Saturdays are becoming one of our most fruitful days. This morning we went out to the student barracks and visited with 8 of our AIT soldiers. Among them, we were able to visit 2 nonmembers who have attended our meetings recently. We also found and visited one fellow who we had never seen out to church. Unfortunately, he will be leaving soon for South Korea, so we will not have a chance to work much with him.  We invited him to come out and join with us. When we first arrived, we parked the car in front of one of the barracks and we wondered around a little waiting for formations to end. As we did so a young lady came up to us and introduced herself; she was one of the ladies we were looking for. She had just arrived on Friday and wanted to attend church, so we pointed out the church house to her and had a real nice visit. We met with another young man who has only been here one week. We had been in contact with him during the week via telephone, and told him we would come and find him on Saturday morning. I feel that by our visits we reignite in the hearts of most of these young men and women a desire to attend their church meetings. So they recommit to coming out. It would be so easy for them to simply hide away for a period of time, but with a friendly visit they feel the gentle urging of the Spirit to join us.

This afternoon we, with another member family, went out and picked up a nonmember lady, her son and her nephew and took them to the church house to show them around and help them feel at home before the first time they come out. So we showed them the children's primary room, the chapel and the Relief Society room. The Elders then showed them the Joseph Smith movie. 


This evening we visited two more of our member families. We had a real nice visit with the first whose husband is in Texas for training for 6 months. We told her we would come by and mow the lawn and take care of the yard. She seemed happy that we would do that for her. The second family was a lot of fun too. We have some great families who diligently serve in many various capacities. This second family, the husband voluntarily had his name removed from the church records. We had debated what kind of a thought to leave with them. The Spirit prompted us to leave him with a thought on prayer. We believe it was very effective as everyone, even him, had input on the subject. Then we left with a prayer; hopefully it will give him something to think about and ponder on.