Hello from Trinidad! We are in the Curepe area, which is about an hour from Port-of-Spain. There is actually a stake in Trinidad, so we went to a real ward yesterday! It was still not like home, but who even cares. Sister Hendricks and I are "blanking," which means neither of us know anyone. Sister Hendricks has been out for 15 months, though, so she has a lot of experience. We have been talking to a lot of people. So far, we've only had one investigator lesson, and that a short one. But just now we will have a lot of investigators. We just have to find people. There are a few members who are really willing to come out with us, so that's awesome. The sister who came out with us on Saturday is better at contacting than either of us, let me tell you. Sister Hendricks is a lot quieter than Sister Bennion; it's weird for me to be the more passionate one. I'll bet y'all can't even imagine that :)
Oh, and we have a car. And guess who is driving? Yeah . . . me. Trinidad won't give Sister Hendricks a license, so I have been doing it because I can drive for 90 days on a US license. Let me tell you, we are lucky we have not died, because it is CRAZY here. The roads are super narrow and everyone drives really fast. And it's on the left-hand side. I've hit the curb a couple of times, but no deaths yet. We have to drive all the way to Arima for church, so that's an adventure. Sister Hendricks is going to show me how to take the bus for missionary coordination and PEC, just so we can save gas and miles. Yeah, it's been an interesting week.
Sister Mehr, the mission president's wife, wants to go out with us this week, which is a little intimidating, but she's really nice. We are also coordinating trade-offs with the Sister Training Leader and another sister who can show us where people live in our area. :)
Not much else to report. Our ward has the APs and the JCAPs in it, as well as us and another set of elders. Our apartment is two stories (!!!). It's probably twice as big as our Barbados apartment. I've been on my mission for two months (!!!!).
Spiritual things . . . well, I have been reading in 1 Thessalonians. In chapters 1 and 2, it basically talks about attributes missionaries need to have, so that was awesome. I made a whole list. It talked about not arguing and not trying to "convince" people. It was just a little gem that I actually understood amidst the complicated wording that Paul has ended up with.
Anyway, I love you all. I pray for you every day, and I hope you are doing well.
Love, Aida, alias Sister Tibbitts
Me and Sister Hendricks
Our apartment
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