Dear Everyone,
I don't even know where to begin. i am on the hugest spiritual high right now because General Conference was INCREDIBLE. I didn't' even get to watch the last sessions because of the time difference, but I will be listening to it as soon as possible. We watched the first sessions live (so, yes we all watched it together!) at 5 p.m. and then the next morning us Sisters felt it would be uplifting to go to the Priesthood Session. the ZLs were mocking us for it but we went and had a miracle. Yep, we did. :)
After the session on Saturday, we were catching a ride ( and some McDonald's :D ) back to Keighley with the Skipton Sisters ( Sister Kuhn - Australia and Sister Edgington - Utah whom I love dearly). We had a brilliant idea. Since we were going to conference the next day together we asked the APs if we could stay over in Skipton together, and he said YES! The Skipton flat is gorgeous. Its' in a restored mill that is now apartments. We had some fun for sure and we all loved conference.
On the way to the Priesthood session, there was a lady standing on the corner by the church (it's not an actual church but the Church is renting out the old courthouse for the Skipton branch. It's adorable.) Anyway, her name was Sue and she was wanting to come to church with us. She was waiting until she saw someone! She came and watched the Priesthood session with us, and she really loved it. the Skipton sisters will be meeting with her again. :)
I have so many notes on conference and sadly...really sadly... I forgot my notebook so I'm just going to have to tell you other things that I can remember.
I loved President Monson's address to the Priesthood about the importance of being a shepherd. It really made me excited to be the best Visiting Teacher after my mission. Also, I loved what L. Tom Perry said about the Articles of Faith. I started to study the first one today and while I read them this morning I realized how powerful they really are. I want to continue to study them every day and memorize them again.
I also wanted to mention that M. Russell Ballard talked about us. As a matter of fact, he looked right at Sister Jodicke and I [when he gave a conference for the missionaries in Leeds this summer]. So, when he spoke about the missionaries in Europe that he saw, yep, I was one of the ones he was talking about. ;)
I really love Skipton. I love Keighley too but Skipton is so quaint and beautiful.
During the last session we were allowed to watch ( Sunday morning) the reception for the internet kept cutting out in Skipton. We wanted to hear the Prophet SO badly. All four of us ran out of the church in Skipton, to the flat, jumped in the car, and drove as fast as the law would allow to Bradford where they were broadcasting it AND we made it. It ws worth it too.
AND the World report featured MY MISSION! President Lindley, Sister Lindley, Elder Weitzel and Elder Gee (my first AP's) and if you look back in the photos I sent, elder Juran was the one they featured and he was my first Zone Leader. He's Czech and so he was working in Sheffield with the Slovakian people. We meet so many Slovakians. We actually have a Slovakian Investigator right now, Joanne, who doesn't know English so we have to meet with her when her daughter is there to translate. We also meet a lot of Polish people that don't know English. One of Sister Kuahn and Sister Edgington's investigators that came to conference is Polish and she loved conference even though she didn't understand any of it. It was so nice to know she was feeling the spirit and that's all that mattered. Also, Sister Mcreyolds is in my zone and she is SO great. She was Sister Jodicke's companion before I was.
I would really love to learn a language so that I can communicate with either the Polish, Czech, or Slovak people here. I can only say "Hi, how are you?" In Slovak. "Ahoy!" is Hello. haha.
Next week is transfers again. I can't even comprehend that. Sister Jodicke and I have predicted that she'll be transferred to Newcastle and I'll be training here in Keighley. I would be perfectly happy with that. I will miss her though. She's been fantastic.
Oh, and I haven't said much about the actual week because I was sick and we had a few days of staying at the flat. (Plus, I can't really remember things from day to day anymore...) It was not pretty. I am doing better now though which is a miracle because usually my colds/asthma problems last way longer. I'm hardly having any breathing problems at all. And yes mom, I have been taking my inhalers religiously. ;)
I love you all and am so grateful for all of the letters. I feel like the luckiest missionary out here. I got some wonderful letters from Kaiah, Grandma and Grandpa Atwood, Jen, Mom, and then some I think I forgot to mention from Camille, Nicole, Sister Hillary Bennett, Shawna, and a package from BROOK SCULLY and LAURA HAMILTON (THANK YOU AND I LOVE YOU).
Love you lots,
Sister Lybbert :)
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