Dear Family,
Wow! What an incredible week!! LJ's baptism was beautiful! The most spiritual baptism I've had thus far on my mission! She bore her testimony at the end sharing of how her athiest views controlled her life. How she was told she would go to churches the rest of her life and feel nothing. Then she came to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and felt something. That something was love, and that love comes from God. She testified so boldy and profoundly that she knew Heavenly Father and her Savior Jesus Christ lives, and she now knows her destiny! Wow!
I truly love this area and this branch so much!
Right now we are working with many international students from Mexico, South Korea, China, France, Germany, and Thailand! So cool! The spirit truly is universal!
T. one of our recent converts from China is a professional chef! I keep telling him he needs to open his own restaraunt one day! He told me I can be his manager and get all the free food I want! ha ha. We dont get fed much in the Young Single Adult branch, but his meals make up the difference! Its like going to a legit Chinese resturaunt. ha ha.
Can you believe another year has come and gone!? I hope ya'll have a wonderful new year! We talked about goal setting in church, and as a missionary that is one thing I have really learned to do. With goals our hopes can become actions! Goals should be difficult but not impossible, they should be the desires of our heart, show our faith, and we need to discipline ourselves and follow through.
Write your goals down! I once heard, "An unwritten goal is simply a wish." We had the opportunity to be taught by our branch president, President Horn yesterday for the 5th sunday and had a lesson all on goal setting! Start with longterm goals and then make smaller short term goals to accomplish those big goals.
May we all strive to be a little better, a little brighter, and a little more Christlike this upcoming year!!
Love you all!
Sister Turner
Christmas Day with my companion
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