SOMEONE CALL IXII!!!

Family and Friends!

Well this week was a wild one here in Washington!

☀️Highlights☀️
- We called 911 this week
- We had some good member lessons
- The weather is starting to warm up just a tad!
- The Chick-Fil-A in Marysville opened!

Ok story time! So, yes, we called 911 this week. But just to let you know, no one was hurt or dying or anything. We woke up Thursday morning and Sister Snowder could faintly smell gas in the apartment but didn't think too much about it. We went on our run and as soon as we walked inside after we were done, our whole apartment smelt super strong of gas, like propane! We grabbed Sister Snowder's phone and went back outside and tried calling several of our leaders. Our district leader answered but he was no help. We tried calling the zone leaders like 4x, our housing coordinators didn't answer either, we even tried BOTH assistants and neither of them answered! So we weren't sure what to do. We called the district leader again and told him no one was answering. He told us to call the fire department. So we called the number for the fire department, but they weren't going to answer unless it was an emergency. So, we called 911. The lady picked up and said "911 what is the address of your emergency?" Sis Snowder: "Oh, um, well one second, we are in a weird situation and don't actually know our address, so let us look it up."

Hahaha! I was so dead! We told the lady what the situation was and she said that they would get the fire department over there to check it out. They came, no sirens or lights, just cruisin' on in. They told us we didn't have any gas things in our apartment and to just open the doors and windows. We mentioned that we were missionaries. One of the guys said that he didn't think that girls came on missions. So we talked to him about it for a quick second, but then he had to leave. That all happened before 8AM! Then the zone leaders and assistants called us back and we told them what happened haha!

Now on a more serious note, something that has been on my mind a lot lately is change. It's something that none of us can avoid no matter how hard we try. I was reading a talk by President Thomas S. Monson titled "Finding Joy in the Journey". There were two parts that really hit me.
1. "Time never stands still; it must steadily march on, and with the marching come the changes."
2. He quotes from the musical "The Music Man". "You pile up enough tomorrows, and you’ll find you’ve collected a lot of empty yesterdays." "My brothers and sisters, there is no tomorrow to remember if we don’t do something today."

Those two parts really hit me because everyday we have a chance to change, we have another opportunity to make it a great day. But if we are so stuck on just waiting out the storm and staying where we are, we will look back and wish we did something more. I have been guilty of this time and time again, but it's never too late to start. So make today a great day! Make today a tomorrow to remember! Find joy in the little things! Once we can master that there is no storm that can take that away from us.

I love and miss you all and hope you had a great week! Sorry this one was kind of long, but hope it made you laugh and stuff!

Kia Kaha!
Sister Twede:)

Waiting for the fire department in the rain.

The zone leaders brought us Chick-Fil-A

Mixing it up a bit!

Zoom comp study!!

Service and Stuff

Family and friends!

Hey y'all! We are on day 62 of quarantine here in good ol' Washington. This week not much happened, but what did happen was pretty good!

☀️Highlights!☀️
- We had the opportunity to go do service at Salvation Army on Friday and Saturday for 6 hrs! It was so great! We got to see so many of the other missionaries and I feel like I know no one now😂.
- We finally got in contact with our friend Nolan! We haven't heard from him in a couple weeks.
- We have seen more blue skies lately! Summer is coming!

Spiritual juices:
Yesterday we had a lesson with Sis Snowder's brother and cousin and we talked about faith and read in Ether 12. I love this chapter because it is all about faith. In verses 6-20 it talks a lot about how we "receive no witness until after the trial of your faith" (verse 6) and then it lists examples from the Book of Mormon. So it talks about all these things that are possible through faith and then the very last verse in the chapter says:
"41 And now, I would commend you to seek this Jesus of whom the prophets and apostles have written, that the grace of God the Father, and also the Lord Jesus Christ, and the Holy Ghost, which beareth record of them, may be and abide in you forever. Amen."

