I think I can see the light

Howdy yall just another week in good ol Africa sem agua e energia, but its whatever. Hahaha we counted the days that we have been without water and we are now on day 14. We were also without energy a lot of this week so that was fun.

 I was asked what we do for washing clothes out here. Well here is the simple answer.... we don't. At least not right now. We have a washing machine at the house but for some reason we've been having difficulties getting it work;) So yeah I may or may not have worn all of my clothes at least twice this week soo.... yeah i still smell great.

In all honesty this week has been really trying. We have had a lot of investigators that we have had to drop and lots that have been bailing on our lessons. At times it is really hard until I start to think about how my life isnt my own right now. I am here to serve and invite and that's all I can do. We as missionaries cannot force or make a person accept our message but we can invite them to think and to pray. It is so amazing to see what a difference these two things make. The real difference between those that believe in this church and those that don't comes down to who has prayed to know.

But despite the difficulties we did find an amazing man name Jose. Wow so we found Jose by a well that he was watching over and he was reading the Bible. We both had a super strong feeling that we should talk to him so we did. We taught him the Restoration and returned another time and taught the Gospel of Jesus Christ. ANyways when we asked him about whether he prayed or not he said he had. We then asked him if he had received an answer and he said I don't know. ANyways right before we left he said "Elders I have a question... I want to tell you about a dream i had the night after I prayed" He then started to tell us a story about his dream where he was on a boat and he was fishing with a net. He said that there were tons of fish in the ocean and he was really hungry. He cast his net but only pulled in one fish. He said it was the most desirable fish there is and that when he ate he was completely filled. After he told us this story we were shocked and I immediately thought about the story of the tree of life.

 I know that God answers prayers. He has answered mine and he has answered the people of Mozambique. All he has asked of us is that we take the time to ask him with an open heart, and when we have prepared sufficiently God can give us experiences that can change our lives. Right now we are still teaching Charmila, Manecas and Artur and as of right now they are planned to be baptized this Saturday so we are suuupppeeerr excited. I love the work and it is going to fast here. I will keep on keepin on and I love you all.

-Elder Thornton

Just a side note... this is a banana with peanut butter and chocolate bits in it frozen. Shout out to the recipe book I got from the ward. It is coming in clutch. Also about the title of today's email. The light of the gospel is such an incredible thing. I have loved watching the effects that it has on people. I want to just encourage everyone to look into their lives and the lives of those around them and find how the light is changing your lives.