Hey Thorne Fam!
So... pday got moved back to Monday and Zone Conference is
now Wednesday.... so confusing. But it's all good! It's good to hear from
y'all! Things are getting chillier down here in Morehead but don't worry,
leggings and boots are where it's at. :) We are also both safe from the big
storm that came in last night. I think we both slept through it. But all is
well! This week has been both a good and bad week. So... pretty average for a
missionary. Yay missionary life!
As for our investigators: we have 7 progressing. Kat, Nancy,
Tung, Jeannie, Ranger, Sandy, Bill.
Kat has her baptism all planned out and it has been approved
by the bishop. Her interview is scheduled for Tuesday and she has received 4 of
the 5 new member lessons from the members. So she's doing really well!
Nancy we still haven't managed to meet with. We've called
her about 5 out of the 7 days this past week and talked with her, but she has
been pretty sick so we haven't been able to get over there. From what she says,
she is still reading and praying though.
Tung we had to cancel as well. There is a member in the ward
who is moving and only had about 2 1/2 weeks notice and they asked if we could
come help pack. So we moved Tung to later this week and helped out the very
frantic member. We have called and talked to Tung and he is continuing to pray
about baptism.
Jeannie we dropped by. She was totally planning on church
but... then canceled on us the day before. We dropped by and she said she
couldn't say why she couldn't come, just that it was some work reasons. We're
not really sure... but we are meeting with her later this week and she said she
may be able to come to church this Sunday.
Ranger came to church! We met him outside the library and he
has been coming to institute every week for about 3-4 weeks. He loves what he's
learning and he came to church this past Sunday for the first time. He said he
will pray about baptism but he won't commit to a date.
Sandy is still heading strong. Still sober. He is decreasing
his smoking and he has a plan all laid out to be completely keeping the WoW in
2 weeks so that he will be prepared for his bap date in December. We talked
about agency and how to use it wisely. We also are having Brother Hamm (a newly
activated member) be his new fellowshipper and that is working out really well!
Bill... still didn't come to church... we called and he said
he had prayed about baptism and he had heard a voice say "Bill, you've
already been baptized." So he doesn't want to get baptized anymore... we
are talking with him tonight and we will see how things go. We have a really
good plan talking about the restoration of the priesthood and we role played it
out and the spirit was strong.
As for your email:
1) Yep... this may be our last week together... but I'm
hoping things will work out that I get transferred to Owingsville (right next
door, there were Elders there but they were taken out last transfer) so I would
still be in the ward and I could reopen the area. I see a lot of potential
there and Owingsville really needs sisters. There are a lot of widows that the
Elders can't get to. So Bishop Green is email President Woodbury to recommend
me and then I am going to try and talk to President about it on Wednesday.
We'll see how it goes. :)
2) Tung is moving back to Vietnam permanently. He was just
here for a year at Morehead State University and then he'll go home and start
his own business. He has really big dreams. :) Abdullah won't answer any of our
calls or texts. We've stopped by several times but he won't answer the door.
It's been about 4 weeks since we last saw him.
3) CONGRATS on the basement!!! That is so exciting! I hope
that I'll get some pictures of all the family there in it all finished next
Saturday? I'm so excited that it'll be done for the winter. That will be really
nice.
4) I actually did have something specific for Christmas. A
really cool thing that a lot of missionaries are doing now is bringing an iPod
or MP3 our on their mission. Just like one of those little nano shuffle ones
that can't connect to the internet. Then they just put all their music on it
and bring out some cheap $10-$15 speakers. Then they can listen to it and their
CD's don't get scratched (I already have one I can no longer listen to it skips
so bad... :( ) So I was thinking maybe you could find a real cheap MP3 and then
put a bunch of Christmas music on it. Like the Motab Christmas's Brian Stokes
Mitchell, David Archuletta and Alfie Boe. Those one's are my favorite. Sister
Sperry says Cecil too. But then I would have all my Christmas music to listen
to and I could add all my CD's onto it too and then have that for the rest of
my mission. If it's not plausible, I understand. Just an idea. As for anything
else, I can't really think of anything.... oh! Stamps. Either that or money for
stamps. I would like to send out those cute missionary Christmas cards, but
that requires stamps. That would be way awesome. Other than that, I'm really
quite happy. Really all I want is to talk to you all. I can't wait for
Christmas. :)
5) LOVE YOU ALL!!!!
As for my spiritual thought:
This week I have a challenge for everyone. It's something
that our stake is really stressing right now. It comes from last conference.
Elder Ballard said, "We are simply asking all members to pray, knowing
that if every member, young and old, will reach out to just 'one' between now
and Christmas, millions will feel the love of the Lord Jesus Christ. And what a
wonderful gift to the Savior." Christ taught and touched hearts "one
by one" (3 Nephi 17:21) Reaching out to just one person is not difficult.
It only takes one invitation to an activity (and with Thanksgiving and
Christmas there are a lot of ward activities coming up), one line testimony (I
know that families can be together forever), one new friend, or an upliftment
of one old one. If we go about the Work of Salvation touching souls one by one,
millions WILL come to the knowledge of the gospel and as Elder Ballard said,
"What a wonderful gift to [our] Savior." I invite each person who
reads this to reach out to one person before Christmas and then see what the
Lord can do with you as you are His hands. Miracles will happen.
Love you all infinity! Talk to you next week!
Sister Thorne
This morning we woke
up to snow!!! Crazy right???
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