It got cold this week! BRRRRRR walking around in tights, a coat, 2 sweaters, lots of layers, scarf, gloves, hat, etc. BRRR it´s windy here. but that´s ok it just makes it harder to find people in the streets because everyone stays inside, i have been sleeping with 3 blankets becase we don´t have heating in our house, so its cold inside too, last night we ironed our sheets before getting into bed haha.
I had an interview with pres. Calderon this week. it was good, i was able to learn from him.
We have a new goal in the mission, well a goal for the month of JULY. it is to have 200 baptisms in the mission. that means about 2 people each companionship. The truth is I am a little worried because we dont really have anyone that is progressing to that point. For example, we aren´t visiting Aida and Alejandra anymore, they weren´t there for our last visit, and they didn´t come to church, we might call them later this week but they don´t have the desire to be baptized so we are looking for new people.
We are trying to ask for REFERENCES of ward members- friends, neighbors, and family members, so that the member can accompany us to visit them.
I know i need to have FAITH and TRUST in the LORD. it´s just hard sometimes. I am learning to be closer to my Heavenly FAther. He loves me and I know he wants me to reach this goal. I worry that I¨m not doing enough here sometimes. But really I am putting forth a lot of effort, trying to obedient as possible, and have a good attitude, these things are important and we can´t always control what the people say or think or if they want to be baptized a lot. We just have to trust that the spirit will convert them and that they will recognize the answers to their prayers.I am also trying to follow the spirit more, and have the spirit be there, strong, in each lesson, or even when we talk to someone in the street. It is so difficult when we are surrounded by houses where we know there are drunk parties going on, bad music, there are dead animals in the streets, advertisements with pornography all around. I just hope and pray that people recognize me as a representative of Jesus Christ. The Son of God. And i hope that they realized that our message is true, and that they must come unto him to have their salvation, with their families.
I get discouraged easily sometimes, but I am trying to be better, and really put my whole heart into this work. Sometimes I don´t want to put my heart into it beacause sometimes there is heartbreak. When someone doesn´t get baptized that you love, it is so sad. Trying to improve every day and develop attributes of Jesus Christ.
I do love the mission though. I love that i have this time to devote to the lord. I hope that I can make the best of time time I hvae left- about 10 months is all! =( it is so short. sometimes when we are int he streets we check the time and an hour passes in what seems like 5 minutes.
Pray that i don´t freeze and pray that we can find people to baptize please! i love you all! So much! what a blessing to know we will have a forever family
love Hermana Tibbitts
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