I Love the Temple!

Good Morning!

    

         Congrats on the W both Dylan and Matt! Way ta be. I'm glad to hear that things are well at home. In those pictures you emailed of Benson he looks like he's growing up! Speaking of the pics mom when you send pictures in email could you possibly do it so I can download them all?? It makes it much easier to view them. Thanks!

          So we are emailing this morning because yesterday was missionary Monday! All the missionaries in our mission got to go to the Albuquerque temple! Guess what?? Since emailing you last week I have been to the temple not 1, not 2, but 3 times! The first time was with one of Elder Chalks recent converts from an old area. When our converts go through for the first time President Miller lets the missionaries that taught them go through with them, and being Elder Chalks companion I had the privilege of going too. The second time last week we didn't do a session but we got permission and then took Keith and his daughter Krysha with our ward mission leader and his wife and we did a tour of the grounds with them, and then took them into the waiting room. They loved it! Keith kept saying "I can just feel it!" It was a great evening. Being in the temple yesterday with all missionaries was just a powerful experience. There is no place like the temple.

      

    Keith is doing well and still progressing towards his baptism on the 29!

This last week we were teaching a less active sister Dorris Murdock who is now starting to come back to church when one of her friends Sherri Shuller came and sat in. By what she was saying we figured she was a member too, she would say things like "Yeah I was baptized too when I was younger" or "I am just lost right now and haven't been back in a while" So we kept on with our lesson of the plan of salvation, and it wasn't until after our lesson that we found out she was baptized into the catholic church and she wasn't a member! So we went back and taught them both yesterday. At the beginning of the lesson sherri expressed to us how happy she felt last time we were there and how excited she was to meet with us again! She said she couldn't get some of the things out of her head that we both said and there was something about the way we conducted ourselves that got her attention. So that got us really excited and we then taught the restoration. It was great, and she accepted the baptism invitation with a smile! We found out that she doesn't live in our area though... so we will probably continue to teach her because sister Murdock is such a good fellowshipper, but we will then eventually bring in the other missionaries in her area. We'll see how it goes!  

Well things are going well! We have a crazy busy and awesome week ahead of us with Zone Conference on Friday, and then Friday night we are driving down to El Paso!!! Saturday morning we get to meet with Elder Christopherson! Wow I cannot wait for that.

I wise poet once said  "I'm not afraid, to take a stand, everybody...come take my hand... we'll walk this road together..through the storm.. whatever weather... cold or warm!" Thank you all for the love and support each day and week. I love you all!

                     Elder Dallas Turnbow  -NMAM-