Almost Day 300 - May 7, 2018

One of Elder Ponds friends was at a convention in Salt Lake City.
 She recognized Elder Turley in the photo.  These were taken a year before Elder left on his Mission.
He is pictured with Kaden Keith and Chase Foote, two of his best friends and both serving missions.

He got to see his new convert Alex while he was in Carmel for conference.

MIRACLES

this week has gone by soooo fast. this week I will hit my 10 months mark and I cant believe I have been in Indiana for that long. It blows my mind.  The time keeps going faster and faster and I need it to slow down because I gotta stay here as long as I can to teach these hoosiers. 

 

I honestly don't really know what to talk about because we have been grinding so hard here in Columbus.  

COOL STORY: so we were tracting I think on Tuesday.  This day could not have gotten any worse. We had four people on date and we had to drop every single one of them because apparently they don't want to be blessed any more.... but anyways we were out knocking and this chick is busy with her kids and tells us to come back another time. So what do you think we did? WE WENT BACK... and her boyfriend came outside and greeted us and he says oh i'm actually a member but I haven't been since I was 12. (this guy isn't on our ward roster). Then he says how he believes in the church and still studies the Book Of Mormon and loves to talk about this stuff but is just too lazy to come to church. He has a girlfriend and 2 little kids and another on the way. So we keep chatting with him and he is sooo solid. And he wants us to help teach him and his girlfriend and some of you may ask "Elder Turley what did you guys do?" well let me tell ya. WE WENT BACK. and now we are teaching him everything and teaching his wife and kids. miracles. 

Also Elder Bearnson y yo estamos trantando de aprender espanol porque nosotros ensenamos mucho de familias espanol. hahahaha this morning I read out of the spanish Book Of Mormon. We are serious about this. and we say our prayers in spanish and we talk to each other in spanish as much as we can. lol. but we are pretty good. There are tons of spanish people in this area. and the spanish branch just dissolved and some of the families came to our ward so we visit some spanish families. so we have good motivation. 

FUNNY QUOTES:

  - president carlson: "well its a good thing we dont have polygamy anymore"

  - cody swaintson: "checks instagram during church... i look over and see  that its all tractors and of mexico. and he says something and i say ... man your instagram is just tractors and mexico... and he says... WELL DUH, IM A FARMER" 

SPIRITUAL QUOTE:

   brother kern: god sometimes lets bad things happen in our life because he cant take away peoples agency to do what they want, BUT he can bless us if we live and follow the gospel

Elder Turley