Hey y'all,

We have had a very interesting week. It has seemed as though everyone is trying to avoid us. We have no problems finding people. The problem lies in getting into contact with them again. We don't have any investigators progressing at this point since none are keeping commitments, and we have put a lot of people on pause. Things with the Fisher family though are coming along. We went over yesterday to give them a copy of the Book of Mormon. We introduced the Book of Mormon using the pictures, and read through the last two paragraphs of the Introduction. Debra was sick and mainly slept through the lesson. But Johnny listened with real intent, and said that he is going to read a few chapters before our next appointment this Tuesday. What's neat is that the first time we met them, Johnny dominated the conversation. This time he listened, and asked questions to make sure he fully understood what the Book of Mormon is and contains.

We had a neat experience with Brother Farmer this week. He is a Less-Active who has started to pick up reading the Book of Mormon. While we were talking with him he talked all about service. So as we left I decided to share Mosiah 2:16-18 with him. Sister Ives said that as I was reading it he was mouthing the words. She was confused since we both know he hasn't read the Book of Mormon in quite a few years. Come to find out he had just read Mosiah 2. Brother Farmer couldn't believe that I shared these verses. He was astonished! It was neat to see God's role in our lesson. He prompted me to share this scripture which really helped Brother Farmer to feel God's love.

I also had an interesting experience Friday. When during Weekly Planning I told Sister Ives that we are not going to try to see Darris anymore. Unless we see him walking around sometime. We have been knocking on his door, and trying to call him with no success. That night Sister Ives felt prompted to go to the store. As we were walking in Darris was walking out. He said, "Sisters! I haven't seen you in awhile." We told him that we have been trying to contact him. He said that he is trying to live right, and has been at his moms house. I felt like this was a sign from Heavenly Father saying to keep working with Darris. However, he didn't keep his appointment that we set with him for Saturday so we are back to where we started...

This week I studied Chapter 4; Recognizing the Spirit in Preach My Gospel. One of the main things I took away from my reading of this chapter. Is that I need to be praying for the Holy Ghost everyday. For it's presence, influence, guidance, and the ability to recognize it. I think that we become too immune to the Holy Ghost. We expect him to always be there. When in reality we really need to ask for him to abide in us. So this week I am going to be working on praying for the Holy Ghost.

My invitation to y'all is to pray for the ability to recognize the Holy Ghost. I know that as you do Heavenly Father will open your eyes. He will help you, and guide you in all you do.

Love y'all,

  Sister W. Williams