Tour de France

My 'baby' at a specialized training
meeting

                                                                          June 30, 2014
Dear Family,This week has been pretty good. Not many new things have happened, we just keep marching forward and trying our best to follow the spirit. On Saturday we went to a street that we had prayerfully decided to knock, but when we got there, we just didn't' feel right so we prayed again and picked another street. When we got there, we still didn't feel like it was the one. We prayed again, and then we finally felt right about  the street we had come to. We prayed again to know which side of the street we should go to. (I don't think I've prayed so much to get to the right place as I did that afternoon. I don't always think we need to pray about every little decision, but I guess when you feel you need that direction, and you act, it shows the Lord your willingness to do what He needs.)

 

Bunny contacting at the park!

Anyway, we knocked the street and we met a young single mom with two year old girl. We have a return appointment for tomorrow. I feel that that must have been the answer to our prayers. We need people to teach and we've been spending so much time trying to find people. Sometimes I wonder if our lack of people to teach is because I'm not focused enough, or maybe I'm getting too comfortable with mission life, or maybe the Lord is working on my pride. Maybe it is a mixture of them all. I read "Beware of Pride" by Ezra Taft Benson this morning and it really helped me to see the things that I need to change. It also helped me gain perspective about  the things I want to avoid in the future so as to stay humble (whether or not I find myself with "worldly success" I want to be humble and happy) I look at our family and how we have been fortunate to have what we need and a bit more, but because of the hard work that you and Dad have given.
    We tried a new technique of contacting this week. President is always encouraging us to be creative, Jamie, a recent convert, loves to be involved with missionary work since his conversion not too long ago. He's completely changed from when he first came in contact with the gospel. Anyway, his mom has 34 rabbits and we took two of the babies to the park because Jamie said people would come to us. Yes, we went bunny contacting...whoo! It was pretty good actually, we just need to refine the techniques so that we can be in the park in a good time on a good day when there are a lot of people out. I will send you some pictures:)                     I'm not sure what else to say really, except that I am happy, and I'm happy that you're all happy.
Love you all!
 Sister Lybbert

                                                                                                                                    July 7, 2014
Dear Everybody, (and a shout out to Amber I am so happy to get an e-mail from you! Tell me all about how you are doing! How is your photography career coming along?)
     First of all, I'd like to congratulate my father and Uncle Brett for staying youthful. Not only do you refuse to wear the glasses you need because they make you look 'old' (you said it, I didn't!) But, you are riding around on the BMX you bought when you were 14. I have the best family ever.
     It sounds like Canada Day was a blast. For Canada Day / Independence Day, we made some s'mores on our gas stove. There wasn't much else we could do....whoo!
     This week has been pretty crazy. First of all, I don't think I could ever live in England permanently. I'm sick again with some sort of head cold / sore throat / cough thing. Three times within a year just isn't desirable. Ew.

Tour de France bikers

     The Tour de France was chaotic! There really wasn't a way to work, not even street contact because there were estimated to be a million people in Harrogate on Saturday so President told us to enjoy the once in a lifetime experience.We ended up getting a pretty good view at the 1 km to the finish line mark. It was a lot of sitting in the very hot sun just to see some bikes go by in about two minutes, but  now I have seen the most watched sporting event in the world. It was pretty fun to see all of the festivities. And, Mekaiah, you may want to know that Will, Kate and George were there. I didn't see them but, still that's pretty neat. And, David Beckham was seen in town earlier that week at Betty's Tea Room. Woah, woah, waoh.
     So because of Le Tour, we had Sacrament meeting at 6 last night and we spent the daytime in the chapel having an open house. It wasn't too successful, but some people came through.
     Other than the Tour de France, my mind is blank and my head is all full of cold. I really don't know what else to say except that I love being in Harrogate, I love teaching people more about how they can come closer to their Savior, and I am happy.
     We met a girl in the park last week that remembered me from when I knocked on her door in LEEDS in my first two weeks OVER A YEAR AGO. I was absolutely shocked and it was such a strength to my testimony that the people we meet remember us and we can affect them in great ways in just a short time of actually knowing them. It was a great miracle and really lifted my spirits.
     A talk that I read this morning that I really o\love is "The Character of Christ" by Elder Bednar. I watched it in the MTC but reading it today was lovely. It helped me to understand how I need to refine the way that I react to situations. I love it.
I love you all and am grateful for you all.
Sister Lybbert

Kinder eggs!

watching the Tour de France