We asked him how making his own meals was going. We usually have quite a few meal appointments with members throughout the week, otherwise I just eat cereal or make a quick sandwich.
He's serving in the White River area. We asked him about his branch. I'm pretty sure the Spanish branch we are in is the only one in Indianapolis, so its area is pretty big. The branch probably has somewhere around 100 members in it. Church was great! The branch president had me come up and bear my testimony, and people tell me that my Spanish is really coming along! The language is definitely harder out here than it was in the MTC, but I get by. I can still speak it with them pretty well but it's hard to understand them at times. The members are super nice and welcoming. They all love the missionaries so much. When we are fed, it's always Mexican food (but much better than the MTC), and they always give us HUGE portions. Yesterday I thought I was going to burst.
As of now we only have 1 investigator, so we spend most of our time visiting less active members and tracting. My bike was missing a part which didn't get here until yesterday, so up until now we've been walking everywhere except for when we have the car.
We have a car from Friday to Monday every week because we share it with 2 other elders.
Our investigator's name is J. Elder Schoeneman said that he's been taking lessons from the missionaries for a long time now and he hasn't been progressing in a while. They almost dropped him a few weeks ago, but one day he told them that he felt the spirit and decided to stop smoking and drinking. He's already been taught all the lessons but doesn't seem to remember much of what he is taught, so he hasn't made too much progress towards baptism recently. We go over there every so often to read scriptures with him and check up on him. He said he suffers from OCD and slight depression and he has a hard time being alone so he really appreciates when we drop by to teach him a short lesson or just to visit. We don't have ipads yet, but supposedly we're supposed to get them by the beginning of next year.
A lot of the Spanish speaking people we run into while tracting are catholic, but they will often give 5 minutes to hear a quick lesson. We try to only talk to Spanish speakers, but we run into the occasional English speaker and we'll try to teach them as well. It's almost weird trying to teach in English because I've gotten so used to doing it in Spanish instead.
That's super exciting that both Justin and Jeannie are leaving on missions so soon! They will both be great forces in the mission field! I would have loved to be there for Justin's farewell. I'm sure he did great.
I received your package yesterday. Thank you so much! It was great to get it! It is pretty cold here so if you could send some sweaters sometime, that would be nice. I don't know if the ones I had before would still fit me though..
That's so fun that you got to go to Vegas to visit the Hyers! I am so jealous! I miss cute little Jaxon. I'm glad Zach is having fun at all of his high school dances. Tell him to enjoy it while it lasts because I already miss those days!
I love you all and I look forward to hearing from you! Thank you for all the love and support you give me!
Love,
Elder Thayne
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| Elder Thayne and his Trainer, Elder Schoeneman |
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