One Year Mark -- Sister Twitchell

Querida Mamacita, 

Haha I emailed so early because that's the time I usually email, or at least I try to. It depends on how long it takes us to go shopping. The reasons why I emailed so late those last two weeks was because We weren't done shopping until 2pm (we were at a thrift store and Sister Lalomanu got really excited)' and I went to The Coloma field trip and didn't get back to my area until 4:30pm. 

I haven't gone to the temple because we can only go on transfer p-days. I wanted to go really badly this past transfer, but when I got to this area We couldn't because we had an unchangeable appointment on p-day. I was slightly devastated, but I am going next Tuesday!! It's going to happen, even if I have to make several phone calls! :P I think I'm ok on names.

I am happy, why do you keep questioning my happiness? :P  It's a choice to happy, no one can inflict it upon me or take it away from me. No matter what happens, it is always easier to just be happy, so therefore, I choose to be HAPPY! Haha mom, your so silly, you don't have to go through Hna Burke's mom to tell me that you love me, you can just tell me! I can get emails at anytime, I just only have one hour a week to respond to them.

My birthday was great! I got a ton of letters the Monday night after. I counted and I have I think about 18 thank you notes to write :P I might need more cards. Haha I'm figuring by the end of next transfer I might have them all written. 

My year mark was good too! We weren't sure where to burn a skirt, so we did it in our kitchen sink :P it turned out pretty good! I burned an old missionary's skirt so don't worry, I still have plenty of skirts to wear! 

Haha the funny thing is that the next day, I received my English nametag in the mail. NOOOOOOOO!!!! Haha good thing it came with some candy :P I love the senior office missionaries!! They're the best! So I wore my "Hermana Twitchell" nametag for exactly one year, and then the next day I'm wearing "Sister Twitchell". Haha at least I made it to a year! 

Yes, you won't hear from me until Tuesday, like always, I have no idea what is going to happen with transfers. Next time I talk to you I could be in another area with a different companion, beware! I'm going to the temple so I might email a little later :P I want to go back to Spanish work more than anything, but if it is not the Lord's will that I go back this transfer so be it. I will be happy anyways! I'll go find my own English speaking Hispanics! :P haha 

Ya I've met Elder Weber. Hna Burke and I fist bumped him in zone conference because our moms know each other :P after we said hi, Hna Burke and I just looked at each other, "our moms!" We love you! Yes, he is in Hmong work, Hmong are super cool! We shared the same church building with that branch back in Sac!

For the 5th Sunday (this past Sunday), we had the great opportunity to speak with the youth during the 3rd hour of church for both Vineyard Ward and Wilton Ward. It was a lot of fun and a great experience for us and the youth. In the vineyard Ward, Sis Lalomanu and I were in charge of the whole hour, so we had ourselves a district meeting! We recited D&C 4 with them and committed them to memorize it. To get to know them, we went around the room and had them introduce themselves. Then we invited them to ask us a question. Some of them were silly like, "What's your favorite color?" Or "What's the weirdest food you've eaten on your mission?" But then we had some really thoughtful ones, like, "What has strengthened your testimony the most on your mission?", "What made you decide to go on a mission?" And "What is something you would've done differently to prepare for your mission?" The spirit was so strong and I am so thankful that Sister Lalomanu and I had the wonderful opportunity to talk to the youth. It strengthened our testimonies and reminded us of how important this work is and how important it is to help the youth to see that. I love this work!

Te quiero!

Para Siempre Dios esté con Vos

Con Amor,

Hermana Twitchell

 This was from a couple weeks ago when the Jardines took our zone out

for chick-fil-a. Hmmmm! I can't count how many time we've been this
transfer, but we have to go at least twice a week :P some of the
workers have become pretty good friends with our STLs :) we are
chick-fil-a missionaries!

Statue in Wilton