17 years old, and he LOVES The Book of Mormon. He has told us numerous times that by reading it it helps to calm his anger, and he knows that it's Gods word. He is also really in tune with the Spirit because he feels it in every lesson we have taught him. He even had his cousin come to church with us yesterday! The only problem is that he was bored at church. He told Sister Olsen that he wasn't sure that he could come to church with us next week because in his "home church" they catch the spirit a lot. So this week we are going to try to get one of the young men to go to the lesson with us so that we realized that young men's will be an exciting program to be a part of.

Sister Olsen and I are doing Great. We are really teaching by the spirit now, and really love doing this work. Neither one of us dominates, and I have learned a lot from her. I have learned to always be positive and optimistic even though it may be hard at times.

This week I had an amazing experience with following the spirit. As we were driving on Tuesday to contact some referrals. A distinct impression came to my mind to visit an investigator named Dana. We had not been in touch for a couple of weeks now, but I felt like we really needed to stop by and see how she was doing. So we knocked, and she invited us in. She told us how her brother died last week and how it has been really hard for her. We then testified about the Plan of Salvation, and how he is hearing the gospel right now in the Spirit World. We testified of how Heavenly Father knows her personally because he gave us the impression to go see her. I am so glad we followed the spirit, and were able to comfort her when she needed it.

This week in studies I have gotten a lot out of Alma in The Book of Mormon. One thing that I have been trying to work on is Patience, particularly in the Lord's timing. As I have been reading Alma I have learned that I need to just keep working hard, and things will come. If it wasn't easy for Prophets and Missionaries back then it shouldn't be for me now. They went through a lot of afflictions much worse than I will ever get. So I just need to smile and bare it. I know that with God anything is possible, and as long as I keep working -things will start happening.

I hope you all know and continually remember that God loves you and knows you personally. There is no trial that he gives you that you can't get through. (1 Nephi 3:7). Continue to rely on him and look to the Savior for the comfort he can offer you through the atonement. I hope that in this season of giving we all can reach out to those who are in need of comfort and know that they are loved.

 Love,

 Sister W. Williams