8/17/09

Hey Everyone!
Here is last week's email from Miss Em. In the beginning of the letter she is responding to my email. I told her all about her cousin Sara's wedding. Before Em left on her mission she said that when she eventually gets married she would like to use Gerber daisies in her bouquet. I told I didn't think it was a wise choice because I didn't think they would hold up all day. Turns out I didn't know what I was talking about because not only was Sara's bouquet gorgeous all day, but the centerpiece I brought home lasted a week! Then she was talking about being allergic to her vitamins because they make her sick sometimes after she takes them. If anyone knows anything about why vitamins would do that would you let her or me know please?

Also she asks for missionary stories from her dad, but she would be thrilled to hear any missionary or inspirational stories any of you have so send them her way and make her day!

One final note--her birthday is coming up--Sept 9th, for anyone who just might want to send her something! Ideas (besides a nice card or a little cash) for those of you who feel so inclined: candy, cereal, junk food, taco seasoning, recipes, pictures, tape recordings of you talking to her (she has a mini cassette recorder to play them with) or anything you might think she would like. Thank you for taking the time to continue to read this blog. Here's Miss Em!

Hi Mom!
Thanks for paying attention to the flowers for me! Es freut mich so sehr! That makes me so happy! (I figure if I put random german in the letters it will help us both get better at the language.) I don't think I will be getting married for at least another 16 months but you never know.
That day I did eat the vitamins with food, but it was right after I woke up. But, the other times in the MTC was after dinner. It was so weird. I just don't like it...
Um. Do you want to go to Lanaya's wedding next year and bring me around again? She is apparently dating this guy that she wants to marry it just so happens she is leaving for Africa tomorrow. She told me she still wants me to be her Maid of Honor even though I can't be there, isn't that so cute?!
Thanks for earning me some mulah while I just spend like crazy over here. seriously. I mean my msf (missionary spending fund) is for €175 but we have to buy our train tickets with that money and we travel weekly. these tickets are usually €25. so we buy them and then have to rückerstatt, um send them in and get the money back, what's that called in Englisch?
did you see that the postcard was written on both sides? feel special. your the only ones that got two sides of writing. haha. i am so glad that you can know what the forecast for Greifswald is-- i never know what kind of day its going to be. we usually look outside and see what the germans are wearing and base our clothes off of that. the clouds are so deceiving! oh and just to let you know the name of the city is pronounced Gr-eye-fs-V-ald, not griefs-wald.
No, we don't work out. The way I figure it is, we bike around all day, why do sport in the morning? but, think we are going to start that up soon (my trainer was having a hard time--if you want to know more ask joseph--he knows all).
thanks for editing the e-mails on the blog for me, i got a little worried when my comp was looking at it and i couldn't tell if you kept the part about me being a little disappointed with the pace we were working.
oh, and i will try and be more diligent with my journal writing, you and Kayla wrote about it to me this week! Sometimes I don't feel like writing because I will be a little upset and don't want to remember my bad feelings and that has been these past few weeks before i go to bed. again--if you want to know more ask Joseph.

Oh, and I still really would like stories or what have you from Dad's mission! That would be so great!
Now, for the random things I write in my planner to update you about my week.
So, like I said, we take a train everywhere and every time we come back from Stralsund my trainer sees deer! I have yet to see them, but it just made me so happy I had to let Dad know. The deer look the same here, even though they're German. Hehe.
We had a tausch (lesson) this past week and a sister that served here in Greifswald came back with me and told me about all of the people/contacts and then we taught a lady named Frau Brauer and I was actually the one leading the discussion. I pretty much did most of it. It surprised myself how well I could do. This time, with a plan and notes in English for me to translate, I was ready and the lady was impressed!
I have one little scripture to share. It is in Jacob 7:5 and there is this person called Sherem who is trying to tell the Nephites that there isn't a God and talks to Jacob who knows that his faith won't even shake a little. It says, "And he had hope to shake me from the faith, notwithstanding the many revelations and the many things which I had seen concerning these things; for I truly had seen angels, and they had ministered unto me. And also, I had heard the voice of the Lord speaking unto me in very word, from time to time; wherefore, I could not be shaken." It reminded me of Jewel's song "Hands" which says that WE are every day angels. So, as I see it, we shouldn't let our faith waver because we see and are normal daily angels--the little miracles that happen through people happen because God sends them to us. He is our Loving Heavenly Father and is very aware of us here on Earth. For a lot people it is hard to believe in a God that would let the world have so many evils, but how else are we to learn anything in this life if he just spoils us with an easy world? Well, that's pretty much it and I hope that it makes sense!
I love you so much and look forward to p-day so much so that I can hear from you!
I love you and dad so so much! Have a great week!
Love,
Sister Turner