Boden, Libby T

Greetings, loved ones! I hit 6 months, so that’s cool! The time has flown! We celebrated with McDonald’s! Yes, they have a McDonald’s here! Hermana Boden was very content when she saw the big “M” of McDonald’s in her area! I talked in church yesterday about service—servicio! I would like to think it went great! I only read half of my talk this time—vamos! In my talk, I shared a story about a time when I was younger, and my family did a little service for another family that was new to our town. We gave them something every day for the 12 days of Christmas. I remember my siblings and I would run to the door of the family's house, leave the present on the doorstep, and then return to our car, where my parents were waiting. We ran as fast as we could and then drove away. Little Hermana Boden thought it was so much fun! I remember on the 12th day, we waited to see the reaction of the family as they saw their final present from us, and I remember feeling so much joy seeing the smiles of...

Surprise! Don't worry, Hermana Boden isn't dead, she's just been working! A lot of changes this week! I ended up moving to a different area, Aeropuerto, Tuxtla. Hermana Boden is officially in the city of the mission! I now have two companions, we have two nicknames (THE TRIO PODEROSO and LAS PILOTAS—get it because our area is Aeropuerto—airport—and pilotas—pilots), and we are opening a new area together! We stayed at the mission home because we were homeless for a few days. No stress! We got a new house full of bugs, but it's alright. We have been using our cleaning skills and a lot of bug spray! We've met the members and a bunch of new people here. They are absolutely amazing! We also had a MULTI-ZONA CONFERENCIA! Hermana Boden got to see her buddies and district from the CCM: La Hermana Barber (¡mi primera compañera!), La Hermana Graff, and La Hermana Lee! And I finally got the privilege to meet El Elder Lifferth from the district! I also got to see many of my oth...