Love the Jardine's

March 2, 2015

Hola Mamacita!

That's so exciting that I have another niece!!! I was not expecting that, I thought we had at least another week or so! That's so fun! I actually got a letter from Aaron and his family yesterday, so that's really cool!

Interviews with the Jardines were so great! I am so thankful to have President Jardine as my mission president, he truly is an amazing man. He told me that he has been praying as to whether I should go down south or not because of the whole family-folsom situation, but we'll just have to see what happens come July! I was talking with Sister Jardine and she told me that you guys were friends on Facebook and she said that you were very cute and that you remind her a lot of me (or maybe it was the other way around) :P Awww I love Sister Jardine! Thank you for not bothering them, they are very busy, but they are very loving and considerate. If you want to know something just ask me and I can tell you. :P We also saw them on Saturday and Sunday because this weekend was Stake Conference. It was sooo good! We had Elder Johnson from the Quorum of the 70 come and it was SO powerful! He told everyone that they need to repent! He flat out said it, but he said it with a lot of love. Man! It was incredible! 

Some things that I really liked that he said was:

-The standard of trying to go to the temple once a month did not come from God, it must have come from the adversary. If we want to live in the presence of God for eternity, then we should want to go to the temple to be in the presence of God as often as we can! (Hna Clark and I both decided that we need to go to the temple our next transfer P-day :P)

-Alma 29:4 Whatever we do, it is ultimately up to us. If we make excuses for why we don't do something, we don't do it because we have obstacles, it is simply because we don't want to do it! If we really want to do something, we will make it happen and we won't make up excuses. I love that!

-sustaining a Bishop is just like sustaining the prophet. We agree to follow what the prophet says, we also agree to do what the Bishop says and we should not ask, "Who does this guy think he is?" when he says something that we might not particularly like.

They were simple, yet such powerful things! I loved it! President Jardine also gave a talk and it was so great! On Saturday at the adult session he said if anyone wanted to get in touch with him they could and he recited his phone number on the pulpit. As I said before, he's busy, but always willing to listen. 

We had a lesson the other day with an investigator and one of his friends. At first the friend seemed nice, but we tried to teach them the plan of Salvation and they just started bashing on us. They knew the Bible very well, but I knew how to dispute every question, the problem was that he wouldn't ever let me or Hna. Clark speak and I knew that it wouldn't be right to argue. So we sat there as he insulted us and the Book of Mormon. I don't think I have ever felt more defensive about the Book of Mormon than I did at that time. He wouldn't even let us say a prayer without arguing. But if we couldn't say a prayer, I at least wanted to testify. At the end I cut him off and bore my soul that the book of Mormon was true and then Hna Clark pretended like we had an urgent phone call and we swiftly left.  

Yesterday we got a call from Conchita that we sadly missed. We listened to her voicemail and she called us just to say, "Hermanitas! I finished the Book of Mormon! The Book!" She is so amazing!! I love her so much! She's been stuck on Ether for about 3 weeks and I was wondering if she had finished it or not. I know that she got baptized because of that Book. It is the most correct book that we will ever find on the earth. It has the power to change attitudes, change behavior, change lives, change human nature! The Book of Mormon has changed my life in the only way that it can: for the better. Everything that is good comes from God and I know that the Book of Mormon is the word of God. 

I love you so much! and I am so thankful that I was raised in a family that cherishes the Book of Mormon. It truly is a tender mercy from the Lord. 

Para Siempre Dios este Con Vos

Con Amor Hermana Twitchell