This week has been so boring. haha the entire week was good but we can't go outside if it is -40 C or colder so Saturday and Sunday were boring because we had to stay inside the whole day. Sunday we went to church but it was only an hour because there was about 10 people there and you can't leave the car's in the cold that long. Also at 3:00 on Sunday it warmed up to -39 C so we were able to go out and that lasted until 5:00 so we did get 2 hours of work done that day. It seems like today is going to be an "apartment" day. Luckily we are still able to do P-day stuff. I think on Saturday night it reached -49 C which is ridiculously cold. The forecast is saying by friday it should be about -8C which is really warm so thats good. hopefully the warm lasts.
Not too many good missionary stories for you today. I can tell you a story that happened in our district that was pretty amazing. A couple weeks ago a newlywed lady in her 20's in another ward had a dream where the name "James Rielly" came to her. Supposidly she dreamed about someone like this on her mission and she found the name and they taught and baptized this person. So anyway she has no idea who this guy is but looks him up in the phone book and he happens to be in our area. So we stopped by him and his wife said he was sleeping. We asked her if she knew any members of our church and she said yes, our daughter Brenda Rielly. We looked at our plans that night and we had actually planned on stopping by Brenda Rielly that night and we didn't make the connection when we planned that they were related. So when we stopped by Brenda and told her what happened, she laughed and said her dad would never be interested in the church so we were pretty disappointed. When we told her about the dream, she got all serious and said, maybe it's my nephew. His name is James Rielly also. So we got his information and gave it to the Elder's in charge. Supposidly he has been praying to know the truth, he does know quite a bit about the church but never joined. They started teaching him and even told him the story. He has loved everything they teach him and has been coming to church every week now. He is also bring his cousin which is really good. They are kinda the "mission miracle" and I'm glad to be a part of it, even if our contribution was to find the "bad" one.
So since we've been stuck in the apartment, it's been filled with updating our planners, updating the area book, reading the scriptures, taking naps, and reading lots and lots of Ensigns/New Eras (we have like every one since 1990) While I was reading one of them I came across an article about a woman playing piano in church. I looked at the author and it said April Moody. Wasn't that our babysitter? at the end of the article it says where she lives and it said orem Utah. The article was called "In turne with his will" in the Feb. 2006 Ensign. Look it up. I'm pretty sure that was April our babysitter.
Thanks for the package, I got it. I've been eating all the candy inside it. It's kinda crazy to have the presents out and then being stuck in the apartment just staring at them all day. I really wanna open them but don't worry, I'll wait till Christmas. I think there was a mistake though. I had presents from Santa, Presents from Mom and Dad, Presents from Destiny, a present from Brian, Cami and Jayden, but I think you forgot the one that Kevin was sending me. I couldn't find it anywhere but I'm sure Kevin wouldn't have forgotten me even though every year I at least gave him a big bag of Peanut M&M's. I'll be looking forward to it in the mail. haha just kidding i don't care. Kevin's my least favorite anyway, he can't get any lower on the list. Thanks dest for your wedding announcement. It looks really good. also thanks for the invitation to the sealing but I think I'm going to be busy that day.
Well thats about it. I feel like i'm forgetting something but I can't remember.
Love ya,
Elder Turner
Monday, December 14, 2009
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
12.7.09
Well this week has been compeletly different from last week. We got snow, we got wind, and we got super cold temperatures. This morning at 9:00 am it was - 40 C (which is also -40 F). If the weather is -40, we cannot go outside and proselite becuause it is too cold. We can still do P-day stuff though. By the time we left it warmed up to -38 C.
So I don't think I could say I have ever been this cold before. I was reading in the scriptures about Adam and Eve and about why they needed to eat the fruit. They now had opposition in all things. They could be happy because they have been sad. They could do good because they knew how to do bad. I think the reason Heavenly Father sent me here was for the same lesson. Now when I go home I can experiance warmth because I know cold. haha
Yesterday was the Christmas Devotional with the First Presidency. I don't know how many of you saw it but it was really good. I would recommend watching it online. I liked President Ucthdorf (?)'s talk. It was way good.
Also we usually get our transfer calls on tuesday but President Paulson changed it to Sunday Night this transfer. I am staying here with Elder Halliday. Actually in our who district, only the district leader Elder Gines (from Vegas) is leaving. So for the next 6 weeks I should be here in Saskatoon. This also means that I will continue to be walking/busing at least into January.
