Hola Familia and Amigos:
So this week has been good here in Selkirk. I'd like to thank dad for the facts on Selkirk. I didn't know I was in the Catfish Capital of the World. There is a giant Catfish statue that I will need to take a picture in front of one day. Also yesterday we were going to go take pictures at the river because there is tons of little shacks on it because people are ice fishing but we didn't get time so we'll go next week. Oh another fun fact about Selkirk, the Renee Zellweger blockbuster hit "New in Town" was filmed here so that's exciting. Another movie was being filmed here last week but I'm not sure what it was.
So the weather has been freezing here lately and we have no way to check the weather so we have to rely on the office missionaries to call us if it gets below -40 but they often don't call and we can tell its that cold. haha but we keep on working till we get that call.
We have been working really hard up here. I have never tracted as much in my whole mission than I have in this past week. The work is pretty slow here and everybody here has most likely talked to missionaries before but the Lord wouldn't keep sending us here unless there was some reason. I guess I just have to find that reason.
We have a few interesting investigators though. We just made one investigator who looks like a murderer haha but I don't think he is. He is just an extremely shady guy. I don't remember if I mentioned Beverly last week but she is a really good lady. We haven't been able to meet with her because she is really sick but she phones the church every week and listens to sacrament and loves it.
Speaking of sacrament, Elder Burch and I had to speak. Elder Burch spoke on how members can do missionary work and I taught the first lesson. I had a hard time deciding on what to teach and Preach My Gospel said that when we teach the members the Message of the Restoration it builds their desire to do missionary work more than any thing else. I think it went ok but I wrote my talk in an outline format and not completely written out like I normally do so that was really nerve racking. Beverly listened and she said she really liked my talk and she even took notes so even if none of the members enjoyed it (which many said they did) at least we were able to teach Beverly the first lesson.
Today is Elder Burch's birthday so I think we are going out to eat somewhere. Rest assured it will not be at Boston Pizza and we won't order alcoholic pizza. haha Elder Burch and I have been joking about how ridiculous Snuggie's are and than for his birthday one of our investigators gave him her snuggie because she can't stand to wear it. We have been taking lots of Snuggie pictures and they are hilarious. We also had district meeting which I use to be a fan of but now not so much because it is done over the phone and most of the time we can't even hear everyone. The good thing is though we can eat during it so I guess there are positives.
Well not much else to report on. This week has been kinda slow, good, but slow. I love ya all and hope you have a great week.
Love, Elder Turner
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Monday, February 1, 2010
1.27.2010
First off let me just apologize for writing on a Wednesday. Usually here in Selkirk since we only have one library here and its closed on Monday's, we have permission to write on Tuesday. Yesterday we came to write but every time we came there wasn't any available computers so we wrote today. So you will always get an email from me on Tuesdays hopefully. I would still recommend writing on Mondays though because once or twice a transfer we get to go down to Winnipeg for P-day and we would than email than.
Also, LDS mail just recently changed to a G-mail service and it made us change our emails so now my email is pturner@myldsmail.net. All of my mail will still be forwarded to to my new one but I'm not sure how long that will be though.
Well after a two hour Drive to Regina, staying there for a night and driving 6 hours to Winnipeg than another Hour, I finally made it to Selkirk, Manitoba. It is a really small town and its alot of fun. One of the biggest buildings here is the Mental Asylum. I think it is the mental asylum for all of Manitoba. haha There is alot of crazy people on the streets here, like seriously. Elder Burch was telling me about a guy that told them he put space rocks up to his head and now he is a genius or another guy who hangs out with robots. Don't get me wrong, there are alot of normal people here (they just don't wonder the streets at -20 C)
My new companion is Elder Burch. He is from Boise (more specifically Star), Idaho. He is a really funny guy and we actually new each other my first transfer because he was in my district but we are constantly laughing the whole day. We actually have quite alot of fun together but don't worry, we still work really hard.
So the other day we were talking to one of our investigators Theresa. She is a "close talker" and she likes to get very loud (not a good combination). She also talks a mile a minute (or a Kilometer a minute). She welcomed me to Selkirk and started to list off the highlights of Selkirk that I need to check out. On the list was Wal-mart, and the McDonalds. She actually asked me if I had ever been to a McDonalds before. haha I told her a few times.
