HAPPY MOTHERS DAY TO THE BEST MOM EVER!! :)
Thank you for your example and love. I am so blessed.
I can say that this week has been the hardest week of my mission but I have learned soo much!
We were able to go to the new missionary meeting this week! It was fun to see Herman Pitcher and Hansen and all the other missionaries. I know Hermana Sharp had a great time seeing all missionaries she came out with as well. It was a great meeting and we were able to ask questions and get help from each other. President Lewis said something that is so true and simple but so powerful. "We (you missionaries) qualify to receive revelation." That is so true! We need to ask and pray and do our best to let Heavenly Father know we are willing to listen and obey.
We had a great zone training this week on extending compromisos. I really learned a lot and it helped me shape how I want to improve. We really are inviting people to change and repent. A great scripture we read to sum it up was Alma 38:12 "Boldness but not overbearance." Invite with boldness and love!
We saw Carmen zipping by on her jazzy this week, It was so funny. Hermana Sharp's mouth just dropped and she said, "LOOK, LOOK". Yep, there goes Carmen zipping down the street. haha so funny. So they can get around... they are great and we love them but they are "the crazies". We sadly had to drop them this week because they won't come to church and progress. They are concerned about tithing and said, "If we had more money we would love to do that". Wouldn't we all? The blessings of paying tithing are
Saturday was the hardest day of my mission so far! We still had a lot of goals to finish for the week so we set some high goals. I knew it was going to be hard work so I went and said a prayer. I told the Lord that I had faith that we could accomplish them and I was so pumped! During the day though it was hard. All our plans fell through. We had a temple tour lined up, so excited and our investigator bailed last minute. I was getting pretty discouraged and my faith was wavering. We tried to see everyone and having no luck at all. So we decided to go to Socorro and......... she wasn't home. But her husband Isidro was so we were able to teach him outside and it was such a powerful lesson! He said he doesn't know who God is exactly but he knows there is one and prayers so him and wants to believe. The spirit was so strong as we testified to him of his loving Heavenly Father and how he is a child of God. He wants to learn more and come to church! It was a great way to end the hard day and I know that prayers are always answered.
Yesterday was one of the best experiences An 18 year old boy in the ward named Felipe Trujillo got his mission call. He waited to open it and decided to open up the call with the ward after church. After all the meetings, everyone came into the Relief Society Room. He told everyone that he was really excited and wanted to share this experience because he knows that some families don't ever get to watch the opening of a mission call. He is going to Africa! Madagascar. Everyone was so excited and freaking out (most of them didn't know where Africa was so funny). It was such a neat experience and all the primary kids were gleaming about it. They all started to talk about where they wanted to go and it was so cool to see them get excited for their own missions. It was a great example.
Thanks for the birthday wishes for Wednesday, we have a lot of great plans this week. For my birthday, we will be at the Doctors (yahoo, i love the doctors!!! but really). Hermana Sharp is pretty sick. She is still having headaches and delays from her concussion. We were at the doctors all last week and we have more appointments this week with blood work, CT Scans, etc. I hope she can start feeling better and get some answers.
I love you all and hope you have a great week and Mothers Day! :) I am really excited to Skype with all of you Sunday. LOVE YOU!!
Con Amor,
Hermana Thomas
Meatball Surprise
Sister Taylor Thomas examining Sis. Sharp's MRI
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