Tri-Cities Mission: Kahlotus!

Well this week was quite full. It went by so fast I don't even remember much! It's a good one though!

Lets see... This week started out with exchanges. Exchanges are way fun because I get to leave Basin City and go to Connell which is basically a metropolis compared to Basin City! Funny thing is that it's totally just a small town, there's like 3000 people there or something. This time I was exchanging with Elder Stopa from Orem. He's a pretty funny fella. All 4 elders in Connell are super fun to work with! We talked a lot about Yellowstone maybe exploding and our game plan if that happens ;)

On exchanges we went to a super small town in the Connell area ~20 mins away (The GPS calls it a Hamlet....which the dictionary says is smaller than a village.....So I guess that means that Basin City is a village). This place is called Kahlotus and it's the weirdest place ever! It's basically one street with a store, a post office, and a library. They also have their own School which is pretty crazy. The school is so small they put everyone's birthday on the billboard they have (pic below). There's all sorts of weird art around and so it's possible that Kahlotus is just a front for a secret combination hideout or something.

We talked to some members in Kahlotus for...waay to long. They wouldn't let us leave! Let's just say I know a lot more about Sturgeon than I did last week. Also Dams. We were going to talk to an old guy who basically lives at the library but it was closed. We came back to Connell and had some Lasagna with the Spanish Elders. They told me this crazy story of why we didn't see them on P-Day. However, I was sworn to secrecy while I am on my mission, but after, ask me about the 'Connell Beaver Tail". I'll know what you are talking about ;)

Cool miracle this week is about Manuel! He came to church again and we had a Spanish Branch lunch after and he came to that too. We talked about the Priesthood and Missions. He said that if the Prophet has said that he should go on a mission, he wants to work towards it! We got him to talk to President Davidson about an interview to be Ordained a Priest, so that should be happening this week.

We had Zone Conference this week which was pretty great. I (jokingly) kept asking people when the Talent Show was because my only other ZC was the Christmas one with a Zone Talent Show. We talked a lot about New Convert retention, Covenants, and Revelation.

One thing I really liked that one of the AP's said was how "Revelation is dead without Application." This was backed up by some things that were mentioned in Sunday School about how prayers are answered. What we talked about was how if we pray for help and then wait and wait for an answer, there's a good chance that we are looking for the answer to come in a specific way. What I've learned is that prayers can be answered through what other people say.

How this relates to revelation is that a lot of times our prayers are being answered in the things the Prophet or other Church leaders say (Or anyone else honestly). But when we look at that and think, "Oh... well it didn't spontaneously come to my brain so it must not be my answer" we are potentially ignoring the answers to our prayers! We need to use every resource we have to better receive answers. Then when we hear something or read something that applies to our question or problem, We do something about it! That way, our revelation doesn't die or be overlooked.

Other things this week that I'll just throw in here is we had a super cool dinner with Manuel and Edgar at a members home, Elder Barlow thought Lambs and Sheep were two different species, I learned to Juggle with one hand, I had Pizza for the first time in 3 months! We visited a member that lives in a Grain Silo!

Gracias por todas de sus oraciónes! Me dí cuenta de que yo debería praticar Español mas cuando escribo. Leí "La Liahona" en Español mucha esta semana y pienso que me ha ayudado muchísimo. Me dijo Elder Barlow que es possible que yo podría ser El Entrenador la cambio que viene, entonces yo debería practicar mas Español si esa pasa.

Les amo mucho!

- Elder Thompson

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