We are also teaching this guy named Trevor. He is a really nice guy and really interested in the gospel. I felt bad though because he asked me to give the closing prayer and in the prayer I called him Jeremy. Nobody bothered to correct me and it wasn't until we got home and I asked a question about "Jeremy" that Elder Burch told me I had been calling him the wrong name the whole night haha.
We had one investigator come to church this week...kinda. Selkirk branch is very spread out so sometimes people call in to a phone and listen to sacrament because it is too far to come in or the highways are really bad. We have one investigator, Beverly, who is a Steven minister for the Lutheran church. She really likes our church but she has been extremely sick so she called in and listened to it which counts for an investigator at church.
So on Sunday, the branch president and us, went to go visit a part-member family who live in Fisher Branch, Manitoba. We left after church and Fisher Branch is two hours north of Selkirk (our area is huge) the highways were terrible because there was a blizzard that day and it took us forever to get there. By the Time we left (at one) got there, taught an hour lesson, and got back it was 6 O'clock. We than had a meal at the Presidents house but we were going to have to cut it short because he had to leave at 6:15 to get stake priesthood meeting (we couldn't go because we didn't have an investigator going) so he drops us off back at our car and Elder Burch realizes we don't have the keys to the car/apartment. haha we searched Presidents car and the church but couldn't find it. President Anderson eventually had to go so he left us in the church. Sis. Anderson called and said she had found the keys in his car and she brought it too us with our food to go. haha by the time we left there it was 8. That was a long day.
On P-day, there was a crazy blizzard going on and we got stuck twice. One time somebody towed us out with their truck. We decided to go to DQ and get Blizzards and take pictures in the blizzard. I'll send them when I can. they are pretty funny.
Also, when I was back in Saskatoon, we had a Jehovah Witness lady who lived below us. She was constantly bringing us food and things just randomly and she was super nice. She brought us a $20 gift card to Boston Pizza which I put in my wallet because Elder Halliday and I planned on going there one p-day. well we both forgot and I didn't remember till the other day that I had it so Elder Burch and I decided to go to Boston Pizza yesterday. We ordered the BBQ Pulled pork pizza. She explained that the BBQ sauce was Jack Daniels BBQ sauce and we said that sounded good. It wasn't until we took our first bites that I remembered Jack Daniels was Whiskey. haha we both were kinda worried and we asked her and she said there was 1/2 ounce of Jack Daniels per 40 ounces of bbq sauce. We still couldn't eat it so we asked for another pizza and we were going to pay for both because it was our fault but they ended up just giving us a free new one. haha we felt pretty dumb.
Oh and in this Branch, every 5th Sunday is Missionary Sunday so we have to speak in sacrament. yeah!!! haha luckily there is only 40 people there.
Well I'm out of time but I love ya.
Elder Turner
Also, LDS mail just recently changed to a G-mail service and it made us change our emails so now my email is pturner@myldsmail.net. All of my mail will still be forwarded to to my new one but I'm not sure how long that will be though.
Well after a two hour Drive to Regina, staying there for a night and driving 6 hours to Winnipeg than another Hour, I finally made it to Selkirk, Manitoba. It is a really small town and its alot of fun. One of the biggest buildings here is the Mental Asylum. I think it is the mental asylum for all of Manitoba. haha There is alot of crazy people on the streets here, like seriously. Elder Burch was telling me about a guy that told them he put space rocks up to his head and now he is a genius or another guy who hangs out with robots. Don't get me wrong, there are alot of normal people here (they just don't wonder the streets at -20 C)
My new companion is Elder Burch. He is from Boise (more specifically Star), Idaho. He is a really funny guy and we actually new each other my first transfer because he was in my district but we are constantly laughing the whole day. We actually have quite alot of fun together but don't worry, we still work really hard.
So the other day we were talking to one of our investigators Theresa. She is a "close talker" and she likes to get very loud (not a good combination). She also talks a mile a minute (or a Kilometer a minute). She welcomed me to Selkirk and started to list off the highlights of Selkirk that I need to check out. On the list was Wal-mart, and the McDonalds. She actually asked me if I had ever been to a McDonalds before. haha I told her a few times.
We are also teaching this guy named Trevor. He is a really nice guy and really interested in the gospel. I felt bad though because he asked me to give the closing prayer and in the prayer I called him Jeremy. Nobody bothered to correct me and it wasn't until we got home and I asked a question about "Jeremy" that Elder Burch told me I had been calling him the wrong name the whole night haha.
