Mormons at Our BBQ

Dear Parents,

One of the members of the branch was having troubles with his house, so the branch organized a BBQ to help pay for it. Sister Cole and I went and cooked chicken for hours. Man, Trinis make good barbecue sauce; it's smells like tomato sauce, and then you add orange and pineapple juice. Very interesting. We weren't sure how everyone was going to pull it off, since there were problems right up to the day of, but it turned out really well. Right after there was the baptism of three young ladies, our YW president's nieces. Those girls were so ready and prepared to be baptized. It was awesome. Sister Cole gave the talk on the Holy Ghost.

Yesterday, while sitting waiting for church to start, President Farrier beckoned me and asked if I would give a talk on the Articles of Faith, and by the way I was going to be the first speaker. O.o I managed to turn it into member-missionary work. Have you ever noticed how simply the Articles of Faith lay out the doctrines of the Restoration? I guess that was probably Joseph Smith's purpose. I am hoping it will help someone share the gospel with their friends.

The most nerve-wracking part of my talk was the fact that Elder Gamiette of the Quorum of the Seventy was there. After sacrament, he asked us all to stay behind and he told the branch that the General Authorities feel that the worldwide church needs to focus on self-reliance and Sabbath-day observance, so he talked to us a bit about that. He said that this was something they were going to keep teaching until they saw change.

That was basically my week. I'm still learning to teach with Sister Cole; after two transfers with a companion who was as quiet as I am, it's interesting to be back with a louder, more talkative one.

I had a couple questions for you, Mom. Sister Cole wanted me to make cinnamon rolls one P-day, and I wondered about some of the ingredients. All we have is all-purpose flour and no gluten; would it be okay to make them like that? And how long do you leave them in the oven? Also, do you have any clue where in the scriptures it says, "come as you are"? The search engine on LDS.org isn't helping.

<3 Sister Tibbitts