Howdy y'all!
Wow what a week it has been. I am glad that most of you were
amused with my dessert experience, I certainly was! I am working on getting
more stealthy with my distaste for certain foods. I have also received a lot of
advice on the subject so thank you all!
This past week has been pretty uneventful aside from a few
things. 1! We got to go to the Red lands temple on Thursday. 2! We baptized our
"Golden Investigator" Felipe. 3! I almost got eaten by several dogs.
4! My companion and I went dumpster diving. 5! We got to sing in a Samoan
fireside!
So.. Lets talk temple! The first thing that I noticed about
this temple was that it was absolutely darling, and that they cut the bottom of
the angel Moroni's feet off.. I guess that the people who live by the temple
like it better that way? It was a little weird. Aside from that , it was such a
wonderful experience and I felt spiritually recharged afterwards. What a
blessing it is to have temples so close by in Utah. No matter where you are, it
feels like you are going home when you walk in those doors.
FELIPE! Our precious little Felipe got baptized and we just
adore him. The three Hermanas that taught him (I am included) got to sing a
song for him. It was so fun. Baptisms are so rewarding. There is such an
incredible spirit about seeing someone make that step, they are demonstrating
that they are ready to become disciples of Christ. I hope everyone can be as
motivated and excited about the gospel as a freshly baptized member is.
Who let the dogs out?? I mean seriously... People need to
try and encourage their animals not to go tearing after two innocent young
ladies walking down the street. My goodness... We had one such experience where
we were walking by some run-down homes in a sketchier area. That one Christmas
song that goes "Bells will be ringing..!" was playing in the garage
of one guy and my companion and I were thoroughly enjoying the song as we
passed. The old man living at the home had a huge truck parked in the drive way
that blocked the rest of the street and his yard from view. As we rounded the
side of the truck, a GIGANTIC black dog jumped out at us! It was so big and
it's bark was so loud and scary that my companion screeched and took off in one
direction and I leapt into the road. Thankfully the vicious beast was secured
with an oppressive thick chain... otherwise we would have been dog food for
sure! The old man was just as grumpy as his dog and he completely ignored our
greetings and walked inside. Oh well. After a solid 10 minutes my heart finally
calmed down and we were both recovered. PHEW.
Unfortunately, this week my retainer got thrown away. I was
absolutely distraught. So after church yesterday, I was very determined to find
my retainer... I dragged my companion along and together we went dumpster
diving. We waded through piles of rotten meat, clumps of hair, random food,
diapers, and just about everything you can imagine. We didn't find the retainer
so I am forced t assume that it wasn't meant to be. OH Welllll....
Last night was an interesting experience. We got to be a part
of a Samoan missionary fireside. In the Samoan world missionaries are so
so special and they did a whole fireside for 2 departing missionaries. Samoans
are so cool and they have the greatest voices. I was so impressed by their love
and devotion to testimony through music.
Whelp!
I hope you are all enjoying the festivities of Christmas. I
for one am still getting used to Christmas lights on orange trees. I miss
you all and I pray each and every one of you are well. Stay safe and God Speed.
Love, Hermana Tobler
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