Even though it sounds like I'm eating alot, I've actually lost weight so no need to send me new pants. For our p-day activity, a member of the singles ward is feeding us a Christmas Dinner. I'm kinda excited for it because I love food. Easy stuff that we make quite often include Perogies (little potsticker looking things but stuffed with cheese and potatoes), Kraft Dinner (Mac & Cheese), and Sidekicks (Instant noodle things). Its all pretty good and its all pretty cheap so it is a double bonus.
I was gonna send you a picture of me today but we went to email in the university and they don't have a way that we can do it. The picture isn't the best of me but i don't have much on my camera. I was also going to send a video of Elder Halliday and I throwing a pot of boiling water off of the balcony this morning and watching it evaporate before it hit the ground but once again we can't upload them on these computers.
Well not much else to report. I hope the wedding plans are going good and I hope everbody is enjoying themselves. I'll talk to you next week.
Love Elder Turner
So I don't think I could say I have ever been this cold before. I was reading in the scriptures about Adam and Eve and about why they needed to eat the fruit. They now had opposition in all things. They could be happy because they have been sad. They could do good because they knew how to do bad. I think the reason Heavenly Father sent me here was for the same lesson. Now when I go home I can experiance warmth because I know cold. haha
Yesterday was the Christmas Devotional with the First Presidency. I don't know how many of you saw it but it was really good. I would recommend watching it online. I liked President Ucthdorf (?)'s talk. It was way good.
Also we usually get our transfer calls on tuesday but President Paulson changed it to Sunday Night this transfer. I am staying here with Elder Halliday. Actually in our who district, only the district leader Elder Gines (from Vegas) is leaving. So for the next 6 weeks I should be here in Saskatoon. This also means that I will continue to be walking/busing at least into January.
Even though it sounds like I'm eating alot, I've actually lost weight so no need to send me new pants. For our p-day activity, a member of the singles ward is feeding us a Christmas Dinner. I'm kinda excited for it because I love food. Easy stuff that we make quite often include Perogies (little potsticker looking things but stuffed with cheese and potatoes), Kraft Dinner (Mac & Cheese), and Sidekicks (Instant noodle things). Its all pretty good and its all pretty cheap so it is a double bonus.
I was gonna send you a picture of me today but we went to email in the university and they don't have a way that we can do it. The picture isn't the best of me but i don't have much on my camera. I was also going to send a video of Elder Halliday and I throwing a pot of boiling water off of the balcony this morning and watching it evaporate before it hit the ground but once again we can't upload them on these computers.
Well not much else to report. I hope the wedding plans are going good and I hope everbody is enjoying themselves. I'll talk to you next week.
Love Elder Turner
Monday, December 7, 2009
11.30.09
Hey everybody. How's it going? Yes Time is flying by for me. Even days go by fast. Everybody says that each transfer goes faster and faster. I can't believe in a week i'm done with me second one. It's true. This transfer went so much faster than the first.
On Thursday a family fed all of the missionaries in Saskatoon. It was so much food and it was so good. I had like three plates and they were still encouraging us to eat more. Afterwards they had us play this game where you put whipped cream in your hand and launch it up and try to catch it in your mouth. It was so much fun but kinda messy. All in all we had a really good American Thanksgiving.
Thanks for sending my Christmas package. I'm looking foward to seeing what I got. I kinda remembered something else that I desperately wanted but I realize its kinda late. I wanted a english to Kuran translator. An english to multiple languages would be great but it needs to have Kuran on it. I know i won't get it for christmas but if you can find one please send me one. BTW Kuran is a one of the 7 languages spoken in Bhurma, Not to be confused with Qu'ran, the muslim holy book. I'm not even sure how to spell kuran so double check on that.
Thanks for all the recipes you have sent me. I've made them all and they are all way good. I was making a "sidekick" while I was boiling milk. They are like ready made noodles. Also, I'm not going to say that I haven't taken the vitamins because I have, but I also rarely take them. Sorry.
Anyway, this week has been pretty amazing. We met this drunk girl on the street that was trying to avoid us. Apparently she was taught about 10 years ago but stopped when her brother moved. We set up an appointment for a few days later. We stopped by and had a really good first lesson. At the end we committed her to baptism and she accepted. She is set for February 27th. I knows it's kinda far but she has a long way to go.
Another appointment we had this week was with a man named Matthew Cloud and his girlfriend Malinda. He is a less active and she is not a member. We have been having such powerful lessons and he really wants to start coming back to church. She mentioned baptism so we set a date with Malinda on March 13. She is pregnant and wants to wait till after she had the baby. It might be kinda hard to get them married though because the baby isn't his. Hopefully they can work through this but they seem to be doing better. During our last lesson she was kinda hesitant to ask a question but after some encouragement she decided to ask. She asked us which was the greater sin: abortion or adoption. I was so happy she asked that because she said she has been struggling with that for a few months. She was at ease when we told her adoption wasn't a sin. We even gave her information on LDS adoption services and she is going to talk to the bishop.
