2 March 2015

There once was a chicken and a pig. They lived on a farm. They were having guests and wanted to make them a good breakfast. After thinking about it for a while, they thought, "Why not bacon and eggs?" They both agreed on it, but the pig said, "You'll have to make a few sacrifices here, but it seems I will need to be fully committed."

Yesterday was Stake Conference, and our stake president used that story to illustrate that being a member of the Church is not a fleeting thing. God does not call us to just make a couple sacrifices; He calls us to be 100% committed to the cause of Christ. That is something I have really been working on: becoming even more committed to being the best missionary I can be. It's hard work and I have a lot to learn, but we'll get there :)

This week was transfer week. On Wednesday, the APs called us to say that one of the new sisters couldn't go to Grenada, so could she stay with us for a few days while they got her a visa? We agreed, of course, and they brought her over. Her name is Sister Lometo, she's from the Marshall Islands, and she is super-prepared. She actually talked during her first lesson! I was impressed. She left later the next day for Grenada, but Sister Hendricks and I were trainers for a little while! Exciting moment, ent?

We see Sister Lometo off at the airport.

A couple exciting things happened yesterday. For one, we are teaching a woman who met missionaries back in 2007; she had never been to church before. She's what we call an eternal investigator. But, she came to stake conference! We were so excited. They talked about family history work and eternal marriage, which was things she is definitely interested in, so it was perfect! I think she liked it. Also, the first lesson I ever taught in the mission field was to a less-active in Barbados named Keba. A few weeks later he went to visit his family in Trinidad . . . and guess who I saw at the conference? He came up and said hi; he hasn't been to church since he left Barbados, which is sad, but he said he was coming next week too.

That was basically my week. We are really hoping to have a baptism soon; there's a guy who is close . . . we just need to get him on date. Just now :)

Much love, Sister Aida Tibbitts