Habiba

Let me introduce you to Habiba. Her family came to Belgie from Morocco two generations ago. She was raised Muslim and left home when she was 18 years old. She really has no contact with her family. Years ago she was introduced to the Jehovah Witness and joined them. We have decided that she is not very strong in her faith because she would not have listened to the Missionaries or would she have agreed to take the lessons AND read the Book of Mormon if she were strong in her beliefs. Accepting any literature from us is totally forbidden. It has been fun to watch her learn a new concept every now and then. She will not be one who will jump at the chance to be baptized but that is O.K. We would really like to see her be converted first. We had her and the Elders come to dinner last Friday and it was a great evening and full of questions. She asked me to find a "Good Mormon Man" for her. It may be hard to do that here because there are not that many "Good" ones available in Belgie. She is 31 years old and she was not happy to hear that the Elders were all SO young. The Relief Society President and I will be visiting her this evening so they can get to know each other better. She has been coming to church for the last couple of months and has even been to a baptism. She seems to be very open to the spirit. I watched a couple of Conference sessions with her (Translated into Nederlands of course) and she was very impressed with all she saw and heard. I'm really happy that Ben is so well read because she can really come up with some terrific questions. I'm afraid that the young Elders and I would not have been able to answer them to her satisfaction. She has even come to a couple of parties which really gave her a chance to get to meet the members of the ward.