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:)

I Need A Martinelli's!"

Family and friends!

Hey y'all! I hope y'all had a great week and an amazing Christmas! This week was pretty crazy so here it is:

Monday: We didn't have a p-day due to Christmas on Wednesday, so we were out and about. We decided to go visit some members who we had Tupperware to return that morning and then visited some people in our Area Book that night. Nothing too crazy happened.

Tuesday: CHRISTMAS EVE! We had District Council. We did a white elephant and shared our favorite scriptures that testify of Christ. It was actually really awesome to hear everyone's favorite verses. We then went and delivered some presents to a family in one of our wards and they were so happy and so excited to open them. We had a lesson with some less actives. We watched the "Because Of Him" video with them and talked about who Christ is to them. It was really awesome. That night we went to one of our ward mission leaders' house and shared a message with them. They are so amazing! They just got home in July from being mission presidents so we're a little spoiled;)

Wednesday: CHRISTMAS! It was a really chill day! We went to a member's house for breakfast and then called our families. Then went to another members house for dinner. They both were SO GOOD!! It was kind of weird not being home but not as hard as I thought it was going to be, so that's good!

The fam on Christmas!

Thursday: I hit 6 months! It's so crazy how fast it actually goes. But we had a lesson with our friend Sharon who is so ready to be baptized! She was already taught all the lessons but we don't have any record of it, so we are really just going through and making sure she knows everything and believes it. Shes amazing! We also met with our friend, Renee, and she is trying to work on her smoking which is so awesome! A member in our ward offered to help her, so we'll see how it goes. But that was the day. Oh jk no it's not haha. Leadership calls went out and...SISTER V IS TRAINING!! Yup so I'm going to be a "grandma"! Haha I'm so excited for her!

Friday: Sister V went with the Sister Training Leaders to Mill Creek for the trainers' training and I went to Stanwood and spent the day with Sister Squire and Sister Cooper. Love those sisters! We had a good time and then we went and talked to a guy named Bill that we met a couple days ago. He saw us walking up and he said "Oh my gosh! No way?! How are you guys?!" Haha he was really excited to see us and told us he remembers us. We talked to him for a while and hopefully we can teach him.

Our last Fanny Pack Friday together:(

Saturday: We finished weekly planning and then went and visited our friends Steve and Pam to see how they were doing. We then had dinner with the Millards and talked about the ward (Bro Millard is the Elders Quorum Pres and Sis Millard is the Relief Society Pres, so win win). Then we shared a scripture with them and had a really good conversation about exercising faith and reading the scriptures, especially the Book of Mormon, with real intent. We have to believe that we can receive answers from the scriptures in order to get those answers we are asking for. And that doesn't always mean it's the words themselves, our answers could also come from the thoughts and impressions we get when we read. So just keep that in mind next time you read the Book of Mormon.

Sunday: CRAZY DAY! I was able to play a piano solo for both wards and it was really neat to see how it touched people. I really believe that music touches people in a way that words can't. Anyway, we visited a lot of people and made 2 new friends! It was pretty awesome! On our way home, at the end of the night though we got a ton of calls and texts from a less active couple that was trying to move, but we couldn't help them because we had to be in our apartment. So, Sis V was trying to text and call people while I was driving. We got it all figured out though by the time we got home and as we were walking in Sis V says, "That was stressful, I need a Martinelli's". I died! It was so funny!

Well that was the week. It was a good last week in Anacortes. Oh yeah, by the way, I found out I'm getting transferred. I'll find out where I'm going on Wednesday. I'm excited, but also sad to leave. I've learned so much in these past 6 months from the members here in Anacortes and from my companions. But I know that there are more people out there that the Lord is preparing for me and I can't stay here to find them. I love you all and hope you have the best week!

Kia Kaha
Sister Twede:)

Finally got a pic in front of the sign.

Us and our adopted grandma, Sister Cook

Bella wouldn't sit still

Merry CHRISTmas!

Family and friends!

Well I don't have a whole lot of time today, but I hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas! This Christmas has been really great because I have been able to really focus on what Christmas is all about. I know that your Heavenly Father loves you so much.  He sent His Son as a baby who would one day save the world. I know that He can help you through anything because He's been through it all. I love you all and hope you have the best Christmas!

Kia Kaha,

Sister Twede:)

Spanish Land

Family and friends!

Hey y'all! It's your girl here in Washington again! This week flew by so here it is:

Monday: Nothing too exciting. We had some good lessons that night but that was pretty much it.

Tuesday: We had a ton of lessons! We met with some of our friends and those lessons went pretty well. They are both part of a religion that is really open to learning about other faiths so it's kind of hard to teach them. But then we met with some awesome members later that night.

Us and the Hermanas

Wednesday: We had district council and it was way fun! Most of us went to a pizza place after. It's just so fun being with other missionaries. After district council we had a lesson with Sis Davis and when we were leaving, our friend Renee knocked on the door! She was having a piano lesson with Sis Davis which was pretty neat. Then later that night we had a lesson with Renee and it went so well! We talked about the Atonement and Faith in Jesus Christ. In the middle of the lesson, I asked her how she was feeling right then and she said she just felt so calm. Usually she says she feels overwhelmed so that was super awesome! She's just killin it! Then we exchanged with the Hermanas and I headed off to Spanish Land with Hermana Penrod!