We had one investigator come to church this week...kinda. Selkirk branch is very spread out so sometimes people call in to a phone and listen to sacrament because it is too far to come in or the highways are really bad. We have one investigator, Beverly, who is a Steven minister for the Lutheran church. She really likes our church but she has been extremely sick so she called in and listened to it which counts for an investigator at church.
So on Sunday, the branch president and us, went to go visit a part-member family who live in Fisher Branch, Manitoba. We left after church and Fisher Branch is two hours north of Selkirk (our area is huge) the highways were terrible because there was a blizzard that day and it took us forever to get there. By the Time we left (at one) got there, taught an hour lesson, and got back it was 6 O'clock. We than had a meal at the Presidents house but we were going to have to cut it short because he had to leave at 6:15 to get stake priesthood meeting (we couldn't go because we didn't have an investigator going) so he drops us off back at our car and Elder Burch realizes we don't have the keys to the car/apartment. haha we searched Presidents car and the church but couldn't find it. President Anderson eventually had to go so he left us in the church. Sis. Anderson called and said she had found the keys in his car and she brought it too us with our food to go. haha by the time we left there it was 8. That was a long day.
On P-day, there was a crazy blizzard going on and we got stuck twice. One time somebody towed us out with their truck. We decided to go to DQ and get Blizzards and take pictures in the blizzard. I'll send them when I can. they are pretty funny.
Also, when I was back in Saskatoon, we had a Jehovah Witness lady who lived below us. She was constantly bringing us food and things just randomly and she was super nice. She brought us a $20 gift card to Boston Pizza which I put in my wallet because Elder Halliday and I planned on going there one p-day. well we both forgot and I didn't remember till the other day that I had it so Elder Burch and I decided to go to Boston Pizza yesterday. We ordered the BBQ Pulled pork pizza. She explained that the BBQ sauce was Jack Daniels BBQ sauce and we said that sounded good. It wasn't until we took our first bites that I remembered Jack Daniels was Whiskey. haha we both were kinda worried and we asked her and she said there was 1/2 ounce of Jack Daniels per 40 ounces of bbq sauce. We still couldn't eat it so we asked for another pizza and we were going to pay for both because it was our fault but they ended up just giving us a free new one. haha we felt pretty dumb.
Oh and in this Branch, every 5th Sunday is Missionary Sunday so we have to speak in sacrament. yeah!!! haha luckily there is only 40 people there.
Well I'm out of time but I love ya.
Elder Turner
Monday, January 18, 2010
1.18.2010
Well we got our Transfer Calls yesterday and I am leaving Saskatoon. I'm actually also leaving Saskatchewan. I am going to be serving in Selkirk, Manitoba. It is about 30 min north of Winnipeg. My new companion is Elder Burch. He was in my district when i served in Winnipeg and he is a really good guy. He is also really funny so I'm excited to serve with him. I'm outlining which means I'm serving in an outlining town. It's a small town and we are the only missionaries there. So for the whole transfer the only times I'll see other missionaries is zone conference. I'm excited though it should be fun. There is a small branch there so I'll get the feel for a branch. Oh yeah, best of all, I get a car haha Elder Halliday is staying here for another transfer (this will be 6 months here) and he is being senior comp. to a difficult missionary whose last transfer is this next one so he will probably stay another transfer so that two new missionairys will come into the area. That will mean he will be here for 7 1/2 months. Thats crazy.
Lately the weather here has been extremely nice. I don't even wear my coats. A couple times last week in was +5 C which is really nice, especially if you've been living in -30C. Rumors have it that it is suppose to last for a month. This Canadian winter has been extrememly milder compared to others, or so I've been told. I would blame global warming but i guess that is a farce.
Yeah mom I have been getting the letters from my buddies. I got a christmas card from the Young Family which was really nice of them and now I have a picture of Jayden (and Brian, and Cami, and her entire family) which I'm happy about. I also got a Christmas Letter from Stucki with a couple pictures which was really nice to hear from him. I was gonna write him a letter back today but I need to buy international stamps. haha.
So a few stories that made me laugh this week that I know you will enjoy. This week we were planning on making Hawaiian Haystacks. Elder Halliday hates mushrooms but I wanted to make the recipe the exact way that it says because that is the recipe I grew up on. I actually caught myself saying "I bet if I put Cream of Mushroom soup in it, you wouldn't even be able to tell the difference." After I said that i just stopped and started laughing. haha so many times you guys told me that and I didn't listen, haha now i know its true.
