Yes, I am getting transferred to Fulton. It is actually one of our traveling areas. We told Pres Mckee it was ready for full time missionaries but he needed to send some good missionaries to it, and well, both me and Sister Cosper will go to open it! We are leaving tomorrow and we aren't even sure where we will be living but we are excited. It a little bittersweet. I am kind of excited to have time to cook our own meals and not have to drive 4 + hours everyday. But we are sad to leave all the people we have been teaching. Jaret Oaks was baptized this weekend! It went really well. He is a great kid! Him and his sister Jailyn are bringing their families back to church. They are putting in elders to do traveling now. I think Pres McKee got a little nervous with all the weird driving incidents the past couple weeks. Its good though! We love fulton and we were sad to lose it. The only poblem is it is the furthest west you can go in kentucky and there is really nothing out there but a bunch of little towns that are all far apart. haha! But the ward is great. I think it might be kind of nice to focus in on one area again. We'll have to readjust back to having lots of time to fill again, but I'm sure it will be great.
A new car huh? Thats pretty sweet! I am excited to see it. Cody told me that his sister Brooke bought us plane tickets to go see her in Seattle after I get home sometime. He said he wasn't sure on the dates, but I thought I'd better let you know! I think that will be fun. I guess we'll work out the details when I get home. I also found out he is coming home August 17! He wanted to surprise me but I guess he couldn't keep it to himself. :) haha So he only has 3 weeks left of his mission. I can't believe it! I thought we'd never make it. I am excited to see him and you guys again. I feel like I am going to get home and everything/one is going to feel so different! It really is a weird feeling.
Anyway, so thats the news on me! There was a lady in one of our areas who had surgery on her foot awhile ago and her foot is pretty swollen and I thought of Amanda when I saw it, haha. I hope it isn't that bad! I am excited for Jared! A mission is definately the hardest most unique experience of my life. But so rewarding!
Thanks for everything! I love you! I will probably be on facebook more often now too :)
Love
Crystal
Monday, July 25, 2011
July 18, 2011
Hello!
Well here I am in the last week of this transfer. We had a good week. The first half of the week we were super busy in our areas, and then the last half wasn't quite as busy as far as lessons go but we did have a lot to do still. We got to go to Emily Griffin's baptism this on saturday. Emily is someone who Sis Larsen knew at the beginning of her mission in Dickson and then started teaching her at the end of her mission in fulton, where she was going to school! It was so great. Its funny because she told us how she was NOT going to become a mormon! But she read the book of mormon and prayed about it and knew it was true. She tried to back out of it but she couldn't. She is so awesome though! She has studied ALOT about the church and always had so many questions for us. Her baptism went great, he mom and her sister came. Her dad wouldn't come though, he told her is was a big mistake. It always amazes me to see people get such solid testimonies and defend it no matter what. I think it would be really hard to go forward with it if your family was opposed to it. But she will be the pioneer for her family. Jaret is getting baptized this weekend in Morgantown. he is doing great! He is a great kid, and he is always so humble and willing to do whatever it takes to be baptized.
Oh! I almost forgot. Tuesday night we sat under an overpass waiting for a crazy scary storm to pass over us on our way home, and i ran over a racoon..., thursday night our tire popped on our way home, and sat night i almost hit a drunk man stumbled his way across the road at night on a 55 mph country road. I dont know why all of those things happened but I am a little nervous to drive anymore! The funny thing is the day before our tire popped we had JUST gotten a oil change and tire rotation. I guess what Heavenly Father is trying to tell me is be careful on the road? I mean, I feel like I already am but maybe not as careful as he thinks I should be. The storm was so crazy though, you probably read it on my blog already but it was insane. We literally could not see more than 10 ft in front of us and there was constant lightening strikes and winds up to 60 mph. the clouds were basically touching the ground I think. But we suvived, obviously.
I can't remember if there was something else I was going to tell you.. I attached a picture of emily's baptism and a picture of me and sis cosper.
I love ya~
Sister Turner
Well here I am in the last week of this transfer. We had a good week. The first half of the week we were super busy in our areas, and then the last half wasn't quite as busy as far as lessons go but we did have a lot to do still. We got to go to Emily Griffin's baptism this on saturday. Emily is someone who Sis Larsen knew at the beginning of her mission in Dickson and then started teaching her at the end of her mission in fulton, where she was going to school! It was so great. Its funny because she told us how she was NOT going to become a mormon! But she read the book of mormon and prayed about it and knew it was true. She tried to back out of it but she couldn't. She is so awesome though! She has studied ALOT about the church and always had so many questions for us. Her baptism went great, he mom and her sister came. Her dad wouldn't come though, he told her is was a big mistake. It always amazes me to see people get such solid testimonies and defend it no matter what. I think it would be really hard to go forward with it if your family was opposed to it. But she will be the pioneer for her family. Jaret is getting baptized this weekend in Morgantown. he is doing great! He is a great kid, and he is always so humble and willing to do whatever it takes to be baptized.
