Well thanks guys. No emails from home huh? OUCH. 

Well then here's my response. This week was good and I am still alive. 

-Sister Thornley

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Alright so I feel to bad not really sending you an email. Especially cause I read in Matthew 18:21-35 today.. So I will write to you. 

This week was really awesome. We got to go in for interviews with the President this week and WOW he is the greatest ever. So inspiring. When Sister Keung came out of hers she was like, "Whoa! Okay NOW I get it why you are so devoted to following everything they ask us to do" Haha! Truth. Very grateful for such incredible leaders to be working under. 

We saw a great miracle yesterday night,So, Sister O'Brien and I had contacted a Less Actives husband at Chinese new years and he gave us her cell phone to get in contact with her. we called many times and she was always to busy to set up so we let her rest for awhile. but in Saturdays planning i realized we were going to be on her street and hadn't bee to visit her in a while. I called that night and she did not answer. We decided we would try to go to her house anyways. We got there and she lives in a little village place with gates on both ends and a long path with two rows of many houses facing each other. We went to the front and rang in. No answer. I saw a woman walking around on the path and tried calling to her but she was on the other end and didn't hear. I felt like we couldn't just give up and knock more doors.I felt we needed to keep trying. So we walked around to see if there was aw ay to talk to the woman on the back side. WE found it and even better the gate on that side was open.The woman was gone but we were able tot walk in and ring the doorbell on her step. We rang and she came! She is a very broken hearted woman. We are not sure of much yet she was really closed off to us and not willing to say much but expressed she really didn't want much to do with anymore. I think that something much have happened in her past where she felt Heavenly Father didn't hear her. She doesn't want us to come back.  But we prayers with her before we left and the Spirit was there. As we walked out the door she said, My husband told me he would like to meet you. I will have him call you.  So crazy. I love being a missionary. Well till I hear from you again keep praying and doing all that you should! Love ya!!
-Sister Thornley

Well I just saw you all... well some of you all. I'm Back!

Wow so grateful for technology to let me see all the beautiful faces and hear the changed voices of all my family! What a fun time for me! However I will say it was a bit awkward cause man I felt like a really nutter when I didnt recognize or couldnt remember who was talking to me and how old they were... whoops. know that I love you to death and that I havent forgotten what you looked like sounded like or how old you were when I left... Not my fault.

Really though all of your voices have changed its super weird. I am not making this up its true you are all different now. Stop changing hao ma? 

SO the things I didnt tell you from this week on skype.

We had SEVEN less actives at church yesterday WHAT?!?!?!?!?!  Thank you so much for your prayers in our behalf the Lord is really changing our area into a miracle bomb shell watch your step brothers! 

The next miracle the Cai family that we found last week is amazing. they have set a baptismal date for June 21 and so please begin to pray for them. They will need a lot of motivation to come to church. I ask you to begin praying that they will have a desire and a way to come to church this week. For Grandma- its pronounces "ts eye" and say it like you are trying to trow it on the floor with your mouth and youve got it!

Next miracle we visited a three less active part member families who have opened their doors to us to begin teaching their families. 

Next miracle my companion and I didnt die from carbon monoxide poisoning. 

Next miracle it is a BEAUTIFUL day outside didnt think I would miss the feeling of sun and sweat but I have! 

Last miracle that I will write about. We were knocking doors last night we found a jackpot houses galore which really in itself is a miracle but it was the classic. Trial of our faith after knocking and being rejected for an hour over 50 doors we found one last one to knock down a little sad alley. a man answered and began to tell us how his background is buddist its not that he opposes others its just what he knows. I held out the Book of Mormon and said Sir, we respect your beliefs we know that this is what you have known all your life. We do not want to take that away from you. But we have evidence that what we are teaching is true. You can hold it in your hands and if you will read and pray about it you can know that what we teach is true for yourself. May I invite you to do an experiment and to begin reading this book. If you will be open to at least see what we have I know you will find the answer for yourself. 

He accepted. And he is willing to let us come this Thursday to see what he thinks. Please pray that Brother Wang (I think that ones easy enough to say) will have a meaningful experience as he reads the Book of mormon. 

Well family and friends, I know that what we are sharing is true. Christ has given himself a sacrifice for sin. It is available to us all and I ask you to join in the Team of Jesus as my mission president says and invite others to hear of it too. Open your mouths. Its your responsibility to share. I love you and support you I ask you to please tell me who I can pray for for you all. This is the most important work you could be doing. Dont get distracted. Dont forget. 

-Sister Thornley

THE WEEK

It was indeed THE week of my life! So many crazy miracles I am so so grateful for the Lord in all he does for me!

 

We had set a really high goal to get 8 member present lessons and we got 7 we set a goal for 8 new investigators and got 9 I have NEVER seen such an amazing week before EVER.

 

So we were trying to find a less active to leave her a note to help her feel loved and maybe welcome us into her home well she wasnt there so we said a prayer and started knocking doors. Now normally if there is a big mean dog I will not knock the door or the neighbors either I would like to keep my legs thankyou. However my companion has not yet learned that. She went on and knocked it anyway. Good thing too. A man answered let us into his home and we now have a family all interested in playing a game with us this week to learn what the Plan of Salvation is. We are so excited please PLEASE pray for them their family name is Cai 4.

 

Our relief society president really stepped up last week and helped us twice with teaching an investigator Lin Qiu Hua. She is progressing like crazy now and has a baptismal date. I ask you to also include her in your prayers.

 

We went knocking again and found a house I had been to before with Sister O'Brien. It is a less actives home. I had forgotten the name of the less active and the floor that she lived. We walked up to the door and the door man said, Are you looking for your member said the name and we said yes she said go on in and told us the floor and house number. The member wasnt home but her 19 year old non member daughter was and is now going to meet with us to learn about our church and its restoration.

 

We were biking in Su'ao after miraculously visiting a less active and we had prayed beforehand that if it could it wouldnt rain. It hadnt for the first hour we were there and then began POURING. We started biking back and I saw we had 3 seconds at the light. I saw a boy sitting on his scooter in front of me and decided to ask him to pull over even though I had less time than I would need to say that in chinese. He pulled over we had a lesson on the side of the road in the pouring rain and he is set up to meet with us again this wednesday.

 

We were knocking doors again in an area I and Sister O'Brien had already knocked a thousand times. But we felt impressed to go again. We went and found a woman from the Phillipeans that was baptized 8 years ago there into our church but hasnt come sense moving to Taiwan. We are taking her a new Book of Mormon for her tonight.

 

We were calling to set up visits for this week my companion was calling our potentials I was calling less actives. In the time of 10 minutes we had 5 visits set up with less actives we have been trying to reach for months.

 

Those and many many more. I am so grateful for Heavenly Father and I know as we contimue in faith we will continue to see miracles. I love you all so much. Be safe and I will see you all next week!

 

-Love Sister Thornley

 Margie getting baptized again because we found out the elder didn't say her full name the first time... whoops.

 My darling kiwi :)

 The asian street play

 A golden Pig

 My Kiwi

 A rice field

 An outside clothes mall- Wu Fen Pu

 Cute asians take pictures here at this cheesy park all the time we had to join in.  

  I wanted to help him carry his bag

 Sister Keung wanted to give them an English Book of Mormon!

 Wait for us train!!!!

 Many people ask, "what's the grossest thing you have eaten?" Any guesses on what these are???

 My little black mosquito bitten ankle

 My language study some days....

 compared to my companions...