Also we ate at a members house and what did they feed us? Salmon. and it was actually pretty good. It was so good in fact that I would have had seconds if it was offered. I know I know, a shocker.
Well not much else to report. Thanks for sending the package. Don't worry about the Karan Dictionary too much. It would just be nice to have. How the mail/packages work is everytime there is a zone conference, assistants come up, transfers, or the zone leaders go to winnipeg for zone leader meeting we get our mail. When your in Winnipeg you get it everyweek but if your in Regina or Saskatoon, you get it about 3-4 times a transfer. I'm not sure how often I'll get it in Selkirk.
Well I love you all and hope to hear from you soon. good luck with the house!
Elder Turner
Lately the weather here has been extremely nice. I don't even wear my coats. A couple times last week in was +5 C which is really nice, especially if you've been living in -30C. Rumors have it that it is suppose to last for a month. This Canadian winter has been extrememly milder compared to others, or so I've been told. I would blame global warming but i guess that is a farce.
Yeah mom I have been getting the letters from my buddies. I got a christmas card from the Young Family which was really nice of them and now I have a picture of Jayden (and Brian, and Cami, and her entire family) which I'm happy about. I also got a Christmas Letter from Stucki with a couple pictures which was really nice to hear from him. I was gonna write him a letter back today but I need to buy international stamps. haha.
So a few stories that made me laugh this week that I know you will enjoy. This week we were planning on making Hawaiian Haystacks. Elder Halliday hates mushrooms but I wanted to make the recipe the exact way that it says because that is the recipe I grew up on. I actually caught myself saying "I bet if I put Cream of Mushroom soup in it, you wouldn't even be able to tell the difference." After I said that i just stopped and started laughing. haha so many times you guys told me that and I didn't listen, haha now i know its true.
Also we ate at a members house and what did they feed us? Salmon. and it was actually pretty good. It was so good in fact that I would have had seconds if it was offered. I know I know, a shocker.
Well not much else to report. Thanks for sending the package. Don't worry about the Karan Dictionary too much. It would just be nice to have. How the mail/packages work is everytime there is a zone conference, assistants come up, transfers, or the zone leaders go to winnipeg for zone leader meeting we get our mail. When your in Winnipeg you get it everyweek but if your in Regina or Saskatoon, you get it about 3-4 times a transfer. I'm not sure how often I'll get it in Selkirk.
Well I love you all and hope to hear from you soon. good luck with the house!
Elder Turner
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
1.11.2010
What's up y'all,
first off, I don't know where you got that I needed an arabic BOM. I don't need one so don't worry about it. All that stuff I can get from the mission. I just wanted a list so that I would know. You also must have forgotten to attach the list.
I can't believe dad cleaned out all of his boxes. He must have been in the commitment mood with the wedding and new years.
Well not too much happened this week. Today we got to do something pretty amazing. The olympic torch came through Saskatoon so we were allowed to go see it. It was alot of fun and it was nice to get into the olympic spirit. I took some pictures so maybe i'll send some home it was lots of fun.
We sometimes write our letters at the university and everytime I do i feel like a tourist attraction haha people are always staring at us and its kinda awkward. We decided that when we go home we are still going to dress like this and wear our name tag so that people look at us more. I've decided I'm going to wear it into restraunts in Utah and get my food payed for too. haha.
Not too much going on this week. We got another Baptisimal date planned for a man named Leon Funk. He is Matey (half Native half caucasion). He is really excited to keep learning but he has a long way to go. Sorry there isn't too much to write. When you don't give me stuff to feed off of its kinda hard for me to come up with things to write. Well I'm happy that everything is starting to settle down and get relaxed after the Holidays. Have a good week and I'll talk to you later. BTW we get transfer calls on sunday so i'll let you know if I'm staying or going.
Love,
Elder Turner
first off, I don't know where you got that I needed an arabic BOM. I don't need one so don't worry about it. All that stuff I can get from the mission. I just wanted a list so that I would know. You also must have forgotten to attach the list.
I can't believe dad cleaned out all of his boxes. He must have been in the commitment mood with the wedding and new years.
Well not too much happened this week. Today we got to do something pretty amazing. The olympic torch came through Saskatoon so we were allowed to go see it. It was alot of fun and it was nice to get into the olympic spirit. I took some pictures so maybe i'll send some home it was lots of fun.
