July, 4, 2014


Hello!!

Wow this first week has gone by so fast!! My zone is North 3, so we work mostly on the square just talking with people and giving tours. A couple of hours a week we work at the information desk just answering questions and we do TC which is teaching center, just answering chats and calls for mormon.org.

Mostly outside walking around!!

Last Sunday we had Brother Clayton and his wife from the seventy come and talk during sacrament and they talked about our potential and marriage which was weird since we are on missions. Lol

It is so nice to see so many sisters. I am making a lot of new friends. :)

I have been opening up more and learning a lot of history. We have mostly given Spanish tours. Not too many English. But it is fun to see the people’s faces light up when my companion is talking to them. I have felt the spirit many times.

We gave an investigator tour on Wednesday with the Elders. The family was mother, father, (both around early 30s) and 2 young children. The mother was baptized when she was 11 and the dad was just baptized 5 years ago and they have been less active since. It was fun! We showed them God's Plan for the Family video and the Christus. They didn't seem too interested but the Elders said that they were, so we will have to keep in touch with them.  :)   We talked about God's love for His children and eternal families.

So finally we gave our first tour and there were about 15!! We started at the Assembly Hall, then the TAB (tabernacle) where we did the pin drop and finally the Christus. I felt the spirit. In each area we talked about the history of the buildings but we also talked about the doctrine of Christ. This cute older lady came up and started asking all these questions about Brigham Young and Joseph Smith. She kept apologizing because she thought her questions were silly. Lol.  Anyway, I bore my testimony about Christ and I also threw in the Bible and Book of Mormon.... Well, guess what!  I gave away 2 Books of Mormon!!! At first I was so scared to give a tour but it was really awesome!

Oh and my companion and I pray to see miracles everyday and I can say that we have them!!

Heavenly Father does bless us!

Transfers are every six weeks and we can serve in different areas but I will be with my companion for 12 weeks and probably the same area.. the square :)

Oh, so we got paid on Wednesday so the Zone leaders wanted to eat dinner to get to know me better. Anyway, one prayed that someone would pay for our meal while we were walking and I made fun of her, well our meal was paid for by a sweet woman and her daughter! One of her daughters is serving a mission. I now know not to laugh.

Oh, on the flag pole tour we were doing the pin drop and I turned on the wrong music... oops! Lol!   I had to laugh that one off.

Oh and Mother.... we can have family visits 1 time a year. We get to spend two hours together. The first hour is giving you a tour and the other a meal. Sooooo cool huh?!?!?! If you don't visit I might have to give it Lanely and Geoff. ;)   (((((((She better not!  Going to try to plan a visit!!!))))))

The mission is fun and we get to meet a lot of people, but my favorite is having the spirit with me the whole time!!

That's all the time I have to write!!

I love and miss you all!!

Sister Tuckett :)

P.S. My zone is going to see Prince Hans on the 18!!

 ((((The guy who does the part of Prince Hans in “Frozen” is performing with the Tabernacle Choir))))



***In another short email Abby sent the following:

So I also saw your cousin, Beverly, at the beginning of the week! She is super sweet.

So we can listen to any church music, lds artists (like Hilary Weeks, Afterglow etc..) and Disney. Would you get me some cds?? The hymns are nice but I like music that has words with it. PLEASE!!??

Also can you give me some recipes like chicken enchiladas, tortilla soup and some other ones. They want us on our p-day to make a lot of food for the next week in advance.

Oh and after my mission I am going to England to visit sis Freeman!!