Typhoons:)

I wish you all could have as much fun as I do here in Taiwan! Let me tell you all a little about the Taiwanese and the typhoons. Alright, so here if there is rain there is NO WAY the taiwanese people will leave their house. NONE. So when typhoons come its like... hmmm.. how can I compare this so you can all understand... it would be like If in America we heard that there was going to be raining hail the size of bolders and that it would kill everyone in sight.. OKay so when Typhoons come it become literally imposible to get anyone out of the house to meet with us. Well this week my companion and I really focused on inviting everyone we met to come to church with us. We had 5 people who were going to come. Then saturday rolls around and we start to hear on the streets that there is going to be a typhoon that night. Well we began to worry. Because if there was a typhoon none of them would come. I was so sad. And my companion and i began to pray. I prayed so much that the typhoon could hold off until today so that our investigators would be brave enough to come to church so they could progress to baptism. And my dearest family. Just as in the New Testament when Christ calms the storm I bear testimony that Heavenly Father still has power of the storms today. We walked out the door sunday to go to church. There were clouds but no wind. And no rain. We got to the chapel and began to ask some of the people there about the typhoon when it would be coming. To our surprise (but not really) they were all astounded that it would be coming in Monday and not today. I about fell over with relief!!! However out of the 5 only 1 really came but it was the beautiful new investigator of ours Cindy. She is such a miracle and such a brave woman! She stayed all 3 hours!!!! Then the next miracle. After the closing prayer in relief society our bishop came in and said to us all, Sisters we must cancel all your appointments today and go straight home the typhoon is coming. Heavenly Father held back the storm until after church!!!!! 

Then that night because of the typhoon and we missionaries are to use our best judgement of safety to decide whether to go out and work or stay inside in this case because it wasn't rated as a serious typhoon. WEll my companion and I went out! And in the typhoon and pouring rain we found 2 new investigators in two hours. I testify that Heavenly Father is aware of us. 

This week was absoluetly amazing. I am so grateful for the Lords hand in this week. There is no way the success that we had was from Sister Nelson and I. I know that the work is the Lords. and we are merely tools in his hand. 

My invitation to you all is to pray right now. And ask Heavenly Father what it is that he wants you to do to help his work. And then call the missionaries and plan it with them. Please do this. We have the responsibility. I want to hear how it goes next week when you all email me okay???

I love you all so much. Have a wonderful week!

-Sister Thornley