Hola Mamacita!
So we got our transfer reports yesterday! And it is official, I am staying in Sacramento with Hna. Burke as my trainer and I am her follow-up trainer! (...by the way, why does everyone think I'm in Elk Grove? :P) Hna. Griffith is leaving us tomorrow morning, so that will be sad. An Elder in our spanish branch is going to be training this transfer, so I'm no longer going to be the brand new missionary in the branch! Yay!
The reason why I'm emailing so late is because we had zone sports and everyone had to sign each others "Bye" books, then we did service with 4 Elders in our zone at an old people's center. It was a cute little luau and they had a band of old woman playing their ukes and singing hawaiian music. It was a lot of fun!
Do you remember that talk by Brad Wilcox, "His Grace is Sufficient"? well I printed a copy of that talk before I left on my mission because I love it so much! This past week I had both my companions read it for personal study. They liked it so much that every single person that we talked to this week, we talked about grace or quoted something from his talk. It was great because I know all about that talk! :) It was really cool because we were able to call people to repentance by telling them about this talk, but then we were able to say it in such a way that is inspiring because we repent not to look back on the things we have done wrong, but to practice and learn so that we can move forward and become better. I love grace and I absolutely love that talk!
We generally have about 20 lessons a week. This week we had 25 and 15 of them were of recent converts and less actives because Hna. Griffith wanted to visit a bunch of people before she leaves. Hna. Griffith used to drive, but now Hna. Burke drives because she wanted to get used to driving in the city before Hna. Griffith left. It's a little scary at times because Hna. Burke has one year of driving experience in Payson, UT, but she does great! A lot of missionaries buy GPS's for their cars, but we just have maps. It's great because we know the area a lot better than other missionaries :)
We have district meetings once a week on Thursdays and Zone meetings... I don't remember :P In our zone we're divided into three districts, the Engilsh missionaries, the Hmong missionaries, and the Cambodian/Spanish missionaries. It's cool, but at the same time it's weird because it's all in English. The Cambodians write in Cambodian on the board for fun, but we really can't communicate in anything but English.
I am so thankful that I have the opportunity to stay here in Sacramento. To be honest I was a little worried before with Hna. Burke just finishing her own training. It will be hard because a lot of times we don't know what's going on, but the Lord is with us and it's really all about the spirit anyway!
Hey just so you know, I'm pretty sure that my next P-day will be next Thursday (since it's Thanksgiving). Also Hna. Griffith and Giselle (a 15 yr-old in our branch) want me to become friends with them on Facebook. Hna. Griffith said she would send a bunch of pics through FB. Oh! and I would love a general conference Ensign in spanish if that's possible, they only gave us English copies and they are great! but I think a spanish one would be super helpful. AND I would love Love LOVE a card from each of my siblings for Christmas if that's not too much to ask.
I love being here in Sacramento. It's starting to get a little chilly, but there isn't much rain and there is no snow. Haha I am so excited to see what lies ahead for my mission and for the future people that I will meet and the people that I am currently talking with. The Latinos are so awesome and they are so full of love!
I love you so much and I am so glad that you are going to be surrounded by family these Holidays. It will be great! I'll probably be having rice and chicken for Thanksgiving and it will be great!
Para Siempre Dios este con Vos
Con Amor,
Hermana Twitchell
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