Boden, Libby T

Ya, so friends, I ran out of storage again, so I didn’t write ya last week, and for that, I am very sorry. Voy a mejorar en eso! Funny story and kind of another HERMANA BODEN MOMENT! I’ve come to the conclusión that I have a lot of them! Well, this time I was making hotcakes one night for my district because we wanted to eat breakfast together the next day. Welp, I was doing my thing, you know, cooking away, listening to the church youth music, making the most AWESOME AND DELICIOSAS HOTCAKES EVER! Then, all of a sudden, Hermana Toledo and I heard, clic, clak, boom... a few sparks lit, and suddenly my hotcakes were on fire. "AHHHHHH." We calmed down the fire, and everything was tranquila, but it turned out the problem was the cord—it got caught in our grill. It melted in the grill and, well, caught on fire. So the result was that we didn’t eat hotcakes as a district the next day, and we didn’t have a grill for a week. Thankfully, we have wonderful members who were loving and w...

Oh y’all know, just another day here in PARADISE! Literally, jajajaja! Hermana Toledo and I received an invitation this Saturday to go through the temple with one of our friends who is leaving for her mission in two weeks, and well, if you know me, as well as my comp Toledo, we would literally do ANYTHING to go to the TEMPLE!! CLARO QUE SÍIIIIII!! Sooo we ended up changing our P-day on Monday to today so we could go to the temple with our friends today! Yep, I was blessed to go to the TEMPLE today! I usually feel a sense of peace when I'm in the temple, but this time I felt a sense of JOY! I literally felt a burning sensation in my heart, and as I was sitting, reflecting, and watching the people surrounding me (some were crying), I got thinking. And I've actually been thinking about this a lot lately. That is how EVERYONE HAS A DIFFERENT STORY. While being here on the mission, I've heard MANY different stories. Sadly, a lot of them are stories of difficult times in people...

SEMANA DE MUCHO ÉXITO! This week was the BAPTISM of our AMIGA, CARITO! #arrozconleche (inside joke) Carito is the cutest and funniest 14-year-old who actually lives in Veracruz but visited her family here in Chiapas for the holidays. Her family introduced us to her, and we had some lessons with her, and within two weeks, she said she wanted to get baptized! Not only did she do her first covenant with God this week, but the day after, we took her through the TEMPLE. Yep, I got to go to MY FAVORITE PLACE IN THE WORLD this week! You can basically say we're starting the year 2025 PRETTY PRETTY FANTÁSTICO! Welp, today as a district we went and did some BOXING! And well, when it comes to exercise, you know Hermana Boden absolutely loved it! I got to release some anger and punch stuff! It was pretty great, but that wasn't the best part! The BEST PART was at the end when the coach came up to me and said, "USTED ES FUERTE — YOU ARE STRONG." OK, guys, this guy had two of his so...