I'm glad that you were able to talk to Tony. I was going to ask you if you've heard anything from all of my friends. By the way I went to buy winter stuff today. All of it without a coat was about $320 and my card was declined. I tried just buying $20 socks and it worked so i tried everything without the boots ($200) and it still was deciled. Do i have money on there? Or does it have a limit on how much I can spend. Next week we are going to have to shop again and I'm taking your card and mine. Hopefully one of them works.
It sounds like you've been busy with Youth conference. Did you go paintballing or just watch? I can't see you paintballing.
Thanks giving was very similar to American Thanksgiving. We had turkey and ham at everyplace though. BUt stuffing, yams, mashpotatoes, cranberry sauce. I know you won't believe this but I've been eating mushrooms, tomatoes, cucumbers, and pickles. I feel bad denying somebody's food so I just eat it. Cucumbers are still gross but everything else isn't bad. Sorry for all the grief I've given you. Nobody has given me seafood yet so i'm keeping my fingers crossed.
The baptism was really good. We had a few investigators. WE had three lined up for Nov. 11 but we had to drop two of them. One is less accountable and the other hated church and didn't want to come back because she thought one of our speakers (incredibly quiet and boring) was our preacher. We tried explaining but she didn't want to hear it.
Kevin wrote me and told me he got the swine flu. that is so neat. My brother survived an epidemic. haha I'm sure you freaked out though. haha.
Well If you send me a package ever, can you put in lots of pictures, cds, candy, and my cologne (addidas moves). we are allowed to have cologne by the way. Well not much else to write I'm pretty frustrated with the whole winter gear situation. It's alot of money and I my card gets declined. Well I love you and look forward to your next letter.
Oh yeah, a lady in my ward travels to china quite often and wants to look you up when she gets there to find out the ward. She wants your chinese phone number and address. Its ok if you don't want to give it.
Love,
Elder Turner
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
10.13.2009
Hello,
Sorry this e-mail is a day late. It was the Canadian Thanksgiving yesterday so we couldn't going shopping or go to the library. This past week has been way good. Friday we had a tri-zone conference and Elder Gibbins of the Quorum of the seventy (or second quorum idk) came and spoke to us about the importance of members in our work. After zone conference one of the wards provided a Thanksgiving dinner for us which was so good. Sunday the Bishop of our ward invited my companion and I out to his house for Thanksgiving dinner and when we got there we discovered another senior couple in our ward was invited as well as the Mission President and his wife. The food was still very good. Lastly, yesterday a family, the Kenny's, invited us over for yet another Thanksgiving dinner. Once again it was delicious. I remember Kevin and Destiny saying I would hate Thanksgiving and Christmas because you get fed too much. I have no Idea what they were talking about, it was soo amazing.
So last week I was planning on buying my winter gear but their heavy stuff wasn't in yet so I contemplated the idea of just buying gloves and a hat then but just decided to buy it all at once. Lucky me, the snow came. Yes it already snowed here. I am literally freezing haha. Hopefully we have time to go get some stuff today. haha I don't know how much i'm suppose to spend but for me and my comfort I'm going to buy the best stuff for the best price. If it is over your limit, let me know and I will pay you back when i get home. We went from summer (which was about two weeks long, i got the last week of that) to winter and now we are starting to get into fall just to get back into winter. Everyone here is pretty shocked that it snowed because it usually doesn't happen till end of october. I mean, the trees are still green.
My favorite thing about the mission so far is just watching people change. You can see the difference of them at the beginning and then when they start using the gospel in their lives. They are genuinely happier. The hardest thing so far is watching people know the truth, or feeling the spirit and then having them decide not to progress. It is really difficult to see how much happier they could be but choose not to be.
I'm happy to hear about BYU winning again. That is way good to hear. I hope Mark enjoyed that. They have football here but it is kinda different. The field is bigger and there are only 3 downs. I've only seen high school practices but that is what everyone tells me.
Well not much else to announce. We are going to a baptism tonight of somebody in the singles ward. It should be good. We are bringing an investigator with us so he can see what he will do when he gets baptized on Nov. 11th. Hopefully I'm not gone for that because transfers are the end of October.
Well I love you all and hope to hear from you soon.
Love,
Elder Turner
Sorry this e-mail is a day late. It was the Canadian Thanksgiving yesterday so we couldn't going shopping or go to the library. This past week has been way good. Friday we had a tri-zone conference and Elder Gibbins of the Quorum of the seventy (or second quorum idk) came and spoke to us about the importance of members in our work. After zone conference one of the wards provided a Thanksgiving dinner for us which was so good. Sunday the Bishop of our ward invited my companion and I out to his house for Thanksgiving dinner and when we got there we discovered another senior couple in our ward was invited as well as the Mission President and his wife. The food was still very good. Lastly, yesterday a family, the Kenny's, invited us over for yet another Thanksgiving dinner. Once again it was delicious. I remember Kevin and Destiny saying I would hate Thanksgiving and Christmas because you get fed too much. I have no Idea what they were talking about, it was soo amazing.
