Hello Family!!!!
How are you all doing? Thank you so much for your pictures!
How fun! You all look great! Wish I could go to the Farmer's Market. It is
so crazy that it is already June! I can't believe how fast time is flying here!
Less than a month! Wahoo!
Samuel, your picture with your friends made me laugh so
hard... glad that sweater is getting some good use. So funny!
And Daniel, way to go on your orange belt! So awesome!
Thank you so much for your awesome picture book about the walrus eating
kimchee! I love it!
I sent you both letters yesterday, so you should be getting
those soon.
Thank you so much for the package of yummy food, clothes and
letters! The best! You can never understand how amazingly exciting it is to
get a letter/package when you're a missionary. When the mail comes it is like
Christmas x 10 and the whole zone cheers when someone receives a package!
Dad, thank you so much for your note. I think I've read it
about fifty times since I got it! I think I wrote you a note back... did I?
Dear Elder me and let me know if I responded. I'm pretty sure I did... My mind
is all jumbled!
This week has been so great! I feel like we all are
improving so much with the language and lessons are going great. I am finally
to the point where I am getting antsy to get on that plane and head out. Up
until now I've been happy being in the MTC because we have so much to learn.
But I now am dying to get to Thailand! haha Less than a month!!!!!!!!!
TxxnTeen!!! (means excited)
This week Sis N and I taught some lessons that really
encouraged us. We taught "Maag" on Monday and had planned on
discussing Faith in Jesus Christ. However, from the get go he had questions
about prayer and we taught a whole lesson on prayer without any specific
preparation for that lesson. It felt so good to be able to just sit down and
talk/teach/testify about prayer. Last week we had committed him to start
reading the Book of Mormon and pray everyday to receive help, etc.. from God to
help him through some trials. He was frustrated because he said he had been
praying faithfully everyday, but God was not answering his prayers. He said
that he had prayed for money and a Ferrari and had not received them! haha We
had to explain that God gives us spiritual help, not monetary! haha so funny!
This week Elder Black had a funny language mishap in his
lesson with Saamad. He was teaching about the law of chastity and meant to ask
how Saamad's girlfriend was feeling. The word "fan" means girlfriend,
dreams, and teeth... just with different tones (basically). So, he first asked
Saamad how his dreams were... Saamad was kind of confused, but then started
explaining his dreams. Then Elder black asked how his teeth were. Saamad was
really confused. Then he finally figured out how to say "girlfriend"
correctly. haha
On Sunday I had an interview with President Lindaulgh in our
branch presidency. He is good friends with Bishop Taylor! He's heading up to
the Flathead next month! He said he was going to call Bishop Taylor and tell
him that he knows me! so fun!
Big news! On my birthday, I will be singing in the
missionary choir at the Marriot Center at the Y for the twelve apostles and the
prophet. It will be broadcast world wide!!! Look it up and see what time it's
at and watch it!! You may be able to see me!!! The choir has over 1000
missionaries, but there's a chance! Also, if you happen to see what the
occasion is exactly, could you let me know... they haven't told us yet! I AM
SO EXCITED!!!
Also, amazing: yesterday Elder Tad R. Callister came and
spoke at devotional! I was so excited because I knew you'd be excited to hear
about it!! He talked about how the Church is an exact blueprint of Christ's
church when he lived upon the earth. He had a great visual graph thing and
backed it all up with Bible scriptures. Soooo cool! I 'll send you the diagram!
Dad, I think you can definitely learn how to read Thai!!!
haha It's super confusing but once you get it it is SO FUN!!! I love trying to
read! Did you get my package with Korean books? Thought it might be kind of
fun!
Oh, "Happy Kream" is like nutella... so funny
Also, I was reading Moroni 7 yesterday. It is AWESOME! You
should read it if you get a chance. I was studying to teach "Khaw"
about faith and came upon this chapter. It has such a cool progression of how
we should "lay hold upon all good things," and that we do that by
having faith in Jesus Christ. If we have faith in Him, He will claim us as His
own and be our advocate. If we have faith, we will also have hope because of
His atonement, and so on! Such a great chapter!
I love you all so much! I miss you all!
Liz
