Lol, I decided today I'm gonna do a #whatsmysnack every week in my emails, either meals that are super good or some that are a little sketchy! I didn't take any pics of the food I ate last week, but I will this week!
So crazy week, Haha! I've never been so tired! I'm exhausted! Our apartment is only for 2 people so I have to sleep on an air mattress that, by usually 3 or 4 am goes flat and I wake up just sleeping on the floor with Elder H snoring. During the day when we drive, I fall asleep, pretty much every time we get in the car! Haha so I'm definitely looking forward to getting a new apartment and a bed! On Tuesday I got my companions. So yes, I am in a trio with Elder H and Elder E. H has been out 6 months and E has been out 10 months! They are my trainers for about 2 weeks until my real trainer, Elder Kish gets back from his tonsillectomy surgery! They are great missionaries, I'm very different from both of them, though. Elder H has 9 siblings and has never been to a public school. He was homeschooled all the way until freshman year, then he took high school online. When he told me this it explained so much about him haha. Elder E is from Texas, he was in the band and played some instrument I've never heard of haha (I'm not very musically cultured), and he also sings. So we sing in the choir at church (yep) and yesterday at our practice the choir lady asked me what part I sing? I just stared at her and was like uhhh..... haha then she said "Just the melody?" So I said "yep, I'm just the melody guy!" I learned a little more about Elder E when we got in the car and his music varied from Lord of the Rings soundtrack, to some album called "greatest video game music" haha! So we have our differences and a lot of the time we sit in silence, but we have one thing in common. We all love our Savior Jesus Christ and want to invite others to come to Christ, so it works out!
It was so awesome to get to teach real investigators finally! We have quite a bit of investigators, two of which are planning to be baptized September 23! They are two sisters who E and H found tracting, they are very interested in the Gospel and read the Book of Mormon and have tons of questions! I hope it all works out and they are baptized on the 23rd! The weather here has been awesome! It feels like fall! A few days ago when we were teaching the two sisters, we had to teach them outside and so we sat on their front lawn around noon on Saturday and it got pretty toasty haha I was sweating! But usually from 6-9 if we don't have appointments we walk around and street contact/tract and the weather feels so good! It does get a little chilly in the evening and early morning, Mom, you'd be freezing, but the rest of us can handle it ;). Brother Ranchero, a guy in our ward, took us out to eat at a Japanese Hibachi restaurant and it was so good! And we sat with this young family who were awesome, they reminded me so much of our family! They have 4 boys and 1 girl, just like us, the dad is a coach for an all-star travel baseball team and the kids are spaced in age about the same as our fam! Brother Ranchero and I talked to them a lot. The dad told us about how much he loves his kids and how there is nothing greater, and Brother Ranchero got their info so they could potentially be future investigators I'm hoping!
On Friday I was feeling pretty discouraged because we really hadn't taught anyone and when we tracted we didn't knock on doors which was weird to me, so we just walked around not talking. I was kind of questioning myself if this was how missionary work really was. But yeah I was feeling pretty down as we were walking around so I said a prayer in my heart that we would be able to find someone to talk to and my spirit would be lifted. Just after I prayed we came around the corner and there was a guy outside working on his boat. So we stopped to talk to him and he was very friendly! I told him we were ministers for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. We talked for a while, and he knew quite a bit about our church. He didn't try to bash or anything, he is Catholic and really tried to understand the things we told him. He said he probably wouldn't read the book of mormon because he struggles to read his bible and he hates reading, but he was happy to talk. So he probably won't progress, but I'm hopeful! Just getting to finally talk to someone about what I know was a relief and it made me feel a lot better! I know Heavenly Father is watching over us all and when we are struggling, if we pray with faith, he will give us tender mercies!
Sometime this week I should get my new trainer! So I'm excited and I'll tell you all about it next Monday! I hope everyone has a great week!
Love and miss you all!
Elder Thorpe
Here's an Illinois sunset. This place is beautiful!
A pic of our room. Elder H and E's beds and my flat air mattress. Haha.
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