We spotted Carlee in the choir during the "Work of Salvation" broadcast.
June 16, 2013
Lieber Familie!
I can't belive it's already been 1 week.
Each individual day is so packed and we're learning so much that each
day feels like mutiple days, but the week has gone by pretty quickly.
My companion Sister Schwantes is awesome! She and I get along very
well. She also enjoys working out so we get up every morning at 6 for a
sisters only gym class and then we go running after. I'm greatful she is
willing to run with me. There are 4 other sister/ 2 other compaionships
in my room: Sister Knect, Sister Stuart, Sister Shelley and Sister
Rasmussen and we are all headed to Germany Berlin! I love these sisters
so much. We all work hard, laugh hard and smile almost all the time.
There are only 2 companionships in my district: Sister Schwantes and
myself and Elder Thorley and Elder Karpowitz. It's fun, we're kinda like
a little family. Sister Covey and Brother Ott are our teachers. Sister
Covey served in the Alpine German Speaking mission and Brother Ott
served in the Germany Berlin mission. He is so excited to have our whole
district headed to Berlin. We have been teaching an investigator named
Herr Langmesser. I believe things are going well...haha it's hard to
understand most of what he says, but we're trying to build up a good
relationship with him and we try to listen to the Spirit as we teach.
The language is hard, but I know I'll get it. Some days it's hard to get
discouraged so Sister Schwantes and I are trying hard to smile more to
stay positive and keep the Spirit with us.
We learn so much each day I'm not sure how much is sticking. So you
can tell Talia I still talk in my sleep (you should look up why I do
that and how to get over it) anywho enough German must be sticking
because I am now sleep talking auf Deutsch! I wish I could share all I'm
learning! It's so exciting but I just don't have enough time to write
it all. Yesterday Elder Robert C. Gay was the speaker at our Tuesday
night devotional. There were so many of us that we have to go down to
the Marriott Center. By the way I am on the main campus, but I have
heard rumors that at 3 weeks my branch will move to the west campus. I
hope not, but we'll see. On Sunday
will be the world wide broadcast and I will be singing in the choir
there so look out for me! I think I'll be wearing a pink sweater.
By the way, I love the micofiber towel! It is my best friend! Lindsey
and Adam: memorize Your Purpose in Preach My Gospel and know the
scripture on the cover!! Also start to learn them in Spanish. When you
get in the field you will need to have the First Vision, D&C 4 and
Your Purpose memorized in your language, so I reccomend memorzing them
in English first before you get here.
Thank you for everything. Love you all, but I don't miss you ;)
-Sister Turner
June 16, 2013
Lieber Familie,
Everything is going really well here. Thank you for the package! Everyday I see multiple people I know
from outside the MTC. Surprisingly
I’m doing well at only shaking hands.
So today was our first Sacrament Meeting. Before each Sunday we are supposed to
prepare a talk because the speakers are announced right after the
sacrament. And guess who was the
first speaker???. . . me. The
funny thing is, I had a feeling earlier that I would be one of the
speakers. It went well I was
told. In the past 4 days I have
learned to testify, pray, meet someone, prepared and gave a talk, &
prepared & taught 2 lessons alles auf Deutsch! The language is coming slowly but surely. Sometimes it’s hard not to get
discouraged, so Sister Schwantes & have made it a goal to smile more often, especially in class when
we get a little overwhelmed. This
will help us as a companionship to stay positive & more welcoming for the
Spirit.
Happy Father’s Day!
I love & miss you!
Thank you for supporting me my whole life & helping me get to where
I am today. I love you!
Lindsey, be so excited for your mission!!! It’s so awesome!
I hope everything is going well with Cade.
My companion, district, branch, leaders, & teachers are
awesome! I’ll write more later.
Love you!
Sister Turner
June 12, 2013
Hey!
Wow! I can’t
believe the energy & excitement here!
Everyone is so happy. It
has been a little overwhelming, but again so exciting. I have already
seen many familiar faces. My companion is Sister Schwantes. She &
the other four sisters in my
dorm room are all headed to Berlin.
We’re all excited to work hard.
Mom & Dad, thank you so much for helping me get here
including all of the last minute things.
I was stressed before, but as soon as I got out of the van I felt
calm. So just FYI, there were
about 800 new missionaries today. Kinda
crazy, but so cool! The closing
song for the MTC welcome devotional was “Army of Helaman.” I thought it was really cool that they
changed the lyrics from “we will be the Lord’s missionaries” to “ we are now
the Lord’s missionaries.” That was
kinda when it hit me. The Spirit
here is so strong. It is unlike
anything I could have imagined & there is no other place I would rather be
than right here, right now.
Love you all!
Sister Turner
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