Than this week we had an appointment with a man named Moesly who used to live in another area and was being taught by the missionaries. He moved in our area and the missionaries gave us his info. We stopped by had a really good lesson. He knows that the BOM is true and JS is a true prophet. We were going to set a baptisimal date with him but he doesn't know his work schedule. He will let us know on Wednesday when we met with him.
Lastly we had a dinner appointment with some members and we showed up 15 min early. (when you ride the bus, you don't choose when you arrive) So instead of going early we decided to track one house. I chose the street and the side of the street. I saw this house and felt promted to go there but didn't act on it because their TV was on, it was the grey bowl (The super bowl for Canadian Football, and the Saskatchewan Roughriders were playing) so I thought they would get upset. Luckily, Elder Halliday said the exact same house. Their names were Paul and Grace and they have been taught by the missionaries before. They weren't ready than but now they want to continue the lessons.
Its kinda unfair whats been going on here. We are being so blessed and this doesn't happen very often. Its not fair because you try to serve a mission to repay God for all of the blessings he has given you and then he continues to bless you more. He makes it so that you can't repay him. I guess that is just how he works.
Even the weather is cooperating. I think the coldest it got here this week was -3 C which is about 27 F. We still don't have snow and people think this is going to last till Christmas. People have no idea what to do around here and its kinda funny. They haven't seen this weather for 20 years. Just one more of those blessings I guess.
I got a letter from the Valley Vista Ward Primary the other day. It was from a girl named Isabel. It was really funny. It was only two lines but I was cracking up as I read it. The first line was thanking me for serving a mission but the second line read "It must be really hard to be away from your family, sorry I brought it up but I don't know what to talk about." than she signed it "Thank you for your time, Isabel". Haha I think I write her a little note and tell her about missionary work or something. That letter though was so funny. I loved it.
Well I just spent like thirty min. writing this letter so I hope you enjoy it. It is one of my longer ones I think but a lot happened this week. Oh yeah we went bowling today for P-day as a zone and we played two games my goal was to get 100 points which rarely happens. The first game I bowled a 96 and the second I got exactly 100. Once again, I was blessed. haha I was so excited.
Oh and I didn't get a letter from Dad this week but what is his new company. I want to know what it is all about because obviously I've been left in the dark about this.
Well not much else to report on. Thank you for all that you do. It must be really hard to have me gone...Sorry to bring it up but I have nothing else to write about.
Thank you for your time,
Elder Turner
On Thursday a family fed all of the missionaries in Saskatoon. It was so much food and it was so good. I had like three plates and they were still encouraging us to eat more. Afterwards they had us play this game where you put whipped cream in your hand and launch it up and try to catch it in your mouth. It was so much fun but kinda messy. All in all we had a really good American Thanksgiving.
Thanks for sending my Christmas package. I'm looking foward to seeing what I got. I kinda remembered something else that I desperately wanted but I realize its kinda late. I wanted a english to Kuran translator. An english to multiple languages would be great but it needs to have Kuran on it. I know i won't get it for christmas but if you can find one please send me one. BTW Kuran is a one of the 7 languages spoken in Bhurma, Not to be confused with Qu'ran, the muslim holy book. I'm not even sure how to spell kuran so double check on that.
Thanks for all the recipes you have sent me. I've made them all and they are all way good. I was making a "sidekick" while I was boiling milk. They are like ready made noodles. Also, I'm not going to say that I haven't taken the vitamins because I have, but I also rarely take them. Sorry.
Anyway, this week has been pretty amazing. We met this drunk girl on the street that was trying to avoid us. Apparently she was taught about 10 years ago but stopped when her brother moved. We set up an appointment for a few days later. We stopped by and had a really good first lesson. At the end we committed her to baptism and she accepted. She is set for February 27th. I knows it's kinda far but she has a long way to go.
Another appointment we had this week was with a man named Matthew Cloud and his girlfriend Malinda. He is a less active and she is not a member. We have been having such powerful lessons and he really wants to start coming back to church. She mentioned baptism so we set a date with Malinda on March 13. She is pregnant and wants to wait till after she had the baby. It might be kinda hard to get them married though because the baby isn't his. Hopefully they can work through this but they seem to be doing better. During our last lesson she was kinda hesitant to ask a question but after some encouragement she decided to ask. She asked us which was the greater sin: abortion or adoption. I was so happy she asked that because she said she has been struggling with that for a few months. She was at ease when we told her adoption wasn't a sin. We even gave her information on LDS adoption services and she is going to talk to the bishop.