So if you think about what faith is, it's trusting in Jesus Christ and acting on that trust. In order to trust someone, we have to know who they are. And I love that this last verse says "seek this Jesus". Seek this Jesus that brought about miracles. Learn about this Jesus that can do miracles in your life because the more you come to know who He is, the more you will be able to trust Him and the more you will be able to act on that trust and see miracles in your life.

I love you all and hope you have the best week! The Church is true and the book is blue!

Kia Kaha
Sister Twede:)

100% recommend the Wonder Woman Cookie Collision from Dairy Queen!

Other missionaries!

Fanny Pack Friday!!

More Service

District pic IN PERSON!!!

"Did I Really Used to Be That White?!"-Sis. Snowder

Family and Friends!

Hey everybody! How are y'all holding up? I hope it's been good a good week! Happy Mothers Day to all the moms out there! This week was wild!

Highlights!
- There were 0 clouds and warm weather for like 3 days this week! So, naturally, we were outside as much as possible which resulted some sunburns, but two happy, no longer pasty white missionaries.😂
- We taught a guy who lives in Australia! We found him through one of our Facebook pages and he seems really interested in the gospel! We had a lesson with him and we talked about so much and invited him to read the Book of Mormon and he said "Yeah! I'll give it a read!" So Woot Woot!
- We got 20 new missionaries on Wednesday and are going to get I think 14 more tomorrow! Crazy stuff!

Spiritual juices:
What I want to share this week comes from something I read in my studies this week. I somehow happened to read about the story of Jesus healing the blind man in John 9 and his disciples ask him in verse 2 "Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?" And I love what the Savior says in verse 3 in response. He says: "Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him."
We all are given trials that we don't understand why we have to go though them, I have had these as well. But this scripture, I feel, helps us understand that at those times we are able to see the hand of God in our life. As we allow our Savior to come into our lives and cleanse us of our spiritual blindness and we will be able to see miracles in our lives.

That's all I got for this week y'all! The Church is true, the book is blue and Christ lives. Feel free to email me updates of what's happening in your life! Love and miss you all!

Kia Kaha,
Sister Twede:)

Outside!

Gonna be a great day!

Blue Skies!

Little sunburn

Fanny Pack Friday!

District Virtual Birthday Party!

Discipleship and Stuff

Family and friends,

Hey y'all! Well, this was probably our last somewhat "normal" week in quarantine. We found out on Tuesday that we will be receiving 20 new missionaries this Wednesday! 5 that were already coming and 15 reassigned! And then we are going to get 14 more reassigned missionaries the next week and probably more each week until who knows when! So crazy exciting stuff is happening!!

But anyway, 4 high points for the week:
1. We had two awesome lessons with out friend Tyson on Tuesday and Friday! He is so ready!
2. He joined in on one of our ward members family's Come Follow Me discussion. One of the family members asked him how he feels his relationship with God has changed since he's been learning about the gospel and he said he definitely feels a presence! So awesome!
3. We got to go drive around for 3 hrs to pick up mileage logs from our whole zone on Friday. That was super nice!
4. The other sisters in our district brought us cookie dough ice cream! (For those who don't know that is my all time favorite!)

Spiritual Stuff: Ok, if any of you didn't watch the worldwide devotional last night, you should all go watch it! Young adult or not GO WATCH IT! It was amazing and we all can learn something from it. So much in that devotional hit my like a ton of bricks. Bjut the biggest thing that really hit me (that for some reason hasn't until now) was that becoming a disciple, becoming truly converted, is a process. Becoming like our Savior isn't like taking a magic pill and then boom! You're perfect. Yeah no, if it was like that none of us would be here. Every single day we get the opportunity to change, to better ourselves, to get up and brush the dirt off and keep moving forward. Everyday we are given that opportunity but it's up to us to actually take it. So take the opportunity! Try your best and He will meet you where you're at. He descended below all things so He could raise us above all things. I love my Savior and I know He lives. I know He will never forsake us!

