Hello family and friends!
This was a
really great week. Lots of travel, it's all kind of a blur. Basically, we
headed down to Bangkok on Wednesday night and got there around 6:00am on
Thursday morning to drop off Sister Tilley. Sad to say good bye to her, she's
one awesome missionary and I am so happy we got to spend a couple of weeks
together! Anyway, we had to run a few errands in BKK to get
her ready to leave, so that took up most of Thursday. However, I became the new
Sister Training Leader, so we had to stay for Friday as well to go to Missionary
Leadership Council. We stayed the night at the Asoke Sisters' house and it was
soooo much fun! There are the DinDaeng Sisters (Sister Jackson and Sister
Pitts) and the International sisters (Sister Ing and Sister Peterson!). It was
SO awesome to catch up with Sister Peterson. I have really missed her. Also, in
the middle of the night Sister DuPlessis and Sister Eve showed up. So fun to see them! Miss them all.
Sister Hughes and Sister Speas are now STL's in Udon and we all went out to
Sizzlers and Coldstone together! It was a really fun reunion.
Anyway, Friday
morning we had MLC and the Meekers prepared a delicious pancake breakfast for
us all. They are the sweetest! So full of energy and always serving others.
Normally MLC happens at the beginning of every month, but there was a special
meeting this week in preparation for the visit of Elder Allen, who is over the
mission department. He's coming in two weeks, which is when we'll go to BKK
again for another MLC. This time we received training from President and he
talked about how we can unite the mission a little better and remember to have
balance in all we do.
President also
discussed other reminders to pass along to the zones. So, it was a really great
meeting to prepare us all for when E. Allen comes. He's coming to MLC, and will
go out teaching and inviting with some missionaries in Bangkok. I'm excited to
see what we learn from him!
It was a really
fun, and really tiring three days of travel and no sleep! haha Today is going
to be a relaxing P-day! But I just loved meeting with Elders and Sisters from
around the mission. Such a boost!
Back in Chiang
Mai we have been really, really blessed! We weren't here for a good chunk of
the week, but God blessed us for it!
We have one
investigator that is on mark to be baptized this coming Sunday. She is about 20, studying at the university. She has a pretty awesome
story. So, a long time ago she ran into some missionaries and she was not at
all interested. However, she kept the pass-along card that they gave her. A few
weeks ago she was at school and a Christian lady came and prayed with them in
one of her classes. She said she felt different and she felt good and she wanted
to learn more about what she felt. So, she remembered the elders that she had
once met, and decided to come to church. So, last Sunday she came for the
first time and we got to teach her multiple times this week. She is so prepared
and so sincere in learning. She has so many awesome questions and she is so
willing to keep the commandments. One of my favorite moments was when we were
watching the Restoration video and at the First Vision she gasped and told us she
had goose bumps! She's so solid and she loves being at the church. She's made a
lot of friends and is so willing to meet with us. We'll be teaching her
tonight. I love this girl and am so grateful for the elders that gave her that
pass-along card so long ago and that she acted on her feelings to come to
church. What a miracle!
Also, we had 5
investigators that came to church on Sunday! All of them have the goal to be
baptized, but there's going to be a lot of logistical things to work out. So,
we're praying and working for miracles. We just feel extra blessed and excited!
Oh, this was
really fun: So, last week we were talking with the zone leaders about how we
can give a little boost to the zone. Elder Omer had a great idea of coming up
with a motivational video to the Alex Boye rendition of "Have I Done Any Good?" So, we took videos of our companionships working and Sister Bentley
compiled them into a movie for the zone. It turned out way cute!
Anyway, that was super fun, and I was blown away at how fast Sis. Bentley
whipped out that video. She's never made videos before and it’s done so well.
Skill.
Anyway, those
are the highlights of the week. It's all kind of a blur, but it was such a good
week. I love Sister Bentley so much. She is such an amazing missionary and we
have so much fun together. I'm learning a lot from her. I love Chiang Mai. I
love the members. I love this Gospel and I LOVE sharing it!
I hope you all
have a wonderful, amazing week!
Love,
Sister Stevenson
