Miracles Happen

Hello family!

We have had a CRAZY first week of this transfer! But it's a good kind

of crazy :) First off, it's a little weird just being in a

companionship with two people again! Saying goodbye to Sister Ward was

hard, but since Sister Aiton and I have had 7 weeks already together,

we are still having the time of our lives working here in Fairfield!

Our zone this transfer is AMAZING! I feel like I'm back in Petaluma

though because there are five missionaries in our zone that I served

with in Petaluma: Sister Jordan, Hermana Reidhead, Elder Branson,

Elder Blaylock, and Elder Sombke! It's great! It's like a little

reunion :) I'm still the STL this transfer which I'm happy about

because I love serving the sisters in this zone!

So to start off this transfer we have some exciting news! ALLY IS

GETTING BAPTIZED ON SATURDAY AT 10!!!! WOOO! We had some awesome

lessons with her this past week and she came to another baptism last

night and she wants to be baptized for sure now! We have been seeing

miracles left and right here in Fairfield! Ally and her mom came to

Daphne's baptism last night(the Fairfield 1st Ward elders

investigator) and Ally's mom invited her friend Yolanda and she

brought her 30 year old son Shane! After the baptism Shane asked when

he could get one! Like WHAT? Haha we were so excited! He lives in

Vacaville which is in a different zone, but still! What a miracle!

Hopefully we can get the missionaries in Vacaville over to his house

soon! But pray that Ally will still continue to be excited and ready

for her baptism this week!

We had ANOTHER miracle this week! (God is real) So we receive a media

referral from a man in Hawaii asking missionaries to go over to his

less-active daughters home. We called her as soon as we saw the

referral and she answered the phone in tears. She asked for a

priesthood blessing so we called the elders and they went over and

gave her a blessing. We called her after the elders left and she asked

us to come over the next day. When we went over, we just sat on the

couch and listened to her story. Her name is Donna and she has been

less active for about 20ish years. She had told us that recently she

has decided that it's time for her to come back to church but she

didn't know how to get in contact with the missionaries. As we

received her referral, she was on the phone with an old friend talking

about the church when all of a sudden we called. She said as soon as

she heard us say "this is the sister missionaries from the church of

Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints!", she broke down in tears. She knew

that us calling was an answer to her prayers. As the discussion went

on, we ended up showing her the new Easter video Hallelujah. She loved

it and she said it was exactly what she needed to hear at this time.

Donna is so ready to change her life and come back to church! I am so

grateful for opportunities like this. It's moments and memories like

these that I cherish and hold on to. Heavenly Father is SO aware of

each of us and He will place us exactly where we need to be. I love

being an instrument in Gods hands.

So yesterday was the longest, most spiritually exhausting day of my

life, but it was also the greatest day of the week! We had 10 hours of

church yesterday. Yup. 10 hours. So this is how our day went: 7am Ward

Council 9-12am Cordelia 1st Ward(we normally skip third hour in the

Cordelia Ward so we can make it to sacrament meeting at 11 in the YSA,

but we helped teach the four year old class in primary yesterday

during third hour! Super great) 12-2pm YSA ward 2-3pm Break the Fast

3-4pm make cake for dinner 4:30-5:30pm Dinner with the Murakami's(Ally

and her mom and two friends) 6-7pm Daphne's baptism(where Sister Aiton

and I played the piano and conducted the music) 7-8:30pm Meet and

Greet with the Stake President 8:30-9pm Drive home and make calls and

confirm appointments 9-10:30pm plan, shower, laugh, journal, laugh so

more, and then crash on our beds. Haha it was a busy day and we spent

the majority of it at the church, but it was an awesome day! We picked

up a new investigator yesterday too! Woo! A member brought his friend

to church! #MemberMissionaryWorkDoneRight His name is Daniel and he

wants to start meeting with us and learn more! Woo! Another miracle :)

Man, I LOVE BEING A MISSIONARY! I hit my year mark this week(which is

crazy) but I have loved every second of this past year. Soooo many

memories and things I am grateful for. I can't believe how fast time

goes on the mission! I feel like the MTC was just last month! I have

changed a lot in this past year. My knowledge and testimony of this

gospel and grown so much! I am closer to Heavenly Father and Jesus

Christ. I know with a surety who I am and whose I am. I know what

brings true happiness in this life and in the life to come. I am a

disciple of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. I love Him and I love this

work. I want to end my letter with sharing this with you. This is how

I feel right now. I love you all and hope you have a great week!

Fellowship Of The Unashamed:

I am part of the fellowship of the unashamed. I have the Holy Spirit's

power. The die has been cast. I have stepped over the line. The

decision has been made, I am a disciple of Jesus Christ. I won't look

back, let up, slow down, or be still. My past is redeemed my present

makes sense my future is secure. I am done and finished with low

living, sight walking, smooth knees, colorless dreams, tamed visions,

worldly talking, cheap living, and dwarfed goals.

