Brad Wilcox and Service Galore!

 Family and friends!

Well, this week was awesome! Let me just jump right in. oh wait side note, if you need your email changed let me know!

☀️Highlights☀️

- We got to actually go to FHE because it was service woot woot! We helped some members get ready for a wedding reception and Sister Inskeep and I picked beans. There were so many beans!!

- We got to do service at a food bank as well! 

- We walked a dog on National Dog day!

- Ok ok but the best part of the week was our weekly mission devotional. BRAD WICOX SPOKE TO US!!! Oh my goodness it was so good!! Seriously there were so many things that really hit home for me. More on that later.

- We had exchanges this week with the Lakewood sisters and that went really well! 

- We also had a pretty awesome meeting for social media stuff. There is still so much to learn and to do and it's AWESOME!! This is such an amazing time for the church! We are going to be able to reach more people than ever before with these pages, I can feel it!! 

Spiritual Juices

Ok there are so many things that I want to say so hopefully this all makes sense and that y'all can feel the spirit through these words and know how much God loves YOU!! 

Alrighty, so during our weekly devotional with Brad Wilcox said this and it hit me like a ton of bricks that had fallen from the sky. He said that once we get something right the Lord counts it as perfect no matter how many times it took us to get there. Woah. There have been so many times that I have felt that if I'm going to do something I have to do it perfect the first time, which is so not true! There is no possible way we can be completely perfect all the time, yup it's literally impossible. We don't fail when we don't get it right the first time, we only fail when you give up. When we completely give up and stay down that is when we fail. So my plea to all of you is no matter what you are going through, DON'T GIVE UP!! Turn to the Savior for strength to go a little farther, turn to Him and cry for a while and tell Him how hard it is but then dust yourself off, get up, and look the storm dead in the eye and say "You can push me around but you can't tear me down!" You have an army behind you cheering you on and you can count me as one of them! The Lord will help you JUST TURN TO HIM!!! I don't know how to say that enough. He loves you and doesn't want to see you fail! Just as my grandma has said "it came to pass, it didn't come to say". Know that I love you all and I know that your Heavenly Father is mindful of you and is watching over you! Alma 26:37. Love and miss you all!

Kia Kaha (Forever Strong)

Sister Twede:)

Fanny Pack Friday!!

Exchanges!

Picking beans...lots of beans!

Brad Wilcox!

Something extra....

A Casino, A Bullet-Proof Vest, and the Book of Mormon

 Family and friends!

Well, this week was one for the books y'all! We had a whole lot of crazy, funny, spiritual, and other stuff happen this week!

☀️Highlights☀️

- We met a homeless guy that apparently lives at the church😅 (don't worry we called someone about him).

- WE ARE GOING BACK TO CHURCH!! And because we are YSA and never have more than 99 people who come to church anyway we can meet every week! That starts Sept. 13th!

- We had our dinner paid for one night! A sweet member at a restaurant we went to paid for us. Heavenly Father is always watching out for us!

- We had a lesson with a member who had not only a gun but also a knife the size of my forearm and a bullet proof vest! People are strange.....

🥤Spiritual Juices🥤

This week was also really awesome for me spiritually. This week I really gained a greater love for the Book of Mormon. This book is amazing. I have seen this book start to change my life and because of that I cannot deny that it is the word of God. I know this book is true and as we read it we can find so much love, peace, comfort, guidance, and so much more. So if you are reading it, keep reading and studying. If you haven't pick it up in a while, pick it up and read some everyday this week and see how it effects your life. If you've never read it or don't have one, let me know! I love you all and hope you have the best week!

Kia Kaha 

Sister Twede:)

Fanny Pack Friday

Lesson with Angela (formally known as Sister Walker)

The District

We live across from a casino!

Selfie

Meetings and A Baptismal Date!

 Family and friends!

This week went so fast! We had so many things come up this week that made the week fly by. 

