Okay so one funny thing this week. Us 4 sisters in the
district all share a room together and one day after lunch we came back
to the room and Sister Lott started complaining about how she was sick
of her clothes and wanted to go shopping so we all decided that we would
just switch clothes right then and it would pretty much be the same
thing as shopping right? we thought it was the funniest thing ever, the
sisters could not stop laughing! and then when we went back to class we
didn't say anything because we wanted to see how long it took the Elders
to notice it. Well they finally noticed and asked us about it and we
kept denying it. Later in class we took a break, when the Elders came
back they had all switched ties trying to be funny like us sisters. It
only took us a minute to realize it but it added some humor to our day!
We like to have fun here in the MTC too:) Also, Sister Bishop and I tend
to laugh too much around here. Mom and Dad, you know how once I start
laughing I usually can't stop? Well Sister Bishop is the exact same way
and sometimes we have these laughing fits where we literally can't stop
for like 5 minutes!! I always think of when that would happen at family
prayer and Dad would not be happy with me and brandie and brielle! hahah
I'm glad that we get along and can have fun and laugh about things
tho!
Another fun thing was we threw a little birthday party
for our district leader Elder Kindmark. We went to dinner like 10
minutes early and decorated a chair with sticky notes that said happy
birthday. We filled a tray with a bunch of a little gifts that we got
him as a district, just candy and pens and mints and stuff. He loved
it!! haha it was so awesome he told us that was the first time he's ever
been surprised in his life. So it was super fun for us all to do that
together as a district.
It's crazy how many familiar faces I
have seen this week! I see a lot of people that I know from BYU or from
high school. I saw two of my cheer friends, Maddi (Sister Bishoff) and
Anna (Sister Liljenquist), I also saw Mason Spillett! It's fun to get to
see people from back home or from school and also comforting at the
same time because it helps the transition in the MTC.
So two
of the Elders in our district actually left this morning so we had a
little going away party where the Elders said their "last words" to all
of us since we will not be in the same mission. It was really sad to say
goodbye! We really do have the best Elders ever though, they are so
sweet and tender and in tune with the spirit. One of our zone leaders,
Elder Marchand, gave us sisters the best compliment last night. He said
that all of the Elders make sure to do their best so that they can keep
up with us Sisters. He also told us that we all reminded him of the
mothers of the stripling warriors. That's probably the best compliment I
could ever get!! I hope that I can live as faithfully as those
mothers.
It's been a little crazy this week getting 47 new
missionaries into our zone, but it's still been great! There are 17 new
sister missionaries. Actually one of the sisters, Sister Ockerland, went
through the temple the same day I did in Logan! Do you remember her
mom? Anyways she is so cute so it was fun to get to see her again! But
we've gotten to know these new sisters, and I love them all so much! It
will be sad to leave them all but I know they will be great
missionaries.
Alright I'll end with a couple of cool spiritual experiences..
Every
tuesday night they have a devotional here at the MTC. This week we got
to hear from the Relief Society General President Sister Burton. It was
awesome!! She talked about what it means to be a disciple of Christ and
how it's not just a one time thing, but a continual process. Even though
we are missionaries we can continually be coming unto Christ just like
we want the people we teach to come unto Christ too.
It kind
of gets hard to focus in class sometimes because we are in there for 6
hours each day, every day. I started to notice that I wasn't paying
attention as much as I needed to and so I prayed to Heavenly Father that
I would be able to focus and pay attention in class. The next day in
class one of our teachers shared with us that saying a prayer helps her
to refocus. It was really cool because she didn't even know that that
was something that I had prayed for, yet she gave me an answer to my
prayer. HEAVENLY FATHER ANSWERS PRAYERS! Even though it was something so
little, it honestly helped strengthen my testimony that God cares about
things that are important to us. I began to start praying in my mind
when I could tell I was getting tired or not paying attention as well as
I should have been during class and I could immediately refocus.
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| Breanne studying hard! |
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| While at the MTC Jim wrote Breanne everyday on Dear Elder. com, over the weekend, she got 7 letters on Monday. All the Elders wanted to know how many boyfriends she had back home, she told them none, they were all from her Dad. |
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| Sister Turpin and Sister Bishop enjoying the temple grounds |
XOXO
Sister Turpin |
| Sister Turpin with Elder Spillett at the MTC. |
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