Hey everybody!
This week has been pretty great, and we heard about Transfer
Calls this Saturday! Elder Dial's mother is coming in October for a family
reunion and is going to stay for a few months, so it wasn't going to work for
him to stay in Antwerpen. So he is headed to Rotterdam! And I am staying here
and will be getting another greenie! I am pretty excited and I feel pretty
lucky, not only because I get another opportunity to train but because there
are a few other missionaries who are training again, but they are keeping their
2nd transfer greenies! That means they will be a 3 man companionship with two
greenies!
We had zone conference this Wednesday, and it was
incredible! Elder Gary B. Sabin of the Seventy came, and he was incredible! He
talked a lot about personal conversion and helping investigators achieve that
too. I was super impressed with his scripture knowledge, and I now have the
goal to memorize more scriptures. I really liked how he explained true
identity, how we have an eternal destination. It was super spiritually
up-lifting.
Our lesson with Elder Dial's aunt went ok, but she doesn't
think that she needs a church in order to be a good person, which is totally
true! All she needs is Jesus! We are
n't
here to sell a church, or a prophet, or even a book! We are
here to deliver the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and thankfully it has those sources
of truth like a church and a prophet! I just wish that people would give us a
little more of a chance to help them understand it and to be open to just test
it. If it isn't true, then you just took a little time to find out why a whole
bunch of "weirdos in Utah" do "strange things." If it is
true, then it is pretty important. I have developed a super strong testimony of
the completeness of this gospel, and its ability to answer the questions of
life. But yeah... she didn't want to keep on "investigating." But
someday! Elder Dial's mom is coming, so you never know what could happen!
We are going to kill it here in Antwerpen! I am super
excited for this next transfer!
Bus back from Zone Conference :)
escorted by tons of police bikes that
stopped traffic at every intersection. It was pretty cool!
Have a great week!
Love,
Elder Thornton
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