July 11, 2014
 

 

Hello!

 

On the Fourth of July we had a cook out!! It was so good!!! Hot dogs ~ best ever!!!  They were the J Dogs (a place in Provo). All of the Sisters wore red, white and blue. The day before in R.S. the lesson was over the Restoration and about having religious freedoms and how God prepared this country and people for independence.

When we write our emails we either go to the Joseph Smith Building or the Church History Library across the street right next to the Conference Center. So there are tons of computers for us to use.
 

Meals ~ we mostly make our own meals but we cannot go home to make them.  We have a large kitchen in the Mission Home/Office where we can make them. We haven't personally had the chance to eat out much just because we are so busy.
 

Mostly the tours we take are Spanish but this week has been better. We took another large group (35).  They were mostly members but 4 of them were not and one couple was from Australia.  So sweet!! They didn't refer but you could tell they were interested.
 

I had exchanges with my district leader yesterday and it was so fun! I learned some different things on how to teach and such. She is the best. Her name is Sister C... from Taiwan. This is her last transfer here. :( She is a wonderful missionary and I am going to miss her.
 

So much to do and not enough time to write but I will leave you with this. A mission is not easy ~ it's hard. But having a great companion is a blessing. I have learned that not everyone wants to hear our message. It's not discouraging because I am not doing my part ~ it's heart breaking just knowing what they are missing out on. And also, that it takes time to become a better missionary, change doesn't come all at once.
 

I love this gospel!  It has changed my life and I know it can change others.
 

Love you ALL!!

Sister Tuckett

 

 

 

Sister Tuckett has also had a few visitors!  My cousin, Beverly, Richard & JoAnne Henry, the Bingham's, and Lindy Echeverria. 

Here are a couple of pictures....

 

 

Lily, Bishop (Joshua), Jacque, Ella, & Avery Bingham  July 6, 2014

Lindy Echeverria  July 9, 2014

 

Beverly Stauffer (cousin)  July 9, 2014

 

 

I sent her a letter with a bunch of questions... here are her answers:

 

 

What time do you have to be on Temple Square? 10:15 am

How long are you there? Usually 7:45 pm

Are you on the go all day long? Yes, walking all the time and finding people or we may be in the Teaching Center- where we take the calls and chats from Mormon.org

What is your favorite tour to do? I like pretty much anything now that I am learning the facts, but I love showing God's plan for the family.

Have you been able to go to the Salt Lake Temple yet?   No I haven't. The temple is closed until Aug for maintenance.

How is the memorizing coming along? It's getting there.  We are "guides" for telling the history but our goal is to always teach the doctrine of Christ. Some people think all we do is give tours, but we are regular missionaries that use preach my gospel but we are special ~ we get to use visuals.

 

My zone will get to go to the Bountiful temple soon.

We have girls camp tomorrow by Park City and we will be doing a ropes course.