Arima

Things here are going awesome in the D'abadie/Arima area. Sister Cole is super-sweet and a hard worker. We have some awesome investigators who are going to get baptized just now :) Yesterday was probably the best day either of us have ever had; we met so many people who were excited for us to come back and set four baptismal dates! It's been a great week, if tiring. Sister Cole was so happy last night she could barely sleep.

Arima Branch is great. We have a very strong youth group and everyone is very kind and welcoming. We are hoping for a lot of member work. Sister Cole is probably the nicest, kindest, most happy-go-lucky person I have ever met. Nothing seems to get her down, and she's just so happy and sweet to everyone. It's impossible to not like her. She's a great missionary as well and a good teacher; she always shares her testimony at every chance she gets, which is something I have been trying to work on. So, awesome companion :D

Not much else to report. We finished the Book of Mormon again; the whole mission reads it every three months. I cannot believe I've read it one and a half times already! It's a wonderful book though; no matter what I focus on and study in it, I learn so much. You should see my last copy: it looked like a coloring book, it was so purple and green and yellow! I am focusing on prayer and the Atonement this read-through, so I hope I will have more meaningful prayers and be able to teach and testify more powerfully about our Savior because of that. I know the Book of Mormon is true, and that if we will make it the focus of our studies we will grow in knowledge and testimony. When he was here, Elder Cornish said that we were looking less for baptisms and more for conversions, and our two most powerful tools in converting people is the Spirit and the Book of Mormon. So, read it, study it, pray about it. It's our invitation to all people.

I love all ya (that's what they say in the West Indies: "all yu" instead of "y'all"). Have a great week and be missionaries!
Love, Sister Aida Tibbitts