Carbon Monoxide - Almost died

Sept 10, 2014

Almost Died

Hola Mamacita!

 I do believe that the Lord watches over his daughters. In the CCM most of us live in casa (houses) that house about 20 misioneros, 4 people to a room. The very first night that I was sleeping in my casa, the Carbon Monoxide alarm went off. So all 20 of us Hermanas’ ran out of the house and someone called for help. Then the help came and said that the batteries were out and the alarm just needed new batteries. This past Monday, the alarm went off again and we all ran out of the casa and called for help. This time it was actually carbon monoxide. We all almost died!!!! haha no, well actually I have no idea how serious it was, but they shut off our hot water and anything gaseous in our apartment so that we wouldn´t all die from carbon monoxide. :P It´s all okay, because I´m still alive to tell the tale.

I have to tell you that memorizing scriptures is literally a weapon. I have a couple down and when I recite them during a lesson BAM! there is power and the spirit. It´s also really fun to recite it to the Latinos. Well really it´s just fun to talk to the Latinos in general. They want to learn English, we want to learn Spanish, it´s perfect! They are so nice, I absolutely love the Latino missionaries!

On Saturday and Sunday while I was fasting, I also fasted from English. It was a lot of fun! Only about half my district did it, but I could tell that those that did do it got a lot out of it. We had to try and find ways to say what we wanted to in Spanish or we would just stay silent.:P It´s really easy to learn so much here though because most if not all the people here can speak only Spanish if you want them to.

Well next Monday (sept. 15th) is Mexico´s independence day! Everywhere is decorated for the special day and ever since my first Sunday here they have been trying really hard to get the English speaking missionaries to learn their National Anthem. It´s a beautiful song, but it´s hard to learn because of the many words and the fast tempo. What a great time to be in Mexico!

In my district, all the Elders are going to one of the Lima, Peru missions (there are 5 of them) and in the intermediate district they are all going there as well. The elders said there are about 30 misioneros going there that came on august 27th.  Most of the sisters are going stateside. The other Hermanas’ in my district are going to Texas Houston South, which I´m pretty sure that is where Hermana Emily Hull is right now. I´ll have to tell them to tell her Hi!  

I am so excited for Cody! I really hoped that he would go back out and I´m really glad that you told me!

There is an Elder in our district who got a letter yesterday from his mom and he saw her send it the day before he left (Aug. 26th). So it takes about 2 weeks to get a letter. Also! We can just use American stamps here in Mexico, so ya! ´murica! We can´t print emails, so I think Dear Elder is good. I don´t know I haven´t gotten anything yet :)

I know that Christ lives and the more I think about him and his sacrifice the happier I feel and also the more indebted I feel. I couldn´t imagine my life without this gospel because it is the truth! There is so much love and happiness everywhere because of Jesus Christ and because of this gospel. I hope that I may be able to help others realize that Christ is there to take away all our sins and that he weeps with us when we make mistakes and that he rejoices when we do what is right! 

Sé que Jesucristo es nuestro salvador y Él morio en la cruz porque nos ama. Él pago para todos nuestros pecados. Sé que Dios es nuestro Padre Celestial y nosotros podemos saber todas las cosas con el Espíritu Santo, la oración, el LIbro de Mormón, y fe en Jesucristo. 

(Translation:  I know that Jesus Christ is our Savior and He morio on the cross because He loves us . He paid for all our sins. I know that God is our Heavenly Father and we can know all things by the Holy Spirit, prayer , the Book of Mormon , and faith in Jesus Christ.)

Mamacita, I would just like to take a little time to tell you that you are the greatest example to me. We´ve been talking a lot about Christ lately and when I think of him, I think of you. You are the sweetest, kindest, most loving person I know and I know that if I ever make mistakes you will be there to comfort me and to push me to be better. You are the ultimate peacemaker and I never feel the spirit of contention around you (unless it is self-inflicted on my part). I love-a-love-a-love you the most!

Para siempre Dios esté con Vos

Con amor,

Hermana Twitchell

P.S.   Uncle Frank,

I am so happy for you and your wife to be celebrating your 50th anniversary. That is such a beautiful example to me and I hope I can have that much love when I get married myself. What a blessing that marriages are forever.

Con Amor

Hermana Autumn Twitchell

EarthQuake circle, they get a lot of earthquakes so when there is one we all gather at these circles.  There's about 50 of them on this campus. 

The fire hydrants all have mirrors, I think to hide a hose?  so we do a "skirt check"and make sure they are long enough.  "YES!"my skirt is long enough.

Hermana Twitchell is excited to be a missionary.

Hermana Twitchell "singing in the rain"