It is WAY cold here and it is always so windy. It actually warmed up the last couple of days so right now it's not too bad.
Thanksgiving is so soon and I can't wait! Yeah we actually got invited to 5 different thanksgiving dinners, but I think we're just gonna accept a couple of them. One of the members cooking for us said she's gonna give us a Mexican thanksgiving. I don't really know what to expect, but I'm excited! I definitely have a ton to be grateful for. Especially after seeing the people here. There are a lot of people living in poverty and struggling just to get by, and I'm so blessed to have the opportunities I have been given.
This week has been OK. We had a lesson with a friend of Hna. Lyons. Her friend is a non-member christian who came to the baptism of the Lyons' kids a couple weeks ago, and when we talked to them they seemed way excited to listen and invited us to come and teach them. We were looking forward to teaching this lesson SO much. So when we got there, we were expecting to be teaching her whole family, but her husband was asleep because I guess he works all night, and her kids didn't really want to listen. So we ended up just teaching her. We taught the lesson of the Restoration, and it went SO bad. I don't know what happened, but it wasn't organized and there wasn't really any spirit there either. We asked her to be baptized at the end of the lesson and she just straight up said no because she had nothing telling her that this was true. It was really discouraging to hear that. We were both so excited to teach the lesson and we had such high expectations, and it just bombed. Luckily, she agreed to meet with us again some other time and she said she is going to come to church to see what it's like. Hopefully at church the Spirit of the Lord's house will confirm the truth to her.
On a happier note, we did find a couple who seems pretty interested in learning more. Their names are J. and C., and they are Catholic. We were talking, and C. asked us why bad things happen in the world, so we decided to teach the about the Plan of Salvation. We talked about the Atonement and what happens after this life and stuff like that and they were both asking so many questions. It was great because they both seemed to have a lot of interest in understanding our message. Then, near the end of the lesson C. asked us how we are supposed to know which of all the churches we have today is the right one. That was the perfect question for us to set up a second appointment to teach about the Restoration! So we have an appointment with them on Friday and I'm looking forward to it. Hopefully it goes a lot better than the other one.
That's pretty much it for this week. We're just still trying to find people to teach. We just have to keep pleading to the Lord that He will send us to someone who has been prepared for this message.
I love you so much and thank you so much for all your prayers and support! And Happy Birthday Mom!! I hope it was a good one! Only one more birthday without your favorite son ;)
Love,
Elder Thayne
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