Baptism!

Family and friends!

Hey y'all! I hope everyone is doing well! It was a crazy week up here in Washington! So here's what happened:

Monday: We had a pretty chill p-day and then had fun playing volleyball for FHE! And that was pretty much it for the day.

Tuesday: We had service at the horse farm in the morning. And there were blue skies for a little bit while we were there! After that, we went to go visit a referral we had. When we went over he was home and totally wanted to learn more! We couldn't go in right then because it was just him home. So, we told him we would come back the same time next week with someone. We then had a lesson with our friend David that went pretty well! He had some really good questions that we answered to the best of our ability. He's doing really well. We are just trying to help him understand the Spirit. Tricky business, but we'll get there.

Wednesday: We had district council and it was really good. We talked a lot about faith and being patient with Gods timing. We then had a lesson with a less active member. After that, we went and helped one of our members make her birthday cake! We shared a quick message with two of her other friends as well. We then tried to go talk to some people before we went to "outreach" (we go and visit less actives with some ward members).

Thursday: We had Zone Conference! Man it was so good! I learned a lot about the importance of being obedient and being bold when talking about what we believe. That is something I'm still working on but I will get there...I hope. Then, once we finally made it through traffic, we visited some people and had a lesson with Julia who is in the Relief Society presidency. After her lesson, we had to run over to the church so we could help Octavia get a jumpsuit for her baptism! So exciting!!

Sister Ballard and me at Zone Conference

Friday: We did service at Habitat for Humanity that morning. Then we were inside most of the day because of weekly planning. But when we went outside for dinner, THE SUN WAS OUT!! We were so happy we both just stood in the doorway for a while just enjoying the sun. It was great to know it's still out there;). We went and had dinner with the Millcreek sisters which is always the best! Later that night, we had a lesson with two of our members, Jake and Kiana. We talked about the tree of life and the importance of opposition in all things.

THE SUN!!

Saturday: OCTAVIA'S BAPTISM!! That morning we went and helped clean the church and then did some service at the horse farm. After that, we ran back to the church and helped Octavia get ready for her baptism! It was such a beautiful service! Sister Webster was also able to come down for it and Octavia was really happy about that. It all was just amazing! The Spirit was so strong during the whole service! Man it is just so awesome to see someone take those steps into the font to become closer to their Savior.

Octavia's Baptism

Sunday: I gave a talk in sacrament meeting. We had a couple lessons that night that all went super well! We had dinner with one of our members and his family and the Millcreek sisters were there too! We had a super awesome lesson about knowing your divine identity. There is so much power that comes from knowing you are a child of God. Always remember that because Satan will try to make you forget that.

Well that was the week! Throughout the week, though, I thought a lot about Lehi's vision of the tree of life and especially the importance of continually holding fast to the iron rod. We live in a time where there are so many strong winds trying to push us off the path. We can't casually move along the path with one hand on the iron rod, we have to have both hands on it at all times. We have to be actively enduring to the end and do all we can to stay on the path that leads back to the tree. This takes 100% commitment to our Savior and the covenants we have made. So I ask you to just think about how you are holding to the iron rod and ask your Heavenly Father what you can do to more fully commit yourself to Him. I love and miss you all and hope you have the best week!

Kia Kaha
Sister Twede

Fanny Pack Friday

Rainbow

A Walk To Remember

Family and Friends!

Hey hey hey! It's your girl coming to ya from Everett, Washington! This week was so crazy so here it is:

Monday: So here in Washington because it doesn't snow all that often no one is prepared for it and no one knows how to drive in it. But we still were able to make it to the church building because one of our members gave us a ride. After pday, we walked around and tried to go see a potential but ended up not being able to see her. Then some amazing members from the STL's ward came and picked us up so we could exchange.

Tuesday: EXCHANGE! It was freezing. I only biffed it once so that was a upside! But really it was fun. I was in Viewridge with Sis West and we were able to have a snowball fight with one of their member's daughters which was pretty exciting! All in all it was an alright day!

Wednesday: So because our car was grounded due to the snow, we had to walk. But being YSA missionaries, our area is not a walking-friendly area but we still did it. So we walked about 7 miles just to go see one potential...in the snow...mostly up hill...and he wasn't even home. Then we walked a couple more miles to our bishop's house for a lesson. Which went really well! Then one of our members was able to give us a ride home. However, her car got stuck on the hill, so we helped push her up the hill. It was a pretty crazy day!

At the beginning of our "walk to remember".

Thursday: We were able to go and do service at the food bank. Then we were able to finally use our car again after dinner. That was so nice and we had a really good finding time!

Friday: We did service in the morning which was good and then we had a lesson with our friend Miguel. We talked about the importance of going to church and why we go to church. After that we had a lesson with Carlos. He just got baptized and moved up here from Cali and he's awesome! We talked about faith and how it is our anchor. It was so awesome! We then had two more lessons that night about faith and they were super awesome!

Saturday: We had service at the horse farm in the morning and then did a lot of weekly planning. We had two lessons that night with some members and we played the sacrifice game with them. One family got pretty intense about it and we had to remind them it was just a game, haha.

Sunday: Church was so good! It was just so awesome! We had a really good lesson about overcoming temptation with Josh (one of our recent converts). He's so awesome! We then met with our friend Octavia and she is getting rebaptized on Saturday!!! So we were putting together the program for her baptism so that was fun!

Well that was the week! This week I have been studying a lot about faith. A scripture that I love is Ether 12:4
"Wherefore, whoso believeth in God might with surety hope for a better world, yea, even a place at the right hand of God, which hope cometh of faith, maketh an anchor to the souls of men, which would make them sure and steadfast, always abounding in good works, being led to glorify God."
I love how it talks about when our faith is the anchor to our souls we are lead to do good and glorify God. Faith is an action and is meant to lead us closer to the Savior. So we must continue to to strengthen our faith so we can become more like our Savior. I love you all and hope you have the best week! Keep me updated on y'all's lives!

