Hi Dad, Mom and Everyone!
So this week was a little bit crazy, as you probably know, I am now doing Temple Square training (at the MTC still). I leave for the Field on Wednesday and I am a little nervous, but the girls that I am going with have become my very good friends. There is Sister D from France, Sister M from the Philippines, Sister N from Mexico, Sister K from Japan, Sister B from Mongolia and a few others. It is a little bit hard to understand each other but it comes easy when we teach lessons because the Spirit does the communicating for us. I have grown to love these sisters so much, we are all so unique and have different perspectives, but I think that is my favorite part!
Elder D from my District never ended up leaving to Australia like he was supposed to because he ended up having visa problems. He has a twin brother, also going to Australia, and they had made two visas for his twin and none for him. It was really a blessing for Sister L, Sister S and I that he stayed because we were very sad when our district left. I really think our district got closer than most, we became a family. Luckily for elder D, the visa problem is now figured out and he is leaving today at 4:00 p.m. for Australia, and so I truly believe that he was sent back because we were lonely.
I have had a scary incident happen this week...Today in the mail room, an Elder passed out while we were there and they had to go get medical help because he was not responding. I don't know what happened beyond that, but I am praying that he will be alright.
On the bright side, I got to see temple Square yesterday! I love it there. I had forgotten how beautiful it is! I went inside the Joseph Smith Memorial building and I was shown through the tunnels and got to see the Tabernacle Choirs dressing rooms! It was an amazing experience. I also am learning about answering the mormon.org emails and phone calls and I have been able to help teach a few people that way! In the visitor Center training many of the girls sing all of the opening songs in their native language so sometimes there will be about five languages being sung in our little group alone. I have also found that I have a lot in common with these girls. Lots of them listen to K-pop and sometimes they will burst out into songs from EXO, hahaha. I have found that the ones who teach the best are not necessarily the ones who can speak English the best. Yesterday I practiced teaching Sister B with Sister D. It helped me learn that some of the most powerful messages are the simple ones and that when we listen to the Spirit, even if it is subtle, we will be able to get the message across that we need to. Class had been great today. I was studying the Love of Christ and even though I have studied this subject a lot, I think I learn more every time. My favorite scripture today is Doctrine and Covenants 45:3-5
I love you all and pray for you!
Sincerely,
Sister Lybbert xxxxxxxoxox

p.s. I don't know when my next P-day will be because I am going to Temple Square next week. Oh, and I saw Sister S [from Cardston] (Kaylee's cousin!)

my district

my two companions: Sister S and Sister L

me, Sister M, Sister L, and Sister S

Loving it!

Hey Mom and Dad!
Everything is going uphill (like really though, 'cause my classroom is on the fifth floor my legs are getting strong!). Classes are sometimes long but they are always very spiritual and at least somewhat entertaining. The Elders make sure of that haha. I don't think I really would have talked to many ofthe people that are in my district if we had not met at the MTC. Most of them were the sporty people in school, but we all share many things in common. For example, at any time of day, one of them will start singing a song from a musical like Les Miserables or High School Musical. Princess Bride and Nacho Libre are quoted daily. Sister S is super upbeat and will start rapping about anything that comes to her mind and Sister M always provides the beat for her and joins in. It is really cute to see. Sister M's father is actually also the producer for most of the LDS Bible films so she always gives us background info on how scenes were created and little miracles that happened when they were in the process of making the films. Elder P volunteers himself to lead the music every time there is a song and even when there is not going to be, he still volunteers. Elder M is always singing from musicals as well (and dances even though he is not supposed to). At first I thought Elder D was the sterotypical high school jock, but after a few days, he joiined Elder B as the comedic entertainment in our little group by doing impressions of different characters from movies and coming up with the funniest jokes. Elder B also wears a tie with a hear stitched on the back (the tie was given to him by his girlfriend), and Elder F (AKA Elder Huck Finn) is the tallest of them all, and the shyest but he is also quite funny. So that leaves me and Sister L.
Sister L [my companion from Southern California, going to Washington, D.C.) and I have gotten a lot closer so that is really nice :) She likes to dance so she is a little sad because that is not something that is encouraged at the MTC but she keeps up her flexibility (she is amazing!). She also really loves panda bears (fun fact). Today I was able to go to the temple and do a session with her and Sister S and Sister M. The temple in Provo is beautiful! There was such a sweet spirit there. I love to be able to leave the stress of the MTC behind and go to the temple or walk around it. 
I have started to really enjoy the first chapter in the Book of Mormon. before, I had always skimmed through it because I had heard it so many times, but then we started to really talk about the significance of it and the vision he saw, it's so cool! Lehi's decision to follow the Lord made it possible for us to have the Book of Mormon. It just shows me that God really does know us and that He will always find someoneto move His work forward. My testimony has grown a lot in such little time andI am striving to continue to let it grow. I love you all like Crazy! Sorry if my writing is a little bit crazy, I just didnt' have a lot of time today to write...LOVE YOU!

All's well that ends well...we're pretty sure.

