November
3, 2014
Hola Mamacita!
It's been a pretty great
week! No we did not baptize Samuel on Saturday. We talked to him last Monday
and he said he wanted a little bit more time, which is understandable because
we only gave him a weeks notice! So we rescheduled for the 8th. But then we had
a lesson with him on Saturday and we asked him if they could announce his
baptism on Saturday. He got a little nervous because he still needs to be
taught a two more principles before he can be qualified for baptism. So we
moved it back to the 15th and it was still announced in church yesterday that
his baptism is on the 15th! Muahaha! Now he can't push it back anymore! :P
Haha, he's so ready! but I think he just needs to be nudged a little bit. :P
We're having a lesson with him today about the law of tithing and the word of
wisdom. Then he'll know everything! And his wife is such a huge support for
him! It's awesome!
My Halloween was pretty
good. Last Wednesday our branch had a party and they just decorated rooms
around the building and had the kids go door to door. It was a lot of fun! All
the little girls were Elsa! Haha it made me think of Elaina.
We had a zone meeting/dinner
so we weren't out visiting people on Halloween. We watched a video that the APs
made for changing a tire and other car maintenance stuff, so that was fun! I
haven't touched my bike once, but that's just because our area is so huge that
we need a car! If I ever serve in Traci or Stockton, I'll most definitely need
to use a bike. The Elders that also serve in our branch ran out of miles last
month, but they weren't going to bike, so they just hitched a ride with the
Cambodian Elders. The mission nurse came by and gave us all flu shots on
Halloween! AHH! Yep, that was probably the scariest thing that happened on
Halloween. :P But we got stickers and dumdums for it!
It is true, we Hermanas
do not get fed as much as the Sisters. But that's okay, because if we ever go
to a recent convert or inactive members house, they'll feed us anyways. I think
what makes it hard is that our area is so huge and we have another set of
missionaries in our branch. So they have to feed one set or the other or both!
I don't even know how big our branch boundaries are because the Hermanas cover
central and South/East Sac and the Elders cover West and Central Sac.
Hmmm...
On Saturday we went to
the Renteria's house and they taught us how to make Tomales! YUM! They were so
good! But they are so tedious to make! Hna. Burke took some pictures, so
eventually there will be some :P We have spurts of getting fed a lot because
on Saturday I was so stuffed! We ate a ton of tomales, then a member gave us a
Little Caesars Pizza (the members love giving us those), and we had a lesson
with Samuel and Christina and they gave us some sort of tortilla caserole. Ah!
So much food! But it's nice, I really do feel loved by the members!
P-Days are great! but
personally I think I like Sundays better. :P Haha on Sundays I get to sit there
for 3 hours and just listen... Well I do have the fear that someone's going to
ask me a question or ask me to give a talk, but I try not to think about it!
Fast Sundays are awesome because that's when all the benches are full! The
Hispanics really like testimony meeting, It's great!
P-Days we just do
shopping, emailing, cleaning, laundry, zone sports that usually means soccer or
basketball (you can imagine how that goes :P), writing letters, and taking
naps. Last week we played volleyball and that was fun! But I lost my skills
from the CCM and I am terrible! Well, there goes my glory days :P
It's the zone sports! We like the time to be at
1:30, but a lot of times they make it at 10. Bahh! Today it's at 1:30.
The money is good. I am
not having any trouble with it whatsoever.
The other day I told
someone that they need to follow the Vegetable of God! rather than the will of
God... I'm still not very good at Spanish, but I'm learning and it's great! The
branch members are very encouraging and they say, "Just keep
practicing!" in English. No! speak Spanish to me! Haha but they're all
learning too. I have to be fair. I speak Spanish to them and they speak English
to me and we both can't understand each other! :P
Se que Dios tiene un Plan
y este plan puede traer felicidad a muchas personas si ellas creeran. Les amo
mucho!
Para Siempre Dios este
con Vos
(I know God has a plan and this plan can bring happiness to many people if they will believe . I love you so much !
God Be with You)
Con Amor,
Hermana Twitchell
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