We sometimes write our letters at the university and everytime I do i feel like a tourist attraction haha people are always staring at us and its kinda awkward. We decided that when we go home we are still going to dress like this and wear our name tag so that people look at us more. I've decided I'm going to wear it into restraunts in Utah and get my food payed for too. haha.
Not too much going on this week. We got another Baptisimal date planned for a man named Leon Funk. He is Matey (half Native half caucasion). He is really excited to keep learning but he has a long way to go. Sorry there isn't too much to write. When you don't give me stuff to feed off of its kinda hard for me to come up with things to write. Well I'm happy that everything is starting to settle down and get relaxed after the Holidays. Have a good week and I'll talk to you later. BTW we get transfer calls on sunday so i'll let you know if I'm staying or going.
Love,
Elder Turner
Monday, January 4, 2010
1/4/2010
Well it is officially 2010 (Do people there call it Two-thousand and ten or twenty-ten, we've been calling it 2010. I was just curious) Well on New Years Eve we were told to be in the apartment by 5:00 pm and not to be out till about 1:30 PM on New Years because not too many people would be awake/fully recovered from the previous night. On Christmas Eve we were told that since we didn't go out till later that we could sleep in and stay up for New Years. I passed out at about 10:15. I wanted to stay up but my bed looked expecially comfortable and I was only gonna lay there for 5 min which didn't happen.
I'm glad the wedding went well. It sounds really good and from the pictures Destiny looked beautiful. I'm still waiting on my morton's steak in the mail. That will be delicious. I did wear my tie. I actually got alot of compliments on it but I'm not a huge fan of purple. Wow there was quite alot of people there at the wedding. It sounds like a big success.
I'm glad to hear Jayden's doing good. I saw the picture of him in his suit. haha i loved it. I got a christmas Card from the Hansen's in Valley Vista Ward and they were saying how cute Jayden was. They said at church Brian was bouncing Jayden on his knee but all they could see was Jayden's head popping up from the pew and than disappearing.
So Destiny and Mark are staying at the Golden Nugget. At their wedding did they also turn 60. I thought that was kindof a requirement for staying there.
Yeah i did like the package it was way good. The socks are pretty warm and all the missionaries love reading the Engrish on it. My favorite is it talks about how to wash it and it says, "It Explains to wash" haha. Were you able to get Bang! for me? If not its ok. Well not much else is going on today. Thank you for everything you've been doing and thank everybody for caring about me.
Oh real quickly do you think you could email me a list of all the languages the BOM is translated into. That would help alot. Thanks
Elder Turner
I'm glad the wedding went well. It sounds really good and from the pictures Destiny looked beautiful. I'm still waiting on my morton's steak in the mail. That will be delicious. I did wear my tie. I actually got alot of compliments on it but I'm not a huge fan of purple. Wow there was quite alot of people there at the wedding. It sounds like a big success.
I'm glad to hear Jayden's doing good. I saw the picture of him in his suit. haha i loved it. I got a christmas Card from the Hansen's in Valley Vista Ward and they were saying how cute Jayden was. They said at church Brian was bouncing Jayden on his knee but all they could see was Jayden's head popping up from the pew and than disappearing.
So Destiny and Mark are staying at the Golden Nugget. At their wedding did they also turn 60. I thought that was kindof a requirement for staying there.
Yeah i did like the package it was way good. The socks are pretty warm and all the missionaries love reading the Engrish on it. My favorite is it talks about how to wash it and it says, "It Explains to wash" haha. Were you able to get Bang! for me? If not its ok. Well not much else is going on today. Thank you for everything you've been doing and thank everybody for caring about me.
Oh real quickly do you think you could email me a list of all the languages the BOM is translated into. That would help alot. Thanks
Elder Turner
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
12.28.2009
Well after Kevin was the only one who didn't get me a christmas present, I guess in an unexpected turn of events he was the only one that remembered that I emailed on mondays. Whatever haha.
It was good to hear from everyone. My Christmas was actually alot of fun. We got to sleep in which I loved but I couldn't sleep past 7 am. At 9 am, all the missionaries got together and opened our presents. After that we did a white elephant and I ended up with a fake aquairium that runs on batteries. Than we played games. After that we went to a member's house, the Sheiss', and I talked to you guys. After that we went back to the church where we opened presents and had a Christmas dinner prepared by a member. It was lots of fun and the member had rented a huge blow up joust thing where you stand on a pedastool and try to knock each other off. Pretty much I did the best. haha but it was lots of fun. Than we played bored games till we had to go home.
