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| Sweet Sister Mittavong |
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| At some ancient ruins |
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| One day I'll get an elephant ride! |
This week has been so crazy! Crazy but
good!
First off, I'm in a new area! I cried
leaving Bang Na. The members had a get together dinner at the church the night
before transfers. I bawled like a baby!
Even though I was really sad about
leaving, I did feel like it was time for a change. I'm now in a city called
Ayutthaya about an hour north of Bangkok. It has a bunch of old Wats and is
more laid back than Bangkok. We ride bikes here - which is terrifying trying to
ride an old elders bike where the gears make weird clunking sounds, and then
riding in a skirt is a whole different story.
My companion is Sister Mittavong! She's
awesome! She is from Laos!! She's been teaching me how to cook and she is
already a way good missionary (she's just starting her 2nd transfer). Let's
just say that my Laos has improved A LOT! 555
We were biking down a little street and
we passed by an older couple (not of our faith) we ended up talking to them and
they were curious about us and then they tried explaining what they believe in
the bible (they were German so it was interesting because they were speaking a
mix of English and Thai (both with German accents) they acted weirded out when
we told them what we believe about God and the plan of salvation -even though
what they were trying to explain was way weirder and I didn't know how it had
relevance to me. I was talking to the older man, and the older woman was
speaking in Thai to Sister Mittavong. He asked about the Book of Mormon and I
tried explaining it in a simple way. It was hard in English with someone who
already has a Christian background. The only thing that I felt I could say
clearly was "I know that the Book of Mormon is the word of God."
Nothing else I had said before got to him until I said that. When I said that,
I meant it, and I felt power backing me up and he couldn't say anything back to
that. Sister Mittavong was able to tell the lady that she likes the Book of
Mormon better than the bible because it contains the fullness of Christ's
gospel. Atta girl! So proud!
The HIGHLIGHT OF MY WEEK WAS... When we
were returning from trying to find an investigator, there was a little girl and
a lady pointing to a cat on the roof of an old shed thing. We parked our bikes
and tried to call to it, poke it with sticks, until something came over me. I
found myself climbing up this rusty old gate and then pulling myself up on a
concrete wall thing (which is so not like me because I don't like climbing up
on things like trees or high things) I grabbed the cat, but then it tried to go
escape on the nearby tree. I had to pry this cat’s claws off of the tree, with
one foot on the concrete wall and the other on a sketchy wooden beam.
Eventually I saved the cat!!! I didn't even get scratched! I had apparently
attracted quite a group of spectators too! Then a bunch of people helped me
down, we told them we were missionaries that teach about Jesus Christ and teach
English for free, and then we were on our way!
I am so grateful for the opportunity I
have to be a missionary. I am grateful to be in Thailand with these people! I
know that the Book of Mormon is true! Read it!
Alma 7:23 And now I would that ye
should be humble, and be submissive and gentle; easy to be
entreated; full of patience and long-suffering; being temperate
in all things; being diligent in keeping the commandments of God at all
times; asking for whatsoever things ye stand in need, both spiritual and
temporal; always returning thanks unto God for whatsoever things ye do receive
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