Than this week we had an appointment with a man named Moesly who used to live in another area and was being taught by the missionaries. He moved in our area and the missionaries gave us his info. We stopped by had a really good lesson. He knows that the BOM is true and JS is a true prophet. We were going to set a baptisimal date with him but he doesn't know his work schedule. He will let us know on Wednesday when we met with him.
Lastly we had a dinner appointment with some members and we showed up 15 min early. (when you ride the bus, you don't choose when you arrive) So instead of going early we decided to track one house. I chose the street and the side of the street. I saw this house and felt promted to go there but didn't act on it because their TV was on, it was the grey bowl (The super bowl for Canadian Football, and the Saskatchewan Roughriders were playing) so I thought they would get upset. Luckily, Elder Halliday said the exact same house. Their names were Paul and Grace and they have been taught by the missionaries before. They weren't ready than but now they want to continue the lessons.
Its kinda unfair whats been going on here. We are being so blessed and this doesn't happen very often. Its not fair because you try to serve a mission to repay God for all of the blessings he has given you and then he continues to bless you more. He makes it so that you can't repay him. I guess that is just how he works.
Even the weather is cooperating. I think the coldest it got here this week was -3 C which is about 27 F. We still don't have snow and people think this is going to last till Christmas. People have no idea what to do around here and its kinda funny. They haven't seen this weather for 20 years. Just one more of those blessings I guess.
I got a letter from the Valley Vista Ward Primary the other day. It was from a girl named Isabel. It was really funny. It was only two lines but I was cracking up as I read it. The first line was thanking me for serving a mission but the second line read "It must be really hard to be away from your family, sorry I brought it up but I don't know what to talk about." than she signed it "Thank you for your time, Isabel". Haha I think I write her a little note and tell her about missionary work or something. That letter though was so funny. I loved it.
Well I just spent like thirty min. writing this letter so I hope you enjoy it. It is one of my longer ones I think but a lot happened this week. Oh yeah we went bowling today for P-day as a zone and we played two games my goal was to get 100 points which rarely happens. The first game I bowled a 96 and the second I got exactly 100. Once again, I was blessed. haha I was so excited.
Oh and I didn't get a letter from Dad this week but what is his new company. I want to know what it is all about because obviously I've been left in the dark about this.
Well not much else to report on. Thank you for all that you do. It must be really hard to have me gone...Sorry to bring it up but I have nothing else to write about.
Thank you for your time,
Elder Turner
11.23.09
Haha the real thanksgiving is coming up. It's kinda weird because after Halloween, everybody puts up their Christmas Decorations so I've been in Christmas Mode for a while. There is a Canadian family who lived in Utah for 8 years so they are feeding all of the missionaries in Saskatoon a big Thanksgiving feast. I'm excited for it, I just love food.
So I've learned a few recent things. I've grown to love the bus (don't get me wrong, I'd take a car in a heartbeat). The people on it are just so interesting haha. We can't teach or anything but just observing people is fun. We meet people comparable to "Obama Man" (Brian, Cami, and Kevin will know what I'm talking about)
I've also learned that milk doesn't like to be boiled or if you would like to boil it, it requires constant supervision. Also, just because your supervising it, turning off the burner but not taking it off the stove still causes it to boil over. Yes, this has happened to me numerous times.
I've also learned that even though Everybody in the world told me Canada has cold winters, it doesn't make it true. We are still pretty warm. All I've been using lately is a suit coat and ear muffs (I bought some last week with my card)
Well not too much is going on here. We have a few progressing investigators which is good but none are too close to baptism. We have one lady, Neena, who is a single mom with a two year old that said she would be baptized when she knew it was true and then exclaimed that she knew it was true but now has been kinda shady and keeps "lunching" (ditching) our appointments. We're not quite sure what to do with her.
We are also teaching two different Quran (one of the territories in Bhurma) people. Teaching them is extremely difficult. Our first one speaks ok english but the other one we were teaching speaks nothing. We try reading the pamphlets with them to help them with thier English but yesterday we taugh Paebaw (Pay-Baaa) and we only read two paragraphs. We spoke English, her friend that only speaks Bhurmese and a little english, translated for us into Bhurmese, which Paebaw only knows very little of because she only speaks Quran and of course we don't have a Book of Mormon in any of these languages. I'm kinda wishing I had a similar experiance as Matt did with the gift of tongues. I'm jealous.
Thats way good that Brian, Cami, and Jayden are in Disneyworld. Everytime Cami talked about it she reminded me of a 6 year old going. She was way excited haha.