Somebody got Bang! for Christmas so basically we played that all day. Also today our P-day activity was bored games so we played all day today. The other day when you asked me if I wanted anything else, I've decided I would like the game Bang!
So thank you everyone for the presents, it was very nice and I enjoy using all of it. I was looking at the socks that Santa gave me and I guess with the recession, Santa has turned to the Chinese black market. The packaging of the socks is all in Engrish. It is actually really funny.
Well not much else to write. I'm sure you guys are pretty busy getting the wedding in order and that's probably why you didn't write. Good luck tomorrow and I hope everything goes according to plan. Welcome to the family Mark. Cami, Brian, and Jayden congratulations on having a whole house to yourself again (I guess you have to wait till everyone else leaves). What is the honeymoon gonna be? Email me pictures of the wedding.
Love Elder Turner
And here are some pictures Paul sent. On Christmas day, the members that had all the missionaries over rented a giant blow up joust arena. This is just a picture of some of the action.
It was good to hear from everyone. My Christmas was actually alot of fun. We got to sleep in which I loved but I couldn't sleep past 7 am. At 9 am, all the missionaries got together and opened our presents. After that we did a white elephant and I ended up with a fake aquairium that runs on batteries. Than we played games. After that we went to a member's house, the Sheiss', and I talked to you guys. After that we went back to the church where we opened presents and had a Christmas dinner prepared by a member. It was lots of fun and the member had rented a huge blow up joust thing where you stand on a pedastool and try to knock each other off. Pretty much I did the best. haha but it was lots of fun. Than we played bored games till we had to go home.
Somebody got Bang! for Christmas so basically we played that all day. Also today our P-day activity was bored games so we played all day today. The other day when you asked me if I wanted anything else, I've decided I would like the game Bang!
So thank you everyone for the presents, it was very nice and I enjoy using all of it. I was looking at the socks that Santa gave me and I guess with the recession, Santa has turned to the Chinese black market. The packaging of the socks is all in Engrish. It is actually really funny.
Well not much else to write. I'm sure you guys are pretty busy getting the wedding in order and that's probably why you didn't write. Good luck tomorrow and I hope everything goes according to plan. Welcome to the family Mark. Cami, Brian, and Jayden congratulations on having a whole house to yourself again (I guess you have to wait till everyone else leaves). What is the honeymoon gonna be? Email me pictures of the wedding.
Love Elder Turner
And here are some pictures Paul sent. On Christmas day, the members that had all the missionaries over rented a giant blow up joust arena. This is just a picture of some of the action.
Monday, December 21, 2009
12.21.2009
Hey Everybody,
First off, Christmas...Merry Christmas. I just talked it over with my companion. I want you guys to call us at 2:30 pm. I'm sorry if that time doesn't work with Destiny's schedule but she gets to hear Marks voice 24/7 and only mine twice a year. I am not sure what time it would be there in Vegas. We are Central Time but without Daylight Savings time. If this helps I started this email at 1:30. If you don't call at 2:30, I'll be forced to call you and will have to pay for a long distance call so don't mess this up.
So in this spirit of Christmas I wanted to talk about what a member in the ward talked about yesterday that I liked. She talked about the Nativity and about the different people who "found" Jesus. The Shepherd's were in their fields doing their Job. They guarded the sacrificial sheep but when the angel came and told them of Christ they instantly left or being Obedient. The wise men were reading their scriptures and found out about the star and decided to seek him, and Simeon and Anna (A few days later) were fulfilling their calling in the temple and they found him. She mentioned that We can find Christ when we are obedient like the Shepherd's, studying the scriptures like the wise men, or fulfilling our callings such as Simeon and Anna. I thought that was a good way to look at it.
Well Christmas Eve this year a member in a different ward is having all the missionaries over from 5 till the end of the night. Elder Halliday and I bought Pies, and Martinellis for Christmas Eve so that we could celebrate a little. Than for Christmas we are allowed to sleep in so I was planning on sleeping till noon but the zone leaders decided it would be fun to get together at 9 and open presents together as a zone. Afterwards we will be opening White Elephant gifts. After that we will be doing service as a zone. it's not mandatory but President Paulson encourages it. I'm hoping we go to a soup kitchen. I think they are planning on doing service at the hospital though. That should be done by 2 pm. After that I'm going to speak to some people in my family for 40 min and than while Elder Halliday is speaking to his family I'm scheduling in a nap. Than at 5:00 pm another Member is having all of the missionaries over for a dinner. This member is also in the Mission Presidency. President Watson is his name. So that is pretty much my Christmas. It should be fun. I'm looking forward to sleeping in.
