Week 89

Tuesday March 4, 2014 at 2:48 PM

Family, 

So first off, I am typing this email on an iPad. Yeah, not a big deal ;) haha But anyways, life has been good.  Let me try to recall what happened last week... I received 87,88 2 from. Grandma, a postcard from dad , and one from Rachel. Thanks, y'all :) 

I can't believe it's March already. Crazy stuff. So we had some more snow last night...a skiff I might add...and......it shut down the whole town again, the schools for two days. I had been feeling better and then it attacked me again and I felt pretty sick again, different this time, but I was coughing up hurricane Katrina all over again. Now I feel mostly betterish again, but I still cough occasionally and my brain is quickly being depleted through my nose. Everyone  wants me to take a bunch of meds for it, but y'all know me, I'm a man and I tough things out ;) mom, don't worry,  I'll call the mission nurse if it starts getting bad again, but right now all I'd be able to tell her is that I have a runny nose and I cough...she would probably tell me to take some medication that attacks symptoms instead of problems :) my companion doesn't understand my philosophy :) 

Here's a good story. So on Sunday, Elder Curtis and I decided not to go to church. We're  going to be the first less active full time missionaries y'all know! Haha, actually the real story is that the mission leadership council joined the regional coordinating council for a meeting during church on Sunday. Elder Parker our area authority presided, btw, he's Jabari's uncle, and all the stake presidencies were there for our mission and also the high counselors over missionary work and the temple president and the mission president. So exciting stuff right! Well, let me make this story even more exciting. Elder Parker is leading this council and asks President Bernhisel to have a couple of his missionaries instruct the council on goal setting...president Bernhisel turns to Elder Curtis and myself, who were sitting closest to him and asks us to do it. So with absolutely no preparation and a minuscule amount of direction Elder Curtis and I teach the coordination council about goal setting. It actually went really well, which I completely attribute to the spirit. We were unified and both on the same page in what we were teaching about which was a miracle since we could have gone a million different directions.  Good story. :) 

I also talked to sis. Oliver on Sunday and told her dad had seen her picture. She said she knows Taylor Ogburn. Funny world.  

We won't have regular zone conferences again where there are 6 separate meetings until July *hint hint* and we drive a dodge caravan. It's pretty nice. We call her, Champion. No fun on the church basketball situation...dad, you have nothing else on your plate, you should ref!! Neat stuff on Amber and Brad's house. Should be fun. also, Elder Curtis has been here for 1 transfer more than me and he goes home 1 transfer before I do.

So last week we did find a new investigator and we were really excited...and this week, she's no longer an investigator...sad face. But we do have a few good appointments set up with some potential investigators this week that I'm really excited about!!

Thanks for being the best!!! Love y'all so much!!!

Love, 

Elder Patty Thornton