We made it through Zone Conference here yesterday. The meal went well. Everyone was filled and grateful. It is always a privilege and an honor to hear President and Sister Layton speak to us. We feel renewed and motivated to do better after listening to their words. We have much left to do and less than 3 weeks to do it. Since it is our last Zone Conference, we got to share our testimonies. I had to cry a little. We have loved working with these missionaries, and we love this wonderful Fiji Suva Mission.

We found out yesterday that President Petero, a counselor in the District Presidency and Branch President of Seaqaqa and his wife will be replacing us. Our people will be in good hands.

Sister Marica and Silvia are here cleaning a little to prepare for the girls to come a week from Sunday. We are over the top excited!

Rex wrote: I didn't get to enjoy the conference as much as I wanted to because President Harward and I had to inspect all the trucks. We did have fun doing that. It was great getting to inspect our own trucks. They passed.

 As we were serving the brownies and ice cream, Sister Layton leaned over the table and whispered. Betty thought she was going to give her a compliment, but instead Sister Layton said, “There are ants all over the brownies!” Both pans had been waiting in the church kitchen. The pan from on top of the fridge was good, but the other pan from the counter was absolutely covered with sugar ants. Betty kept her cool. She took them outside on an old broken table. She swished off as many ants as she could with a plastic bag and swished them off the table so they wouldn’t climb back in. Then she pounded the brownies upside down on the table soft enough for the cut brownies to still stay in the pan, but just hard enough that the ants were knocked out. She did this again and again for about 5 minutes. In this latest reenactment of the Battle of the Little Big Horn, Betty fought alone against about 500 ants and when the sun set, Betty stood triumphant. When the last ant was gone, she brought the brownies back in. They were the hit of the conference, literally.