Mar 18, 2014 at 9:58
AM
Family!!!
Well, well, well,
Word has reached mine ear by an unknown tongue that thou didst receive such
communication of vocal performance from kindred here yonder in North Carolina,
brothers and sisters of the Thornton bloodline, ah, such a choice bloodline
indeed.
Okay...did y'all
really think I was going to be writing the letter like that again?? Sheesh,
..., rookie mistake. ;)
So, anyways, yeah,
apparently that is a tradition that they do when a new Elder comes to their
home. I think it's the first time I've ever sung a solo to a group of
people. But I think it went alright. Speaking of which, and this is
ridiculously coincidental, since I've been planning on telling you this for a
while....anyways, mom, I know you pick classes soon (or possible recently) and
I was wondering if you could see if there is a voice lesson class or something
(I have absolutely no idea what it would be called). Ask DJ if you need
help navigating the BYU system. And then book what appears to be the best
for my schedule etc. If I end up not liking it, I'll just drop it later, but I
think I want to take a sort of class such as that, to refine myself :)
Muchas gracias. I hope that all makes sense. I forgot to
mention it last week.
We had a regional
stake conference last week, and that was great! EVERYTHING was geared
toward Hastening the Work...I LOVE THE WORK!!!! Missionary work is seriously
the best thing ever. We also were able to attend the adult session (and
youth session) Saturday night. Super good. Elder Perry spoke on
Sunday and gave a personal shout out to our Stake President here in Raleigh,
saying that he'll see him in a couple weeks when he comes for the regional
priesthood leadership such-an-such meeting. Good stuff again.
So, like I mentioned
last week. We continue to work with Jay. We saw some definite
growth this last week. Turns out, he really does believe sort of in God.
I don't think Jesus Christ though, but at the end of the lesson, we
invited him to pray and he did so, but he wouldn't pray in Christ's name.
It was a nice prayer nonetheless. One thing he did though, was he
thanked us for coming over because we have caused him/helped him to once again
think of religion on a spiritual basis. It was really nice. He is a
great kid. Next week, I hope he can come to church.
Oh, by the way, my
instruction on Thursday that I asked you to pray would be better than the
instruction on Tuesday went much much better. I definitely felt that I at
least taught more by the spirit and in a manner that was much more conducive
for the spirit to testify to the hearts of those I was teaching and ultimately
be the true teacher. I, at least in part, felt that I lived up to the
standard that I would expect from those that taught me when I was in the
youngins' position.
Our Bishop's family,
the Thornton family, is awesome :) They invited about 5 families over for
dinner on Sunday. They were shooting the odds. 1 family, a part
member family, did come, and we had a wonderful lesson afterwards on the
reality of Jesus Christ and His love and Atonement. Then, our amazing
Bishop bore powerful testimony and extended ever-so-loving invitations for the
part member husband to read and pray about the truthfulness of the Book of Mormon
and to search these things out for himself. It was great. Can't go
wrong with Thornton as a last name, I guess ;)
Also, yesterday, I
talked with the Thorntons we live with and we compared some genealogy. We
couldn't find a connection as of yet with the data I received from mom, but we
know somewhere back there, we have got to be connected. Ah, family
history work, why are you so exciting??? :) :)
Okay, here's a
question...mom or dad, do you know any Rodeback's (that may be speeled wrong)
HAHAHA (did you see what I did there...I knew there were 2 p's) :) anyways, a
lady in the ward here knows some or is related to some in Grand Junction.
Just thought I'd ask. BTW, y'all are doing great with the lack of
trunkiness. I'm grateful and impressed. I'll tell you that most
other moms and families cannot say the same thing. Also, funny story.
I just happened to be here when the letter from mom to the office came in
with some itinerary data...yep...that's awkward ;) I believe, Mom, that
you are the first one in for my group...you even got it in before my
companion's parents and he leaves a transfer before I do. I told the
office secretary that my mom is super efficient. I think she agrees :)
Mom, you're the best! But that's quite obvious, wouldn't everyone
agree??
Well, needless to
say, I really don't know of anything else to write except a stankin' hilarious
story about Facebook. Here goes...
Once upon a time,
there was a diligent little missionary who ever so much desired to use Facebook
to track down elusive less actives members in the wards where he served.
Well, thus he did. Friend request after friend request...message
after message, but some small successes came, which fueled his desire.
However, after many a days in such a quest, he received a notice from
Facebook that informed him that he was blocked from sending friend requests and
messages for 7 days because he was sending too many requests to people he
didn't know. Frustrated, but undeterred, at the conclusion of 7 days, he
continued his efforts, however, maybe not so robustly as before. However,
in just a few days after being unblocked, this poor young missionary was again
informed by Facebook that he was blocked for 14 days. Slightly hurt and
confused, this little missionary wondered what he had ever done to deserve such
treatment. Is not the furthering of the Lord's work a good enough reason
for Facebook?? Apparently not. Nevertheless, it was shortly after
this 2nd block that this dedicated missionary was transferred to a new area.
This prevented problems in using Facebook for said missionary as he was unable
to friend any of the members or missionaries in his new area. Finally,
the ban was lifted, and he was at it again...off finding those lost sheep in
cyber space. Only in the deepest depths of his mind did he fear that he
would be blocked once more, but he took the chance and send many friend
requests. Well, this story doesn't end here. One morning this young
happy missionary logged on to Facebook to reveal that he had once again been
blocked from sending friend requests and messages to others that aren't
friends. Shattered, he noticed the time span. 30 days. This
young missionary's companion will practically be home before he can once again
send a measly friend request. This block this time, though, came with a
warning, if it happens again..he may be blocked PERMANENTLY!!!! Gees, all for
trying to labor in the vineyard of the Lord.
Moral of the story:
It's hard to help lost sheep that tell Facebook that you should be blocked.
The End.
Well, I hope you
liked my, uh, I mean, the story of the young missionary. Poor chap, I
hope he's alright ;)
Thanks for all you
do; I love y'all so much!
Love,
Elder Patty
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