Dear Family!
This week was so great! We have had rain off and on, but
somedays get pretty warm. We even
got to wear sandals one day! Summer
is coming!
On
Wednesday we had Zone Training
Meeting. Mom, I told Elder Gheen
that we were second cousins and he looked at me like I was nuts, haha, I
don't
think he recognized me, hahah, naja. The meeting went really well. I
played the piano and Sister
Dunlap and I taught a lesson. The
Altona Elders also taught a lesson and then Sister Dunlap and I were
asked to
do a spur of the moment musical number in the middle. Ha, I think it
went well. We kind of felt like it turned into the
''Altona Show'', but the Stade Elders, Zone Leaders and Sister Training
Leaders
also gave great lessons! Stade
Elders said something profound that I would like to pass on: ''Stress is
like
cookies. If you have a little bit,
it's good and it motivates you. But
if you have too much then you'll get sick and die.'' Haha, simply
profound. The Zone leaders had us think about
why we chose to serve a mission and then think about why we are still on
our
mission. I am so grateful to be
here! The Sister Training Leaders
reminded us what our call is and then to forget ourselves and get to
work. I am always so pumped after zone
trainings and conferences! After
that we had exchanges. This time I
stayed in my area with Sister Keller. She is fantastic. I love the
experience of working with other sisters. I always learn so much!
We
have been studying the Book of
Mormon as a mission focusing on the principles of discipleship. Wow,
every time I reread it, I learn
something new. One thing that
keeps coming up for me is the need to REMEMBER. Laman and Lemuel saw
angels and miracles. They were chastened and humbled by the
Lord. But they were slow to
remember. One phrase that keeps
coming back to me is from Deut 4:9 ''Keep thy soul diligently.'' We
need to be actively learning and
choose to remember and then not be afraid to turn to the Lord for help.
He loves us so much!
We had a great Sunday. All of the talks we focused on
missionary work. So cool! We taught Sunday School for the youth. I loved the topic about Reverence and
how it relates to receiving revelation. I highly recommend listening to Pres Packer's talk: Reverence
Invites Revelation. And the missionaries did a musical number in sacrament meeting.
Mom and Dad, everyone thanks you
for paying for my piano lessons! I
really appreciate it as well. I am
grateful to serve and play whenever I am needed.
Thank you for the package!! I got it on Friday. Thank you thank you!!
I hope you all have a grreat week!!
I love you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-Sister Turner
