Departing Interview - June 17, 2019

Indiana Indianapolis Mission "With Full PURPOSE of Heart"

June 12 · 

The Fort Wayne zone came for interviews today (Wednesday, June 12, 2019). Here they are (senior and young missionaries) with their painted hearts....

My Heart

       

Forsberg came to a baptism here.

I destroyed my shin tryna do box jumps.

We completely the 6 saline crackers in a minute

 I lovveee goals

So this week has been a long one. I have lots of things that I could put in here so we will see what comes to my memory as I right this email.

On Monday it was good to play ball with other missionaries and actually be allowed to do it and not feel guilty hahaha. 

Tuesday we had a super cool miracle happen. Our dinner bailed on us which gave us time to go to this restaurant that someone we are teaching works at... And he met us there and we chatted and he has read the entire 1 Nephi and also he read the plan of salvation pamphlet. He explained to us everything in 1 Nephi perfectly... And also he explained the plan of salvation with out any doubts. And he said "I already know this" so we had a really cool discussion with him and now he is on date for my last Saturday here in the mission!!!!!! (still not trunky)

Wednesday we had interviews with president. And since I was the only one in the zone going home this transfer (still not trunky) he just put me last and we did the departing interview right then. And man this was such a cool moment for me. I will talk about "my plan" later on but I learned alot about president Carlson in this interview... And at first he was "president Carlson" and he was kinda uptight with me and chastising me. But after  a little of talking it was just like I was talking to a friend and we sat there at this table and just told stories and laughed and joked and talked about my future... Basically the entire interview was about Becca. And he told me stories of him and sister Carlson when they first got married and he was giving me life tips and all of that. It was just cool to see him as my friends and they said they I'll be at my homecoming talk!!! (still not Trunky)

Im trying to think of what else is worth putting in here.

My companion and I are doing ~alright~ it definitely has not been perfect but we are working through our problems and getting the work done. Oh this is cool.... So about 10 years ago the Spanish branch here in ft Wayne dissolved and the Spanish members really took a hit. But since being here, I think I have taught like 3 white people and the rest are Hispanics. We are basically only doing Hispanic work it's awesome. And just this last week we talked with he other elders and president and instead of splitting the ward into 2... We are just giving the other elders the whole ward and we became full time Spanish missionaries for the stake. So that's dope. And right now the stake knows we are pushing hard for this Spanish branch and we have seen sooo many miracles. Just like week a couple moved here from Chicago and they are Hispanic and are about to be married in the temple and they both served missions... So we have some solid members and we are excited for this to come. So the Spanish missionaries that are reading this.... Fort Wayne is the place to be.

Okay now my testimony. So I wanted to talk about my plan... Not like legit my plan for my life but just some things that I have been reflecting about this past week and my thoughts... So I was able to listen to many talks and watch many videos and even read some inserts. But I think my all time favorite part was the goals that I was able to make. I lovveee goals. That is something that I have learned alot about on the mission. With out goals we are working for nothing and we won't progress... But if we make goals we can stay accountable and we can see our progression and another part I liked it said something along the lines of "its easier to stay active then to reactivate" and the person was talking about running... Idk it just stuck out with me... I know this was a lame spiritual thought. I have so many things going through my Mind right now it's hard to put it in to words...

My address is 705 three Rivers N, Fort Wayne, IN 46802  I would love some last minute letters before I go home (still not trunky) so all of you that have slacked my whole mission and want to repent, feel free to send one.

I love you all!

Elder Turley