Good Days for Missionary Work in Owensboro!

Missionary work in Owensboro seems to be on the upswing, and Hermana Wilbur and her new companion are BUSY, BUSY, BUSY!  Last week, Nicole reported that she taught 34 lessons!  Isn't that amazing?

Although Hermana Wilbur has been in Owensboro for four months, she says she doesn't want to leave the area.  In her words, "I just really do not want to leave this area...I love that the area is new, and that we are in the early building blocks' stage.  It is just evident at how much Heavenly Father is helping us in this work.  He places certain people in our path that are perfect building blocks.  For example, how is it that we just happened to find two less active members of the church who were both baptized in Mexico and who were re-found in Kentucky?  Only through the help of Heavenly Father, that's for sure!"

Hermana Wilbur translated her first Sacrament Meeting.  She reports she was very nervous, but she prayed for "el don de lenguas" (gift of tongues) to be with her, that the words could come to her mind easier and that she could translate so her investigators could feel the Spirit and hear what they needed to hear.  She said it was hard, but the words came!  She says..."The nice thing about translating is that we can change the speaker's message a little bit to conform to what our investigators need (haha).  For example, I MAY have mentioned baptism a couple more times than the actual speaker did!"

Finally, Hermana Wilbur received a letter in the mail from the Owensboro Police Department.  It completely freaked her out....but it turned out to be a request for her to register her bike in case it was stolen.  What a relief she isn't going to be arrested for jaywalking!!