Dear Family,
Well I made it smoothly to Lubbock. Definitely the hardest part was saying goodbyes.. and then also having to pack again...ugh. ha ha.
Texas Tech is huge. There are a lot of atheists and agnostics. I am trying to adjust and learn how I can best help and benefit those here. My companion is Sister Soules from Hawaii. She is awesome! She is trying to convince me to go to BYU Hawaii. ha ha.
We had two amazing tender mercies this week. A year ago (when I was in the Regal Park ward) we were teaching this guy named S. He grew up Muslim but in the past couple years converted to Christianity. Because he wasn't going to be in the family ward we passed him to missionaries that were currently in the YSA ward. After awhile he wasn't being taught anymore though. So a year later I give him a call, thinking he wouldn't remember me at all. But he totally did! And in fact he wants to meet up and start taking the lessons again!
The other tender mercy, was a year ago on Sister Dunham's first day in the field during her orientation all the new missionaries were assigned neighborhoods to knock and get some first day experience. I went with her and we knocked on a door and this guy answered. He was really interested and talked about how Jehovah Witnesses knocked on his door last week, and he is searching for truth, but how can he come to know which is true? I remember thinking he had so much potential. We gave his information to the missionaries in the area, but unfortunately I don't think it ever got carried across. I had only met him once for about 10 minutes, but for some reason since I had gotten here in Lubbock he kept coming to my mind! I knew the Lord was trying to tell me something. The only problem was I couldn't remember where he lived or what his name was. I remembered he lived by a park... So we looked up parks in the GPS near campus. We tried two and neither of them were it. We decided to say a prayer, and the third park we went to was THE park!! We knocked on his door... but he no longer lived there. His sister lived there though, and she told us he still is here in Lubbock and going to school at Tech! We got his number and gave him a call, and he too totally remembered me.. Which is CRAZY! Because it was over a year ago and we met so briefly and left him with a Book of Mormon. So we are going to start teaching him as well!!
Its so neat how my experiences a year ago have led me to where I am now. Even though it was extremely hard to leave my old area, I know this is where the Lord needs me now. I am excited to start working with the ward and members as well.
This transfer our companionship theme is "enduring to the end"! We are working with a lot of less actives who we are helping to try and understand this concept. And with me coming to the end of my mission, I am trying to give my all!
Its awesome having a companion who too is a sister training leader! We are staying very busy! We have 6 companionships of girls we cover, so we have to do 6 exchanges this transfer! But I am excited! Its going to be lots of fun!! Love and miss you all!
Sister Turner
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