It's definitely been another week here in California! We got hit with a crazy rainstorm which was pretty much the worst because I thought we were done with the rainy season, but hopefully it ends after this week.
We had a crazy answer to prayer this past week: we had been praying for a way to get Cari and Vikki down to the Oakland Temple Open House but we just kept running into brick walls trying to find people to drive us... it's a 2 1/2 to 3 hour drive depending on traffic. The ward rented a charter bus to take members down but it had been filled up for a few weeks. We got a call on Wednesday from the Relief Society president who told us due to some cancellations, there were 5 open seats and it would be free for all of us! Cari and Vikki were all in! So on Saturday, we loaded up at 5:30 am and we drive down to Oakland to take a tour of the temple. Vikki was sick and couldn't come but Cari loved it! She was so happy to be there and was excited to go again after her baptism, which is this Saturday by the way! I also ran into some of my favorite members from Dixon and Fortuna in Oakland, so it was like a great family reunion!
I could have stayed forever in that temple, it was beautiful! It was really weird for me though to have so many people in one place recognize us as elders. Everywhere we went, people said, "Hello Elders!" I'm definitely not used to that.
Another cool answer to prayer happened this week. About two weeks ago, we met a woman named Cherie who lives at the top of a hill in a town called Nice, on the north shore of the lake. We met her while it was raining super hard. Her dog was outside and I guess it really didn't like us because it was super mean towards us right when we got out of the car and was trying to bite me. So we went back a few days later for a return appointment but we were worried her dog would be outside and we wouldn't be able to even make it up to the door.... So we got there and sure enough, the dog was just patrolling the property. We literally prayed that God would soften the heart of the dog and it would recognize us as servants of the Lord. After we finished the prayer, the dog laid down under the shade of a tree, looking happy and content as ever, and did not make a sound as we walked up to the door looking for Cherie. It was not at all worried about us. I thought it was pretty cool!
We are just chugging along here! We are going to baptize one of the Native American kids on Wednesday and a few others next month, hopefully. We have Cari's baptism on Saturday! It should be an exciting week. Elder Hunsaker and I are going to be having 6 more weeks together here in Lakeport, let's hope it goes well!
The Song of the Week is "Beautiful Day" by U2. Let's pray for some beautiful days here in Lake County!
Much love to you all,
Elder Thompson
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