Hello family,
Well this week was really difficult, remember how i said that i was sick but felt better? haha... well i actually got worse and had to go back to the clinic monday night and i was basically sick all week. They told me that i didnt actually have a urinary infection but an infection in my intestines or something like that... Anyways it was super awful and i kind of just want to forget about it in some ways, it{s hard for me to write about it right now, but it was a positive experience in some ways because i was able to learn patience and humility. Also my companions helped me a lot and took good care of me and were also patient because we were in the house a lot.
í feel lucky to have them they are good companions. Also I feel lucky to have a good zone, we went to the zone meeting on thursday because i felt bad in the morning, but about an hour in i started to feel really yucky, and so i got some of the elders to give me a blessing. We thought we would go into a classroom to do it, but they actually stopped the meeting and did the blessing in front of everyone. it was really special that the zone was united in prayer for me and my health. then we went home and zzzzzzz we are going to go back the the doctor today or tomorrow hopefully i can feel better soon. i always appreciate your prayers for me.
although this week i was super sick i am happy because we got the most important things done, one of them being DANIELA´s baptism!! Oh man we were so nervous about it becuase we thought no members would go because there was a satellite conference for bolivia that night, but people did show up and it was bonito. Daniela told us her motives for getting baptized. She is one of the people that can express herself really well.
1. she feels peace and tranquility in the church and likes being there.
2. she wants to be an example to her brother and parents so that they will make the decision to be baptized and get married.
3. she wants to be sealed to her family someday in the temple.
Wow!! She is amazing.
also she said that she had a dream and that she met Joseph smith,a nd she asked him if it was the true church, and he said yes, then she said that her dream changed and she was walking to a church in a long pretty dress with her parents, we think that it is actually the temple! How amazing no?
We had a little lesson after her baptism with her family and she was able to tell them the 3 reasons and the father was very proud of her, but he is not ready yet to get married (still!) and be baptized, but he says he thinks it iwll be soon!! I hope so!!!
Also yesterday there was a satellite broadcast for all of Bolivia, and it was interesting, there were 4 speakers one of the being Elder HOlland, he gave his talk and so did sister wixom of the primary, and 2 latino general authorities also spoke. I think the 4 of them were in a room with cameras and there was no audience there, they were in salt lake city. Half of it was translated and half was not. It was cool becuase we were there with our investigators Victoria and Mercedes who speak Quechua and the 2 latino general authoirities said a few phrases in Quechua and Aymara. Also Elder Holland started out his talk in spanish. He spoke for about 2 minutes then explained that he would not speak more in spanish becuase of his terrible, horrible accent. it was pretty funny but true. But he also finished his talk with his testimony in spanish. It was super powerful. It was simple but you could tell that he had practiced a lot, and it was memorized.
Victoria and Mercedes are excited about their baptism but we need to teach them lots of things stilll. It has been hard with my sickness and also they don{t understand things very well, and on{t reember things, so we have to teach them like little children. But I think their baptism will be this month.
the package--- seemed to be intact but i didn{t get the russian dolls or a packing list, are you sure you put them in? I did get the chocolate, the calendar, the hat and socks, the photos and the letter. thanks so much! probably not a good idea to send any more packages at least from abu dhabi haha.
I love you all. Have a wonderful week and keep working hard like you all are. I know that what you are doing is going to help you all in the futures and help to serve God.
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Love Hermana Tibbitts
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