Kia Kaha
Sister Twede:)

Me and Sister West

Look! It's me!

Love these ladies!

Fanny Pack Friday

SNOW!!

SNOW!!

Fam and friends!!

Hey there, everyone! I hope you all had a fun week! It's been pretty crazy up here in good old Everett. So here's the week:

Monday: We just hung out at the church with a bunch of other missionaries and then contacted some people and came back for FHE with the ward. It was way fun also seeing and getting to know more people in the ward.

Tuesday: We went and did service at the horse farm. It's so fun being around the horses! We then had a really awesome lesson with our friend, David, that night. We were going to try and put him on date for baptism, but there are still some things we need to do before that. After his lesson, we went to institute and that was awesome!

Wednesday: We had District Council in the morning and it was so good! We then had a bunch of lessons with members. We talked about the Restoration and man, I just love teaching that lesson. There are so many things that I continue learn each time we teach it. Later that night, we were able to make a new friend! His name it Kyle and we met him last week. He asked us to come back because he had a ton of questions. So we went back and he said his girlfriend also wanted to hear what we had to say. But she wasn't there, so we left and went back after an hour. She still wasn't there, so we talked to him and his mom. His mom seemed super interested, so we were able to give the elders a referral. Yeet for missionary work! Oh but funny story! So, as we were out trying to contact people, I was backing up Sis Ballard and I wasn't looking where I was going and ended up totally tripping over a curb. Sis Ballard saw it all on the back-up cam and it was so funny!

Thursday: We did service at the food bank and then we were just out and about all day. We had some more bomb lessons that night with some members.

Friday: We had service at Habitat for Humanity. Then we had weekly planning yay.... then later that night we had to run some things to the elders because we are the only ones with a car. And we like to be Christlike.

Fanny Pack Friday

Saturday: Horse Farm again! It was raining super hard, so it was super muddy and cold, but that wasn't about to stop us. We had a bunch more lessons and then had dinner with one of our members and her fam. It turns out her mom went to my mom's same mission and knows my mom!! She also knows my dad and knew them both when my parents were dating. SMALL WORLD! It was so crazy!

Sunday: Church was so good! We talked about how we find joy in life and for real it is Christ where we find the most joy! When we completely rely on Him and put Him at the focus of our lives, we can have everlasting joy. We also got to watch the face-to-face and man it was so good! Elder Chistofferson totally threw down! We were at one of our ward member's house and it started snowing during the broadcast! So all y'all that said it doesn't snow in Washington, lied to me. But luckily, we made it home safe and sound and didn't slide off the road! Woot woot!

SNOW!!

Anyway, that was the week! I just want to tell you how important it is to put Christ at the focus of our lives. Even when things are going wrong, we can still find joy in Him! I love and miss you all! Have a great week!

Kia Kaha
Sister Twede

Dinner with the Sisters

Frosty on the Freeway

This Ain't No Small Town

Family and friends!

Well, it's Monday and it's 2020! Happy New Year y'all! This week was pretty crazy so here's what happened:

Monday: Transfer calls came in and if y'all didn't catch it from my email last week, I'm leaving my beautiful Anacortes. So for our last pday Sis VanDenakker and I did some stuff with the Hermanas which was really fun. We then went and had lessons with some members and they went really well. I said my goodbyes to them and that was rough. After being in an area for so long it's hard to say goodbye but ya know the work goes on.

So long, Apartment 4!

Tuesday: We had a ton of lessons planned, but only two actually pulled through. We had a really awesome lesson with our friend Lee about the Word of Wisdom and he said he doesn't have a problem with any of it so that was super awesome. He is just doing awesome! Then later that day we got a call from one of our members saying that our friend, Renee, was in the hospital. So we ran over there to see what was up and was also able to get her a priesthood blessing. It was really awesome and the spirit was so strong.

Wednesday: TRANSFERS! I finished packing up my stuff that morning and then we drove down to transfers and I found out I'm going YSA! My new companion is Sister Ballard and she's really hard working and a great missionary. After we left, we went and dropped off my stuff and went to a couple member lessons. It's weird going from a family ward to a YSA ward. The work is pretty different, but I'm sure I'll get the hang of it.

Posterity

Thursday: So we live in North Everett which is kind of sketchy, but it's fine. The ward we cover is over two stakes, so we have a pretty big area. We had district council so we met the new people in the district. We had a couple more lessons that night with some ward members. Nothing too exciting happened.

Friday: We did some service at Habitat for Humanity. So, we just helped organize stuff for them. We then had a lesson with member and went out finding. We talked to a couple people and were able to teach some people about the Book of Mormon. We had a lesson with one of our friends who we've been having a hard time getting a hold of. It was really funny because he first tried bashing us and then once we started talking about the First Vision, he went quiet and the Spirit was so strong. Boom, the church is true.

Fanny Pack Friday

Saturday: We got to go do service at a horse farm!! It was so awesome! And the sun came out so that was even more amazing. We also went and played soccer with a member named Able and some other members during lunch. Let's just say it's been forever since I've played. Ha! Ha! We had some more lessons that night and then did weekly planning.

BLUE SKIES!!

Horse Farm

Sunday: Church was good! I love church. I honestly don't remember hardly anyone I met, but it will come. We had dinner with Abi and her family. That was pretty much it for the day though.

Well that was the week. I just wanted to tell y'all how much I love the Book of Mormon and the Restoration of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I know that the Book of Mormon is true and every word in that book is for each and everyone of us. I love you all and hope you have a great week!

Kia Kaha
Sister Twede:)