I know longer need preeminence, prosperity, position, promotions or

popularity. I don't have to be right, first, recognized, praised,

regarded or rewarded. I now live by faith, rely on his presence, walk

by patience, I am lifted by prayer, and I labor with power.

My face is set, my gate is fast, my goal is heaven. My road is narrow,

my way is rough my companions are a few, my guide is reliable, my

mission is clear. I cannot be bought, compromised, detoured, lured

away, turn back, deluded, or delayed. I will not flinch in the face of

sacrifices, hesitate in the presence of the enemy, ponder at the pool

of popularity, or meander in the maze of mediocrity.

I won't give up, shut up, let up, until I have stayed up, stored up,

prayed up, paid up, preached up for the cause of Christ. I am a

disciple of Jesus. I must go till he comes, give till I drop, preach

all I know, and work till he stops me. When he comes for his owner he

will have no problem recognizing me.… My banner is clear.

Love always, Sister Thompson 🌻

Fairfield zone! With the tshirts I designed!

Sister Aiton and I moved everything around in the apartment and we

ended up putting four mattresses on one bed haha

We delivered cookies this week to members in our Ward!

Teaching primary!

Daphne!

General Conference!!

Hi family!

We have had an INCREDIBLE week and it ended with an AMAZING General

Conference! The work is picking up here in Fairfield and we are seeing

miracles! Here are the highlights from this week!

On Monday night last week, we went and did FHE with a single mom in

the Cordelia 1st Ward! Her name is Sister Chambers and she has three

kids running around the house. She is currently dating a non member

and he was home and joined us for family night! It was super fun! We

played Simon says with them and tied it into general conference and

following the prophet! Her boyfriend asked us a lot of questions and

ended up wanting to watch general conference this weekend! We will

have to follow up to see what he thought about it! Hopefully he will

be interested in learning more!

Tuesday, we had an awesome zone meeting! Since we had just watched the

general women's meeting a few days earlier, our relief society

instincts kicked in and we decorated the room before the zone leader

showed up! Haha we had table clothes and center pieces, little cute

hand outs and reminders. It was great! Haha I taught a few segments on

using Facebook, using members, and keeping a study journal! It turned

out really well and the zone leaders did an awesome job teaching their

segments on diligence and improving our teaching skills! Later on

Tuesday, we had a Skype lesson with Lyndon! He is doing awesome and

still working towards his baptismal date on April 30th! And Tuesday

night we picked up a new investigator! He is from India and we can't

pronounce his first name so we just call him by his last name which is

Dilon! Haha he is neighbors with the Thomas' in our Ward and he always

see missionaries going over there! We meet him outside his house last

week and we were able to go over Tuesday and teach him!  He's in his

50's and he is so funny! We were laughing pretty hard while we were

talking with him! He said he wanted to watch general conference, but

we need to follow up with it today!

We had awesome lessons with Ally this week! She is getting excited for

her baptism in a couple of weeks! Her and her mom watched the women's

meeting last week and loved it! Pray that Ally will continue to

progress towards her baptism!

A huge miracle we had this week was Keri! She is a friend of Sister

Seymour in our Ward and sister Seymour invited her over on Wednesday

morning when we came over to do service for the seymours! Keri is in

her 30s and she has a little four year old boy! And Keri is golden!

She is so interested in learning and she wants a better relationship

with God! We were able to go back over the next day and teach her the

restoration and it was a powerful lesson! She has such a strong desire

to know for herself if this church is true! She went over to the

Seymours to watch general conference yesterday so we will see what she

thought! Man, we have a lot of following up to do! I love it!

We found out transfers this weekend :( and sister Ward is leaving

us...sad day! Sister Ward is going to Rohnert Park though so I'm super

excited for her to be over in the San Rafael Stake though! But now it

will just be Sister Aiton and I covering the Cordelia 1st Ward and the

Rockville YSA Ward! The work is really picking up so hopefully we can

handle everything! I'm excited for this next transfer, but I am SO sad

to see Sister Ward go! She has become one of my best friends so

hopefully I will get to serve around again!

General Conference was AMAZING! On Saturday we watched both sessions

at the stake center! We did service in between sessions and right

after the last session too! It was a good day and I LOVED conference!

On Sunday, we went over to Elder and a Sister Nordfeldts

apartment(they're a senior couple that works on the Air Force base

here) and they cooked breakfast for us sister missionaries and then we

watched conference there! And then the afternoon session we watched at

the Thomas' house! We spent the rest of the day saying goodbye to

people for Sister Ward!

Before I end this letter, I want to share a couple things that really

stood out to me from conference! First off, during D. Todd

Christofferson's talk about fathers, I was thinking about dad the

whole time! Everyone who is reading this, I want you to know that my

dad is the perfect example of a good father. He has taught his

children the gospel and has lived the gospel himself. He has been a

role model for me all through life! He is a hard worker but ALWAYS

finds time to spend time with his family! I cherish the moments when

he would come home from a long night shift at work, but he would still

go outside and throw the football with me! Thank you dad for being my

friend and example! I love you! Second, I loved Steven E. Snow's talk

about humility! Wow, what an incredible attribute for someone to have!

