MARVELOUS Food

Dear Friends and Family,
Tuesday was a good day. In the morning we had district meeting. It was good (as usual) and afterwards we had lunch and Elder and Sister Ricks made it. it was really good. Then we went to Brother Beasley's with Sam Ololade. He gave us Pizza, so we had a double lunch :-P . It was really good to see both of them. Then we went and saw Justian with Sister Stevenson. He brought his friends with him. We talked a lot about faith, trust, and prayer, and read the story of the Brother of Jared because Justian is working hard to overcome a lot of opposition right now. Then in the evening we got to go and see Bela! It was great, plus she seemed to be in a much better mood lthan she had for a while.
Wednesday afternoon we went to see Doreen. She is very very very Pregnant, and told us that she had to have her baby before Monday or they were going to induce labour. It's pretty exciting. It was nice to see her. Then in the evening we went to the Frietas for dinner. They make such MARVELOUS food. mmmm :) We talked about the importance of Family Home Evening no matter how small the family :) Thursday was great. We had interviews in the morning. Then in the evening we saw a man named Harry. He's from India, and he's here for work and study. He's really good and we had a good lesson. Then in the evening we went to the Stevenson's for dinner and correlation. We're making a ward area book now... it's something new, so we're working on that. Sister Stevenson took Sam Ololade and Justian to the temple of Thursday as well. It seems like it was a really good trip for all involved. She took Elder Stevenson's advice from conference and had Justian and Sam go touch the temple. She said it was a really neat experience.
Friday we saw Justian again. We read the story of Jonah and the Whale and talked about trusting God and doing it his way. Justian seemed to really enjoy the lesson and it was really good. Then we went and visited with Brother Kelleher. He's such a good man. Then in the evening we went to Evelyn and Barry's for dinner, and had, yet again, marvelous food :) We talked about the Priesthood and the other organizations in the church, and left Barry an article to read about the duties of the Father in the home. Saturday morning we went to see a man from Nigeria named Dazzy. Sister Robertson came, and it was a great lesson! He was so prepared. He's gone from church to church, but when we explained what the Book of Mormon was he got very excited. Hopefully he will continue in that excitement :) Then we spent the rest of the day finding, but we got two very exciting phone calls. I don't know if you remember Selam. She was Joice's housemate before they got kicked out, and she came to church twice. She's a really sweet girl. Well, she was pregnant, and she called to say that she had her baby on Friday! It's a little baby boy! She also called to say that the missionaries in her new area were coming to visit. It was such an exciting to phone call, to hear that she's doing well, and that she's still investigating the gospel, and has a little baby boy! Ah man! It was so great! And to top it all off Doreen called to say that she also had her baby on Friday, and that it's a little girl! Haha, so many babies! It made me very happy.
Yesterday was also a good day. Justian came to church (as usual), but he's doing so well. He's determined to keep the Word of Wisdom, and be prepared for his baptism on 13 June 2009. He even announced it to the whole Gospel Principles class. In the afternoon we went tracting and actually ended up meeting this really nice less active member named Florence. And then we met with a family from India: Yogesh, Bubbly, and Yesh. They were very sweet. They've only been in the country for 3 weeks! So it's been a very good week in Ilford (as usual). I love it so much!

Mum- Seminary Graduation sounds like it was really great! I'm so happy that Decatur has such strong youth.

Dad- Thank-you for taking care of everything!

Nathan- Get well soon!

Love,
Sister Ison