September 24, 2014
NACHOOOOO!¨
¡Hola
Mamacita!
So I got like three dear
Elders last week and a package from you on Wednesday! That was really awesome
of you mom! I wasn´t expecting it at all and then my district leader said,
¨Hey! Hermana Twitchell! You got a package!¨ I didn´t even tell you about the
packaging system. I have the best mother in the world!
I got my first letter outside of the CCM yesterday. It was the one
you sent me a few days before I left and on the envelope it says, ¨missent to
Singapore¨That´s odd, but cool! my letter went all the way to Singapore!
I got to tell you that Mexico City has some of the prettiest skies
I have ever seen. Hermana Kaaa says it´s because it is super polluted, so I
guess the most polluted cities make the best skies! :P
Last P-day, my district was outside for 3 hours just playing
volleyball. It was so much fun! But later, we all realized that we were
sunburned pretty good. Our whole district had matching red faces. :P
This week my district has been figuring out each other’s spirit
animals, Hogwarts house, and Hawaiian names. Don´t worry, I still find lots of
time to study! The other day I remembered that something on my bucket list was
to yell ¨NACHOOOOO!¨ in Mexico. I never actually thought I would get the chance
to do it, but I did and it was awesome!
I absolutely love teaching! Before the mission I was un pocito
nervous because I am not the best with words and I have always been afraid of
teaching, but now I love it! The spirit is so strong and I just love telling
investigators what I know and I love trying to explain how the gospel can help
their lives!
The other day, one of our teachers had us practice teaching in
English because they wanted us to fully grasp a teaching concept. It was so
wierd! I´m not used to teaching in English! I had to word hard not to say ¨está
bien¨ ¨¿puede leer...?¨ ¨Qué piensa...¨ Although I will say it was nice being
able to completely express myself, but I almost feel more comfortable teaching
in Spanish!
Currently, we have two investigators: Juan y Juana. Juan is difficult
because he isn´t very open about what is going on in his life, but he loves to
joke around and he is really fun in that regard. But Juana! She is so awesome!
She tells us everything that is going on and she tells us exactly what she is
thinking and feeling! Last week we were able to commit her to baptism and it
was so amazing! The spirit was so strong! She´s getting baptized on October
20th! We also invited her to watch conference with us and she is so excited to
see the living prophet!
She made me realize that
a lot of times I take this church for granted. We have a living prophet on this
earth today! And we get to hear from him and hear his words during conference!
The priesthood is restored upon this earth and through it we are able to
receive so many wonderful blessings and we are able to be baptized under the
right authority so that we can return to live with God otra vez! We have such
beautiful temples where we can make covenants with the Lord!
Today is my last full P-day because next week we should be going
to the temple. I hope they didn´t forget about my district :P I am so excited!
The only sad thing is that I can´t go inside because it´s under construction,
but that´s okay, it is still nice just to see it and be near it!
On Saturday, we did TRC and Hermana Kaaa and I got to skype our
teacher´s brother who is inactive. An actual inactive member to teach! It was
really cool! We got him to commit to pray with real intent, read the book of
Mormon to find answers to his questions, and come to church. I don´t know if
he´ll actually do any of these things because we can´t follow up with him...
but he seemed excited and the spirit was there.
I got a letter from the mission home saying that when we arrive to
Sacramento on October 7th, we are just going to be staying at a member´s house
that night! Cool! It will be me, Hermana Kaaa, Hermana Porter, and Elder
Burwell. Hermana Porter is in a different zone, but I have gotten to know her a
little bit and she is sooo hilarious! I love her! Elder Burwell is nice too,
although I really don´t know him that well, but we did fly on the airplane
together coming to Mexico. Watch out Sacramento! In two weeks you´ve got a
Utahan, an Indianan, a Hawaiian, and a fellow Sacramentan coming your way from
México!
Baby Brielle is soooo
beautiful! I loved all the pictures of her. Do not hesitate to send more!
This gospel changes hearts, it changes minds, it changes attitudes,
it changes lives! This gospel is for the individual. It is not for Americans,
or for a specific group of people. It is for each and everyone! Heavenly Father
loves us and he wants us to come back to him through Jesus Christ. I may look
like I am teaching, but in reality it is the spirit. It may have looked like
Hermana Kaaa and I committed Juana to be baptized, but it was really the
spirit. No one is perfect, we should not judge. The gospel is perfect. Christ
and his doctrine are perfect. Christ did everything for me and I owe him my
all, my everything.
Sé que Jesucristo sabe
mi nombre. Cuando Cristo sufrió por mis pecados, Él pensó a cerca de mí.
Jesucristo sabe su nombre y los nombres de todas las personas en el mundo.
Jesucristo sufrió por todo y podemos vivir con Dios otra vez por medio de
Jesucristo. Amo a mi salvador.
Para Siempre Dios este
con Vos
Con Amor
I know that Jesus knows my name. When Christ suffered for my sins , He thought about me. Jesus knows your name and the names of all people in the world. Jesus Christ suffered for all and we can live with God again through Jesus Christ . I love my savior.
God Be with You
with love
Hermana Twitchell
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September 24, 2014 Letter to Ed
Learn Spanish
¡Hola
Papá!
Sorry
I wasn´t able to email you last week, entoncés I´m emailing you now! :)
It´s
crazy to think that my month mark is on Saturday! Isn´t that crazy! Already
1/18th of the mission and I am still in the CCM! It´s going by too fast!
I
want to teach you a little Spanish so you can impress Larry and all the people
in the ward.
comer-
to eat
hablar-
to talk or say
amar-
to love
vivir-
to live
verbs
end in -ar -er -ir You conjugate them like this:
comer hablar vivir
comer hablar vivir
yo
(I) -
como
hablo vivo
tú
(you formal) -
comes hablas
vives
él/ella/usted
(he,she, you (informal)) come
habla vive
nosotros
(we)
comemos hablamos vivimos
ellos/ellas/ustedes
(they, you guys formal) comen hablan
viven
amar
is done just like hablar
double
l (ll) sounds like a y
to
bear testimony:
sé
que el Libro de Mormón es verdadero (I know that the BoM is true)
el evangelio (the gospel)
José Smith fue un profeta (Joseph Smith was
a prophet)
Tomás S Monson es un profeta (Thomas S.
Monson is a prophet)
¡Amo
a mi papá! ¡trabaje en su español!
Para
siempre Dios este con Vos
Con
mucho amor
Hermana
Twitchell
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