Now on with the Karen (pronounced quran) information. I asked you before if you could find a Karen (That is how it is really spelled) translator. Just wondering if there was any updates on that. Also when I was back in Winnipeg, a karen family gave me a Karen shirt which is like hand woven multicolored shirt which is the traditional dress over there. I loved it. Now here in Saskatoon a family gave me a Karen bag which is a hand woven multicolored purse-like bag that both the men and women use. I might be sending these home sometime because I don't want to ruin them. Lastly I don't know if you remember me talking about teaching a Karen woman by having a Thai guy take our words, translate it to Thai, and have her understand in Karen and about how difficult that was. Well I have had an even more difficult lesson. We are now teaching a blind Karen guy. He has a Braille machine and we quote bible verses to him spelling out every word so that he can Braille it on paper. Than he gets a family member to say that verse in Karen and he is slowly learning English that way. I think we got through one verse in the 45 min we were there. It was exhausting.
Well not much else to report. I'm looking forward to talking to you guys next week. Have a good couple days and I'll talk to you soon.
Love,
Elder Turner
First off, Christmas...Merry Christmas. I just talked it over with my companion. I want you guys to call us at 2:30 pm. I'm sorry if that time doesn't work with Destiny's schedule but she gets to hear Marks voice 24/7 and only mine twice a year. I am not sure what time it would be there in Vegas. We are Central Time but without Daylight Savings time. If this helps I started this email at 1:30. If you don't call at 2:30, I'll be forced to call you and will have to pay for a long distance call so don't mess this up.
So in this spirit of Christmas I wanted to talk about what a member in the ward talked about yesterday that I liked. She talked about the Nativity and about the different people who "found" Jesus. The Shepherd's were in their fields doing their Job. They guarded the sacrificial sheep but when the angel came and told them of Christ they instantly left or being Obedient. The wise men were reading their scriptures and found out about the star and decided to seek him, and Simeon and Anna (A few days later) were fulfilling their calling in the temple and they found him. She mentioned that We can find Christ when we are obedient like the Shepherd's, studying the scriptures like the wise men, or fulfilling our callings such as Simeon and Anna. I thought that was a good way to look at it.
Well Christmas Eve this year a member in a different ward is having all the missionaries over from 5 till the end of the night. Elder Halliday and I bought Pies, and Martinellis for Christmas Eve so that we could celebrate a little. Than for Christmas we are allowed to sleep in so I was planning on sleeping till noon but the zone leaders decided it would be fun to get together at 9 and open presents together as a zone. Afterwards we will be opening White Elephant gifts. After that we will be doing service as a zone. it's not mandatory but President Paulson encourages it. I'm hoping we go to a soup kitchen. I think they are planning on doing service at the hospital though. That should be done by 2 pm. After that I'm going to speak to some people in my family for 40 min and than while Elder Halliday is speaking to his family I'm scheduling in a nap. Than at 5:00 pm another Member is having all of the missionaries over for a dinner. This member is also in the Mission Presidency. President Watson is his name. So that is pretty much my Christmas. It should be fun. I'm looking forward to sleeping in.
Now on with the Karen (pronounced quran) information. I asked you before if you could find a Karen (That is how it is really spelled) translator. Just wondering if there was any updates on that. Also when I was back in Winnipeg, a karen family gave me a Karen shirt which is like hand woven multicolored shirt which is the traditional dress over there. I loved it. Now here in Saskatoon a family gave me a Karen bag which is a hand woven multicolored purse-like bag that both the men and women use. I might be sending these home sometime because I don't want to ruin them. Lastly I don't know if you remember me talking about teaching a Karen woman by having a Thai guy take our words, translate it to Thai, and have her understand in Karen and about how difficult that was. Well I have had an even more difficult lesson. We are now teaching a blind Karen guy. He has a Braille machine and we quote bible verses to him spelling out every word so that he can Braille it on paper. Than he gets a family member to say that verse in Karen and he is slowly learning English that way. I think we got through one verse in the 45 min we were there. It was exhausting.
Well not much else to report. I'm looking forward to talking to you guys next week. Have a good couple days and I'll talk to you soon.
Love,
Elder Turner
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