4-1-13

Happy Easter to all. So yesterday I got a call that I am being emergency transfered to the office to be an office elder. April fools! haha I really am not being emergency transfered. Just a joke. Well I hope your easter week was awesome. So now I am a year older then the last time I emailed you. I turned 21 this past week! oh yeah! so exciting! Thank you for your bday wishes to me! Here is how the week went!
     Monday was a good day. I told you about that in my last email though. 
      Tuesday we emailed that morning because the libraries were closed Monday because of the blizzard. After we emailed we went to springfield for a musical zone conference. It was interesting. It was fun. Some really good famous piano player played for us and what not. He is a good friend of our mission prez. Then we came back here to Decatur for a dinner and a lessons at a members place who invited there friends to be taught. It went well. We have them as new gators now. They asked some great questions that were very deep. it was awesome. That night we went by a random pm family and picked them up as gators also. It was awesome!
       Wednesday was a good day fun full of lessons. It was also my 21st Birthday! We did some service at the thrift shop that morning. It was good! Then we had an appointment with Andrea that went ok. then we taught Dustin and his family. They had some sparkling apple cider that they pulled out in celebration of being 21. It was funny. Then we taught Shatonia. Then after that we went to Texas Roadhouse for dinner. It was awesome! Then after we went the the Rices for a lesson. Then that night when we came back, the family we live with, the Isons, Threw a little bday party for me. It was awesome!
        Thursday Was alright. We had a good amount of lessons. We saw the Duncans which was good. Then we saw some few others also. That night we went to a memorial service for Dustins mom who just passed away from cancer. It was great to be there in support of him and his family. Then we went to the Bocchicios and they fed us my bday dinner. They made us steak, had vanilla ice cream and peach cobbler my favorite! It was awesome! They gave me a harmonica holder for my bday so now I can play the harmonica and the uke at the same time! crazy!
         Friday was good. We had a good lesson with the sheets. That was fun. then we had a good lesson the Banks and had dinner with them. Then we also saw the Speers which was awesome. We caught them at a great time also on a stop by.
         Saturday we had lunch with the Novaks. Then we had another good lesson with Andrea. We had some appointments fall through as always. But then we played Basketball that night and It was fun! we had a great lesson with them all also.
        Sunday was Easter. I loved church and the talks that were given. After church we did an easter egg hunt with the Isons. It was great! Then we had lunch with the Bocchicios. Then we went and taught Dustin. After that we had dinner with the Deweys. They are awesome also. They have some family that lives in Temecula! Then went by some more pm families and caught them at home! 
     Today will be good. We have zone pday and DLZLC afterwards. Then we will go have dinner with the Hines in springfield my old area. They are way awesome! Conference this weekend will be awesome!
Love, 
Elder Derek Turner
*Serving in Zion*