Full-time missionaries serving in the Sierra Leone Freetown Mission report a recent surge in convert baptisms and church attendance necessitating the creation of five new branches this weekend in the Liberia Monrovia Bushrod Island District. As a result of the organization of the new branches, the number of branches will double in the district from five to ten. Missionaries report that proposals are also underway for the organization of additional branches in the the neighboring Liberia Monrovia District to the south which currently has six branches. Following the creation of the five new branches there will be 18 LDS branches in Liberia.