9 March 2015
It's been an interesting week. We lost a few investigators and found a few more. We have a brother and a sister that we are teaching. We contacted the brother at the beginning of last transfer, but only had a lesson with him a couple weeks ago. His sister decided to join us, which was totally fine. She loves the Book of Mormon. She says she can't understand the Bible very well, so this other book of scripture is heaven-sent. Her brother was sick yesterday, but she came to church and really enjoyed it. We even had one of the senior missionaries invite her to join the choir after church! She told me that was her favorite part, so it was a success. They are both really awesome.
We also had a pretty interesting time tracting this week. We talked to an older man who said he re-grew his hand after it was chopped "into three pieces." He also insisted that Jesus went and studied in India and based his teachings off of Buddha. We were like, "Hmm . . . no." He asked us "Where is Jesus buried?" We told him point-blank that Jesus is not buried anywhere because he rose from the dead. He hurried to get off our radar after that. Once you bear down on people in pure doctrine like that, they don't really want to talk to you anymore. I wonder why. Then we contacted a Seventh-Day Adventist who looked at what we were offering and said, in effect, "What is this Book of the Normans? I don't believe anything but the Bible. You should teach from the Bible, because everything you need to be saved is in there." So, fun day, but funnily enough, my testimony is just strengthened . . . interesting how things work out, isn't it?
I have been re-reading Conference Liahonas. The one I just finished came in handy this week; it was last May's edition. One of our investigators brought up the whole "women and the priesthood" issue, and I was able to explain to her that we are not jipped and why because I had just read Elder Oaks' talk from the Priesthood Session. Our district leader was shadowing us that afternoon, and he told us that he was really glad that came up, because he had always wondered how sisters answered that question. He said it doesn't sound as good coming from elders. I had wondered if I went too deep, explaining the differences between keys, authority, and power, but Sister Hendricks and the elders said it was good, so I guess it's okay :) Then, that investigator's husband asked us how he could really know the truth, and I was able to tell him a few ways he could know truth, because I had just read Elder Aidukaitus' (sp?) talk on the three ways to know God's truth. It was a small thing, but put together they were neat experiences.
We visited Maracas Beach this morning. It's not a beautiful as the Bajan beaches, but quite lovely all the same. We went walking on the shore and found pretty rocks and shells and such (I'm thinking of doing the same thing you did in Israel, Mom). Sister Francom also is collecting sea glass, which when I first saw it I thought were really pretty colored rocks that were naturally created, but I have since come to realize are smashed up beer bottles that have had their sharp edges worn off. They make good necklaces, though :)
This has turned into a long letter, so I make an end. But before I go, I had a question: what blessings have you received for keeping a specific commandment, like tithing or the Word of Wisdom?
Much love, and have a great week,
Sister Aida Tibbitts
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