Hello again! Can you believe that it is already
October!!! So crazy! Where did the summer go? I am stoked for General Conference
this weekend! Hope you all enjoy it as much I will :)
Well this week has been kind of crazy! We had Zone Conference this past
week. Learned on how to be better missionaries and fun things like that. I
would give quotes this week and explain more, but my journal is back at the
apartment. but, it was amazing as always and I loved it! That same night we had
one of our members, the Fullers, invite someone over for us to teach. It was
their neighbor and her son. The husband had a meeting to go to so he was not
able to be there. The lady is from China (? I believe..) and brought over pear
vinegar for us to drink. It tastes better than it sounds! Trust me! Just don't
smell it first, because all you will smell is vinegar and that does not smell
any good. The lesson was on prayer and how God loves us. It was alright, brother
and sister Fuller weren't exactly on the same page with each other. And they
kind of took over the lesson. Which is great that they know the gospel, btw they
are both return missionaries, but I left there wondering why they wanted us
there. Next time we meet will be better! That was the first member lesson like
that, and I plan on doing things different next time. We had district meeting
the next day and our district leader had us think of the reasons why we were out
on our missions. Why am I here? What is the driving factor of me being here? I
know what it is like to fall away, and not do the simple principles of the
Gospel : prayer, scriptures and church. I know how much peace and happiness is
in this church. And that is what I want to invite others and help them find.
Peace, joy, and the knowledge that we all have a Savior.
On Saturday we had the amazing opportunity to do service! Our district
leader organized it and invited us and another set of sisters (and more people
but we were the only ones that showed up) to go help do some landscaping at a
park. What looked like it would potentially be a easy fast project ended being
the exact opposite. It was super fun though! I really enjoyed it! We took 4 1/2
hours of digging holes and planting plants. The ground was super hard, but we
enjoyed working and serving. I have no complaints at all! It was definitely nice
to do some service.
The same day was the amazing Relief Society Broadcast!! How did you all
like it! I loved it! I really enjoyed all of it and can't wait to read it in the
next months Ensign :)
We had the amazing opportunity to teach Sharing Time in Primary this week!
So much fun!! I absolutely loved teaching the little kids. they are soooooooo
cute!! and fearless! We committed them to find a way each day to be a
missionary. One of them (Ward Mission Leader's son keep in mind) said to give a
Book of Mormon to a friend. Wow!! Fearless I say! These children are amazing and
I am growing to love working with them. At first it was a bit weird, but I am
getting used to it now.
Yesterday was a crazy day!! We drove by the ocean to go see a lady in the
ward who ended up not being home. But! We do know now that our area ends with
our mission boundaries.. the beach!! wow! it was an amazing view :) loved it! We
had a crazy evening with a bunch of appointments and the dinner appointment
running over because the food wasn't ready. And then we had to book it over to
FHE, which we teach and run a good quarter mile to their apartment. It was crazy
fun! We showed the Mormon Message: Dare to Stand Alone by President Thomas S.
Monson. And had them do something that scares them the most but would take a lot
of courage to do this week. To stand up for your belief's and yourself.
Well.. that is the life of this crazy missionary! From running to
appointments to seeing the ocean to companionship things to everything else you
can think of!! I love it!
I love you all and I hope to hear from you next week!!
with love,
sister shelby twitchell
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