"Cited our minds forward by taking us backward."

Hey gang! This week on #whatsmysnack we have some straight up coconut! We bought it on Monday, cracked that bad boy open with a hammer. It was the first time I've ever had legit coconut like that and the milk is dang good! We snacked on coconut throughout the week, it was good stuff! 

We had another great week this week. We met with Elisette 3 times and she is looking super solid for her baptism this Saturday!! Nathan has been out of town for a bit and hasn't been able to come to church so we pushed his baptism to the 29th! Things are going really well for that family! 

We have been teaching this Hispanic woman named Miriam and she is another one of the Elect that our father in heaven has put into our path. We have taught her the first 3 lessons and she came to church on Sunday! She always sets up the appointments for us and she even asked us if she could come to church before we invited her! She is loving it and is on date for July 20th but if she continues to progress like this we will move it up! 

We had our final zone conference with President Bingham on Friday. Such a bitter sweet day. We got to the buffalo grove stake center at 8:45am and didn't leave until about 7pm! President "cited our minds forward by taking us backward". He taught us for a solid 3 hours straight about foreordination and the pre-mortal life! It was so good! I'm going to miss that man and his infinite wisdom very much! At the end when he and sister Bingham bore their testimonies and pretty much said their goodbyes the whole room was in tears! We are excited to continue to progress this mission with president and sister Shumway! 

The Burg continues to be booming! This is the Lord's work and I'm so grateful to be apart of it! I hope y'all have a great week! 

-Elder Thorpe 

#whatsmysnack coconut

Only pic I've got for the week, but it's a good'n