Taking Flight in Everett: Rain and Moss Don't Mix

Family and Friends!

Hey there y'all! How is everyone doing? This week went by pretty fast actually. It was a pretty crazy week too so here it is:

Monday: We got all of our stuff done in the morning and then went down to Oak Harbor and played card games with our district. That was fun to spend time with them. After we went and visited some recent converts that night. It was pretty great!

Tuesday: Pretty slow day. We were going to go help a nonmember unpack some boxes for her but she had to reschedule, so that was kind of a bummer. The rest of the day we just tried to contact people but nobody really wanted to listen, so it was kind of a slow day.

Wednesday: We had interviews with president! It was so good to talk to president for a bit. Later in the day we got out and walked to the store and got ice cream and talked to some people on our way. We tried to also visit a referral but the house literally didn't exist so that was a problem. And I realized that up here they like to skip random numbers, idk why. It's weird. But we did see one of our recent converts, Mary, and she broke her leg earlier that week! It's a super bad compound fracture and she is having surgery for it this week. So that was super sad but she's still positive so that's good!

Thursday: We had District Council in the afternoon and it was really awesome. We talked about being one with the Lord and the Spirit and that that is the most important thing. We had dinner with part of our district after at this pizza place right on the water! It was super awesome and really good haha. That night Sis Cluff and I drove out to Camano Island for exchanges! It was such a pretty drive!

Friday: EXCHANGES! So I got go stay in Camano with Sis Allen and it was so much fun! It has so many more trees than Anacortes which I didn't think was possible but it is! We had some awesome lessons with a member that morning and lunch with a lady they had been teaching. Both lessons were awesome. After dinner we went to the south end of the island and visited some members and I tried crab! It was kind of weird, but not bad. We went and visited one of their neighbors and gave her a Plan of Salvation pamphlet and she seemed pretty interested! Then later at another member's house I also got to achieve a life long dream and try creme brulee! It was super good!

Saturday: Funny story time! So that morning it rained, which was so awesome! And around noon we went to our friend Becky's house and we were planning on dropping her because she just isn't progressing and she took it really well. She has had missionaries over before but she has never had any desire to be baptized or anything. So as we were walking out she has moss growing all over her front steps and because it had been raining they were a wee bit slick. Sis Cluff started down first and well...she went down haha! She totally slipped on the steps and fell and as I went to go help her I slip as well! We both just sat there for a minute just laughing and Becky came down without any trouble and helped us up. We felt so bad because we had just dropped her and now she was helping us up and making sure we were ok haha! We had moss and dirt all over so we had to go home and change before we could do anything else. It was the funniest thing and we couldn't stop laughing about it all day! Haha so that was the highlight of the week! We are both bruised but ok 👍the rest of the day was pretty much just weekly planning so nothing too exciting.

Sunday: Church was really good. We had some meetings after Church and then we went and did our studies. Later, we went and had dinner with a sweet member family. We studied Come, Follow Me with a member and we talked about the importance of the Holy Ghost and it was a super awesome discussion.

Well that was the week! One of my favorite chapters that I found this week is Alma 26. Verses 6 and 7 are some of my favorites because it talks about how as we bring others unto Christ they will be able to withstand the whirlwinds that Satan sends. Reach out to others because there are people right around us that need the light of Christ in their lives, but they don't know where to find it. I love this chapter and I would invite all of you to read it when you have a chance. Love you all and hope y'all have an amazing week!

Kia Kaha
Sister Twede