Hey Everyone, things are going great up here in Lone Pine.
To start off, I better tell you all who my companions are. It's Elder Busche and Elder Hayes. That was cool because Elder Busche actually went to high school with me. We're teaching tons of people here. There's a family, the Whistlers, that are super cool. The mom, Allie is going to be baptized in a couple of weeks, and the dad, Dougan, is working towards it. I haven't met the kids yet because they were out of town. We're also teaching Dougan's sister Mandy and she's getting close to her baptism too! There is a family and the two daughters, Olivia and Isis, got baptized recently. We're working with the rest of their family. They live in a town called Keeler and the population is about 50 (that's what the sign says but a new family moved in). We're teaching a few other people and it's awesome.
This week we also got some sad news. An Elder in another part of the mission is going back to his original assignment, and Elder Hayes is being transferred to take his place. A quick story, the family that lives in Keeler turned their yard into a mini skate park, and Elder Hayes wanted to ride down it one last time. He tried to show off a bit and ate it. We were dying! He was fine and tried one more time, luckily he made it the second time. So yesterday we made the 4 hour round trip to meet up with his new comps. It was a ton of driving. We also had a huge miracle. Church is back in person! Saturday we got the news and the next day we were sitting in the chapel. I've missed it so much. Things are honestly going amazing here. I love it and can't wait to let you all know how this week goes.
--Elder Thompson
bits and pieces from family phone calls:
Lone Pine has about 2,000 people...when I say it's small, I mean it.
We got to visit the place where the big explosion scene in Iron Man was filmed...legendary. Don't worry, there are pictures.
The mountains here are huge! We have the tallest peak in North American except for a mountain in Alaska.
It feels so good to be teaching and be busy. I've missed that.
Really looking forward to the coming week!
I know, I know.
You weren't sure which picture was me and which one was Tony Stark.
sometimes there are random paintings on giant rocks
The view from the front of our house...the mountains are awesome!
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