Week 2!

What a week!!!! This week has been sooooooo fun! I hope everyone had a

wonderful Christmas! I had the amazing opportunity to hear Elder 

Anderson from the quorum of the 12! I along with my district and a ton 

of other missionaries had the wonderful opportunity to sing in the MTC 

choir for the the devotional he spoke in! It was amazing! The choir 

director is so funny but knows exactly what he is doing and I loved 

working with him! We also had David Archeauleta come and perform for 

us! He did such an amazing job and after he performed he wanted to 

shake every missionaries hand........ that’s a lot of hands!!!! 

This Christmas has been one for the books! Christmas Eve was so 

special. I’ve never felt the spirit so much before! We watched a live 

nativity performed by the presidents children which was so cute! We 

got to watch a movie on Christmas and Christmas Eve which was pretty 

great haha. There was so much that the MTC did for us that I can’t 

even remember it all and I’m so grateful for that! I’m so grateful for 

my district that I am serving with! They are all so special and in 

tuned with the spirit! We have become so close over these past 2 

weeks! I honestly couldn’t have asked for anyone better to serve with 

then my district! 

I have learned so much over the course of these two weeks! One thing 

I’ve learned that has really stuck with me that Elder Nelson shared in 

our devotional was “our faith is Jesus Christ is not faith in vain.” 

Our savior Jesus Christ lives. He lives for me, he lives for you, he 

lives for everyone. “We lived with our savior before, we try to live 

with him now, and if we do our part we WILL live with him again” Elder 

Anderson. I know this to be true and I invite you all to live your 

lives so that you can return to our savior again! 

I love you all so much and hope you all have an amazing week! 

❤️ Sister Thornton

(From left to right) Sister Wonnacott, Sister Heil, Sister Ward, Sister Thurman, Me
tehe, Sister Kunzler, Elder Williams, Elder Murphy, Elder Freeze. We went
for a walk to the Provo temple as a district last Tuesday afternoon.

Christmas Eve Sunday we all “tried” to match #christmascard

Christmas Eve movie sitting with our district and most of our zone.

Our Christmas tree in our Christ as pjs haha (thank you mom for the
pjs I LOVED them)

Our zone, see if you can pick me out haha

Week 1- First Email!

Hello everyone!

Sister Thornton here..... man that sounds weird! Haha my first week

has be crazy! I’ve learned so much about this gospel more then I ever

thought I would in just one week! I’ve learned a lot about being a

missionary but I know there is a lot more to learn and I’m so excited

for that! This week has definitely been one of the harder weeks of my

life. I’ve gone from happy to sad to lonely and even mad.... (ok I’m

pretty sure that rhymed. Mom, I’m a poet and I didn’t even know it!)

but thru all those emotions I’ve always been able to feel the comfort

of my Heavenly Father more then I ever have which is so weird but I am

so grateful for that! I am so grateful for the Sisters and Elders in

my district. They are all so full of the spirit and are super positive

which makes the experience even more amazing! My companion Sister

Kunzler and I get along so well! She is amazing, she is so patient and

kind and everything I need in a companion! Sister Kunzler will be

serving in the Nashville Tennessee mission which I’m sad we aren’t in

the same mission but I know she will do great things!

Any who I just want you all to know that this God is always with us!

He’ll pick you up when You're feeling down. He will leap for you when

you are happy and help when you are in need. All I can say is PRAY!

Haha trust me it’s helped me a lot.

I love you all so much and wish you the best

Sister Thornton ❤️

Sister Kunzler and I 

Sister Heil, Sister Kunzler, Sister Thurman, and you guessed it, ME

The Christmas lights on the MTC Campus

Sister Kunzler, Sister Thurman, Me, Sister Heil

Sister Wonnacottt, Me, Sister Kunzler, Sister Heil