American church leaders on Wednesday hosted The Gambia’s First Lady Fatoumatta Bah Barrow who is on an official visit to the United States. 

Mrs Barrow met with senior leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City.

The First Lady travelled to Utah to explore Church education and humanitarian sites and to meet with state government representatives, according to a report on ChurchofJesusChrist.org.

On Tuesday, August 16, her delegation went to Provo, Utah, to listen to a BYU Education Week devotional given by Elder Quentin L. Cook of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles at the Marriott Centre.

The following day, she toured the Church’s Humanitarian Centre and Welfare Square in Salt Lake City, learning of the Church’s global efforts to help those in need.

“Everyone is smiling, and it shows love; and you [have] already accepted us as family,” she said. “And that’s what we believe in The Gambia — we believe in family.”

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints received official status in Gambia earlier in 2022, following Elder Christofferson’s visit with President Adama Barrow and the First Lady.