Hello Everyone!!!
What a week it has been!!! I had a team up with the spanish Elders for a couple of days. It was nice to get a switch up and be with someone besides my Companion. It was cool doing spanish for a day, even though everyone we talked to spoke english as well so we did not speak any spanish. I think they did that for a reason so that I would be able to understand everything instead not understanding anything because I only speak a little spanish. Not enough to get in a deep conversation about the gospel. hahaha. We teach like an institute class every Wednesday to everyone at the branch. It is nice because many of our investigators came to that and really enjoyed. We taught very simple priniciples so that they would understand. And also it is nice to teach and go over basics and stuff with the members because they are mostly all converts and do not understand very much. It was awesome this week because we had many member present lessons with the investigators. It is always a blessing to have that because it is a good way to fellowshiping and making that friendship between member and investigator. So John is hard to get a hold of because his phone never has mins. But we finally taught him wednesday before institute and he stayed for it also. We are going to have to help plan a wedding for them now because we told him if he wants to get baptized that he has to either has to stop living with this lady or marry her. They are engaged now so we might be having a wedding a few weeks from now then a baptism not to long after that. Naniah and Angel are being interviewed this week for baptism. The father Ray has to wait a bit longer for his interview. Saturday we met this lady and her sister at a mcdonalds. We went by there house the day before with no answer and left them a note. They called us back and said to meet them there because they do not want anyone going into there house because it is a mess. They are two very old ladies. So we got to know them in a mcdondalds which they bought us lunch which was way nice. We discussed a few scriptures with them. Left them with some BOM's and a restoration video. We should be getting another time to meet with them soon. They had me say a prayer for them before we left. I folded my arms and started saying the prayer. Everyone was holding hands but me they just put there arms on my shoulders. They were repeating a lot of things I say I were making noises and saying amen! praise Jesus! oh Lord! etc. I started kind of laughing because it was hilarious these two old black ladies really getting into it. My first experince like that so far. They are baptist so that explains a little. Saturday night we had a phone call with the 1st counselor asking if my companion and I could give talks the next day. We were the only ones to speak so we both spoke for 20 mins. Which probably was the longest talk I have ever given. It was nice though. We had only like 10 mins. to prepare it but still cool:) We have to do everything in our branch on sundays. I gave a talk, passed the sacrament, played the organ (I did not really play it, it was eletric with all the hymns on it and just had to tap the keys for it to play... lol)and helped teach sunday school for the youth. All three of the youth... haha. So Sundays are very busy for us. But it is fun doing all of that. We never get bored. My companion and I are expected to do a musical number very soon also...( I can not sing). But oh well it is still fun because we only have like 35 people at church anyways. hahah. Today we have another Zone pday so we will all be playing football. It is our own little turkey bowl. I am so excited for it because the last time I played flag football I split my eye open and had to get stiches! yeah! haha But I love the sport so much though I would never give it up even just playing around with missionaries. Thank you for all your prayers for me and my investigators. It really means a lot to me. I love you all!!! Have a great week, choose the right, and remember the Atonement in everything. Without it we would be lost. It helps us out a lot to be able to repent and become clean of our sins because none of us are perfect and all need to be using it constantly.
Love,
Elder Derek Turner
*SERVING IN ZION*
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