Oh! I almost forgot. Tuesday night we sat under an overpass waiting for a crazy scary storm to pass over us on our way home, and i ran over a racoon..., thursday night our tire popped on our way home, and sat night i almost hit a drunk man stumbled his way across the road at night on a 55 mph country road. I dont know why all of those things happened but I am a little nervous to drive anymore! The funny thing is the day before our tire popped we had JUST gotten a oil change and tire rotation. I guess what Heavenly Father is trying to tell me is be careful on the road? I mean, I feel like I already am but maybe not as careful as he thinks I should be. The storm was so crazy though, you probably read it on my blog already but it was insane. We literally could not see more than 10 ft in front of us and there was constant lightening strikes and winds up to 60 mph. the clouds were basically touching the ground I think. But we suvived, obviously.
I can't remember if there was something else I was going to tell you.. I attached a picture of emily's baptism and a picture of me and sis cosper.
I love ya~
Sister Turner
Monday, July 11, 2011
July 12, 2011
Ok, that is what I figured! I honestly would rather just come home anyway. I have done enough traveling of the mission. :) I am glad to hear Amanda has had her surgery and is doing okay. How long does she have to wait to recover? It was also good to hear that you and Cody's parents went to lunch. That made me really happy! I am excited to see them again too. Yes, Sept 7th is right around the corner! 8 more weeks from Wednesday and I will be home. It started to hit me when I got your note about getting my release date letter and when Elder Christenesen called about flight plans! We have two weeks left of the transfer and then it will be my last.
We did have Tony's baptism this weekend! It went so great. They invited us to come over for dinner tonight for some spaghetti! We got to eat at this cute older couple's house too this week. Their house looks like a little log cabin, they dont have air conditioning and they even have a copper bathtub! She made us this homade bread and fried chicken and corn on the cob and fresh garden vegetables. Oh is was so good! Sis Walker reminds me of grandma Wilson actually! They showed us around their little piece of property and their garden. It is probably a house you'd like to stay at just for the experience. I took some pictures but I will just have to show it when I get home. Another really cool thing that has happened is that one of the girls we have been working with in Morgantown has gotten the okay to get rebaptized!
It is so cool to see the atonement in action in people's lives. i think that is my number one favorite thing! To watch someone who has been through so much and be rebellious come around and see the changes in their life. I really have come to know that the Lord is merciful and he provides a way back the minute someone chooses to follow. We also met a new investigator this week and taught him the restoration. His brother is a member in another town and he has taken the discussions before but he wasn't open to it at the time. But I guess he read some of the apocrypha, and the book of enoch and he got thinking about the priesthood. Apparently he started connecting the dots and he told us he knows it is true now so we set a date for him to get baptized on August 16! We have had a really great week, probably one of the busiest so far!
To answer your question about facebook, yeah we kind of just do things when we have time now which isn't often. So once or twice a week is about all we get. But it's alright! I feel like I am running out of blog ideas anyway. Sunday we went to church in Tompkinsville, KY and it might be the most hick ward I have been to. I loved it though! We tried to sit by this lady and she told us to go away because missionaries make her uncomfortable.. she told us her husband was in the bishopric and she didn't need us to talk to her. She must have had some pretty awful experience with missionaries because that was the first time we have ever had a member not want to talk to us!
haha, we stopped at this old lady's house one night on our way home and sis cosper went to go knock on the door ond there was a HUGE spider right by the door. So when we knocked we told the lady to be careful because there was a huge spider and she was like okay, i will be right back. She came back with a scrunched wrapping paper and told us to point where it was so she could smash it. She couldn't see! She tried to get about 5 times and then she said, "Its okay, dont worry sisters. I got it!" Haha, but it was just right there next to her head. It was pretty funny.
Yeah I am senior for right now, but it really doesn't feel much like it. Which is how I feel like it should be anyway. Sis Cosper is a great missionary! We get along great for the most part. i think spending so many hours in the car gets us a little aggravated sometimes, but thats life. She goes home after I do. I am actually the oldest sister in the mission right now. Sister taratieru goes home with me I think.
I am looking forward to coming home and going to Tuahchan! i think that sounds like fun! I had a dream the other night that I was home and i got on the computer and I realized i could browse i-tunes. Haha, I don't think i ever felt so thrilled to listen to something other than Mo-tab. haha, I guess my brain is trying to prepare me for the future. :)
I love you!