The Assistants to the president are coming up this week so they are bringing our mail. We get mail here about 2-3 a transfer (6 weeks) so whenever someone comes from Winnipeg everyone gets excited.
Today we were playing freeze tag for P-day activity and I was trying to unfreeze someone by sliding under their legs and burned myself pretty bad. I tore off alot of skin and have a huge blister on my wrist. Wasn't one of my best ideas. Elder Gines (from Las Vegas) might have broken his foot today playing Basketball so I've been giving him a piggy back ride everywhere. Haha I hope he's ok.
By the way, for Christmas I only get 30-40 min to talk to you guys. That is it. No more than 40 min so sorry but a rule is a rule. Supposedly and Elder once talked on the phone for like 3 hours and wasn't able to write home for 2 months.
Not much else to report. I'm excited to talk to you guys on Christmas. That will be good to hear from everyone. I've sent quite alot of letters out to people but the Canadian Mail service is often slow and so it might be awhile before you get it. Also if you send me anything and I don't respond for a while, just remember I only get mail 2-3 times every 6 weeks. Sorry.
Well I hope everyone is doing well. I love you all and hope you have a good week.
Love Elder Turner
So I've learned a few recent things. I've grown to love the bus (don't get me wrong, I'd take a car in a heartbeat). The people on it are just so interesting haha. We can't teach or anything but just observing people is fun. We meet people comparable to "Obama Man" (Brian, Cami, and Kevin will know what I'm talking about)
I've also learned that milk doesn't like to be boiled or if you would like to boil it, it requires constant supervision. Also, just because your supervising it, turning off the burner but not taking it off the stove still causes it to boil over. Yes, this has happened to me numerous times.
I've also learned that even though Everybody in the world told me Canada has cold winters, it doesn't make it true. We are still pretty warm. All I've been using lately is a suit coat and ear muffs (I bought some last week with my card)
Well not too much is going on here. We have a few progressing investigators which is good but none are too close to baptism. We have one lady, Neena, who is a single mom with a two year old that said she would be baptized when she knew it was true and then exclaimed that she knew it was true but now has been kinda shady and keeps "lunching" (ditching) our appointments. We're not quite sure what to do with her.
We are also teaching two different Quran (one of the territories in Bhurma) people. Teaching them is extremely difficult. Our first one speaks ok english but the other one we were teaching speaks nothing. We try reading the pamphlets with them to help them with thier English but yesterday we taugh Paebaw (Pay-Baaa) and we only read two paragraphs. We spoke English, her friend that only speaks Bhurmese and a little english, translated for us into Bhurmese, which Paebaw only knows very little of because she only speaks Quran and of course we don't have a Book of Mormon in any of these languages. I'm kinda wishing I had a similar experiance as Matt did with the gift of tongues. I'm jealous.
Thats way good that Brian, Cami, and Jayden are in Disneyworld. Everytime Cami talked about it she reminded me of a 6 year old going. She was way excited haha.
The Assistants to the president are coming up this week so they are bringing our mail. We get mail here about 2-3 a transfer (6 weeks) so whenever someone comes from Winnipeg everyone gets excited.
Today we were playing freeze tag for P-day activity and I was trying to unfreeze someone by sliding under their legs and burned myself pretty bad. I tore off alot of skin and have a huge blister on my wrist. Wasn't one of my best ideas. Elder Gines (from Las Vegas) might have broken his foot today playing Basketball so I've been giving him a piggy back ride everywhere. Haha I hope he's ok.
By the way, for Christmas I only get 30-40 min to talk to you guys. That is it. No more than 40 min so sorry but a rule is a rule. Supposedly and Elder once talked on the phone for like 3 hours and wasn't able to write home for 2 months.
Not much else to report. I'm excited to talk to you guys on Christmas. That will be good to hear from everyone. I've sent quite alot of letters out to people but the Canadian Mail service is often slow and so it might be awhile before you get it. Also if you send me anything and I don't respond for a while, just remember I only get mail 2-3 times every 6 weeks. Sorry.
Well I hope everyone is doing well. I love you all and hope you have a good week.
Love Elder Turner
Monday, November 16, 2009
11.16.2009
Sorry I don't have too much time to write. I was getting ready to write your letter and a girl here at the university needed help talking to her friend about the gospel so I stopped to talk to her. Now I only have about 15 minutes.
Hopefully I can get you a picture of just me but no promises. I'm loving this weather. It is the middle of November and it is still 11 c. It is way nice. They are planning on having this weather till Christmas. The people here have never seen this kind of weather before but I'm loving it. YEAH GLOBAL WARMING!!!
