January 1, 2018

Week 97

* "Just like last year--we had to stay indoors starting at 6:30 p.m. for New Year's eve. It doesn't get too crazy here, but they just want to make sure we're safe."

* Good news that more guys from the ward are getting mission calls!

*Figuring out some logistics of coming home-- soon!

*Gave a talk in church yesterday about setting goals. "I invited everyone to set goals focused on helping other people, not just goals to help ourselves. So, I"ll definitely be focused on ways to help people this year, right there with ya!"

*Insights on Alma 26 (It is a family challenge that he gave to us)

* "It was great seeing you on Christmas Day, an hour was definitely better, but we still could have used more time."

*"We were able to meet with our doner friend (although now he has another job selling chicken and rice, so we'll call him "rice man."). He came to church for the second week in a row! He's a really cool guy and loves meeting with us.  He also loves the "Blue Book." We're super excited to see what happens with him!"

*Not too much to report, "this week flewwww by!"

*"We get new volunteers soon the visa ban was lifted! We'll get them on the 9th!"

*LOVE

Yasli Marusiak, a member, and me in Antep :)

Some Antep food

We were able to take a boat tour of the entire Bosphorus! It was way cool but it took 4 hours!