My companion and I have found ourselves in a bit of a rough spot. This last planning session that missionaries have once a week to set goals and stuff we realized that we had no investigators with baptismal dates that were still valid. It was a bit heart braking. And as we wipped off their names from the whiteboard we felt the physical weight drop on us to go out and find more people. It was a huge trial to me to have a zero there. to have no one and it really humbled me to my knees and pleading with the father to allow us to find those who would desire to come unto him. It was not an automatic answered prayer. But we are so blessed. Every week we see the Father make us go to the edge of all we can do then step a little farther and then he blesses us. This sundaywe were able to set dates with a couple Brother Lin and Siter Chen. They are really sweet and have a desire to improve their lives.
I am trying to think of something funny to share with you all... All I am coming up with are the interesting ways people rejected us this week haha which...are only funny if you know the chinese culture..
I am doing really well and very happy! I found that this months trials have really helped me improve as a disciple of Christ and really rely on him. It was also a bit of a refining process for me to correct my motives from getting high numbers at the end of the week and having others be able to see that we are doing our very best and be able to trust us as leaders to really realizing that deep down it was a very prideful and unrighteous motive behind my actions. And Heavenly Father helped me realize it and change. I encourage you all to take a look in the mirror and find where you are not giving yourself to the Lord and then give it up. To be sanctified is to give your whole self to him. Not to just do what he wants you to do but to BE the person he wants you to be.
It was interviews week this week with our mission president i am really constantly impressed with the knowledge of President Day. He is so Christlike! I am so grateful for him and all he does for me!
OH! AND I PASSED THE TEST! here in our mission we have a language study plan so that we can have a clear direction of how to learn this language cause there is so many area's you can learn in. and you have to pass a vocab test before we start learning how to read and write characters, and I FINALLY passed it! NOw just to memorizing 3000 characters so taht I can come home fluent in chinese :) its going to happen!
Well i love you all lots!! Have a great week!
-Sister Thornley
waffles! yummy it was full of oreo crumbs and whipped cream!
the home of a less active that we went searching for
and the MRT
hehe my cute companion.. she knelt in prayer and I wanted a picture that we had matching shirts and then she heard the camera noise as i tried a second time to get a better picture...ha ha ha... :)
oh and then after when It was sleep time i was curious how good the flash worked... :) worked pretty good.
This funky thing that a member gave us yesterday its for a holiday here and they wrap em up in leaves. Usually inside is rice and meat this morning was... a bit of a surprise... yuck.
then instead I decided to eat american for lunch instead.
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