Anyway, this past week and 2 days has been very crazy and
very busy but so much fun! We continue to receive more and more revelation that
LA's are where we are to be focusing our work. All of our investigator
appointments would fall through but we got 8 LARC's (the weekly mission
standard is 4)! So that is just more proof to me that that is where we need to
be focusing.
As for investigators: Tung, Kat, Sandy, Erin and Abdullah
are progressing.
Erin came to church!!!! Emily, a RC gave her a ride and
they really connected. She was going to try and come to institute on Tuesday
but she got strep throat really badly and couldn't make it. But I believe she
is planning on coming to church next Sunday. She is reading from the Book of
Mormon and last week we watched the Testaments with her. She really really
loved it and you can see her testimony beginning to grow. We talked about
baptism and she said it is something she will pray about but she didn't want to
set a specific date on anything yet.
Tung canceled on us for our Saturday appointment but he is
still reading bit by bit and going through the pamphlets. We finally got him a
Vietnamese book of Mormon and we will be giving that to him this Saturday at
our next appointment.
Kat is doing well as always. She was actually in Lexington
this past weekend but she's home and still counting down to October!
Abdullah is also awesome. He can't understand his book of
Mormon much so we got him an Arabic one when we were in Louisville at transfer
meeting. We will be meeting with him soon to give him that.
We also had a miracle on the front of LA's. We have been
visiting with LA Robert Hamm since the first week of last transfer. His reason
for not coming to church was a ride and then when we said we could provide
one he just said no. So we've been slowly but surely working with him all
transfer. Getting him to read in the Book of Mormon and pray and such. Well,
this past week, Sister Saunders had the inspired idea to talk about the
priesthood. He has the Aaronic. We asked him if he wanted the Melchizedek and
he said yes. We told him how much we love him and that we are just here to help
so how could we help him accomplish this goal. He said, "Well, I could
start going to church. Do you think you could get someone to give me a
ride?" Sister Saunders and I just started to glow! We couldn't have been
more happy! So he is coming to church this next Sunday. WOOT!
In other news: I have a new companion!!!!! Her name is
Sister Sperry, from Sandy, Ut. She just turned 19 a month ago, so still very
much a youngin. She played rugby and lacrosse at UVU for a year before she came
out. She is 5'5", blond, blue eyed and just completely adorable. She is
going into exercise science but loves the U! Go Utes! She is a hard worker,
very close to the spirit and already loves being a missionary. She loves to
talk but is still a very amazing listener. We've already basically become best
friends. :)
So, the mirror Erin story. It is a fun one. So basically, 3
days before we were getting new carpet, our big, beautiful mirror in our
bedroom fell and shattered all over the old carpet. I personally think it was
the angels, for reasons I will explain later. We didn't see it happen, just
heard it across the apartment. So we spent 30 min cleaning it up and vacuuming
as many shards as possible. We then put the vacuum away and 3 days later got
new carpet. But we realized that we didn't want to use the vacuum on the new
carpet as it still had pieces of glass stuck in it. So while the carpet was
still being laid, we went outside and took apart the vacuum to get all the
glass out. As we were finishing up, Erin came out and started to smoke on our
front porch. She looked at us funny (with vacuum parts spread around us) and
asked what we were doing. So we went over and talked to her and ended up talked
for about an hour and a half. She's had a rough life but is very strong. She
has a firm belief in Christ and is looking for a religion out here. And so we
started teaching her. We have grown really close since then and she is like my
little sister. I just keep thinking (since she's 18 and a freshman) that I want
to treat Erin like I would want Britney's neighbors to treat her. So yep!
That's Erin! It was a miracle how everything worked out that we met her when we
did. Timing was truly key. And He made it all work out. Trust in the Lord's
timetable!
Some quick comments about your email:
1) What's Ephraim's Rescue?
2) Good muscles Brit! You move those stairs!
3) Is Bri pregnant and I didn't know?!?!?!
4) As for my Dina: WHAT?!?! My baby!!!! She can't die!
5) Loved all the pics! Thanks!
I'm so so sorry I didn't get Brandon or Mandy's letters
written. Monday was really crazy with getting Sister Saunders ready to go and
preparing for Sister Sperry. I will get them written next Monday. Promise.
And....*drum roll*..... I GET TO GO THROUGH THE TEMPLE
TOMORROW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can't even tell you how happy I am!!!!!!!!!!!!
AH!!!!!!!! So yes. Very excited. President wants all the missionaries to go
through and see the new movie. :) :D :DDD
I love you all so much! Have a great week! I will talk to
y'all on Monday!
Loves eternally,
Sister Thorne
Erin and Sister
Saunders
Our awesome district!
Top row: Elder Roskelley, Elder Allen, Elder Gaither, Elder Lowe. Bottom row:
Sister Jensen, Sister Anderson, Sister Thorne, Sister Saunders
The Amish at our
Blood Drive. Similar to Baptists at our BBQ but not quite the same.
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Sister Sperry and I
the very first minute we met. CUTE!
Saying hello to
Sister Sperry!
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