Hola todos,
AAAHHH! I don't even know where to start in this email...this last week was jam-packed full of awesomeness. First of all...IVAN WAS BAPTIZED!!!! He is officially a member of the church. Last week we finished up all of the things that he needed to know before he was baptized and then last Saturday we had THREE baptisms in our ward!!! There are three sets of missionaries in the Kaw River ward and all of us had one person being baptized. It was incredible, and one of the best days that I have ever had. Ivan was so prepared to be baptized. I read through the baptismal interview questions in Spanish to him the day before his interview so that we could make sure that there was not anything else that we needed to go over, I felt such a peace come over him. He was so excited and nervous the day of. Uh...we may have forgotten to tell him to make sure to bring an extra change of undies to the baptism. So he gets to the baptism and he was all excited and ready but he had forgotten his towel and did not know that he needed extra boxers...yeah it was a bit funny...not sure how he overcame that issue and not really sure that I want to know...ha ha! Well the baptism went so well! Yesterday he was confirmed and it was one of the best days that I have yet experienced on my mission. Right after Ivan was confirmed he said that he felt and warm feeling come over him. He was grinning from ear to ear, I have never seen him smile that big before. He has been welcomed so well into our ward. I can hardly believe the change that has come over him. He is a forever friend to me. My mom does not know it yet but he is my long lost brother, it will be a bit exciting for her to know that she has a Mexican son that was lost at birth and who has a way better tan than her. Also he has no freckles or red hair. But no matter! He is still my brother and one of my dearest friends. I am so thankful that the Lord allowed us to teach him.
We also got to go to the Relief Society General Session at out stake center Saturday night. It was just an all around beautiful weekend. They fed us this incredible food and we got to go with one of my favorite people ever, Jennifer. She is a recent convert. Well we were fed spiritually. I just cried through the whole session because I guess I had forgotten how much I love to be spiritually fed myself. Everything we do is to help the others around us learn and understand and for that short period of time I was able to just listen and try to soak in the goodness of their words. I have missed so much getting to have deep conversations about the gospel and about doctrine and yet I have grown so much in my testimony and the way that I feel about the Savior. I love the feeling of unity that I get when I am around all of these faithful women of the church. I was reminded in the session about how much the Lord loves His daughters and how very special we are to Him. Sometimes we all forget how much the Lord loves us personally because our lives are so busy. Take a moment to day to remember everything that the Lord did for you this last week then remember how much you mean to Him. He is so aware of you personally I know that it's true. I know that it is true because the Lord allows me to feel just a glimpse of the love that He has for the people of Kansas City Kansas, and believe me it is an awful lot.
I pray all is well. Don't forget who you are in the midst of the noise of your cell phones, computers, ipads, or whatever else might drown out the whisperings of the Spirit.
les quero muchissimo!!!!!
Hermana Thorne
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