CAMBIOS!!! I am still in belen with... guess it... HNA HERNANDEZ!! Yes, again! Very unexpected but i am happy. We were only separated 6 weeks. I¨m so excited! Hna Hernandez ROCKS! and we are working hard and will continue to. I guess Presidente doesn´t want me to get to know other hermanas very well, becuase he keeps putting me with the same ones! haha. Some of my favorite elders in the zone left, and I¨m sad... booo cambios
Hna Larsen is still in my zone but in another ward. So I still get to see her twice a week! She is feeling lots better too so that´s good. Her comp is Hna Cruz, the guatemalan sister.
i CAN´T BELIEVE I´VE BEEN ON THE MISSION 1 YEAR! I feel OLD! But it´s been a great year. Just like you said, this has been a great opportunity for me to learn and grow. I am really happy now on the mission, i feel like the hard part is over and from now on it´s just going to be more fun and spiritually stretching.
I didn´t really do anything to celebrate that day. Was going to but ran out of time. The next day a member bought us a 2 liter bottle of coke that we had to drink all of it between the 3 of us. He only drank 2 little glasses then left us. Haha, that was funny. We were struggling to finish it. It´s a reuseable bottle he bought so that's why. That day we were also given Mocochinchi, Chicha, Lima, and Tampico. We were about to burst when we got home!
Well we were supposed to have Sandra´s baptism this weekend, but she moved!! So she will be baptized in her new ward. She moved back in with her family (she was renting a room close to her boyfriend but she can´t afford it now).
Mom, you sound like superwoman. way to be involved in so many things. You are a great example of service I am sure so many people are grateful.
Family, please stop getting sick!!! Glad you have been to the Dr. and gotten the medicines you need. I realized I have picked up some Bolivian habits when it comes to my health. I try not to drink too much cold water, if I feel like i´m getting sick I drink hot lemonade (limes put in the blender) with honey, and try not to sleep with the fan on. If my stomach hurts I like to drink chamomile tea... pretty funny huh. I also bought an old fashioned water bottle for my stomach. Warm water and salt is good too for the throat. But these things work! Try it out if you like!
We have a few new investigators now that are really great, one of them is Andres, he is older, his wife and all of his 6 or 7 kids are members. They have all been to the temple too, and he has a testimony, but is afraid of being baptized and messing up after. We had a lesson with his wife, 2 of his kids and their wives, and it was super special. He wants to have an eternal family. He knows it´s what he needs to do. Trying to help him with this fear that he has. He is a super sweet guy. He offered us hamburgers and tampico and coca cola- too much! And one night he paid for our taxi to take us home.
We are also teaching a guy named Diego, his grandma Irma is a member and he recently moved into the house across the street (Irma´s daughter´s house.). He is really great, he is about 20 and wants to learn, but says he used to go to a christian church and he really liked it, the dancing and singing-loud stuff. He said he felt weird when he went to the LDS church. Hopefully we can help him understand! He had some problems with Word of wisdom too in the past so we will try to help him.
We visited a lot of members this week when Hna Hernandez arrived, so she coud get to know the ward. It´s been really fun! That´s one of my favorite parts of the mission. Being with the members and establishing relationships with them. Also I helped a couple times with the Primary kids, they are preparing to sing in sacrament meeting (Child´s prayer) and needed a pianist. One day their leaders didn´t show up so we just taught them! It was super fun. I think most all Bolivians are tone deaf though.
My convert Hugo is doing goood, he gave us a really good reference today, but Corina and Alejandro haven't been going to church, and we can´t find her at home. Hope she is doing ok! Shirley is doing great too. Her son has to have another operation this week, this time for his head. Pray for little Bennji! We thought he was close to gettin out of the hospital but it appears it will be a while still.
Oh tracee, I forgot, I really liked the package! Thanks! I was so excited get it!! The clothes didnt´t fit me though, they are super huge!!! Did you think i got fat? Cause i´m not!
Cross your fingers I can get the Dhl package from my friend. if i don´t get it by the end of the month they´re gonna destroy it!! eeeek.
I love you all. Keep being good. Do you want anything from Bolivia for Christmas?? Have a great week and trynot to get sick anymore!! How is your preach my gospel reading going??
Love Hna Tibbitts
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