YE are the light of the world

Hey!

 

      Man, you are all super lucky you were able to be with Elder Holland this last week! That's awesome! Thank you for sharing your thoughts and impressions on it. I could feel the power of his talks just from reading what you all had to say about it.

 

(A member just walked into the library and gave all of us missionaries here emailing our own package of Oreos. I love Oreos!)

 

         Not too much to report on because it was just a few days ago that we emailed home, but things are still going well! We've recently been teaching a less active member who was a convert at 20 and then fell away pretty much right after that. For the last 13 years he had been taking care of his mom until she passed away. As he sat in Sacrament meeting he broke down and began to cry. He leaned over and said, "My life wouldn't be such a mess if I had never left the church." It was a moment of great realization for him, but he is on the right path now and that's what matters! I couldn't help but have many other names come into my mind that I wish would come to that realization. It was last General Conference when Neil L Andersen said. "Distancing yourself from the kingdom of God during a trial of faith is like leaving the safety of a secure storm cellar just as the tornado comes into view." How true that is!!

 

We had a couple really good lessons the past two days with Maria Burnheimer and Chris Hernandez. This is not the same Maria with the first vision experience. This Maria is doing awesome! She told us last lesson that she got her answer about the Book of Mormon, so we asked her what her answer was and she laughed and said "Well you wouldn't be sitting here if it wasn't a good answer!" We taught her the Word of Wisdom that night and it went great. She smokes, but committed to stop! We are planning on having her baptism in February. Chris Hernandez is somebody I have been working with since pretty much day one in this area, he is one of those people you know you were sent to an area for. He is so close!!! Man!!! haha Brother Montgomery is awesome fellowship for him, and Chris' wife is a member and they have two young kids. He has said he will quit drinking after the super bowl. He has been reading and praying, but he is very non committal.

 

So I have been doing a really cool study lately on Light. I started with John 8:12, and then Mathew 5:14-16  In John Christ is declaring himself as the light of the word, and in Mathew he says YE are the light of the world. It has been a really cool study. If anybody wants a neat study, go with it!

 

Well today we are going bowling for a bit so I'll have to let ya know how I do next week! Also Mom, thanks for the letter in the mail this week! I loved the quotes.

 

Enjoy the snow for me! Lots of Love,

 

Elder Turnbow