Elder Thompson: Veracruz, Mexico/ Bakersfield, California Missions: week 35: butter candle

Lunch with members...eating at their preschool tables!

Hey everyone, so this week was a great last week in Lerdo because I have transfers.

This week was a little tough because we struggled finding new people. A lot of the people we've been teaching aren't progressing so we've left them. It's been rough. There is one family we're teaching and it's going really well with them. The wife and the son that's old enough to be baptized are accepting, but the husband is a little tougher, he'll come around. I was with the other Elders for a day because my comp had a meeting in port. The other Elders also had a baptism. It was a guy named Juan Carlos. I got to help and give a little talk on the Holy Ghost. It was all great.

This week I guessed I would be leaving so I said goodbye to a lot of members. I really came to love the members here, and will miss them a lot. Next week I'll let you all know where I got sent in transfers.

Quick Story:

This Tuesday we lost our power for no reason whatsoever. I had a flashlight, but it was almost dead. So I really tried to think of a way to make light, when it hit me. A butter candle! I remembered seeing it in a youtube video before I left so I tried it. I got a stick of butter, made a hole, put some toilet paper in the hole and lit it. It worked!

The whole thing was pretty funny and it reminded me of a scripture.

15 Behold, do men light a candle and put it under a bushel? Nay, but on a candlestick, and it giveth light to all that are in the house;

16 Therefore let your light so shine before this people, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

Sometimes in life we don't have much of a candle, we feel like it isn't worth much, but the smallest light is still light and we should use every bit of light we can in a world of darkness.

--Elder Thompson

Bits and pieces from family phone calls:
Kenzie, Lady, and Jace were all home today when I called and it was fun laughing with them and teasing my mom.
You probably really don't have great enough admiration for my butter candle, but it's one of my proudest moments.
I'm excited for transfers. I'll go to the mission home tomorrow and find out where I'm going and who my new comp is!
We had a member bear his testimony Sunday about the power of the priesthood, and giving himself a blessing because he was sick...still need to do more training on how to properly use the priesthood...haha!