Elder Gavin Turley: My First P-Day!

Jul 18 at 8:37 AM

HEY EVERYONE! This week went by so slow but also went by fast. i am loving it here. alot of the kids are like oh the mtc sucks, but idk how they say that because i think it rocks. i dont really know where to start with this email and what to type. im not a huge feelings person so i will try my best to share everything thats going on here.

my companion is awesome. his name is Elder Bingham. he is from Ogden Utah. but we get along very well. we are both super sarcastic so it works out perfectly. we joke around with each other about other missionaries so its pretty fun with him. but in our district. we have 16 people and six of us are going to Indianapolis. and i live with those six elders. we have a really good time with each other and i haven't got annoyed of anyone yet so that's good. one of the elders is from queen creek so i recognized him. his name is Elder Duford. he was in my stake before we left. but our district is awesome we have so much love for each other now. our teachers are awesome. the spirit is so strong here and i have felt my testimony grow so much already since being here. our zone leader here is super chill. his name is elder hatch and hes from Texas. he this white ginger that talks like he is from the hood. but our pasts are so so similar that we connected right away. so we are suppose to be asleep by 10:30 but i don't think i have been able to do that yet. the past couple nights i have just been chillin with the elders that are about to leave to the field.

I have a funny story kinda. so one night is was like 11 and we were popping popcorn downstairs because we were getting ready to have a deep talk about the gospel, and we walked back into my zone leaders room. and his companion goes "hey why are you in here you are one of the new missionaries?" and then elder hatch goes "don't worry he is one the boys" so its pretty cool they like took me under the wing. but other than my sleep time i have been exactly obedient. all the elders in my room fall asleep by like 9:30.

I probably need to work on that, but the mtc is exhausting. everyone falls asleep during class and they will just pass out in the chairs on accident. its pretty funny. the thing that i am having the hardest time with is personal study time, me and my companion both struggle with this. we cant sit there for hours and just study. I get to bored. so now we go to the top of the building and get a window seat and just watch all the missionaries in this big courtyard that the building over looks. I'm just glad me and my companion are so similar.

but the lessons are going great so far. the investigators are awesome. we have taught two investigators and then just teachers but we meet with the investigators again on Wednesday so that's exiting. the spirit is so strong in the lessons. I don't really plan my lessons, I just like talking to them and then just playing it by the spirit. so it is going good so far.

so I will put my mtc address information at the end of this, and what I am asking of you guys is to send snacks. snacks are what get us through our days. so please send snacks or balls so we can through them around or little toys or just food in general. that would be awesome if you could do that. I love you guys. and I cant thank you enough for supporting me from where you are. I would love to hear from everyone so email me.. i miss you guys. don't forget about the snacks. I cant figure out how to do my pictures. I will figure it our and send them.

Elder Gavin Karl Turley

JUL31 IN-IND

2005 N 900 E Unit 332
Provo UT 84602