This week was
great and sick. Like unhealthy sick. But I'm better now!
Last P-day we went
to Shabu where you cook your own food in front of you and the food comes down
on a conveyor belt. I could totally see Josh (Elder Hubbard) Loving this
place!
I love helping
teach english class! It's so hard for some of them to say their "th"
sounds and it's super cute seeing them try to say things like "th"
tongue twisters haha.
I had a really
good experience on Tuesday. Our Pakistani family is going through a really
rough time right now and it just breaks my heart what they have to go through.
I felt so useless, but then I thought of the scripture in 1 Cor chapter 2... (I
think) that says "Eye hath not seen nor ear heard, neither hath entered
into the heart of man the things which God hath prepared for them that love Him"
or something like that. They have so much faith in Christ. After that, they
asked us about the Word of Wisdom so we taught them the WofW and they
immediately said that they wouldn't have tea or coffee anymore before we even
asked them. This amazed me because they had just told us about the hard things
they are going through, and amidst all of this they were so willing to live the
word of wisdom! They strengthen my faith and testimony!
Last Wednesday is
when I started feeling sick and had a stomach ache and a fever. We went out in
the morning anyways, and having a fever in the heat.... not fun. So much sweat.
so we went back and I fell asleep for the rest of the day.
The few days that
I was sick were hard because it's hard to stay positive when sick. A scripture
that really helped me was the last words of Enos. I read them and it made me
cry.
On Saturday was the Queen's birthday, so that meant
that it was a holiday weekend and that it was mother's day! Happy Mother's day!
On Sunday we with 4 elder and some YSA members
handed out 2,000 free english class inviting cards! It was crazy! I almost lost
my voice from yelling " raw sawn passa engrid FREE!" thousands of
times and scurrying around trying to get people to take a card! I collapsed on
my bed that night. So exhausted and dirty from walking through markets and busy
streets.
Monday was Zone Conference and it was so good! I
love President and Sister Johnson so much already! It gave me a lot of
motivation.
Fun fact about Thailand. A commandment that you
don't really think about, but that I see being broken all the time, is
"Thou shalt not have any gods before me" idol worshiping is
everywhere here with the dominant Buddhist culture. everyone wais (bows) to the
shrines that are like every 10 steps here and I kept seeing all of these red
fanta pop bottles with straws everywhere and didn't know why, but then Sister
Courchaine told me that they are offerings to the spirits. apparently red fanta
is the spirits favourite.... don't know why.... they usually have incense
burning to summon the spirits to partake of the red fanta... yeah.
interesting.
I love Thailand and being a missionary. Everyday is
a battle, but I always feel so good when I know that I've worked hard that day
:) The Gospel is true and if even half of Thailand even knew about the Gospel,
it would bless the whole country so much!
Thank you for your prayers!
Love, Sister Peterson
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