Dear Family,
Before I tell you what is happening with transfers, you said you wanted to guess where I'd be going. So I will let you do that and then tell you in a few paragraphs the big news. :)
The song Angie re-created was fantastic, I hope you took a video of it! I'm happy you all had a great Thanksgiving. I didn't even remember it was Thanksgiving but I knew it was coming up sometime. I didn't have turkey this week, but I guess last week we went to Toby's Carvery with Tracey. I wish we had carveries back home because they are delightful. There is an over-abundance of the most delicious food.
This week has been pretty splendid. We visited quite a few ladies who have non-member husbands and they were so sweet. the thing about visiting elderly ladies, is that they have a lifetime worth of stories and they love to talk and talk and talk. We were running to other bus and other appointments a few times this week because of it, haha. I love visiting them though. Sister Audrey Page is one of the ladies I recently got to know and she's incredible. Her testimony is amazing and my favorite thing is listening to the conversions stories of all of these people. There are so many converts here because a lot of the English people who were converted back in the 1800's moved to America to be with the Saints there.
Also, this week we found some new investigators. We went back to a lady's house that we had knocked a few weeks ago. This lady is Catholic and was so kind and wonderful to us. When we went back she was excited to see us, invited us in and made us some peppermint tea and biscuits, put the fire on, and we had a lovely visit with her and her husband. Their names are Anne and Arthur. We talked about the importance of families and family history, and they showed us so many of their family photos that they love. I really see potential with them and am excited for them to progress.
Also, yesterday after District Meeting, President Pilkington took Sister Jodicke and I to have a lesson with Dennis from Leeds 3. It was because Dennis contacted the Mission Home and President thought it would be good for us to have one last lesson with him so he can transition to new missionaries. He's pretty attached and so it was good to go and help him realize it isn't about the missionaries but the message that they share. Oh, and I'm sorry mom, I will send the photos as soon as I can, [I asked her about the ones from Haworth] but the library here in Keighley is horrid and the photos don't work well. As soon as I can, I will be sending a lot of photos. ;)
Now, for the big news! I am being transferred to South Shields [30 min from Newcastle] and I am training! I'm pretty excited about it because that is near the coast and I've heard that South Shields is beautiful. There are only four sisters coming in, and about 20 elders. It's funny because Sister Jodicke is training again, and the other two sisters who are training are also companions and they're in our zone. Sister Peck from the MTC is one of them and she's going to be in Gateshead which is in my new zone as well. I'm so happy about that. She's a doll.
Conference was incredible. I loved M. Russell Ballard's talk as well. It is true that the members are scared that missionary opportunities will come, but I know that as they come and we rely on the Spirit that we will be directed as to what we should say.
D. Todd Christofferson's address was also one of my favorites because right now the world seems to make the wrong things its priority.
I also thought that Henry B. Eyring's talk from the Priesthood session was incredible. The Good Samaritan was not just taking a stroll, he was busy and on his way to get somewhere important, but he stopped and made service and being Christlike his priority. Ulisses Soares' talk about meekness and developing Christlike attributes was very inspiring as well. Especially right now in the mission because President Pilkingon always tells us that our goal is to become like God is. In the mission we have a new personal goal that we are to make every transfer. We choose a Christlike attribute and work through the transfer to develop it. I'm looking forward to understanding Christ more as I apply these new goals.
Things are going well, and I'm always feeling the support from my family, friends and from God as I continue to try and bring people closer to Christ.
Love you all,
and I'm grateful for you,
Sister Lybbert
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