So last week I was planning on buying my winter gear but their heavy stuff wasn't in yet so I contemplated the idea of just buying gloves and a hat then but just decided to buy it all at once. Lucky me, the snow came. Yes it already snowed here. I am literally freezing haha. Hopefully we have time to go get some stuff today. haha I don't know how much i'm suppose to spend but for me and my comfort I'm going to buy the best stuff for the best price. If it is over your limit, let me know and I will pay you back when i get home. We went from summer (which was about two weeks long, i got the last week of that) to winter and now we are starting to get into fall just to get back into winter. Everyone here is pretty shocked that it snowed because it usually doesn't happen till end of october. I mean, the trees are still green.
My favorite thing about the mission so far is just watching people change. You can see the difference of them at the beginning and then when they start using the gospel in their lives. They are genuinely happier. The hardest thing so far is watching people know the truth, or feeling the spirit and then having them decide not to progress. It is really difficult to see how much happier they could be but choose not to be.
I'm happy to hear about BYU winning again. That is way good to hear. I hope Mark enjoyed that. They have football here but it is kinda different. The field is bigger and there are only 3 downs. I've only seen high school practices but that is what everyone tells me.
Well not much else to announce. We are going to a baptism tonight of somebody in the singles ward. It should be good. We are bringing an investigator with us so he can see what he will do when he gets baptized on Nov. 11th. Hopefully I'm not gone for that because transfers are the end of October.
Well I love you all and hope to hear from you soon.
Love,
Elder Turner
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
10.5.2009
Hello,
Of course I watched conference. All ten hours of it. My favorite talk had to be Elder Hollands talk in the Sunday afternoon session. It was so good. When I heard there was going to be a temple in Sapporo I was so excited for Brian.
I'm pretty sure Lane and Lindsey are sending pictures home but I'll write them and remind them. My camera is fine, i just have to take the batteries out when not in use.
It has been pretty chilly here lately. I am buying my winter gear next week. I never know the temperature here because nobody knows the Fahrenheit and I don't understand Celsius. It is really annoying. The other night we fell asleep with all the windows open and it was the first cold night. It got to -2 Celsius and we woke up freezing. I don't know what -2 C is but 0 C is 32 F so it was below freezing. Also -40 C and -40 F is the exact same temperature and if the temperature gets below that, we can't go outside. I hear that happens quite often. Missionaries have fun though. Throwing a boiling pot of water up and watching it evaporate, spitting and watching it freeze before it hits the ground, or my favorite, seeing whose eyes can freeze shut first. I'm excited for the winter. Never had one like it and probably never will.
I can't believe Halloween is coming up. Time flies out here. Thanksgiving is next week. (yeah, we get it early in Canada) but I don't know what we are supposed to celebrate in November.
Now that conference is over we always have to wear our suit coat when out of our apartment till next conference. Before we could just wear a white shirt and tie.
I thought of more things I want:
Music: my favorite are the classical hymns that Kevin has. I want as much of those as possible. It just can't have drums, or anything that can't be played in sacrament.
Photo Album (i still want one)
American Candy (they don't have anything here)
Dr. Pepper (soda tastes different here)
The last two aren't that important, just throwing it out there.
That is about it for me. We played football today for P-day activity and I am so sore and hurt. haha it was fun though.
Well i love you.
(this is for the blog) ANybody who is expecting letters from me, it might be awhile. I rarely have time to write letters on P-day. Its a blessing and a curse.
Love,
Elder Turner
Of course I watched conference. All ten hours of it. My favorite talk had to be Elder Hollands talk in the Sunday afternoon session. It was so good. When I heard there was going to be a temple in Sapporo I was so excited for Brian.
I'm pretty sure Lane and Lindsey are sending pictures home but I'll write them and remind them. My camera is fine, i just have to take the batteries out when not in use.
It has been pretty chilly here lately. I am buying my winter gear next week. I never know the temperature here because nobody knows the Fahrenheit and I don't understand Celsius. It is really annoying. The other night we fell asleep with all the windows open and it was the first cold night. It got to -2 Celsius and we woke up freezing. I don't know what -2 C is but 0 C is 32 F so it was below freezing. Also -40 C and -40 F is the exact same temperature and if the temperature gets below that, we can't go outside. I hear that happens quite often. Missionaries have fun though. Throwing a boiling pot of water up and watching it evaporate, spitting and watching it freeze before it hits the ground, or my favorite, seeing whose eyes can freeze shut first. I'm excited for the winter. Never had one like it and probably never will.
I can't believe Halloween is coming up. Time flies out here. Thanksgiving is next week. (yeah, we get it early in Canada) but I don't know what we are supposed to celebrate in November.
Now that conference is over we always have to wear our suit coat when out of our apartment till next conference. Before we could just wear a white shirt and tie.
I thought of more things I want:
Music: my favorite are the classical hymns that Kevin has. I want as much of those as possible. It just can't have drums, or anything that can't be played in sacrament.
Photo Album (i still want one)
American Candy (they don't have anything here)
Dr. Pepper (soda tastes different here)
The last two aren't that important, just throwing it out there.
That is about it for me. We played football today for P-day activity and I am so sore and hurt. haha it was fun though.
Well i love you.
(this is for the blog) ANybody who is expecting letters from me, it might be awhile. I rarely have time to write letters on P-day. Its a blessing and a curse.
Love,
Elder Turner
p.s. Here are some pictures of Paul with his Grandpa Turner at his 80th birthday party (and Kevin too).
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