Sister Turner
We did have Tony's baptism this weekend! It went so great. They invited us to come over for dinner tonight for some spaghetti! We got to eat at this cute older couple's house too this week. Their house looks like a little log cabin, they dont have air conditioning and they even have a copper bathtub! She made us this homade bread and fried chicken and corn on the cob and fresh garden vegetables. Oh is was so good! Sis Walker reminds me of grandma Wilson actually! They showed us around their little piece of property and their garden. It is probably a house you'd like to stay at just for the experience. I took some pictures but I will just have to show it when I get home. Another really cool thing that has happened is that one of the girls we have been working with in Morgantown has gotten the okay to get rebaptized!
It is so cool to see the atonement in action in people's lives. i think that is my number one favorite thing! To watch someone who has been through so much and be rebellious come around and see the changes in their life. I really have come to know that the Lord is merciful and he provides a way back the minute someone chooses to follow. We also met a new investigator this week and taught him the restoration. His brother is a member in another town and he has taken the discussions before but he wasn't open to it at the time. But I guess he read some of the apocrypha, and the book of enoch and he got thinking about the priesthood. Apparently he started connecting the dots and he told us he knows it is true now so we set a date for him to get baptized on August 16! We have had a really great week, probably one of the busiest so far!
To answer your question about facebook, yeah we kind of just do things when we have time now which isn't often. So once or twice a week is about all we get. But it's alright! I feel like I am running out of blog ideas anyway. Sunday we went to church in Tompkinsville, KY and it might be the most hick ward I have been to. I loved it though! We tried to sit by this lady and she told us to go away because missionaries make her uncomfortable.. she told us her husband was in the bishopric and she didn't need us to talk to her. She must have had some pretty awful experience with missionaries because that was the first time we have ever had a member not want to talk to us!
haha, we stopped at this old lady's house one night on our way home and sis cosper went to go knock on the door ond there was a HUGE spider right by the door. So when we knocked we told the lady to be careful because there was a huge spider and she was like okay, i will be right back. She came back with a scrunched wrapping paper and told us to point where it was so she could smash it. She couldn't see! She tried to get about 5 times and then she said, "Its okay, dont worry sisters. I got it!" Haha, but it was just right there next to her head. It was pretty funny.
Yeah I am senior for right now, but it really doesn't feel much like it. Which is how I feel like it should be anyway. Sis Cosper is a great missionary! We get along great for the most part. i think spending so many hours in the car gets us a little aggravated sometimes, but thats life. She goes home after I do. I am actually the oldest sister in the mission right now. Sister taratieru goes home with me I think.
I am looking forward to coming home and going to Tuahchan! i think that sounds like fun! I had a dream the other night that I was home and i got on the computer and I realized i could browse i-tunes. Haha, I don't think i ever felt so thrilled to listen to something other than Mo-tab. haha, I guess my brain is trying to prepare me for the future. :)
I love you!
Sister Turner
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
July 5, 2011
Happy 4th of July! We are going to Morgantown for the catfish festival today, and I am pretty excited about it. I have never had catfish before and I figured I may as well try it while I'm out here cuz I probably wont ever eat it again! Our past week was pretty long. We did ALOT of driving and not a whole lot of teaching it felt like. We had a hard time with set appointments this past week! But we did set 2 more dates! Tony Hale is getting baptized this weekend on the 9th and we set a date with Phylecia in Russellville. It is amazing how much the Lord has blessed us despite our struggles. This week should be pretty busy and things should pick up again. We have a lot of people from the wards calling us and wanting us to come teach people they know. It is amazing how much better missionary work goes when it all comes from the members. I remember before my mission I thought missionaries were the ones who found people to teach, but now I realize our efforts would be useless if we don't have the member's support. I am really grateful for the wonderful people out here who are willing to help, some people once or twice a week just for missionary work. Some of our branches are so small too and they cover big areas. Russellville is the smallest branch we have, the chapel doesn't even have any pews. Just chairs! And instead of a big pulpit, there is just a little wooden stand, and there are only about 10 active families. It breaks my heart because they are the sweetest people you'll ever meet and they work so hard just to keep people active. Things are going pretty great though. Somedays it is hard to stay focused with all the driving time we have, I keep thinking about home. I think this is the trunkiest I have ever been! Too much time to think I guess! I am starting to feel anxious and claustrophobic sitting in a car soooo much! We probably need to get out and run around more!
Anyways, I guess thats all I have for now! I got your letter in the mail finally! It sounds like girls camp was a lot of fun! Now you can rest. :)
I love you!
Sister Turner
Anyways, I guess thats all I have for now! I got your letter in the mail finally! It sounds like girls camp was a lot of fun! Now you can rest. :)
I love you!
Sister Turner
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