May 6

Dear Family,

Again I don't have much time. I will be able to talk to you on Sunday though!! Honestly because of transfers I have no clue what time will work for us.. But here is the news on transfers!

I am being transferred to Midland. Its about 2 hours from here, and is about the same size as the city Lubbock. I will be training again.. Only this time..... TWO! yes two sisters. I am a little nervous about this, but I know the Lord trusts me. Their names are Sister Kramer, and Sister Fife. I will meet them probably tonight or tomorrow. My trainee Sister Dunham is also training, and I know she will make a great trainer! She was such a great companion, and I truly will miss serving with her. 

This week was really tough. We had our six investigators drop us. Four of those six had baptismal dates. I will have to tell you more about this on Sunday, but I know everything happens for a reason, and I really am learning to rely on the Lord.

Saying my goodbyes to this area is hard. I love the ward and the less actives so much, and not to mention Sister Cooper and Brother George who were baptized. Friendships that will last a lifetime are created on a mission. :)

Cool story for the week:
We met a woman at the park. She gave us her address and said we could come back and visit her. I wrote her address down wrong though, and I was really sad. We thought we had lost her. Well the next week the Spirit prompted us to knock a certain street. The very last house (it's always the last) was this woman's! I luckily remembered her name, and she let us in! The next visit she told us she knows what we share is good. She told us after the park she prayed to the Lord that if we were evil that we would not come to her house, and her family would be protected. She recognized that as an answer to her prayers and because we came back she knows we are good people and she must be able to benefit from our message. I am so grateful we followed the Spirit, because if we didn't come back, in the future she probably never would have let missionaries in because she would have thought we were all evil. ha. She's a very sweet and humble woman. She is the only solid investigator now that we have at this time. 

The ward mission leader thanked me for my service in this area, and told me that he has truly seen a change in the ward over these past 12 weeks, so that made me feel like I am doing my job. Love and miss you all! 

Sister Turner