I'm starting to get better at staying awake. It's difficult but I've been reading a lot of Ensigns. I found a whole box of ensigns that are way old so I read all the "Latter-day voices" or miracle stories of people. They are way corny and make me laugh but I like them and they keep me awake. I occasionally read the articles too.
A few more things for my Christmas package. Those gel clicky pens I think they are called G2 or something. Preferably Black. You know which ones I'm talking about. Also i want cologne. The kind I use is called Adidas Moves.
Can I get your address and Chinese phone number? That lady is still asking me about it. She is way nice and wants to meet you when she goes over there.
Also mom, After reading all of these "latter day voices" I read a lot of conversion stories. I realized I don't know yours. What happened, how'd you meet them, how did you know it was true, what were your feelings? I want to know everything especially the miracles you noticed.
Well not much more to report things are going good. I have good stories but time is running out so I gotta go. Love you all and have a great week. I'll tell you more stories next week.
Hopefully I can get you a picture of just me but no promises. I'm loving this weather. It is the middle of November and it is still 11 c. It is way nice. They are planning on having this weather till Christmas. The people here have never seen this kind of weather before but I'm loving it. YEAH GLOBAL WARMING!!!
I'm starting to get better at staying awake. It's difficult but I've been reading a lot of Ensigns. I found a whole box of ensigns that are way old so I read all the "Latter-day voices" or miracle stories of people. They are way corny and make me laugh but I like them and they keep me awake. I occasionally read the articles too.
A few more things for my Christmas package. Those gel clicky pens I think they are called G2 or something. Preferably Black. You know which ones I'm talking about. Also i want cologne. The kind I use is called Adidas Moves.
Can I get your address and Chinese phone number? That lady is still asking me about it. She is way nice and wants to meet you when she goes over there.
Also mom, After reading all of these "latter day voices" I read a lot of conversion stories. I realized I don't know yours. What happened, how'd you meet them, how did you know it was true, what were your feelings? I want to know everything especially the miracles you noticed.
Well not much more to report things are going good. I have good stories but time is running out so I gotta go. Love you all and have a great week. I'll tell you more stories next week.
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
11.9.2009
Well my new area is good. We are in an area called Pendygrasse in Saskatoon, Saskatachawan (I still don't know how to spell that). It is a good area lots of walking. We have met some very interesting people. I've kinda got discouraged recently because we have set up many appointments (like 50) since I've been here and two have actually happened. Everyone just isn't there for the time we set up to go. I'm trying to figure out what we're doing wrong so that we can fix that. It gets way frustrating. It's kinda funny sometimes how God answers prayers though. I was praying and telling him how frustrated I was and how much I felt like a failure but than at church we sang "God Speed the Right" and the line "If we fail we fail with glory" really hit me hard. I'm doing all that I'm suppose to and I'm working hard so even though I fail I shouldn't be disappointed. I've gained such a testimony about prayer since I've been on my mission.
Elder Halliday (my companion) is from Farmington, UT. He is the only boy of 5 kids so he thinks lots of things are gross and jokes around with me about them (he hates it when I spit) haha. We get along pretty well though. I've been tired so much lately from walking so much that I fall asleep everywhere around our apartment and he is constantly waking me up. haha Hopefully soon I'll get use to it. Also my District Leader Elder Gines is from Las Vegas and he went to Coronado High School. He is a way fun kid and we get along great.
Your right Remembrence Day is this Wednesday. It is very similar to our Memorial day. Supposidly November 11th is the day WWI ended so they remember all of their fallen soldiers. Lots and Lots of people wear these plastic poppyseed flowers that are red with black centers. I guess somebody wrote a poem for remembrence Day about poppyseeds and so they wear them as tribute or something like that. You could probably go on google and image search Remembrence Day Poppyseed and find what they looked like if you care.
Thanks for the recipe last week. I made it and it was way good. Does it taste different if you make it in the microwave? I wanted to do it in the microwave cause its easier but Elder Halliday says the oven tastes better.
About your talk. I don't have too many suggestions. A great place to look is Preach My Gospel. Lesson 5 is the commandments and one of them is Keep the sabbath day holy. It explains it pretty simply and even gives scriptures for it. I think you can read it online somewhere.
