MIRACLE

 

You won't believe what happened today...

... I found whole wheat in Honduras! hahahahaha. Sorry for the let down, but I am so excited. I also found the courage to tell my cook to not give us soda at lunch, and water instead. And we got a good workout this morning! Yay for fighting becoming fat! fight the good fight... even if you know you'll loose...

Okay, missionary work.

This week, Zenia is getting baptized, who is the niece of a member. She is really cool, and has been so easy to teach and prepare for baptism that she doesn't come up on the blog often. And she's at that age where if she chooses, she could go on the mission! That would be awesome! But we'll see. She's shy. Haha.

Marcotulio is progressing super well, but we are fighting to soften the heart of the wife still. She's too afraid of leaving her current church we think... but luckily they're married. He's been reading the Book of Mormon every day, and is overcoming all addictions in a miraculous way.

We have and investigator with a drinking problem. I was with our branch president on divisions, and we only had about ten minutes to teach. This guy is pretty good at not drinking, but he had a random relapse. I looked at him and asked, "how's your Book of Mormon reading going?"

"Good. I read almost every day this week."

"Congratulations," I said. "When was the last day that you drank?"

"It was Saturday."

"And what day of the week did you not read?"

"Yesterday... (which happened to be Saturday)." At this point it was sinking in.

"Brother, my companion and I promised you that you will have the power to quit drinking through reading the Book of Mormon every day. The promise is of God and is true. Will you read the Book of Mormon every day this week?"

"Yes, I'll read it every day." The response was emphatic. It was a pretty powerful and short little lesson. I really love this brother and his family. I know that he's going to progress, and I wasn't as mean as I made myself sound in that dialogue. He's really cool, but doesn't like to take stuff very seriously, which is causing his wife to suffer a bit. But he's going to get baptized for sure. He's a good husband and father, and he's progressing in the Gospel.

I love this area and this mission! I love my comp, even though I'm nuts. He's a good comp for me. I've noticed that if my comps are silly, I get really serious. If my comps are really serious, then I get nuts and weird. Why do you think that is?

LOVE!

Elder Kent Thalman

Wheat pancakes... or coffee cake... or German pancakes... endless possibilities!