7 April 2015

Sister Hendricks has fulfilled her 18 months and is heading home on Thursday. She's leaving the mission with 18 other missionaries. Unfortunately, only 7 are coming in, so there no one to replace her. So, I am transferring to the next ward, Arima. I'll be with Sister Cole, who I came out with. We had thought that I would be staying in Curepe for a while, but there simply aren't enough sisters in the mission; the influx of missionaries after the age-change is dying down. So, our area is getting merged with the elders' area. We have spent the last bit preparing our investigators and area book and cleaning our apartment.

General Conference! Sweetness! The connection was bad at times (we missed almost all of Elder Holland's talk), but still great messages. I loved the talk by Elder Causse, where he talked about not becoming lukewarm to miracles and the spiritual experiences of the gospel. I actually had a question about that, so I felt that talk was for me. There were other good ones. We've quoted them a few times to people :) I was so sad that President Monson only spoke once; I hope he's doing alright. He didn't look too well. The announcement of new temples was awesome! I found it interesting they are building a temple in the Ivory Coast. Just a few days before, I read in an older Liahona that three of the five stakes in the Ivory Coast are among the top 25 stakes in the Church for producing family history names, and one of the stakes is #1! Sister Hendricks and I have been saying it until we are blue in the face: it's not just converts that bring temples; you must also be doing your family history work! So, that was just a testament to me of the importance of doing your family history. It really needs to be getting done here. There are problems and obstacles sometimes.

So, that was our week. My mailing address has not changed, but next week I'll be in a next branch. Curepe, it's been real :)

Love, Sister Aida Tibbitts