May 20, 2014 at 9:52 AM
Hey family!!,
Soooooo, I received 99 from mom, one from Katherine Gibson, and 1
from Rachel. Thanks a bunch!!
So what first, So, last week, I think it was last week, we
were...actually, I think it was before last email but I didn't tell
you...anyways, we were teaching that lesson after the catholic lady and I was
unfairly bombarded by a bajillion mosquitoes that had strategically targeted an
un-defendable location on my body...my ankles. We were sitting at this
table next to a swamp and as they say, sacrifice brings forth the blessings,
well, my ankles were sure as bedrock sacrificing themselves. I got bit so
many times that the little buggers were biting bites. I must have had
like 40 mosquito bites in a 2 inch diameter circle and it was through my socks
to boot! Seriously, I should have taken pictures. By the time we
got home, you couldn't even see any distinguishable bites; my ankles were sooo
swollen, especially my left one. And the thing was, they destroyed my
ankle so bad that we surpassed the itchy stage and went straight to the painful
stage. No joke, it felt like I had sprained my ankle or at least twisted
it. It actually was painful to stand on it and put weight on it for like
2 days! I was getting a little worried for awhile on the 2nd night
because it was still swollen and I felt occasional shooting pains up my lower
calf and then I felt some weird pains in my quad. I thought I was getting
some sort of infection and I was going to call the mission nurse the following
day, but it felt a lot better. Weird, right. Now that the swelling is
down I can see several of the remaining bites. Crazy stuff.
Also mom, you are exactly right on the cleanliness invites the
spirit principle. That's doctrine, more than just a thought :)
What else, well,
Elder Graham and I have had some great lesson with our members
here. Really inspiring and productive. We are excited to see some
good things come from it.
The Lord blessed us with some miracles on Saturday. We were
able to find 2 new investigators. 1 came after trying to visit a former
investigator on this country road. She was busy and "unable" to
talk with us. We only had a few minutes before we had to leave for
dinner, but we decided to go across the street to this pretty red log cabin
style home. We were just going to knock on the door, but it turns out she
was on her porch. Her dog was on the porch too, and she started barking
at us (the dog, not the lady this time ;) ) and then the lady put the dog
inside. We started talking with her and she asked us if we would like to
sit down. Of course! We had a great conversation and mini-lesson,
introducing her to the Book of Mormon. It was a great. She is from
Texas and seemed to be open to learning more. Okay, so that incredible
experience took us to 5:25, and dinner was at 5:15....we were going to be
grossly late. :( except that during the lesson, I got a text in my pocket.
It was our dinner saying the wife was running a little behind so we could
come at 5:30 if we hadn't already left yet. We arrived at dinner at 5:30.
Ah yeah, Double miracle status. I love it :)
The other gentlemen we started teaching has several younger
children and he used to play semi-pro football, he's on a biking club, and is
awesome :) We're excited to teach his family and help them see how
beneficial the Gospel of Jesus Christ and His restored church will be for his
family.
Church was good too. President and Sister Bernhisel spoke
and then they did the 3rd hour combined with the youth. It was great.
2 funny stories about this are 1, President asked us to come up and do a
role play with him, so we did and in the midst of the role play, I was saying
something where I wanted to say this character's name who was laying his mulch,
and I almost called him Bro. Bernhisel, but then last second I switched it and
I called him Marc. Everyone started laughing but we managed to keep the
role play going. Even President and I chuckled a little. Not often
do I call my mission president by his first name :) The second thing was
Sister Bernhisel asked us a ridiculously vague Guess-what-I'm-thinking"
question that was going to make Elder Graham and myself look like fools, so I
told her. "Sister Bernhisel, I'm not going to lie...that is a
ridiculously vague question." haha :) Tis funnies.
Well, that's a well unorganized wrap of this week. I hope
you enjoyed another episode of "What goes on behind Elder Thornton's Blue
Eyes." Please join us again for another new episode featuring The
Ragin' Random Rhinoceros once more next week.
Signing off now,
Elder Thornton
ps. I love y'all
pps. Any update on work opportunities?
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