Recently all of the stakes in our mission are trying to get the members to be more involved in missionary work. It is a tough job and its hard to get some members motivated. Life would be so much easier and the work would progress so much faster if every member would just suggest one person for them to teach. People are often scared to share the gospel but from the experiances of the members who have done it, people often see it as more of a sign of love and respect than anything else. We have been visiting lots of members to encourage them to teach their friends. Alma 29:9-10 is one of my favorite scriptures about that because it is Alma explaining that when he calls people unto repentance, and they repent how much joy that brings them. Every time we invite someone to do anything, Watch a church movie, read the Book of Mormon, come to church, come to mutual, anything that is related to the church we are inviting them to repent. If they accept they are repenting becasue they are bettering themselves. Hopefully the members here catch on to the missionary spirit. I really believe that this is going to help so much.
We were doing some cleaning in our apartment this past week and we found a bunch of christmas decorations so we set up alot. Haha we have two small christmas trees and christmas lights hung around our living room. Its kinda fun to get into the christmas spirit. I feel justified in setting Christmas stuff up this early because we've already had Thanksgiving back on OCt. 12.
About my christmas Package: peanut M&M's and vanilla hot chocolate would be good. Also Just a reminder: on the package put "Canada Winnipeg Mission" BEFORE my name. It makes it so that the mission home can sign for it.
Well not much else to report. We have Zone Conference this week so that should be fun. Well I love you all and look forward to hearing from you.
Love,
Elder Turner
The one with just me and a guy is Tim (he is being baptized on Nov 11, and the one with me, Elder Ewell and a guy who looks like he should be on Americas most wanted is Terry (a less active that we reactivated.)
Elder Halliday (my companion) is from Farmington, UT. He is the only boy of 5 kids so he thinks lots of things are gross and jokes around with me about them (he hates it when I spit) haha. We get along pretty well though. I've been tired so much lately from walking so much that I fall asleep everywhere around our apartment and he is constantly waking me up. haha Hopefully soon I'll get use to it. Also my District Leader Elder Gines is from Las Vegas and he went to Coronado High School. He is a way fun kid and we get along great.
Your right Remembrence Day is this Wednesday. It is very similar to our Memorial day. Supposidly November 11th is the day WWI ended so they remember all of their fallen soldiers. Lots and Lots of people wear these plastic poppyseed flowers that are red with black centers. I guess somebody wrote a poem for remembrence Day about poppyseeds and so they wear them as tribute or something like that. You could probably go on google and image search Remembrence Day Poppyseed and find what they looked like if you care.
Thanks for the recipe last week. I made it and it was way good. Does it taste different if you make it in the microwave? I wanted to do it in the microwave cause its easier but Elder Halliday says the oven tastes better.
About your talk. I don't have too many suggestions. A great place to look is Preach My Gospel. Lesson 5 is the commandments and one of them is Keep the sabbath day holy. It explains it pretty simply and even gives scriptures for it. I think you can read it online somewhere.
Recently all of the stakes in our mission are trying to get the members to be more involved in missionary work. It is a tough job and its hard to get some members motivated. Life would be so much easier and the work would progress so much faster if every member would just suggest one person for them to teach. People are often scared to share the gospel but from the experiances of the members who have done it, people often see it as more of a sign of love and respect than anything else. We have been visiting lots of members to encourage them to teach their friends. Alma 29:9-10 is one of my favorite scriptures about that because it is Alma explaining that when he calls people unto repentance, and they repent how much joy that brings them. Every time we invite someone to do anything, Watch a church movie, read the Book of Mormon, come to church, come to mutual, anything that is related to the church we are inviting them to repent. If they accept they are repenting becasue they are bettering themselves. Hopefully the members here catch on to the missionary spirit. I really believe that this is going to help so much.
We were doing some cleaning in our apartment this past week and we found a bunch of christmas decorations so we set up alot. Haha we have two small christmas trees and christmas lights hung around our living room. Its kinda fun to get into the christmas spirit. I feel justified in setting Christmas stuff up this early because we've already had Thanksgiving back on OCt. 12.
About my christmas Package: peanut M&M's and vanilla hot chocolate would be good. Also Just a reminder: on the package put "Canada Winnipeg Mission" BEFORE my name. It makes it so that the mission home can sign for it.
Well not much else to report. We have Zone Conference this week so that should be fun. Well I love you all and look forward to hearing from you.
Love,
Elder Turner
Here are some pictures. Two are of the snow in Winnipeg. One is of my old district.
The one with just me and a guy is Tim (he is being baptized on Nov 11, and the one with me, Elder Ewell and a guy who looks like he should be on Americas most wanted is Terry (a less active that we reactivated.)
