January 6

Dear Family,

THE CHURCH IS SO STINKIN TRUE. I feel so grateful to be a missionary!! We were knocking the other freezing cold night and two girls let us in. After we shared the restoration, she grabbed her head and yelled, "my mind is blown! I have grown up my whole life not even knowing about the book of Mormon or that there were prophets in America, but it goes along with everything I believe. It totally makes sense!" - I am so grateful for experiences like that!!

We should be having a double baptism this weekend! Canyon truly is on fire!! The Lord is preparing people left and right. I can't even keep up with the work! I have been begging our mission president to get us another set of sisters in the branch! He is working on it! So exciting!

This week LJ, who recently got baptized, called us. We asked her how she was doing and in her own words she replied "AWESOME!" She then went on to tell us she is a poor college student who is so in debt from student loans, can't even pay her bills, but knows she needs to pay her tithing. She technically didn't need to pay until the end of the month, but she made a vow to God she would pay it first because that's what the Lord would want her to do. That night she recieved a check in the mail for 400 dollars!! She said, "Sisters, God loves me!" Tears filled my eyes as I heard her say this! Is this the same LJ from a few weeks ago! Then with her funny personality she had to add... "and you want to know whats so ironic? My uncle who sent the check is athiest." ha ha.

D. is getting baptized this weekend. He truly has changed my life! I have grown so much teaching him. He is going to go so far in life! I will have to tell you all about him later!

I got to go to MLC and see missionaries who were serving in my first area!! S. my very first baptism is doing incredible!! She is a ward missionary, and the missionaries told me she brings more people to church than the actual missionaries! She keeps Books of Mormon and pamphlets in her car, and in fact one time she was so so sick, and she got down on her knees and prayed "Lord there is too much missionary work to be done! I DON'T have time to be sick!" She soon recovered!! I will be going through the temple with her soon!!! I cannot wait to see her! I love her so much!! 

I wish I had more time...just SO many MIRACLES! Ahh!! so many incredible stories. Just know I love this gospel so much. Being a missionary is the coolest and funnest thing ever! Love you all! 

Sister Turner