Week 91 - Most likely finishing out my mission in this area

This week was good!! This week is the beginning of a new transfer and Elder Porter and I are staying together as Zone Leaders in the Indy West Zone. I will most likely finish my mission here since I only have 2 transfers left. We're getting some really good missionaries in our zone this transfer so we're excited to see the success that we'll have!

Not much new has happened. We're still working with J and E.. E came to church, but once again, J didn't show up. We're still not sure about his level of commitment, but we have an appointment with them tonight. Usually it's pretty hard to teach them because their kids are so crazy. They're always running around and yelling during the lesson. During our last appointment with them I just took the kids right outside the open door and played in the gravel with them. Elder Porter stayed inside and taught the lesson. I heard bits and pieces of the lesson from the porch, but it was basically him just teaching so that J and E could focus on the message and the Spirit instead of their rowdy kids. We're thinking we'll probably have to keep doing that in order for them to get a lot out of the lessons. Maybe tonight we can bring coloring pages and stuff for them. We'll see.

A isn't doing so well. We taught her last week and are still working on getting her to quit smoking. We even took some of her cigarettes, broke them open, put them in a pot, and boiled it into a tea to make her drink it. Evidently it tastes awful, so it gives them a good idea of the garbage they're putting into their body. We set up a ride for her to come to church and everything was set for her, but she ended up not opening the door when her ride came and we haven't been able to contact her since. Hopefully we can talk to her soon. 

We had Mission Leadership Council on Friday at the mission home in preparation for our upcoming zone meeting. Pres. Cleveland got really emotional during the meeting since it was his last one before Pres. Carlson and his wife come to the mission. It'll be a cool experience to work with Pres. Carlson as we make the transition. I'm excited to see how the Lord wants him to lead this mission. 

That's all I've got! We're going to have a great transfer the next six weeks! I love you and I hope you guys have a great time in Japan!!

Love,

Elder Thayne

Our District Photo after our last district meeting

We visited the Motor Speedway the day after the Indy 500.
It was the 100th annual running, so it was a pretty big deal.