☀️Highlights☀️

- Meetings all day on Tuesday. We had a Social Media meeting in the morning, Institute, MLC (Mission Leaders Conference), then we had a stake meeting that night. It was a crazy day! 

- We got to have Zone Conference in person!! We had to split up the zone but it was still fun to see everyone in person! For one of the meetings, we were the only sisters there😂. That was interesting!

- We put one of our friends on a baptismal date!! That was super exciting! He has been taught before by missionaries and we've had a little bit of contact with him but then he texted us and said that he wants to get baptized! Woot woot!

🥤Spiritual Juices🥤

This week we while we were at MLC and I had an mind-blowing moment. We were talking about "becoming" and we read Ether 12:27.

"And if men come unto me I will show unto them their weakness. I give unto men weakness that they may be humble; and my grace is sufficient for all men that humble themselves before me; for if they humble themselves before me, and have faith in me, then will I make weak things become strong unto them."

After reading this, it just hit me hard that we don't overcome our trials just willy-nilly. We overcome them by taking advantage of the trials that come our way. There was something that my mom said to me when I was going through something really hard. She told me that I can either let this tear me down or help build me up. I have never realized how true this is. Every single hardship, trial, heartache is there for a reason, and every time we can either give up or look up and trust that He will help us rise above it. We can become who He sees we can become as we take on these challenges and strive to rise above them all. 

I miss and love you all and hope you all have the best week! 

Kia Kaha

Sister Twede:)

Total Coverage

Zone Conference Part 1

Zone Conference Part 2

Fanny Pack Friday

More Guns and the War Chapters

 Family and Friends!!

Hey everyone!! Another week once again has come and gone! It was quite an exciting one here in Washington.

Highlights!!

- On Thursday we had 7 lessons!! It was awesome to have a super busy day and to be able to just teach pretty much all day. I was super dead by the end though so I slept like a rock! (Which, for those of you who know me that's actually not anything new...haha!)

- Story Time: One of our members, Mike, had us come over to share a message with a guy that we actually taught for a little bit but has been going through some rough stuff. At first, Mike asked us if we would be able to help clean guns and we told him no! So he said that they would start cleaning their guns after we shared a message. Well, we were a little late getting there and apparently they were too excited so they just started cleaning these really old guns that had been in storage for 50 years. So, we got there and Mike just told us to come around to the back and there they all were cleaning guns. They started talking all about where they came from and all the history behind them. While they were talking I was thinking of how this could tie back to the gospel and then BOOM it came to me! We had been reading about all the wars in the Book of Mormon and how the people were preparing and things so we shared some scriptures about that and it was pretty awesome!

- We got to teach Sunday School on Sunday and it was super awesome!!

🥤Spiritual Juices🥤

So this week, as you know, I read a lot in the war chapters of the Book of Mormon. Before my mission I feel like I have always read these and thought "Wow these are some pretty neat stories!" and I never really thought I could get a lot out of them. But boy was I wrong!!! Every single day we are fighting a battle. Each and everyone of us are trying to fight for our souls every single day of our mortal existence. It's a hard battle to fight! But here's the thing, we have been given things to be able to prepare us and arm us for these battles we face. Some of these things consist of prayer, the Book of Mormon, the Bible, our families, prophets, apostles, and so much more. If we really take these things seriously and look at how they can help us through these battles we will become a force to be reckoned with! We will be armed with power that will save our lives. The Lord is trying to save our lives, and if we choose to follow Him we will never regret it. 

I love you all and hope you have the best week ever!! If you ever want to send a letter my way here's my address!

Washington Everett Mission

PO Box 13390

Mill Creek, WA 98082

Kia Kaha,

Sister Twede:)

Coffee machine at Costco???

Fanny Pack Friday!

We love the nice days!

Exchanges

Exchanges again!

Meals and Squirrels

Friends and Fam!

Hey y'all! Another week has come and gone and I honestly don't know where the time goes haha! But here are some things that happened!

☀️Highlights☀️

- We went on another pretty hike on Monday up to Heather Lake! We got tired on the way up but it was pretty!