I loved when he said, "Through eyes of humility, we see miracles."

That statement is SO true! Especially while on the mission, when I

have truly been humble, that's when I see God's hand in my life that

day and I can see the miracles that happened! Humility is something I

am still working on, and is something I think I will always been

working on, but Heavenly Father knows I'm trying haha. Anyways, I

loved conference and I hope you received your own personal prophetic

epistle this weekend! I love you all and hope you have a great week!

Love always, Sister Thompson 🌻

Fairfield Zone after zone meeting!

Pictures from service!

Pictures from service!

The little girl was upset so I went over and started showing her my name tag!

Us sisters at the Nordfeltds watching conference!

So a member cut my hair today! I kept the length but added bangs! I

think I like it better when I have bangs!

Week 7!

Hello family!!

So normally transfers would be happening tomorrow, but this transfer

is a 7 week transfer! So we will be finding out this weekend who is

staying and who is going! I'm really grateful it's been a 7 week

transfer because I love where I am right now! I love my companions and

I love this area! So here are some highlights from this week!

On Tuesday, during district meeting I taught about prayer and the

importance of prayer and teaching our investigators to pray. I did a

cute little activity as my commitment(I have way to much fun teaching

haha) but I had everyone in the district put a penny in their shoes. I

called it a prayer penny. So every time they felt the penny, they had

to offer a silent prayer. I also put a penny in my shoe, and let me

tell you, my day went so much better! I felt the penny a lot

throughout the day, but I found that there was so much more I was

grateful for and it just made me realize that everything I have or do

is because of Heavenly Father. It was great being able to stay in good

contact with Him throughout my day! Everyone in the district loved it

also. I think I might put a penny in every pair of shoes I own! After

district meeting, I went on exchanges with Sister Aiton! She is

seriously the cutest and I just love her! She definitely came

pre-trained! She is the most ungreen greenie I've ever met! We sent

the majority of the day in Suisun City!

On Wednesday we had an awesome skype lesson with our YSA investigator

Lyndon! We taught him about the gospel of Jesus Christ and the spirit

was so strong during the lesson! He is literally the definition of a

golden investigator! We ask him questions and he will give us the

preach my gospel answer. He is so great! We set a baptismal date with

him! For April 30th! We think it might be pushed up earlier, because

Lyndon is just so ready, but we will see!

Thursday we went to Rio Vista for the day! Missionaries haven't lived

in Rio Vista for about six months now, so they are closing down the

apartment, so our zone went out there and helped clear out and clean

the apartment! Rio Vista is about a 45 minute drive away from where we

live and the drive out there is GORGEOUS! Northern California is

seriously SO pretty! I love it here!

On Friday I went to Santa Rosa for the day for MLC! It was such an

awesome meeting! I rode up with Sister Bear, she's from Sugar City,

ID! I love sister bear! So we left my apartment around 6:15am because

it takes about an hour with no traffic to get to Santa Rosa, and last

MLC we left at 6:30am and showed up at the Bagder Building at 8:58am

and MLC starts at 9. So we left a little bit earlier this time just in

case, but we ended up getting to Santa Rosa at 7:30am haha so we were

an hour and a half early this time! Haha we went out to breakfast and

then went and stayed with the Santa Rosa sisters for the rest of the

time! Haha we got a good laugh out of that! But MLC was SOOO good! I

love hearing from President and Sister Wright and the assistants!

The generals women's conference was so good! I was definitely in tears

from the choir! I loved that! Unfortunately, we didn't have any

investigators there, they were all with family this Easter weekend.

But the Fairfield 1st elders had an investigator there so we sat with

her! Her name is Daphne and she just moved to the USA from Haiti! She

speaks French and she is currently learning English so it's fun

talking with her! I was able to say hi and introduce myself in French

when I met her a couple weeks ago for the first time and she got so

excited and started speaking French to me, but I couldn't keep up.

Haha she is so cute and we all love her!

Easter was so good! Once again, we didn't have any investigators

there. Which was sad, but they were all with their families so I guess

that's ok haha. I loved all the talks and musicals numbers in both

wards! I love the spirit of Easter! We have two dinner appointments

which is always a great thing! And we spent the rest of the day

visiting less actives who didn't have any family with them! Overall,

it was a great Easter!

I hope you all have an awesome week! Spring is here! Take time to not

only smell the roses, but also the spiritual roses in your life! I

love you all!

Love always, Sister Thompson 🌻

Sister Aiton and I in Suisun City!

Suisun City!

Dinner at Seymore's and their little girls wanted to wear our name tags.

Drive out to Rio Vista!

Service at rio Vista!

Rio Vista!

Sister Bear and I showing up early!

Service at a less actives house!

This cute girls name is Scarlet. She is the granddaughter of a less

active! She is adorable!

Members took these pictures of us! Love this Ward!

Pictures from our hike today at Rockville Park!