Sister Britt Lam : Week 7!

So definitely past the half-way mark here at the MTC and it's pretty crazy how fast the time has flown by! The new Elders and Sisters are all super nice and our zone just feels more complete now!

New zone picture outside the temple!

Remember how I told you they randomly choose people to speak during sacrament meeting? Well...yup, they totally called me up, and it was terrible luck because I might have slacked a little bit in terms of actually writing the talk...but it turned out well I think. I got to talk about baptism, so I brought up Dad's baptism story, which is always a crowd pleaser :)

Hmmmm....did I tell you that we committed one of our "investigators to baptism? Granted...they are all portrayed by our teachers, but it was an amazing feat for me and my companions! And it has really lifted my spirits in terms of my actual ability to teach...and speak Thai. One of my teachers even broke character and said that I was speaking really well!! soo yay!!!

Some good news...I can read Thai script now!!! I mean...probably at around a 2nd grade level, but waaaaaay better than before, and I'm really feeling more comfortable with the language now.

It's definitely strange not being home for Thanksgiving. I think this might be the first time ever!...yup it is! But I am so grateful for everyone here at the MTC who is trying to make this the best experience for all of us. Tomorrow, we get to hear from a General Authority (supposedly one of the 12 apostles..we'll find out though), and then we get like 2 full hours just to eat! :) and we all know how much I love to eat! Then we do a service project and get to watch a Thanksgiving program from some other missionaries. So it's nice having my P-day today and basically another free-day tomorrow!

Me and Sister Choi

We had an awesome devotional from Elder John U. Teh of the Quorum of the 70 last night, and he said some things that I really loved. He read from Moses 7:62, which says, "And righteousness will I send down out of heaven; and truth will I send forth out of the earth, to bear testimony of mine Only Begotten..."

And he related this scripture to our missionary purpose. Right now, we are 80,000 strong, and just like the great flood with Moses, we are a great flood that is coming into the world. Now is the time that the Lord is hastening his work. What will your harvest be? What effect will you have on the people you serve? And these are just some things that have been floating through my mind since that devotional. Will people know that we are servants of the Lord? Elder Teh just really put things in perspective for me because I don't think I have been as selfless with this work. I want to truly offer up myself to be a servant of the Lord so that people will know there is something different about us and will want to learn why it is we are so happy!

And that's all I got for today!! I miss all of you so much, and thank you for the letters and packages!!! I am truly so grateful for all of you in my life, and I hope you all have a fantastic Thanksgiving and get really fat off of all that good food!!!!