In Spanish Land with Hermana Penrod

Thursday: EXCHANGE! It was so awesome! I was able to meet some of the branch members and man these people are so nice and loving and just always want to help. I got to see a whole other side to the mission and it was amazing. I also learned how to pray in Spanish and then Hermana Penrod had me pray over our dinner....it was really rough haha. Oh and I got to go to Costco for dinner! I was so pumped! One of my favorite places, just saying. But I had so much fun and I learned a lot from Hermana Penrod.

COSTCO!!!

Friday: We went to the zoo and helped them with some things. No snake attacks or wolf encounters this time. Later that day, we had an awesome lesson with our friend Lee! He asked us at the beginning of our lesson what is a good day to get baptized! We were like "okay then!" Haha! That night we helped at a Winter Wonderland Walk thing that the town does at Washington Park. It's an activity where different organizations set up booths in the campsites and people just walk around and take pictures. Well, one of our wards had a booth with a sleigh and a snow machine and man people went crazy for it! There were so many people wanting to get their picture taken in the sleigh. So we took pictures of people for 3 hrs. It was pretty fun, but pretty cold.

The Sleigh

Saturday: We had another Christmas breakfast for our other ward and that was really fun. After that we just did our studies and weekly planning and then helped at the Winter Wonderland Walk again. We layered up this time!

Sunday: We only had one friend at church but, that's better than none! Sis VanDenakker gave a super awesome talk in the Mt. Erie ward. We then had a bunch of meetings after church and then went to a members home for dinner. You should have seen this member's house though!! It was crazy! She had so many Christmas decorations it was insane! She was showing us stuff for a half hour and it was only some stuff! It was pretty crazy!

Well that was pretty much the week! I hope you all had the best week! A scripture that I have really been thinking about this week is Isaiah 41:10
"Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness".
I love this because there really is nothing to fear because the Lord is with us. If we put our trust in Him there is nothing to fear because He knows all and He will be there to pick us up when we fall. Well, I love you all and hope you have the best week! And Merry Christmas!!

Kia Kaha,
Sister Twede

Fanny Pack Friday

Wolf Encounter

Family and friends!

Well this week was quite a crazy one! So here's what happened:

Monday: We spent some time with the Oak Harbor sisters and then had two really good lessons that night. In both of them we showed The Christ Child and man it was SO GOOD! I love that video! The Spirit is just so strong every time we watch it.

Us and the Oak Harbor Sisters

Tuesday: We had a good lesson with our friends Steve and Pam that morning! And on the way back from their lesson Sis VanDenakker and I were able talk about how we can help them progress and it was just really awesome. Later that night, we were out trying to talk to people and what's really sad is we were saying that it felt pretty warm out and when we checked the temperature it was 51°!

Wednesday: We had district council in the morning and that was really good! We talked about humility and I learned so much! Later that night though, we had a lesson with our friend Renee. On Sunday we had taught her about the Word of Wisdom. Well, she got really discouraged because she didn't know if she could stop smoking. It was actually kind of scary how she was acting. You could just tell Satan was getting to her. I sat in that lesson and honestly had no idea what to say that could help her. After we got home from her lesson Sis VanDenakker and I just sat and talked about what we can do to help her and we decided we need to send her reading assignments from the Book of Mormon everyday.

Thursday: We sent Renee our first reading assignment: Ether 12. All about faith so it's a pretty bomb chapter. We then had some lessons later that night that went pretty well.

Friday: Holy Moly! You will not believe what I'm about to tell you! At the zoo the owner took us into a cage WITH 2 WOLVES!! IT WAS SO AWESOME! They are just like giant Huskies! Their names were Kakoa and Max. It was honestly the highlight of my life. Jk but close😉 So that was pretty awesome! Renee texted us back saying she did the reading, so we sent her another one. We had a lesson with one of our friends but she canceled. Then one of our ward members texted us and said that our friend Lee was at her house for a lesson that we weren't planning on! And since our other friend canceled we ran over and taught him about the Restoration! BLESSINGS!

One of the wolves

Christmas Fanny Pack Friday

Saturday: We had one of our wards' Christmas Breakfast that was really fun and really good. Then we went out and tried visiting a couple of potentials, but no one was home. Just when all hope was lost,we got a text from Renee!! She asked if we had time to meet and we said "Yeah we do! We can come over right now!" So we ran over to her apartment and she was a completely different person! She told about all the experiences that shes had lately and how she knows it's not a coincidence. She told us she had only smoked 2 cigarettes that day and she feels she can do this, but it will take time. Oh my goodness, I cannot even tell you how amazing that lesson was! She said she wants to push her baptism date back but she's okay with that because she knows it's going to happen. It was awesome! The spirit was so strong!

Sunday: Renee and Lee came to church! I gave a talk in one of our wards about the gift of sharing your testimony with others. It went pretty well! And we watched the Christmas Devotional and if you haven't watched it GO WATCH IT!! It was so good!

Well that was pretty much the week here in Anacortes. I just want to tell you how amazing it is to be a missionary and see people progress. Yes it's not always like that and there are days I have no idea what I'm doing with my life, but those moments when you see people coming closer to their Savior it makes it so worth it! I love and miss you all and hope you have the best week!

Kia Kaha
Sister Twede:)

Here's my address if you ever feel like sending me letters or Christmas cards:
PO Box 13390
Mill Creek WA 98082
United States

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