Hey family!
Um...
I don't really know what to talk about. The new companion hasn't come
yet - she will get here in a couple of days. We're excited!
Thailand
just had a country-wide YSA activity. Apparently it was great! All of
our RCs who went absolutely loved it. Apparently they taught about
dating and marriage a good deal because our RCs came back with questions and
a need for clarification. It was funny.
Being
a missionary really makes me feel like a mom with the RCs as our kids.
We care for them, teach them, stress out over them, and watch them grow.
I love it. I feel like in my other areas I really only got to see my
RCs take their "first steps". Here in Bangna, we've watched them take
their first steps and now they are running, jumping, and exploring. The
RCs are flourishing here. They are so close to each other and are rooted
in the Gospel and in each other. They've got each other's backs. We are
forming our own little army of Helaman here. Seriously, one of our
RCs has started drawing little stick-figure soldiers on everyone's name
badge (did I explain the name badges last week? I can't remember).You
know that scripture in D&C about great joy in heaven with the one
soul that you've saved (D&C 18:15-16). I'm really understanding that joy. And if I have
that much joy now, I can't even image how much joy it will be when we
all get to heaven and they and their descendants have all been baptized
and married in the temple. I currently feel like a mom with a ton of
sons. We get a lot of proud-mommy moments. I like it. :)
Example
of a proud-mommy moment: So one of our female RCs (one of three now)
used to have an issue with modesty. She didn't know and we weren't going
to stress about it because frankly we were focusing on her understanding
the basics of the church first. But members kept on telling me it was an
issue and then God gave us a perfect opportunity to address it in a
non-awkward way. And guess who was wearing a completely modest dress
this Sunday? Yeah. Proud-mommy moment. She's great. :)
I
really don't know what else to talk about because I feel like I am
always repeating myself. I love being a missionary. It's the best thing
in the world. I love being a missionary. I know this all is true. Bangna
is amazing. I love my companion soooo much. The people here are
fantastic. Because of this new contacting method, we are meeting sooooo
many prepared people.
Delsa's questions:
I
read in both English and in Thai. In English I'm studying about Alma
the Elder. In Thai I'm studying about King Benjamin. Today though I
studied about the sacrament because that's what we are discussing
tonight for FHE.
Fruits
that are in season? There is this really delicious purple fruit. I have
no idea how to spell it and I have no idea what it is called in English. I'll take a picture for next week.
Barbie's questions:
When
it rains, everyone hides. We don't usually get sick because we usually
try to arrange to do our contacting in non-raining time. meaning that we
aren't in the rain for to too long. But sometimes we get pretty
drenched. It's funny running home or to the Church in the rain.
HAVE A GREAT WEEK! What miracles have you seen this week?
LOVE YOU ALL!!!!! and congrats to Kim on getting married! :)
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