Hello dear family and friends!
First of all, thank you so much for all the
birthday wishes! Honestly my birthday was just kind of weird. haha I wasn't
going to tell anyone it was my birthday because I really wanted to just work
really hard and that kind of be my gift to Heavenly Father this year but one of
my housemates knew and she surprised us by decorating our kitchen! It was also
way cool because my new housemate has the same birthday as me! Except she is 28
haha But we woke up and said happy birthday to one another and I was just like "wow!
It's my first birthday I've had as a twin! This is so fun!" And at night
our neighbors who are members gave us this awesome cake so we sang and blew out
birthday candles and it was fun:) Also I got mom and dad's package!!! So now I
have shoes! and mac and cheese! and other random things that I love SO MUCH!
ahh that was the best. Thank you so much!
This week was kind of crazy because we started
off with transfers and my companion sister Vi became companions with my trainer
sister mccoard! haha so crazy. On Tuesday we ended up going to Ligau about 30
minutes away to get one of the trainers clothes and stuff and then came back
for a leadership trainers training thing. It was SO GOOD. The spirit was so
strong and I learned so much. Then we went home and got our apartment all
cleaned and ready for our little trainees to arrive! On Tuesday we headed to
Legazpi for the orientation and to meet our new companions. So here's a little
bit about my new comp! Her name is Sister Snyder from Hurricane,Utah. She is 22
years old and really awesome. When I met her I just loved her immediately. She
is so great. She is super hardworking and wants to be exactly obedient and
follow the spirit so I think we will get along just fine. I can already see how
different it is to be senior companion. There are so many responsibilities and
things to do, sometimes my brain is just in overdrive and like the last couple
nights I keep having dreams where I'm teaching lessons to investigators in
Tagalog and I can't sleep... I am so tired! haha But The best part so far
I think is just seeing how far I have come and recognizing the blessings the
lord had given me. For example with the language. I never realized how far I
have come in Tagalog until now when I am teaching entire lessons by myself in
another language and also teaching my foreigner companion the language as well.
The gift of tongues is SO REAL. It's funny because the people we have been
teaching since I was in training here 6 months ago are all like "sister
turner! she is JUST like you were! now you are like sister mccoard" and
its so weird because it's true! I feel like every thought I have nowis just a constant prayer of how I can help my investigators and how I can
help sister Snyder and for strength to know what the Lord wants me to
do and then being able to do it. It's hard but I feel him giving me the
strength I need each day. I know that our Father in Heaven lives and loves us
and knows us perfectly. He gives us no trial we cannot conquer. I feel so
blessed to know this and to be able to share it with everyone I meet!
I love you all!
Have a great week!
Sister Turner:)
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