New Branch

Moyamba Branch Is Created

On September 3 the Moyamba Branch was created by President Clawson in the Freetown, Sierra Leone Mission.  President Banister, standing next to Sister Clawson, was called as the new Branch President.  He had been in charge of the home group that has been in this town.  There were close to 90 people in attendance at the Sacrament Meeting.  About 12 of them were members of the church.  The rest were investigators who have been attending regularly and are waiting to to be taught and baptized.  They were so excited to finally become a branch.

Missionaries come to Moyamba and Sierra Rutile

On Friday September 8, we helped bring 8 missionaries to the Sierra Rutile area.  4 of these would be staying in Morriba Town and 4 would be going to Moyamba, where we created a new branch last Sunday.  Here is a picture of us, the 8 missionaries, and the assistants in front of the new Morriba Town apartment, which is still under construction.  The bedrooms were ready, so they were able to spend the night there.  The construction should be completed this week.

Morriba Town is situated near a small lake.  Here is a view from the front porch.

Morriba Town is in the middle of 3 home groups in the Sierra Rutile area.  All 3 home groups will have branches created next Sunday, September 17.  All are similar to the Moyamba branch, a few members and lots of investigators.  Here is a picture of the branch missionaries in Morriba Town with the 2 of the 4 full time missionaries that came today.  They are not yet members, but are trained branch missionaries.  They will be the first ones these elder will teach and baptize, so they can work with the rest of the investigators.

Relief Society Still Feeds Missionaries everywhere

Here we see the missionaries being fed by the Morriba Town Home Group Relief Society.

They prepared a delicious potato leaf, chicken stew over rice and served it "home style" to the 12 of us.  "Home Style" is 4 huge plates of food, and 12 spoons.  It doesn't take long for missionaries to put away a lot of good food.  We were so grateful for it.  It was a 4 hour drive all morning bringing the missionaries from Bo and we still had a 4 hour drive to go home again.  It was a long day.

These people in Morriba Town, Mogbuema, and Mossenese Junction are anxious to have their 3 branches created next Sunday.

We feel to bear testimony.  It is a thrill to be a part of the growth of the Kingdom of God on the earth.  The people are anxious to learn of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.  As they live the gospel they blossom and want to share it with others.  They are so humble and so teachable.  They live it whole heartedly once  they learn the truth.  The Gospel of Jesus Christ is true and has been restored and we are blessed to be in the fastest growing area in the world.  We witness that Jesus Christ is the Savior of the world and wants each of you to come unto Him.