Tuesday, December 15, 2015

Brother I will follow you‏

So a ton of stuff has happened this week haha... where do I start? We have been teaching Kaitlyn a ton and she is so ready. We give her things to read and she zooms through them. She is ordering Some books about Gordon B Hinckley. She is watching all of these church videos. She takes notes better than anyone else I know. The insights that she has are incredible. I am so blessed to have been able to find her and work with her. She is living the 13th article of faith. She has given up everything bad and is constantly seeking for everything good and virtuous. During one of the lessons Elder Powell asked her, "Why are you giving up all of this?" She said, "I want to have the spirit with me. I want to be Baptized. Even if I can only feel the spirit occasionally it is so much better than smoking, drinking, tattoos or anything else." She has been bearing her testimony to us and it has been powerful to see how much she has grown. She is going to be baptized on the 19th.

On the other hand though, Daniel Paterson has been dodging our calls. One time we caught him in he answered the phone and we asked if we could come over. He said he didn't want to waste our time then he hung up. We were so shocked. He loves us coming over and he always asks us to come back. We don't know what is going on but I hope he can feel our love for him. I hope he is doing ok. We pray for him every night, hopefully the Lord will touch his heart.

We were able to have an all Ireland conference. President Kieron, the president of the church in this part of the world was doing a training for us. He was so amazing and powerfull. He talked about giving it our all and to stop worrying so much. He told us that when we worry so much we won't get very much done. I needed this so much because I worry about everything. There is a Winston Churchill Quote that says, "Lets turn our advance worrying into advance thinking and planning." I am really going to start taking that council to heart. I felt like this conference was for me.

So I just want you all to know that my big Brother, Mitchell Ryan Thayne (slick mint), is home. He has been an amazing missionary down in the Cape town South Africa Mission. He is remembered down there for his love for everyone that he comes in contact with. I hope I can follow my brother and serve the Lord with the same diligence that he has. He has been an amazing example to me and I wouldn't be where I am today without him and I love him so much for it.

I will be staying in Dunfermline for at least the next 7 weeks with Elder Powell. He has been a great companion. I am loving it here. We want to get our teaching pool a little more filled and I am excited to be part of that process :]

I love this work and I am so glad I am in Scotland. I am pretty blessed. I love you. talk to yous next week.

Elder Thayne


One of my jumpers shrunk
Elder V....(brother), Elder Walters (father) Elder Thayne (father's son)
Elder Powell and I going out for the day

Monday, December 7, 2015

OH I'm 20‏

So this is my Birthday meal :] 


So this last week has been so amazing. it was a miraculous week and on top of that I turned 20 on friday :]

I don't have much time and I have already written most everything in my journal and I am feeling lazy and don't want to write it out 2 times. I will just tell you the best day of the week :]

Friday, my birthday, came around and it just felt like a good day. We got a text from Kaitlyn asking if we could meet with her earlier in the day because something came up. So we got there and we asked her how her reading was going. She said she starts off her reading with a prayer and ends with a prayer. She has so many questions but when she reads the book of Mormon the spirit comes and answers all of her questions. She is receiving answers to prayers it is amazing. He handed me her notebook that she is taking notes in and the spirit hit me so strong. Reading what she wrote you could see her testimony develop right in front of you. She has already sacrificed so much to find out if this is true and today there was a real big test. One of her really good friends isn't the biggest fan of Mormons and he said if she becomes a Mormon than he wont ever talk to her again. She told him. Well it looks like we aren't going to be friends. She is so awesome. Kaitlyn has so much faith. She is so excited to be baptized. Looking at her wonder and her amazement and seeing how she has changed so much just from 2 weeks ago is amazing and it really makes me so grateful for this gospel. This gospel really does change lives for the better :] 

later we went over to Daniels. He really likes us coming over. He told us that he read the chapter we left with him and he didn't feel anything. He was disappointed and you could tell he was sad we were disappointed. We told him that it doesn't just come all at once but it is a process. He Said he will continue to read a pray. I am sure he will grow in his faith and see the the greatness of Gods plan for him. We have so much love for him. I am so excited to see how he grows in his faith. I will keep you in the loop with that. 

We then went home and ordered pizza. It was a great Birthday. The gospel is true. There is no denying it. I love you all. Hope you have a great week. Oh yeah it is Pearl harbor day just so you all know.

Elder Thayne

This is how I feel at the end of the day.....