Hello all you family and people!
Well, week one in Panorama Heights is done and wooeee was it pretty intense! I'll talk about that here in a second. Happy late birthday ben! Hope it was great! Tough luck with Rich County.... That is not the news I want to be hearing! haha We serve right next to Rio Rancho highschool and they called their game Friday night at half time because they were killing them so bad. We really want to go to a game but don't think it would be the best idea... So I hope the boys keep their heads up. Sounds like Dylan played well though and matt too! 2 catches for 71 yards is legit.
So I don't even know where to begin with this email...First our zone.. there are 4 districts in our zone which covers two stakes. There are 6 sisters in our zone which is new for me because I haven't really served around sisters. They are good missionaries! I make sure all the Elders respect them because my sister is a missionary! Our zone covers from Rio Rancho up to taos, it's huge.
Here is a little more on my companion Elder Chalk, boy did I hit the jackpot with him! He was actually in a movie theater with his parents and they stepped out for a few minutes to catch some air when they got held up by a gangster. His parents both ended up getting shot and he survived the ordeal. He later in his youth fell into a cave and got pulled up by his butler. He decided from then on to become the man he is today... Why do we fall Bruce? So we can learn to pick ourselves up! (Sorry I just had to) We have a ton in common. He played quarterback for his highschool in Texas, and you know how Texas takes their football. twice a week we get up at 530 instead of 630 just so we can get a better workout in! PDay basketball yesterday rocked!
So about the area-- we actually had a baptism on Saturday! His name is Dylan and he is 18. Cool kid, even though I didn't get to teach him that much it has been fun to get to know him. Elder Willden actually taught him when he was here I think... cool huh?? We are currently working with a man named Keith Turner. Elder Chalk and his last comp knocked into him a week and a half before I got here. He has made a complete 180 in his life! I can't say enough about the man or even begin to tell you about him. He went from screaming and yelling at elder chalk the first day (Also the day his wife left him) to now just so in love with the savior and the gospel it's amazing. He was smoking, drinking, and had huge gages in his ears. He is now clean, and has a picture of Jesus Christ in all the rooms in his house. He wants us to see him everyday so we see and teach him a lot. He has a daughter who is 9 named Krysha and she is going to get baptized a week after her dad so he can baptize her! We have only taught her a couple times so she wouldn't be ready with him. He also has two sons ages 18 and 20, but they are into drugs and all sorts of nasty stuff. Well Keith's date was for September 15, but yesterday morning he called us crying, mad, and all messed up. His family has been horrible to him. He ended up kicking his son out of his house and he smoked again... We went over and had a great lesson with him and his date is now for September 22. Again, I wish you could all just be here and experience the change in this man, because I cannot say anything that does this justice.
Well, this week is going to be crazy! We have a ton of meeting and zone trainings we have to prepare for and present... Good stuff. There are a lot of "things" that we have to do and yes it does cut away from the working time, but we have a good balance. I'm lucky to have Elder Chalk. I didn't really know him before this I had just heard of him and how good of a missionary he was. He goes home in november.
So... it's time to go, have a great week! Thank you for the love and support.
Elder Turnbow
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