Hermana Autumn Twitchell: Can't wait to talk to you tomorrow

December 24, 2015

Hola Mamacita!

So I'm emailing today, because I can :P it has been a crazy amazing week and a half, full of lessons, the temple missionary meetings, caroling, all that jazz! S I guess first I will start off with last Wednesday. We had temple conference! Yay! We had a Christmas devotional thing and we had lunch. I got to see Hna Fly and Hna Stout! And also Becki Hamilton! It was all very cool. Then we went to the temple to do an endowment session and I was standing in the dressing room and there she was, LAUREN! What the? Haha I gave her a big hug and Sister Jardine asked, "Is that your friend?" Haha all the missionaries were freaking out because they had just witnessed me see my best friend from Folsom who I haven't seen in over a year. You'd think they would be used to it by now. I thought it was pretty funny. So of course I sat with her in the session and she got to meet President and Sister Jardine. :) then of course we took some pictures! It was really neat. I got to see Lauren as a missionary in the MTC and she gets to see me as a missionary in Sacramento! Oh! I also saw Sister Ludlow in the temple! She's so sweet.

We didn't get home from the temple until about 6:30. Then I was dropped off at Hna Galvez's house to go right back to the temple to witness the sealing of the Renteria family. I basically spent the whole day at the temple! The Renteria family is a family in south sac that was baptized last September, just a few weeks before I came into the mission field. Hermana Burke and Hermana Griffith baptized them. They are so cute!! They have 3 boys, Miguel (9), Julian (Juju, 6), and Riki (4). Then Ariana Renteria is due to have another boy on February 27th! It was definitely one of the sweetest experiences of my whole mission. I was able to see Hermana Burke, who I have missed so dearly! Mario Renteria's parents were also getting sealed, so they had a sealing for his parents, then with him and his parents, then Mario and Ariana, then them to their kids. It was so special! I don't think I will see Hermana Burke before she goes home, but I really hope I do! When I was leaving the temple, JuJu and Riki promised me that they would never forget me. Hehe they are so cute!

This week has been pretty great as well. We received our packages yesterday and it was a lot of fun to see the Jardines, especially Sister Jardine with her cute festive antlers.

We've done a lot of caroling to members the past couple of nights and it has been a lot of fun! I love this time of year because there are always so many opportunities to sing and spread good tidings of great joy!

Para Siempre Dios esté con Vos

Con Amor,