I cannot even believe that the month of March is already upon us! Yes, I am aware of the fact that next month I go home. On the first day of March this was quite strange for me to be able to say that and I felt such mixed feelings about it but as I have talked to the Lord about it and my companion I really do feel at peace. I am loving the time that I have here and when my time is over then it is over and I will go on to the path that the Lord has prepared for me for after my mission. It is good to finally feel this way and to not feel fear in leaving the mission...don't get me wrong though, I am nervous about it but usually change brings a level of nervousness with it.
This last week was quite full of adventure. We had a HUGE snowstorm and the snow has not yet melted from this storm, it still covers the ground and makes it feel like me are in a refrigerator when we are outside. We had to stay inside all day on Tuesday. We worked by using our telephone which actually turned out to be a big blessing. We found a few people to teach by calling former investigators and we also got to teach quite a few of our investigators over the phone. Let me tell you though, I was VERY ready to go outside and be able to teach normally. It turns out that it REALLY is not a good idea for me to be inside for too long...
I think by now all of you may have seen the picture of me holding my shoe with my tights all wet on the right foot? Yeah my feet get really bad blisters with the snow boots that I have and I knew that we were going to be walking several miles that day so for the first time on my mission I wore my tennis shoes so that we could keep our set appointments and my feet could be without blisters. As we were walking to our dinner appointment that night I pointed to a house that I wanted to go and knock and my companion followed me. I just started walking in the snow leading up to the house when I sunk into the puddle beneath. My companion thought that it was hilarious but it was so cold that I had to catch my breath. Thankfully I was carrying boots in my bag and we did not have too far to walk, but it was still pretty funny. Yeah...I am not wearing my tennis shoes again...it was too silly and I felt a bit like a weirdo...Thankfully this week we have the car!
I was able to go on exchanges with the sisters in Overland Park this last week on Thursday. I almost called off exchanges due to the weather but it turned out that by Thursday the roads had been cleared enough that we could drive safely on them. I sent a picture of Sister Schwarz to you all. She is such a beautiful person, inside and out! She is from Gilbert, Arizona and she is 19 years old!!!! I got to serve with a 19 year old sister! I feel like she is wise beyond her years and I am so thankful to Heavenly Father that the roads were cleared and that He inspired me to plan the exchange on that day because we could not have done it had it been any other day of the week. Sister Schwarz was really in need of some confidence boosting and that is what happened while we were together. In their area it is really hard to find investigators because most of the people are very wealthy but we saw a miracle happen. We were trying to contact a potential investigator that the sisters there had talked to a few weeks previous but they were not too friendly and saw us out the window and would not come to the door. We then went and got back into the car and I told her that we were going to pray to find the person who we were supposed to find in that area. We did so and then I started to drive. As we were driving we passed a street and I felt like we should turn onto it but I didn't turn. I kept driving but then I felt like we needed to go back. I told her that there was someone down that street that we would find. So we went back and we pulled up in front of this big, green house where a girl was standing outside. She went inside right after we pulled up and I told Sister Schwarz that we were going to go in and talk to her. Sister Schwarz was really nervous but I reassured her and we prayed and then went and knocked on the door. The girl who had been outside opened the door and when we said that we were missionaries she let us inside. We then proceeded to teach her and she accepted the message really well. She actually got really excited and told us that she felt like God wanted her to know more and to expand her spiritual understanding. This was such a tender mercy from the Lord. We got all of her info and set a return appointment and after we left she sent us a text thanking us so much for coming to her house and sharing what we know. Our prayers were heard. The Lord led us to her. I am praying that Sister Schwarz remembers this forever and continues to let the Spirit work through her so that she can find those that are prepared by the hand of the Lord. The Lord loves us and He will hear and answer you.
Well I have to go because we are going bowling with the elders in a couple of minutes! I am excited because I have not been bowling in forever!!!
Have a great week and keep moving forward!
con amor,
Hermana Thorne
The snow storm hit!
This is the view from our front door and also the cars are our neighbors. One of them was trying to push the other with his car...it was funny...also there is a pic of the mission car
One of these is to show how deep the snow was, another is me laughing at our neighbor Jose because he is stuck(this is not just because I am cold hearted but because he is this hilarious Mexican man who says that he is a missionary too and my companion thinks that he wants to take me out to dinner because he is always asking us random questions...also he wants us to buy him pizza or "peek-za" as he says it), the other picture is of me hugging the heater because we borrowed it from the other sisters due to our lack of heater for a small amount of time in our apartment. :D
This is a picture of Sister Schwarz and I when we went on exchanges last week. There is also a pic of the Kaw River gang(uh...not literally a gang...the missionaries...I gotta be careful with what I say...) ha ha and then there is a pic of all of the Kaw River sister missionaries-we needed a family photo.
A not blurry pic of Sis Schwarz and I, Elder De Leon making tortillas at the Perez family's house, and also all of the elders crammed into the back of a VW Bug...it was funny.
My comp and I at a child's baptism in the ward this last week, another pic of me is when I stepped in a puddle the one day that I wore tennis shoes...yeah...THEN the pic of us in front of the food is VERY special because it is my favorite food in all of my mission...CHICKEN CHIPOTLE
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