- We got 2 member meals this week! Yeah that never really happens when you're in YSA😅

- We had a ton of lessons throughout the week which was fun.

- Sister Inskeep fed a squirrel from her hand and then tried to share a scripture but he ran away.

🥤Spiritual Juices🥤

I read a talk this week called "Come What May and Love It" by Joseph B. Wirthlin. I love this talk and I encourage everyone to read it! I love this quote:

"The way we react to adversity can be a major factor in how happy and successful we can be in life."

This is so true. If we complain and mope around when tough times come of course you won't be happy! But if you learn to laugh, seek for the eternal, and trust in the Lord you will be able to find joy and happiness no matter what comes in your life!

I love and miss you all and hope y'all have the best week!

Kia Kaha,

Sister Twede:)

Heather Lake

Heather Lake Selfie

The highest temperature I've seen in Washington.

One of our member meals!

Fanny Pack Friday!

A Gun, A Car Chase and Stuff

 Family and friends!

Hello hello hello! It's Sister Twede coming to ya from good old Marysville, Washington! It's been a pretty good week. 

☀️Highlights☀️

- We made 3 new friends this week! Two people are not in our area but one person we found just from calling people in our contacts. It was super awesome! He said he wants to read the bible so we are going to do a bible study. 

- Tuesday was Sister Inskeep's birthday and we had a lesson with a member who rode up on his motorcycle and had a gun in his back pocket! Then at the end of the lesson he asked the other female member that came with us for her number! Haha, welcome to YSA!

- Later in the week we witnessed a car chase. It was pretty wild! The guy was weaving in and out of cars and the cop was on a motorcycle. The cop eventually stopped chasing him because it was too dangerous. 

🥤Spiritual Juices🥤

I saw this scripture on a post that another missionary in my mission posted and it really hit me. 

1 Peter 1:7

"That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:"

This really put my trials in perspective for me. The trials I have gone through in my life have made me into who I am today. I'm so grateful for the things I was able to learn from them. Yes, trials are hard but we should hold them close to our hearts and ask ourselves if we are going to let this tear us down or build us up. It's one or the other but I know if we let it build us we will become so much more than what we could ever imagine. 

- We did a new missionary training for the new missionaries in our zone which was so fun!

I love you all and hope you have the best week! Feel free to shoot me an email about your life!

Kia Kaha 

Sister Twede:)

Taking pictures for the FB page.

Special Birthday Delivery

Selfies

Fanny Pack Friday

Exchanges

New Missionary Training

Another Day, Another Week

Friends and Family!

Well, first off I just want to thank all those who still read these and don't just look at the pictures😂 Big thanks to all y'all! Anyway, this week was pretty busy which was great! It made the week go by so fast.

☀️Highlights☀️
- We got to have MLC (Mission Leadership Conference) in person!! It was so awesome! When we said our purpose, oh man, the spirit was so strong! It was so fun!
- We had exchanges with Sister Howard and Sister Heufner! I went with Sister Heufner and actually got to stay in an apartment for a day!
- We had a super busy day on Saturday which made the day fly by.
- I'm in the process of learning how to solve a rubik's cube!

🥤Spiritual Juices🥤
So yesterday I found my new favorite scriptures. Here's what it is:
2 Corinthians 12:9-10
  "And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong"

This really hit me this week because we have been struggling to find some people to teach. As a missionary you know you're supposed to be finding people to share the gospel with. But then there are these times that you kind of go through a drought and you do all you can but still come up empty. It's hard but that's why I love these verses because every hard time, every struggle, every heartache, every time you feel like you can't go any further is an opportunity to lean on the Lord. He gives us these trials to that we may be able to feel His strength carry us. I know that life is hard, but the Lord knows you and He will make you strong when you are weak! So keep you chin up and keep smiling because this is just making you into a better version of yourself! I love and miss you all! Hope you have the best week!

Kia Kaha
Sister Twede:)

Exchanges

MLC in person!

Fanny Pack Friday