How is everybody doing? I hope all is well back at home, or at least as much as can be :) I love you all! So.... how is everything? Last I have heard was from last week. So, updates on your lives? I am doing better than last week, and I am finding more and more being out on the mission that I am truly finding myself by losing myself in this great work. It is amazing how much one person can change in just 3 months. And yes it has been 3 months!! The Lord is truly shaping me into who He wants me to become, and I focus on the work and the people as much as I can. The work is progressing in such a different way than I expected. We don't really have any investigators at all, which is fine. We are working our best each and every day and doing the will of the Lord in this work. The Mt. Woodson YSA ward is starting to slowly catch onto the missionary fire in a very different way: by reactivating less active members! YAY! That is who we work with all the time, and I truly do love it. I love seeing the change in their lives as they accept Jesus Christ as the Savior all over again and begin that walk to become closer to Him. It is not easy for them to do, Satan is working so hard on them. It is not easy for all of us either, enduring to the end is a continual step. Something we never stop doing, if we are not moving forward and walking towards Christ, then where are we going? Being here on the mission, I notice that becoming like Christ is hard. You have to work at enduring to the end and walking towards Him, but it is worth it! Never give up or lose hope EVER! I Know with all my heart that it is worth everything to become like Him. The closer and closer you get to Christ the more you realize how weak you truly are. I know that this is true, that every day here I become closer to Him, I notice how much I depend on Him to help me through my life. That nothing would be possible without the enabling and strengthening power of the Atonement. Alma 7:11-12. The Atonement wasn't just for our sins, but for everything. HE Knows how it feels when everything seems to be crumbling down around you, when you are sad. HE KNOWS all of our pains and afflictions, joys and sorrows; I know that He knows how it feels. How grateful I am that He is always there and that we are never alone in our journey back to Him.
So I am doing better and better each day. Each day last week was like an emotional roller coaster for me, Crazy!! But! I have been doing better, and I find that even with everything going on that is happening, it is possible to be happy and smile through Jesus Christ. That we can wake up each day knowing that it will be better than the last, because of Christ. How amazing and true this Gospel truly is!! I LOVE IT!
So I found out that July is super HOT here in San Diego, every day is like 90 degrees, and it will be that way all the way until the end of August. Bye bye sweaters! Hello short sleeves and wonderful farmer tan lines! :) I am not sure how things are truly going back at home, but I pray that everyone knows that I love them and more importantly that Heavenly Father loves you! That He will comfort you and give you peace. I love you all and wish you all the best!
Sister Shelby Twitchell
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