Sister Amy Lynn Thornton: February 2018

Hey Y'ALL!

How is everyone doing? I hope everyone has had a good start to a new week!

This past week has been so awesome!! We had exchanges which is where Sister Goeckeritz and I head over to the Sister Training Leaders area and help our in there! It was fun- I was with Sister Hatch who only has a couple transfers left! She is so awesome and is so full of the spirit! Sister Hatch and I went over to a Less active lady's home and shared a spiritual message and ate these really nasty German Christmas candies! haha Let's just say it was an experience!

That night though we got, wait for it..... WHATABURGER!! I've been wanting to try this stuff sense I got to the south! For those of you who dont know what whataburger is its a fast food joint. Haha it was sooo good though. Everything I could've ever imagined but.... not as good as red robin of course! I also tried deer meat that Gene (our investigator) gave us with spaghetti! I was so nervous but is turns out it wasnt actually bad. I did even notice a difference!

Speaking of Gene we are still on track for his baptism on February 3rd! He is honestly been so amazing through this whole process. He is taking all the right steps to enter the waters of baptism! I'm just so proud of him!

Anywho I hope all of you have an amazing week and find time to appreciate the little things in life... like Whataburger! Haha love you guys!

Sista T out! ❤

Sister Hatch and I on exchanges!

Sista G and I after our awkward double vlogging

Hey everyone!!! I hope everyone is having a great week so far. Its just your fav sista comin at ya with another weekly email!

This week has been one heck of a week! We met so many potential investigators like good ol' Johnny Mae who we met tracking! She was so hesitant at first when listening to our message but after talking to her and helping her understand a little bit she invited us to come back and teach her later this week! I'm so excited!!!

This week we have had the ultimate weather change. One day its raining like cats and dogs.Tthe next its 70 degrees and the latest thing is the snow we received just last night haha its been awesome! No one knows how to drive in the snow down here haha. My companion Sister Goeckeritz and I knocked doors the whole time is rain though and i can honestly say that that was probably one of the funnest times I've knocked doors sense I've been out here haha.

I'm getting to know the Shreveport ward so well! The ward is so sweet and willing to help us missionaries out which is always awesome! We have been sharing the Living Christ Document with a lot of the members. (If you have not read this Document i highly recommend it! It is so Spiritually uplifting!!) We ask everyone the same thing every time. Which is, describe Christ in one word. The best part about this question is that EVERYONE we've asked has a different word to describe him! Its amazing! Christ has a different way of touching each one of our lives. He knows us, He is pushing for us, and most of all he loves out completely flaws and all.

Ok everyone hold on to your horses now! (drum roll please) We got 2 people to commit to baptism this last week!!! Deborah committed to baptism on Thursday. We are shooting for February 24th. She is such a sweet lady! We met her while delivering a bible to one of her neighbors Edna who we are also teaching! We taught her the first lesson which is on the restoration and she was hooked! She is so prepared by the Lord and although she may not understand everything right now she is willing to learn and really thats all that God asks!

We also got Gene to commit to Baptism! Gene Is such an amazing dude who has gone through so much in his life. We met him through his wife who is a member of the church. At first he wanted nothing to do with us but through time God softened his heart and he has chosen to not only investigate the church but be baptized! He has really taken the time to think about baptism to see if this is really something he wants to do and he came to the conclusion that without a shadow of a doubt he wants to be apart of this church! I am so proud of the challenges he has over come to get to where he is now! He is being prepared to be baptized on February 3rd!

Overall this week has been one great big miracle! I am so honored and proud to be apart of this work! I can't wait to see what comes next!

I love you all so much and wish you guys the best!!

Love

Sister Thornton