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Show Lady missionaries assigned to area , . ....... j .... ... .. .. : - - r :c I i ' " I ; i '"r: y I ; I ,; By V'FKN A BEAN "One-fourth of the full-time missionaries now serving in the Utah Salt Lake Mission are from Canada," reports Carol-Lynn Mrazek, senior companion of the proselyting sister missionary twosome of the LDS Church who reside in Pleasant Grove at 3H0 E. 100 South. Sister Mrazek, the fourth girl of five girls and one boy in her family, was born in Alberta Canada and resided in Medicine Hat, a city of about 50,000 population, in southern Alberta prior to her mission call. After graduation from high school, Sister Mrazek attended Hicks College in Idaho for one year, then later worked in her father's craft shop in Medicine Hat before leaving Canada to come to Utah. "I have always wanted to go on a mission," she said. "I started saving my money when I was a little girl so I could be sure to go." Sister Mrazek has been in the mission field one year and was just Nw LDS missionaries in the Pleasant Grove area are, L-R, L-R, Carol-Lynn Mrazek and Faith Yvette Liddie. million), she has been eager to have the experience of living in smaller communities. Her assignment to this district was special to her. "I thought I would not be such a novelty as a black, in a small community," she muses, "but, so far, I seem to be more of a curiosity than before." Sister Liddie has been in this area about two weeks. The sisters are always eager to accept teaching assignments, speaking engagements and dinner appointments. Call them at 785-7140. recently transferred from the St. George area. "Did you see the new car in the driveway?" she proudly asks. "That's ours. We don't have to rely on the members to ferry us anymore. We needed it since we're not allowed to ride bicycles. Our district covers five stakes from Manila on the north through Lindon on the south. I love the people here. They are helpful and friendly." Faith Yvette Liddie, black convert con-vert to the church from Toronto, Ontario, Canada, is the other member of the missionary pair assigned to this area. Prior to her conversion to the LDS Church, Sister Liddie earned two associate degrees in fashion designing and business management at Ricks College in Idaho. "While I was in high school in Toronto," she recalls, "I decided to take a class in world religion. I had to choose one in particular to study and had no guidelines for the choice so decided to opt for the religion with the largest name - the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints." "Conversion was not instant," she remembers, "but in 1980 at Easter-time, Easter-time, I was baptized and here I am, a missionary of five months. I love the work and this area." One of three girls and two boys in her family, Sister Liddie enjoys the small town lifestyle of the people here. Since she has lived most of her life in the big city of Toronto (population three and one-half |