It's a slower paced life here in Oxford

I got your package. It was really great, thank you. 

This week's been a pretty good one. The stake President's son got home from his mission and gave his homecoming talk at church on Sunday and it was really good. He served in Rio de Janeiro. Hopefully we'll be able to get him to come out teaching with us before he goes back to school. 

Oxford is definitely a slower paced life than what I've been used to. We are working hard at finding some local community service we can get involved in. 

Steve is still our main man! Last week we went over to his house to teach him about the Law of Chastity, the Word of Wisdom and the Law of Tithing. He already knew Everything! When we asked him how he told us that he spends a lot of time driving so he listens to anything he can find on the Gospel Library app and apparently he listened to the audio recording of the pamphlets for all of those lessons. It messed up our commitment because we were going to ask him to read them. So we committed him instead to read about Temples because that's what we're going to teach him next time. Besides teaching the Restoration I think teaching people about Temples is my favorite lesson. It really links every other lesson together and gives people direction in understanding their responsibilities as a member. Of course that applies to every single member not just those recently baptized. 

Q & A with mom

1. Spice!

2. Having four distinct seasons

3. It's just the two of us and we cover 12 neighboring towns

4. When presented with some trial people feel more comfortable asking a friend for help. Why? Because they have developed a relationship with them. So it is with God, we must develop a relationship with him and increase our understanding of him. As we do this we feel more comfortable asking for his help and we are more apt to recognize his help when it does come. 

5. Understanding people in their adversity 

6. The responsibility the members feel to take care of us

7. A Yoga DVD

8. No, I get letters in the mail frequently but no packages

9. Go out with the missionaries

10. No but I have spoken with him about 4 times which is more than most.

 
1.. What is one thing food wise that you really miss from Arizona?
 
2. What is one thing that you will really miss about New England that you just don't see here in Arizona?
 
3. Are there just the two of you in Oxford? Do you just cover Oxford?  or are there neighboring cities you cover as well?   
 
4. What is something that you learned this week in your studies that we could all benefit hearing about.  
 
5.  What do you feel your current companions greatest strength is?
 
6.  What is something you really love about the ward you are in? 
 
7. If you were to get a package from home is there anything you would like to see in it?
 
8. Has anyone else sent you a package recently?
 
9.  What counsel would you give to the Priests in our ward who are preparing to go out on missions?
 
10. Have you had a chance to have an interview with the new mission president yet? 

Love ya guys!
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Elder Trevon Turley