Emergency Transfers

Hola todos!

I am doing super well. I am really happy and really enjoy being a missionary. So on Thursday night, I got a call from the Assistants. I am now in La Hermosa, Villa Hermosa and big surprise they called me to be the Nurse's assistant. So that's cool. They made Emergency Transfers on Monday and I could be in the baptism of Juan Carlos. It was super awesome and President showed up with his wife and daughter (the same age as Kensley). I love being a missionary. Juan Carlos wrote me a super cute card and signed it as "Hermano Juan Carlos" He is 21 and studying engineering at the university. He has always talked to Elders on the buses but they never came to visit him in his house until we showed up. He reads every pamphlet or reading assignment we give him (I am also learning to be a teacher in the mission giving homework but spiritual homework). We taught the Word of Wisdom and the second day we showed up we asked how he was doing and he told us he was keeping the commandments with a smile. (: I love investigators like him. When we were taking pictures at his baptism, he was a little disappointed that he couldn't give us a hug. After his baptism, we were talking to him about serving a mission. He just asked us "You see potential in me?" Umm, yes. My week was super good. We are working with the Light the World campaign. It is super awesome and the video is even better. ( mormon.org ) 

I want you to invite each and every one of you to share a Book of Mormon with someone you know or maybe someone you don't even know (someone on the street). It will change your life and will also change the life of someone else. The Book of Mormon was made to change and save lives.

con amor,
Hna Tibbits

Pictures of the baptism of Juan Carlos. Also a picture a 6 yr old took of me. (He wouldn't give me my camera until he took a picture of me (: )

20 years old and 10 months into my mission

Hola todos!! I am doing super good! How is everyone??

I am loving the mission. There are trials, physically and spiritually, but they are so worth the blessings that come after them. I have never been happier. This past week we saw a lot of blessings.

We will be having a baptism this Sunday!! Ismar has so much faith and determination to follow Jesus Christ. Also, we have an investigator that is super calidad. He came to church for the first time this past Sunday and loved it. We were on our way to the church and he said hermanas I read in my pamphlet that usually we were white shirts and ties to church, but I don't own a white shirt and tie. We explained that his red polo shirt was fine. He has so much faith and wants to learn. The second time we visited with him he asked if we had received an answer to our prayers before. He is praying to know if everything is true and if he should get baptized on the 3rd of December and really wants an answer.

Oh and last week I turned 20 years old and completed 10 months in the mission (:

con amor,
Hermana Tibbits

Hermano Ramon...Hymns

He is Hno Ramon our investigator that loves hymns!!! He has his own hymn book!

9 months, What??

Hola!!

So I was told I need to share a more descriptive email about my new area (I almost have a month here in Petapa...) San miguel Petapa is a city on the outskirts of the capital: More people wear jeans than they do corte. Quite a few know English and if they don't they want to learn. The members are great, we are trying to get more of them to leave and do visits with us. A lot of them treat my companion and I like their hijas. I honestly love the members. My district compiles of 6 missionaries, including my companion and I. Our zone has 16 missionaries (the biggest zone I have been in). The capital is great, I am honestly still getting used to it.

This past week I completed 9 months in the mission. Everyone calls me old in the mission and says I will be leaving soon.  I don't feel like I have been in the mission for 9 months, but time flies when you are serving the Lord I guess. In these nine months:
I have had 4 areas, 7 companions (counting my CCM companion)
I have learned to love people in a matter of minutes of meeting them.
I have learned and felt the love of Christ.
I have seen how the gospel changes lives.
I have learned to love the Book of Mormon more than ever before. I have learned that our smiles are the message, because the gospel is happiness.
I have learned that I don't need to know Spanish perfectly for people to feel the spirit and I am working hard to be better in Spanish.
I have laughed, cried, and enjoyed these past 9 months.
I can't wait to spend the next 9 months teaching repentance and baptizing converts in beautiful Guatemala.
con  amor,
Hermana Tibbits


1. My second mom and her family
2. Brownies for 9 months (yes I froze them after to put in ice cream)
3 and 4 It is a lot harder than I thought to make a fake pregnant belly...

A Week of Miracles

Hola! How are all of you guys? I am doing great. I am alive :) I still love being a missionary! This week was super cool, hard but cool. We are helping people prepare for their baptisms. We have one investigator that knows the church is true and everything, but is scared to be baptized. Sometimes the Lord asks us to do hard things or do things that scare us to show our faith. I love helping people get over their fear and act with their faith. He went to the wrong church building this Sunday. It takes us 20-30 minutes to get to this church building for our reunions in a bus and he takes his bike to church. Talk about faith (: We also had many miracles happen on Sunday. We had investigators come that we didn't even know. One came from one of my contacts through the week and brought his wife. I was so happy. I love seeing people in church. One of my favorite parts of Sunday. So, I have been slacking and haven't sent a photo with my new companion and I have 3 weeks with her. We went to Antigua this Monday, it was great to be in the mountains again and to just relax as a zone. I know this church is true. I know that anyone can change when they act with faith. I know everyone has great potential.

con amor,
Hermana Tibbits

1. Hermana Bonilla and I in Antigua
2. Our District because our district leader likes to take pictures. He is the American.

San Miguel Petapa

Hola Todos!
I have so much to write and tell you all, but I do not have a lot of time. I am great. I am dying a little bit of heat. I miss my mountains. I love the capital. They have Walmart :) We have seen so many miracles already in our area and it is only week 3. One miracle is that Hno Ramon and Hno Ismar went to church this past Sunday. Hno Ramon was so cute with his himnario and libro de mormón. I loved conference. The church is true. The Book of Mormon is true. I love it. I love reading it. I love sharing this gospel with everyone that I can meet. I love Spanish if you can believe it.

Hermana Tibbits


Our district
Hna Beck and I (we watched conference together in English :)
El Libro de Mormón the only book I carry in my hands every day.