Today I am not entirely sure what to write about, but I am sure as I start talking that I will get my creative juices flowing and I can remember what happened this last week. The directors of the Visitors’ Center, Elder and Sister Adams left on Saturday. The Thursday night before we had a farewell reception for them here at the VC and I just cried so hard to think that they were not going to be here anymore. They have been here as long as I have been here and they have become some of my dearest friends. Man I never thought that it would be this hard to say goodbye, but it really is. I know that I will see them in not too long though and I really look forward to this. There is something about serving with someone as a missionary that builds a bond with them like no other that I have experienced.
We did have an awesome thing happen to us this last Saturday. We had a few hours where we did not have set appointments so we were really hoping that we would be able to find some solid new investigators. We ended up knocking on the door of this guy’s apartment and we taught him lesson one. After we introduced the Book of Mormon to him he just stopped us and told us that he is not sure if this is what he is looking for but he had a feeling that it might be. He had been praying to find something more in his life because he really had been feeling like there was something missing. As I bore testimony of the ways that this gospel has changed me and my life I just felt a surge of the Spirit and I know that he felt it to. At the end of the lesson we actually talked to him about a few other things and he said “Man this has been an answer to prayer.” He told us that we were like angels. It was kind of funny actually because what do you say when someone calls you an angel? It’s kind of awkward because I don’t feel like an angel and so I just laughed(what I do best), and we left after setting him with a baptismal date for the 9th of February. It is so true that our job is to find those that have been prepared beforehand to meet us. It really just makes our life so much easier! We are so very blessed!
This last week I felt a type of comfort that I never knew that I could experience. Everyone asks me how long I have in the mission and so I am forced to talk about it when I would prefer not to think about it. I have already thought about the things that I think are the most important to think about for when I get home, but I know that there is no need to think about something that is still awhile out and I don’t want to get distracted while I am a missionary. I received some letters that said some things that made me start to feel anxiety about going home and I just felt sick to my stomach and some old feelings that I used to feel before I was a missionary came back to me. The cool thing about this situation was that instead of allowing myself to freak out I just allowed myself to feel what I was feeling for a few minutes and then I prayed. In my mind the words “How am I going to do this? How am I going to do this?” kept running through when all of a sudden I found myself asking the Savior “How are we going to do this?”. This changed the way I was thinking and instead of shutting down I started to think of how although it may be difficult when I have to make the change of going home, the Savior and I make a really great team. If I can be a missionary and learn Spanish out here in the field, I know that I can do anything that I need to when I do finish this call. With the Savior I can do all things. He is my light and my strength and He truly has made me a “new creature”. If I can do this I know that you all can as well. As I write this there are tears rolling down my face because this is the truth. I am new and I owe it to the One who suffered all for me. I am so thankful that I still have more time to spread the good news of the gospel to those who do not know of its joy and gladness.
I am happy and I pray that you all are as well. I am so thankful for the letters. Thank you for the support you show and the blessing you offer in my behalf. Believe me, I feel those prayers.
Have a wonderful week and keep on smiling!!!!
Love,
Hermana Thorne
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