The Children Never Get Tired Of Our White Skin

     To answer a few questions from the past emails,  The only insects/reptiles I see are spiders, lizards, and the occasional snake.  Rats and mice are there as well.  Now, mosquitoes on the other hand...  You rarely see them but you know they are there because you'll have a random bite on your body and you don't know where it came from.  They really aren't that bad though.  Its just like back home pretty much.  They are there but you only see them occasionally.  General Conference: what candice said about incorporating the talks into your daily life, was inspired.  That is something that I have learned on my mission.  We shouldn't just take what the prophet says and say,"Oh yeah, that was a great message." Then just put it aside.  THIS IS A LIVING PROPHET WHO IS HAVING THINGS REVEALED TO HIM ON WHAT WE SHOULD DO.  Why are we just putting it aside?  So yes, Listen to or read the talks, and then apply them in your life.  No longer just listen to them.  I think back to the times when I saw the girls taking notes for seminary when we were younger and I always thought it was a dumb thing to do when they could be playing legos or something with me.  But now that I have a broader perspective,  That is one of the smartest things to do.  If you listen and take notes, the spirit will prompt you to write down things for yourself to know. I can't wait for us to receive the conference talks!  We get them in another month or so. 
     I have a story about a dream I had the other day.  I woke up and was sad because I had just been at a nice ski resort with a gorgeous girl having the time of our lives and then I woke up.... and realized I was still in Liberia where there's no snow... Yeah, that was a trunky morning.  haha those dreams are the best, but they make you feel terrible when you wake up.  Elder Bowring is doing great.  I will not be surprised if he trained or became the new District leader.  HE's AWESOME! The kids great.  I told him I'll pick him up at the airport with his family when his missions through (;  And you guys asked how the people are and if they're accepting or not... well, they're just liking everyone else in the world.  Some love you, and some want nothing to do with you.  Majority of them love us and want to be around us!  And thats one thing that amazes me.  The Liberian children never get used to the white skin.  They are ALWAYS wanting to touch us even if they've seen us and touched us everyday for a month.  They still get excited to see us, haha its great.  It will be different going home and not having people wanting to touch me....  
   When I got made Zone Leader  I did move apartments, It was only down the hall to the next apartment so it was the easiest transfer move I've had (:  Sorry this is all splotchy, but I'm trying to answer all the questions. Now, being a zone leader...  Let me just say its a lot better than a district leader.  They have A LOT of responsibility.  What I do as a zone leader is go to mission council every first week in the month, plan zone meetings and leadership trainings, deal with numbers every week and every month, and then drama within the zone.  Its not bad at all, and even when we go to mission council, President Kirkham feeds us these really nice sandwiches with pringles!! Its the best haha so zone leader has a lot of perks (:  What are you guys doing for Halloween?  Any parties going on?  What are the costumes this year?  Elder Humphreys and I get along great and we even had a missionary tell us that we teach so well with each other because we feed off what each other says.  Its really cool actually. I love this companionship. 
     This week was a great week.  I had the opportunity to go on exchange with Elder Estigoy this week, who is the first Philipino in the mission.  He's still under training, but he is doing really good.  We went to his area and we taught a guy about the Law of Chastity.  It was amazing at how strong the Spirit was.  This man named Othello really had the desire to change once he found out what he had been doing is wrong.  He told us about his collection of videos that are not appropriate and he said that when he really thinks about it, they arent good to watch.  Then, he said," I need to leave them."  and said that when he gets home he is throwing them out.  Can you believe at how much this man is wanting to change and repent and want to come unto christ?  It was a powerful lesson and one that I will never forget.  And one thing I would ask, is if you have spare cash or anything laying around, maybe you could put together a package of some sort and send to him.  Doesn't have to be much, but we got on the subject of mail and he mentioned how he's not expecting any.  Maybe for christmas you could make his day and send him one if you can..  Don't feel like you have to, but he would love it if you could.  I know he'd be thankful and remember it forever. 
     Now the last thing for this email.  At church yesterday, we had 18 investigators to church.  This is the most I've had my whole mission.  The last big number I had was 13 and that was back in Banjor before I was leaving.  But 18??  We were shocked!  And ten of them are for sure baptisms in the next month.  The other 8 were new and are really good.  We were so happy and excited!  Well that was this week!  Can't wait to read yours tonight!!  Love you all! Have an awesome week.

Love your brother/son in A-TOWN,  Elder Zaugg