Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at
11:50 AM
FROM Patrick Thornton
TO You
Hey family,
Well, another week
has come and gone and all I did was blink...
So, this morning we
had an interesting experience...I kind of woke up and was laying in
my bed half awake when I thought about how it was kind of weird because I was
not just crashing back to sleep or whatever, so like usual, I slapped my alarm clock
to check the time.....7:17....wait a sec, did I fix the Daylight Saving Time
adjustment...yes I did. Oh no. Ah man, I jumped out of bed, realizing
that we had forgotten to put the alarm back on since we had changed it for our
Sunday alarm. I went to Elder Mickelsen and told him Elder, you have to
get up. It's late. Needless to say, that stunk. Starting the
day on the wrong foot. And also needless to say, we had to beg for Heavenly
Father's forgiveness. Funny thing was, just yesterday, Elder Mickelsen
and I were just talking the day before about how getting up after 6:30 wasn't
even an option in our minds. Crazy stuff. Anyways, 7:17 back in the
day, would never have been considered "late" on a normal day :) haha
So, besides that
adventure this morning, this week has been a really good week. On
Saturday, we had a baptism for a young man we have been teaching. He's an
absolute stud and I love him to death. He's probably the most intelligent
11 year old I've ever met. Not joking. His mom was baptized about 8
months ago. I’ll send a picture for sure :) The reason I didn't
include this in the last email is because we weren't 100% positive it was all
going to work out for this Saturday, but it did, thanks to our loving Heavenly
Father...Truly...as President Monson says, He is in the details of our lives.
After the baptism, the young man said that he feels like a new man.
So amazing :) This work is truly magnificent. On top of that,
it was Elder Mickelsen's birthday on Saturday, BEST...BIRTHDAY...GIFT...EVER :)
Anyways, the Lord has
truly been blessing us large and small this past week. Elder Mickelsen
continues to do amazingly well, and I bet that he'll be training very soon :)
So this Friday, we have one of our semi-annual temple trips, (which we
became aware of at about 10:28 last night) which should be excellent :) I
wish they had given everyone a little more time to prepare since we all have to
find rides up to Raleigh, which can be a difficult task in a less than large
branch down in the middle of no where. However, luckily, we think we have
a ride :) The other thing is that that also moved our preparation day
from today to Friday with emails still being today....however, for us boonie
land areas that equates to no preparation since our 6 hours of travel time on Friday
doesn't leave much room for preparing.
It sounds like
everyone back home is doing well. Chris continues to become more and more
of a stud every second. Maybe my presence gave off a stud
inhibiting pheromone that prevented his true stud from coming out
until I was far enough away. DJ sounds like he has become an
international stud. My lovely parents appear to have become multiple
studs trapped within 1 body for how much you all have going on. Overall,
A+ to y'all. Best Stud family in the world.
It's hard to believe
summer is almost here again. So far, when I look back on my mission, it
feels like a blink ;) ... maybe 2 blinks. ;) ;) It's semi-ridiculous.
But things are generally going well. I'm definitely not going
hungry. Elder Mickelsen and I still get along ridiculously well.
Did y'all hear that they are creating a Chesapeake Virginia mission which
will be eminent domaining some of our mission.......
.....and some of our
missionaries....
I've already decided that
I'm not one of them. I refuse to leave President and Sister Bernhisel ;)
and the NCRM
Obviously, if the
Lord calls me, I'll go, but I'll miss them dearly. They make the switch
in July. They could be taking up to about 25% of our missionaries or
so...we'll see what the Lord decides.
Anyways, know that I
love this work of which I am a part. I absolutely LOVE our Heavenly
Father's plan for our happiness and salvation. So magnificent and perfect
for EVERYONE!!! I am so grateful for my Savior Jesus Christ who came and
died so that I might live. I know that the Book of Mormon is the word of
God and proves that Joseph Smith truly was a prophet called of God to bring
back Christ's church to the earth in its fulness. Why did they do that?
Because they love us more than we will ever truly comprehend in this
life. I wish all would embrace these truths. I love you all :)
Thanks for everything
you do and all your support.
Love,
Elder Patty
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