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Family and Friends!

Well it's been quite a week here in Anacortes! Here's what happened:

Monday: We went on a hike with one of the less actives and it was really pretty! It was a little cloudy, but that was all good. After pday we went and had a lesson with the Landerman-Moores and man everytime we are there I feel like I learn so much from them. We talked about the Atonement and about life after death. Then that night we exchanged with the Hermanas. Hermana Penrod came to Anacortes with me and Sister VanDenakker went with Hermana Stewart to Mt. Vernon.

Panorama View

Our hike Monday

Tuesday: Hermana Penrod and I had an awesome exchange! I mean half of our lessons cancelled, but  that just made it possible for us to be where the Lord needed us. We got to go visit a couple of older couples in the wards who can't come to church, which was so awesome. They all just really appreciated our visit. We also ran into a less active member as we were walking into the apartment and he asked if we were Mormon girls. We said we were missionaries and he told us that he grew up in the church but now he's addicted to cigarettes and alcohol and he was telling us how he needs to come back to church and get off his addiction. We told him he should come to church and we asked who he knew in the ward and then we called them after we talked with him. It was awesome!

The one and only Hermana Penrod

Wednesday:  We had a pretty good day! We had interviews with President in the morning and those are always good. We then had a lesson with our friend Renee and she told us that she thinks she should get baptized! WOOT WOOT! After that, we came home and studied and started praying about a date for Renee to be baptized. Finding that night was rough only because I'm super awkward. I almost fell off someone's porch and oh man it was rough, but funny! We then saw Pam that night and we talked about her conversion story and the Book of Mormon. We asked her to read it everyday and she said that she thinks she could read it in 2 months, so like 10 pages a day. But she said she would have to go through and put bookmarks every 10 pages. So obviously that night we got home and made bookmarks and put them in every 10 pages and marked out favorite scriptures. We don't mess around with this stuff.

Thursday: District council was awesome! We talked about The Book of Mormon and how important it is in helping others come unto Christ. After we had our studies and finding. Finding was awesome! So in our area there is an Indian reservation and we were over there that night for finding. We were trying to contact a former member in our area book and when we knocked on their door this older Native American man opens the door and invites us in. SAY WHAT? We were shocked! So we went in and talked with him and his wife (spoiler: it wasn't the people we were looking for). We talked to them and they asked us what we believed and we told them we believed in The Book of Mormon. We talked some more about it and then we asked if we could come back and tell them more. The man, Al, told us he couldn't careless if we came back. Then he just started talking to us about his life and his culture and we just listened and by the end he told us to come back. It was amazing! So we are going back this week! Stay tuned.

Friday: We had a lesson with a referral from someone in the YSA (Young Single Adult) ward. This lady, Sharon, is AWESOME!! She was so excited to meet us! She has had some past with the church and absolutely loves the church and especially the Relief Society. She's taken the lessons before but never got baptized so we will see what happens. Then we had a lesson with the Johnsons that night and that was really awesome! I love them so much! We asked each of their conversion stories and talked about how the Holy Ghost helped them to know that the church was true. It was really neat hearing their whole conversion stories. I love asking converts that.

Fanny pack Friday

Saturday: SUCH A GREAT DAY!! We put our friend Renee on date for her baptism!! We are so pumped and she said she's ready to do whatever it takes to get there! SHE IS SO READY! Yeah, so if you couldn't tell we are super excited for her! That was legit the best thing that whole day because it was mostly just weekly planning. We did, however, see the Butchers. Brother Butcher fell and broke his hip on Wednesday and is in the hospital. They said he isn't going to make it because surgery is too risky with all his other health issues but Sister Butcher was so grateful that we went by to see how they were both doing and the rest of their family. That night we then helped some less active members pack because they are moving soon.

Sunday: PRIMARY PROGRAM X2!! It was the best Sunday of the year! We got to enjoy both wards' primary programs! They both were so amazing and the spirit was so strong. The closing song in the Anacortes ward was "We'll Bring the World His Truth" and man I couldn't get through hardly one verse, I was bawling! That song is just so powerful!

Well that was the week. I love being a missionary. I love that for 18 months I am helping people become closer to their Savior and, in turn, so am I. There is no way I would be able to make it through life without Him by my side. It is such an amazing blessing that we live in a time where we can have the fullness of the gospel. I love the gospel and I know that it's true! Keep reading and praying and doing all you can to draw closer to your Savior! I love you all and hope you have the best week!

Kia Kaha,
Sister Twede

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