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
11.2.2009
Last week when I said I "assumed" I was staying in my area and Elder Ewell was leaving. Well I was wrong. Elder Ewell stayed and is now training again so I have a new "brother" (I have another one but he died AKA went home early). After driving 6 hours to Regina, staying the night there, and driving 2 more hours I finally arrived in my new are. I am in Saskatoon, Saskatawan. My new companion is Elder Halliday from Farmington, UT. We get along pretty well. Our apartment is way nice though. We have a grill and a fireplace. The grill has no gas and the fireplace has no wood but the important thing is that we have them. There is bad news to the transfer though. I am now a busing elder so My companion and I do not have a car so we mostly walk and sometimes take the bus. This transfer doesn't end till the middle of December and I'll probably be here longer than one transfer (but I've been wrong before)
Things I bought: A big coat that is black and way warm, cheap hopefully warm boots, socks, hat, beanie, longjohns, gloves, scarf, and unlimited use hand warmers. I've decided that the reason people are so rich in Las Vegas is because they don't have to spend all there money on winter stuff. Thanks for the recipe I do want alot more in my christmas package. All apartments have a stove, oven, and microwave. I think most have a crockpot but I'm not sure about a blender. I doubt any have a rice cooker. When you send them to me can you also explain things that I won't know like how to cook rice or define words that I don't know what they mean such as 'simmer'. Make it so a smart 4th grader could understand it. It snowed when we left winnipeg on thursday. When we got to Regina it was cold but not snowing. When we woke up there was about an inch of snow. When we got to Saskatoon it wasn't too cold and no snow. The next day it snowed. Now there is no snow on the ground but it is still kinda cold. Winter is coming and its coming fast. It sounds like everyone is keeping busy. Oh yeah the other day we stopped by one of our investigators here who ended up not being home. As we were walking from her house, their neighbor called Elder Halliday and I into her house. She is a 60 yr old native woman and asked if we could give her husband a prayer of healing because he had a stroke 5 years ago and can't walk. We taught her about blessings and gave him a blessing. We are now teaching them. They are going to need alot of work. He is thinking about moving out to a special home becuase his wife is mean and she drinks all day everyday. Its going to take alot of work but I see their lives improving.
I'm happy to hear about Matt. It sounds like he is doing good. Tony just sent me a letter he is a trainer and a district leader now so that is good. Supposidly somebody tried to fight him and pushed Tony on the groung and Tony's brand new companion (only been out three days) had to force the guy to back off. Haha fun adventures in Denver.
About my christmas package. You need to have it get here within the next 5 weeks so I can have it for christmas time. Also you need to write "Christmas" on it so the office staff knows to hold it. The only main things I want in it is the same pictures I had in my old album recipes and music.
Not much else to report. We are emailing from an University and people just sit and stare at us. I feel like a nun. haha. Well I love you all. Hope you have a great week. Elder Turner
Things I bought: A big coat that is black and way warm, cheap hopefully warm boots, socks, hat, beanie, longjohns, gloves, scarf, and unlimited use hand warmers. I've decided that the reason people are so rich in Las Vegas is because they don't have to spend all there money on winter stuff. Thanks for the recipe I do want alot more in my christmas package. All apartments have a stove, oven, and microwave. I think most have a crockpot but I'm not sure about a blender. I doubt any have a rice cooker. When you send them to me can you also explain things that I won't know like how to cook rice or define words that I don't know what they mean such as 'simmer'. Make it so a smart 4th grader could understand it. It snowed when we left winnipeg on thursday. When we got to Regina it was cold but not snowing. When we woke up there was about an inch of snow. When we got to Saskatoon it wasn't too cold and no snow. The next day it snowed. Now there is no snow on the ground but it is still kinda cold. Winter is coming and its coming fast. It sounds like everyone is keeping busy. Oh yeah the other day we stopped by one of our investigators here who ended up not being home. As we were walking from her house, their neighbor called Elder Halliday and I into her house. She is a 60 yr old native woman and asked if we could give her husband a prayer of healing because he had a stroke 5 years ago and can't walk. We taught her about blessings and gave him a blessing. We are now teaching them. They are going to need alot of work. He is thinking about moving out to a special home becuase his wife is mean and she drinks all day everyday. Its going to take alot of work but I see their lives improving.
I'm happy to hear about Matt. It sounds like he is doing good. Tony just sent me a letter he is a trainer and a district leader now so that is good. Supposidly somebody tried to fight him and pushed Tony on the groung and Tony's brand new companion (only been out three days) had to force the guy to back off. Haha fun adventures in Denver.
About my christmas package. You need to have it get here within the next 5 weeks so I can have it for christmas time. Also you need to write "Christmas" on it so the office staff knows to hold it. The only main things I want in it is the same pictures I had in my old album recipes and music.
Not much else to report. We are emailing from an University and people just sit and stare at us. I feel like a nun. haha. Well I love you all. Hope you have a great week. Elder Turner
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