Be Still and Know that I am God.

This week we saw many many miracles! It was really awesome and I was very grateful for the tender moments this week that I was able to be still for a moment and recognize where Heavenly Father was. And I am finding that I need to have more quite moments in my life. This week I reflected a lot on the conference talk about which way we face. I don't know its actual name we haven't gotten the Ensign yet but you should all know what I am talking about. Anyway and found that I can do a lot better about making sure I am facing towards my Father and not inverting the greatest commandment with the second to Love God and then to love our neighbor. Its a lot like in the Missionary White handbook that tells us our first loyalty is to God then to the mission president and then to our companion. And I want to really focus on that and ensure I am not backing down to what I know to be right. :) 

This week I got lost. It was terrifying. I was on exchanges with the ZhongLi Sisters and we were biking home at the end of the night and needed to be going pretty fast cause it was close to 9. Well we stopped at a stop light and so i started to talk to the girl next to me while my companion was in front leading the way in her area well the light turned green but I hadn't given the girl I was talking to any kind of invitation and felt bad so quickly asked her to pull over to let me give her a flyer with our name and number and such to my surprise she did! But my companion didn't see and bolted off forward. So I frantically scramble in my bag to grab the  flyer but then felt I needed to do more so then miraculously the woman gave me her number so we could get in contact with her later. Well... my companion is long gone and i have never been there before. So I rack my brain to know how to get back home. and i remembered it was a straight shot so I started biking really really fast hoping to see her stopped waiting for me on the road but i didn't see her. I was getting a little frustrated and began to bike faster. Then a thought came. That i may have passed it already. That i should ask for directions. The light turned red upahead and next to me was a woman. I pulled out a flyer to ask her if I was heading the right direction. And my prideful self was sure I was. I also had just noticed before my companion star on another flyer before which chapel was theirs so I knew which one to ask about. I leaned over and asked Excuse me, I am looking for this address, its just up ahead right? She looked at me and the address then started in broken english No No No you past. its back. I look at her in confusion and ask again. No it can't be its just up ahead right? She warmly smiles and says somehow in really good english now, No its back there, you've gone too far.  My heart sinks and I am panicked I DID pass it. How on earth will I find where I need to turn. She then must have seen my face and again smiles and says  Here, I will take you there. 

Relief washes over me. as I bike after her. I had missed a turn and was two blocks down from where the chapel was. Then another problem arises. My companion. Now i am at the church but I don't know where she is and where our home is from the church. I then remember I had just written down President Day's number in my planner two days before. I ask the woman where the nearest pay phone is. She looks around and seeing none pulls out her phone. I quickly call President Day and so so SO embaressed explain the situation and ask for my companions phone number. Then my poor companion when answering the call says in relief Oh good I was praying you would be smart enough to get to the chapel I will be there soon! 

Then I find out that my then companion had also called my companion Sister Miller in our area and told her I was lost and she didn't know what to do. To which Sistert Miller said, Sister Thornley's a smart girl she'll get to the chapel don't worry. We'll pray for her too. They knelt in prayer and asked that I would be able to find someone who would take me to the chapel. 

I testify that Heavenly Father hears prayers and answers us. I know that we are not here on this earth alone to wander aimlessly lost. But that we have His spirit with us to lead and guide us safely home. 

I love you all, I am so grateful for this gospel and the peace it brings to us. I know as we listen to the spirit we will be guided safely home. 

Have a beautiful week, remember to listen to the spirit!

-Sister Thornley