Hoi!
This week has been super great! It has been pretty crazy
with transfers and with a greenie who needs to do a bunch of paperwork for visa
stuff, but we have seen a ton of miracles!
Elder DuWors is super cool! He is from Seattle (I have still
never had a companion from Utah. The goal is to go the whole mission without
one :) ) and he did cross country before! YAY! More running! He is super
hard working, and at the pace he is going he will learn a ton in these next
couple transfers.
For his first lesson we got back into contact with a sort of
"investigator" from a few months ago. His name is Joris, and he has
already read all of the Book of Mormon. On top of that, he knows it is true and
that Joseph Smith was a prophet of God. But he has some problems with polygamy
and church history. Now before everyone starts sending me advice on how to fix
that, don't. Trust me, I tried everything. We are going to keep on helping him
understand it a little more, and help him develop the faith to overcome his
challenges. By the way, he is super smart! He is currently working on his
Doctorate and he is studying the effects of pornography and sexting on the
teenage mind. So you could say he is a kingdom builder. Plus he has been to
Temple Square 4 or 5 times and knows the Mormon Tabernacle Choir director. So
yeah, pretty cool.
As we have been working super hard we have been seeing Gods
Hand in our days! It feels like my first transfer with Elder Stanger, where we
just put the pedal to the metal and started baptizing. I am super
excited!
One example is Monday! We had to go all the way down to
Leiden in the Netherlands for some paperwork, so it took the entire day, but on
our way back to the station we ran into Jamiel, who was interested in meeting
with the missionaries, so we got his number and sent it on through to the
Leiden Elders. The rest of the day was filled with perfectly timed travel
miracles, for which we are always grateful.
I love you guys!
Love,
Elder Thornton
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