Welcome to Sister Lybbert's mission blog. Sister Lybbert arrived safely at the MTC (Missionary Training Center) on Tuesday afternoon, thank goodness. She had been delayed reporting due to a snag with her visa. We have no idea what it was, but it didn't arrive in time for her original departure date. We (her parents & siblings) took her to the airport Tuesday morning to catch her 5:30 flight to Calgary only to find out that it had been cancelled! She had to take a taxi to Calgary to catch her international flight. She was nervous, we were nervous because she had never flown before and we weren't positive she would actually get there on time, but, she made it and is now in the MTC. Rae even called the mission travel department at about 9:00 a.m. to see if she had made it. They said that she had checked in. When we were discussing what would happen if she missed her flight, or didn't make her connections, we weren't sure she knew how to use a pay phone! I kept checking my emails to see if there was anything but there wasn't. Rae finally checked when he got home from work (10:00 that night) and Sister Lybbert had apparently met a member in Seattle as she waited. He had taken her picture and emailed Rae as proof that she was alive, happy and made it to Seattle. He also sent a picture from the Salt Lake airport.

Still smiling even after
finding her flight was cancelled!

Unexpected taxi ride...her first one, to
Calgary...only a 2 1/2 hour drive!

 













Here is her first email:

Dear Mom and Dad,
How are things at home? I miss you guys a ton! I don't really have any pictures of our family so could you please send me some by mail 'cause I will be around the MTC for about 3 weeks (2 weeks MTC training and 1 visitor center training).
Everything has been really fun lately. I am enjoying my experience at  the MTC so far, and I have met many wonderful Sisters and Elders. The first day I arrived with other girls from all over the world. That was probably my favorite part so far, rooming with those girls for the first night. Everyone was so different and had come from many unique backgrounds. There was a sister from England that was very nice and three from the islands (I don't remember which ones, sorry). Those girls are so out going and loving. Even when I see them around campus they wave and smile, one of them even will yell, "I love you, Sister!" and run over to give me a hug. She is so sweet. I also roomed with a few other girls. Sister L from {Asia}, Sister L from {Asia}, and Sister H from {Asia} (going to Thailand). Sister L and Sister M (grew up in Thailand but moved to Indiana in her teens) are both going to Temple Square with me! I have met about five other Sisters that are going to my mission! We get along so well, in fact, about three of the girls that are going to Temple Square had a visa delay and they didn't know why, but when we met one another I decided that it really was supposed to be this way because we all get along so well!
Sister H is so kind and I love her. If we had grown up around each other we probably would have been best friends. She does not speak English very well so she is going to other classes and apart from the first night and half of the first day, I have not seen her a lot. Her story is amazing though, and I will tell it to you.
She became a member of the church just last year, but her family are all Buddhists and are very against Christians. She found the church through her tutors who had told her about English lessons being taught by the missionaries. She said when she first went she was nervous and it felt strange because they were foreign to her, but soon she became friends and began taking interest in the gospel as well. When she was praying to know if God is there and if the church is true she said she had to pray four times to get her answer. On her third time praying she was very angry and distressed because she had not received one yet. Then she tired again. On the fourth try, she said she felt something very warm and comforting in her chest and she knew that the church was true. Sister H was baptized on _____2014. When her family found out, they beat her and wanted to disown her, but they never ended up kicking her out of the family. Sister H felt that the church was like a second home and she really wanted to serve a mission. The other missionaries in the area helped her gather the papers together and sent the ones she needed to send. However, right before her mission, her father decided he did not want her to go and so he took her passport and the other papers she needed and was threatening to rip them apart. She called up the missionaries to tell them that she could not go, but then they told her to pray, and she did. The next morning, to her surprise, her father gave her back the papers and her passport and said that she could go on her mission. She bore her testimony to me that she knows that God is there and she was so happy that Heavenly Father softened her dad's heart so she could come to the MTC. She told me that she wanted others to feel happy from the gospel because it made her happy. Sister H is such an inspiration to me! I really hope that everything will go well with her family and that she will still have a good relationship with them.
My own faith has been strengthened from this sister. Heavenly Father has a plan for each one of us, and if we are faithful we will be blessed, perhaps it will not always be in big ways, gut in small ways as well.
Yesterday we met our companions. My companion is Sister L from South California. Sister L is also going as a visitor center missionary, although her call is to Washington DC. She is very nice and she is perfect when it comes to studying Missionary work, because she's  usually on the same thought train (when we are talking about the gospel) so it is easier to help one another to explain the doctrines when it comes to practicing teaching lessons. She is also very cheerful and that is nice.
The rest of my district are also all from the U.S.A. I think we all get along fairly well. Everyone is very encouraging and helpful, and they all became close friends really fast. However, I find that I get very quiet around all of them, I just don't have the same personality, I guess, so it makes it sort of hard to feel comfortable all of the time, but I am growing to love them and open up to them, because really I have only spent about two days with them, it's just taking me a little bit longer to become close friends with everyone. I think that we are all friends though.
I love you all so much and pray for you guys every night!
Love,
Sister Lybbert
P.S. sorry for grammar mistakes. I don't have much time though, love you! <3