Hey Thorne Fam!
Okay, so this week has been absolutely insane. To start it
all off, Day 100 of my mission was on this past Wednesday! Woot! And I guess
the weather wasn't too happy about that because I survived my first tornado warning
that night! It was so crazy. The sky started looking angry around 6-7pm. At
about 8, the Ferrara's called us and said, "Come to our basement.
Now." So we drove over there and the sirens went off. It started pouring
and the sky looked purple and green. Literally. I have never seen such crazy
weather. We tried to get some pics but it doesn't do it any justice. We got to
the Ferrara house and spent the next 2 hours in the basement with all the kids.
By 9, the rain was coming down in sheets, I have never ever seen rain that hard
before. Brit, the rain in Philly looks like sprinkling compared to this. Then
the radio came on with reports of tornado's about 5-10 miles North-West and
North-East of us. We bunkered down, said some prayers and within 45 minutes
things had calmed down. The rain had stopped but there was lightening that lit
up the entire purple and green sky every few seconds. So. Crazy. So yep. That
was an adventure!
Then, on Friday, we went to the hospital! Sister Pack woke
up with an migraine that had lasted about 4 days. We had taken meds and
everything and it had only gotten worse. She couldn't get out of bed
Friday at all. So we got permission to take her to the UrgentCare here in
Jasper. We spent the afternoon from 12 to about 5:30 there while she got an IV
with some powerful drugs and steroids to try and break the migraine. By the end
of it, it was subsiding but she was exhausted so she slept the rest of the day
while I did some small projects and studied. A lot. XP Then on Saturday, she woke
up and it was back. She finally collapsed and admitted that the headaches were
coming because of anxiety. She wanted to go home. It was the same situation as
Sister Junk. I was devastated as you can imagine. So Sunday, with her still
wanting to leave, we spent the day down in Louisville at the mission home.
President interviewed her and we went to the mission home fireside where one of
the men from the Louisville Temple Presidency spoke. She then got to call her
parents to see what they were going to do. Meanwhile, I just basically hung out
with Sister Woodbury all day. SHE IS AMAZING!!!! She helped me to get through
this so much. She was so supportive and such a great listener. She is truly my
mission mom now. That night, after talking to her parents, Sister Pack felt all
better! It was literally a miracle. She is ready to go again. She still has the
anxiety but she has the desire and faith to hopefully get through it. She may
also be looking into getting some meds. She is so strong. She's amazing.
So then that brings us to today. Because of all the
craziness that has gone on this week, we weren't able to actually get much
proselyting done. But with what little we did, here's the update!
Our progressing investigators consist of Kent, Gene, Macey
and Olivia at the moment. Gene and his family came to church Sunday and loved
it (Btw, I gave a talk in church on Liberty and Freedom from a spiritual
perspective. It turned out really cool if I do say so myself). Kent is going to
try and come in 2 weeks, when he finally has work off. We have lost contact
with many of our potential and non-progressing investigators because of this
past week but we hope to pick everything up again this week.
Kent: He's doing awesome. We had an incredible
member-present lesson with him on Wednesday with Brother Scott. We were able to
answer all his questions and Brother Scott was amazing.
Gene and his 2 daughters (Macey [10] and Olivia [9]): They
are all doing fabulously! They loved church and they are excited to come to
church next Sunday. They have really felt the spirit and have already commited
to baptism. I have faith that he will be baptized within the next month or 2.
:D
As for your email:
I CAN'T WAIT FOR PICS!!! I am so excited to see my room.
Tifenn: as agreed, you have full reign to decorate it however frenchie you'd
like. :) I look forward to seeing it. Along with that, I LOVE YOU TIFENN!!!! I
miss you so stinkin much! How are you? Can you email me? I would love to hear
from you. Did you get my letter? I sent it awhile ago. Are you happy to be back
in Utah? Tell me everything! I miss you so much! Did I mention that?
It's so crazy that it's cooler here than over in Utah! It's
only been in the 80's and 90's. It hasn't even felt very hot this week. It's
rained nearly every day so that's cooled things off quite a bit. I love the
rain.
Congrats to Mandy on getting set apart and Congrats to
Flower for finally getting into the temple!!! I am so proud of all my family!
:D
I think that's pretty much all this week. I love you all so
much and look forward to hearing from you next week!
Love eternally,
Sister Thorne
A gorgeous sunset. I
thought of Mom and Brit.
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