I love and miss you all and hope you have the best week! Keep your girl updated on your lives!

Kia Kaha
Sister Twede:)

We use our outside time wisely:).

I look ratchet, but it's Fanny Pack Friday!

Sunday selfie

Quote for the week

It's Go Time!

Family and Friends!

Hey y'all! Well, this is I think week 4 or 5 in quarantine? I don't know, I feel like it's been forever. Nothing too exciting happened this week to be honest. We are still pretty busy between teaching lessons and making Facebook posts. So I will spare you from reading a boring email...haha.

I did however want to share some things I've been learning. Something that has been super prominent in my studies is the importance of action. Lately, I haven't been too good at this so that's probably why it came up a lot this week. Funny how that works. Anyway, I've been reading in 1 Nephi the past couple weeks and there are countless times where Nephi or Lehi act on personal revelation and commandments they are given from the Lord. One time in particular jumps out to me. It's in 1 Nephi 2:2-3 and it says:
"2 And it came to pass that the Lord commanded my father, even in a dream, that he should take his family and depart into the wilderness.
3 And it came to pass that he was obedient unto the word of the Lord, wherefore he did as the Lord commanded him."
And then it goes on in verse 4 saying how he departed into the wilderness.

But the point I wanted to make is that Lehi receives a commandment from the Lord and then what does he do? HE ACTS! He gets out of there as soon as he can! Then you've got Nephi in the next chapter saying "I will go and do the things which the Lord hath commanded" and he continues to do that no matter where he is, whether he's tied up by his brothers or not. He acts on the commandments and revelations he's given by the Lord right away! He doesn't wait 5-10 business days to do it. He drops everything and moves his feet. I can't tell you how important it is to act on things the Lord tells you to do right away and not just wait till you're ready. I know that once we overcome the fears we have about the things, the Lord tells us to do what we can to become who He knows we can become. I'm striving to overcome my fears and do what the Lord needs me to do. It's hard but the hardest things make us into the best versions of ourselves. I know He has a plan for each and everyone of you and has things that only you can accomplish because of the gifts and talents you have been given. Pray hard and then get up and work harder. I love and miss you all and hope y'all have the best week! I hope that all made sense😂

Kia Kaha
Sister Twede:)

Best day of the week!

Zone Conference X 6

Family and Friends!!

Well, this is week 3 of quarantine and man was it crazy! Here's what went down:

Monday: Normal, chill pday in the apartment.

Tuesday: So, because Sister Snowder and I are two of the "Social Media Specialists" in our mission, we had to go to all the Zone Conferences to help tell the missionaries what the deal is with the Facebook pages. So we had Zone Conference #1 in the morning and #2 in the afternoon! We were kind of dead after, but we were able to make through the rest of the day.

Wednesday: Sister Snowder and I instructed for Zone Conferences 3&4. They went really well and the missionaries got some good ideas rolling! We then had some good member lessons that night and invited them to go like and follow the FB page!

Thursday: Zone Conferences 5&6 all done! We then had a good lesson with one of our members about Come Follow Me. And then we had a meeting with the Marysville stake presidency that night. Yay for more meetings....

Friday: We had some lessons with people from back home which was so awesome! I got to call my neighbors and teach them a lesson which was so fun! We also had a lesson with one of the missionaries that had to come home. He is so awesome and still just trying to do all he can to keep the missionary spirit. We are going to try and invite him into lessons we have so we'll see how that goes!

Saturday: We made 2 new friends! A member contacted us and told us he had a friend from work that he told about the Book of Mormon and is interested in hearing an uplifting message from us. Then he also told us that his friend was inviting one of his friends! They are so awesome! They both were super open to reading the Book of Mormon and learning more so we have a lesson with them again next week! We are so pumped!

