Hello
everybody!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
GRANDMA LYNN! I hope you have a wonderful day and get a lot of great flamingo
gifts! :)
Well, this was
quite the week! It was pretty stressful, but a lot of good things happened,
too.
So, last P-day
we went to Minburi Market and I got us all a whole bunch of elephant pants.
haha I hope you want elephant pants because you are getting them!!
On Tuesday we
had a really fun lunch date with Sister O. She invited all of us missionaries
over, as well as a few members (Sister Janti, Sister Jan, and Sister Es). It
was so fun to spend time with them and to share some thoughts about being a
disciple of Christ. These are amazing women and I love to hear their
testimonies!
Okay, so
Brother Jacky got baptized on Sunday. He is E. Black/Gettavong's investigator
from Nigeria. He was so happy, and he brought his two little kids. They are 4
and 6 years old. He's married to a Thai women, so they speak Thai better than
they speak English. They are ADORABLE!!! He's bringing them to English class to
help them speak better. Love those little kids!
Oh, so this is
sort of big news: we now use facebook as missionaries! I think it's going to be
really helpful. We can get on three times a week for an hour or less each time.
We are only using facebook for members and investigators in our areas, though.
So we don't add anybody else. But, I think it will be really useful in
contacting people that are hard to get a hold of. Way excited for this!
So this last
week there's been a really fun "ancient" market going on at Fashion
Island. We were there one day for lunch and I started talking to two ladies
that were shopping. They were just so excited to chat and thought it was so
awesome that we are here in Thailand "spreading goodness" that they
insisted on buying us cheesecake. haha Turns out these two ladies are women
monks (I'm not sure what they're called). So, we got taken out to eat by monks
this week. That's a new experience for sure. It was interesting to talk to
them. Apparently for about 3 or 4 months out of the year they will go live at
the Buddhist temples. They were so cute to talk
to and were also really interested
in our work. They said that we are their new friends and they are going to come
find us at the church. So, you never know, we'll see what happens with
them!
Sister Su has a
baptismal date for this coming Sunday. She's so ready and wants to be baptized
so badly. She's 15 so she has to get parental permission. I
think we'll go out and visit them with the Bishop. Praying really hard this
works out! She wants it so bad!!
On a high note,
yesterday Sister Nadia was confirmed a member of the church. She was sooooo
happy! After the meeting she ran up to me, gave me a big hug, and said,
"I've found my answer!" She just loves the gospel so much and she has
such an amazing testimony already! So so so happy!
At church we
had a random new investigator show up. We also had a Chinese family
come to church that is interested and found us online. We taught them all and I
think they'll start progressing!
Also, yesterday
we had a lot of fun going to a member's house to teach a couple of referrals!
This lady's husband owns a Harley Davidson repair shop and it was quite a funny
crowd of people we got to meet. They were all way nice and funny. We ended up
teaching a friend of this member and her younger sister. They were receptive
and willing to keep on meeting! Way exciting!
So, I'd say
those are the main events of this week! It was a little crazy because we're
trying to accomplish our mission goals, and it's cutting it really close. I'm a
little nervous and stressed out, but I've definitely seen many miracles from
Heavenly Father in the form of new investigators. We'll keep giving it our all
and pray our hardest!
I love it here
and I love this work! I'm still on a high from getting to talk to you all last
week!
I LOVE YOU ALL
SOOOOOO MUCH!!!
Love,
Sister Liz Stevenson
