Adventure Time

 Wah gwaan mi generals, anoda week pon da work of Jah. Overall pretty solid week, spirits were a lot higher than weeks previous and we got some pretty solid stories for the email this week so my email won't be as bland as they have in the past.

Start it off at about last Wednesday/Thursday. I went on another exchange with the Zone Leaders in Kingston. They have such a beautiful area and I hope that I can serve there someday. We taught a couple of lessons up in the hills and the view from the top is actually so beautiful. You can see miles and miles away. Don't even worry pics will be attached. When my comp came the next day to pick me up, I got informed that some of the Elders in our district got their water turned off a couple of days ago and haven't showered in a day or so. So we got to go on the adventure of delivering them water. On the drive over there, we got pulled over because Elder Hafen decided to cross the margin on a freeway exit. The cop was totally about to give us a ticket, but Elder Hafen, being the genuine he is totally sweet talked his way out of it. The cop asked us what we were and what we were doing. He answered with the classic "Were missionaries, and we are here to help others come unto Christ" and quickly followed that up with "We also do service for the people in need, so we're delivering this water to some people that need it". We didn't technically lie, but the cop took the bait and let us go Scott free. 

On Friday we talked to some people that had been taught by missionaries before in the past. Talking to them, they just seemed too good. They were so ready to accept the gospel and everything. I was so genuinely confused on why previous missionaries has stopped teaching them, but the truth came out. They turned out to be 7th day Adventists. In case any of y'all have never talked to them before, they all just love to bash you on why the Sabbath is on Saturday and not on Sunday. These guys were so nice though and we had a good discussion about it. They are totally so ready to accept the gospel, they're just barely missing the mark. 

Saturday was a wack day. We had a solid start to the morning by doing service for a lady in the ward, but all of our appointments in the afternoon fell through. So being the good missionaries we are, we decided to go street contacting. Usually we drive and park the truck somewhere, and Street contact a loop around it. This time we decided to go on an adventure since we had all the time in the world to talk to people. So we left the truck and home and started walking. We were about 30 minutes away from home when it started sprinkling. We figured that since it was sprinkling that we'd be fine and continued to walk. About 5 minutes after we made this move, it started absolutely pouring rain. Lucky for us, there was absolutely no cover near us at all. So we ran off in a direction that we hoped had cover. And after a couple minutes of running in the rain we found some cover and talked to this guy for about 30 minutes until the rain stopped. Elder Hafen showed him a magic trick and he was absolutely baffled. Then we started the long walk home, absolutely drenched. Good times, good days. 

We have a mission tour this next week with the Church Historian and an area 70. Should be hype, especially with the entire mission coming. I'll let y'all know how it goes this next week. 

Spiritual thought:

This last week I've been studying 3rd Nephi, specifically Jesus' teachings to the Nephites. What I really enjoyed about this is that this section really confirms that the Book of Mormon is another witness to the teachings of Christ. A lot of those teachings are very similar to the teachings in the Bible, specifically to the sermon on the mount. These chapters have thoroughly increased my testimony of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. I encourage you all to study them soon. 

Respec mi generals,

Elder Turnbow