Sunday: We had a devotional with our ward and I was asked to share my testimony of the Savior. It was still so neat that the spirit could still be felt even over technology! The church is true y'all! We also got to finally take the sacrament and I didn't realize how much I needed it until I heard the prayer for the bread. It's amazing the peace and comfort that comes from partaking of the sacrament.

Well, that was pretty much the week y'all. I know this whole quarantine thing can be hard but something that my dad told me early on in my mission was "it came to pass, it didn't come to stay". This won't last forever but don't just wish this time away. This is the time to strengthen you relationship with your earthly family and your heavenly family. I know our Heavenly Father loves each and every one of you. He is mindful of every situation. Turn to Him in all things. I love you all and hope y'all had a good week! Keep me updated on y'alls lives!

Kia Kaha
Sister Twede:)

Shadow Time (rare because it's always cloudy)

Best book ever!

Pickin' weeds

Fanny Pack Friday!

Meeting, Meeting, Meeting, Easter!

Family and friends!

Hey y'all! How is everyone doing? I hope it was a good week in quarantine! This week was a little crazy up here in Washington! Here's what happened:

Monday: Nothing too exciting.

Tuesday: We had MLC (mission leadership council) in the morning. We had a good discussion about what we all learned at General Conference and the things we are implementing into our lives. We then had a lesson with one of our members later that day and a lesson with our friend Jonny that night! We talked about the Holy Ghost and how he can bring things we learn or experience to our remembrance. Jonny really liked that!

Wednesday: We had District Council in the morning which was so good! We talked a lot about faith and experiences we've had where we've had to act in faith. Right after District Council we had a meeting with the mission department about some new online things we are going to be doing in missionary work. It was a whole lot of information in just 2 hours but pretty much we are going to be using Facebook a whole lot more in missionary work! Sister Snowder and I are "Social Media Specialists" in our mission with 2 other companionships that will be helping our mission get this all going. Crazy! After the training, we had a lesson with our friend Janet and it went so well!! She is seriously so awesome and she just loves everything we've been teaching her. We talked about the Plan of Salvation and the Atonement and she just loved it! It was such a good lesson.

Thursday: We spent a lot of the day getting Facebook pages made and posting on them. We had a lesson with our friend Chris that night and he is so ready to be baptized. He already knows everything and has a testimony of it and so last week we asked him why he hasn't gotten baptized yet and he said because of Corona. He's been taught by missionaries before so we are just going through all the lessons with him to make sure he's ready.

Friday: We had another meeting in the morning with the other Social Media Specialists and President Auna to talk about how we want to tell all the missionaries about the Facebook pages and other things they can do. We then had some good lessons with members about General Conference. It's so interesting to see what everyone got out of Conference! Almost everyone got something different and that just shows me that God is so mindful of each and everyone of us. He knows exactly what we need and when we need it. IT'S AMAZING!!

Saturday: We made a couple videos for the Facebook pages which was fun! And then we had a couple more lessons with members and weekly planning.

Sunday: EASTER!! I love Easter and the time that we had to remember and celebrate our Savior. While on my mission, I have truly loved being able to teach people about their Savior. The hope and joy that lights up their eyes as we teach them that they can be forgiven, comforted, or strengthened because of their Savior is remarkable. The Atonement of Jesus Christ is the ultimate message of hope. I know that because He lives we can find peace in this life, we can be forgiven, and we can "hope for a better world" (Ether 12:4). I know my Savior is walking beside me every step of my life, and carrying me when I can't walk. I know He loves me more than I could ever imagine. I KNOW HE LIVES!!

I love and miss you all and hope this week is full of joy even in these hard times. I know that God is in control and because of that there is no need to fear. Have an amazing week and keep me updated on all y'all's lives!

Kia Kaha
Sister Twede:)

Sister Snowder's mom sent us good food after fasting!

Masks Part 1

Masks Part 2

Selfie while taking videos!

Fanny Pack Friday!

Easter Dinner

Masks Part 3

Corona ain't getting Sister Snowder!!