Dear Family!
Sorry
I didn't quite finish that
last email...Hopefully I will be able to complete my thoughts today. I
wish I could describe how I feel right
now. Anxious, but not, definitely
excited. Not ready to come home
yet, so excited to see Elder Bednar, little nervous about taking on the
whole
area, but excited to see miracles. I can definitely feel the Lord
helping us step up to the challenge.
I feel like I just jumped off the
back of the boat with out a wet suit. The shock of the cold water is
making me shiver and shake,
and my breathing has accelerated. Trying
to stay calm and rely on the fact that my life jacket is holding me up.
Just relax. Everything will be ok. Things are good here, but we have a
greater vision. Standing on water.
Somehow that will work, but I
don't see how. Throw me the rope
and the wakeboard. Struggling to
get the board on, hold onto the rope and keep my head up. Relax. The
lifejacket is still holding you the whole time. Ready or not, it's time
to go. The boat is idling. Struggling to find the balance feeling a
little resistance, struggling to see exactly how this will work. Can I
do it?? Am I strong enough? Am I balanced enough? Can I trust this
plan? Yes. Stay down low, stand up slow. Others have told me what I
need to do. I have see others do it before. Now it is my turn. Take a
deep breath. HIT IT! Pushing against the water with the acceleration
of the
boat and the driver, holding on tight to the rope, knowing that if I
fall the
lifejacket is there to keep me safe, I can stand. The joy and
excitement of getting up, realizing this was
better than just sitting in the water. (You can't slap this smile off
my face :)
Go ahead and draw your own analogies
from this, ha I might also be a little trunky for Utah summers, boating,
hiking, mountains. But no, there
is no other place I would rather be than right here right now.
Like I said things are a little
crazy right now, but the Lord is shaping us and helping us rise to the
challenge. Ready or not the Elders
leave for Berlin tomorrow and Sister Means and I are taking on Schwarzenberg
together with the Spirit!! Hurrah
for Israel!! We keep seeing
miracles.
Thanks
to some fruit flies, Sister
Means and I decided to take the trash out Saturday night after we had
cut up
our watermelon. Walking back to
our front door we hear ''SISTERS.'' We turn around to see an
investigator that we had not been
able to get in contact with for the last few weeks. Long story short we
will be meeting with her this week. Through unplanned or unseen
opportunities the Lord guides us.
This last week we went up to
Chemnitz for Zone Training Meeting and Interviews with President. Ah! I love the spiritual boost I always
get from our meetings.
Friday
we had lunch in an old, old,
OLD villa with some members that are restoring it. It was so cool! We
had an awesome discussion about how the
Lord guides and directs us and that we really need to keep journals.
WRITE down your experiences, especially
spiritual ones, evidence of God's hand in our lives. Deut. 4:9, our
experiences are not just for us. It is our responsibility to share what
we have learned, and to remember this for ourselves. Choose To Remember.
I love you!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you
for your prayers and support!! Have a super duper fantastic week!!!
All my love,
Sister Turner
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