They Just Love Sports Here...and Food :)

This week was so fun! I had my first switch-off ever, and I was left to lead the area because Sister Bentley came here to Ubon...no pressure. But it went great! We met a ton of people contacting and I learned a lot from her. It's always nice to get a different point of view on things even though I love Sister Orchard (my companion) to death.

Some Ubon members and Sister Orchard!

This week we also had "Sports Day" in Sisagate. So all of the branches in our zone traveled to Sisagate to participate. It was basically a huge stake activity, but the Thai people go all out I'm realizing. There was SOOOO much food, a huge outdoor stage set up, dancing, singing, a ton of activities..it was basically a riot. And it was ALL DAY in the sun...so ya me and Sister Orchard were pretty drained.

 Me and Sister got matching hoodies for sports day to show our unity!

So some things I learned this week...street contacting is hard!!!! And we do this thing where we invite people to be baptized right off the bat as soon as we meet them. It's really fun, but some days it's just challenging to find people who are ready and willing to learn. So in my personal study and happened upon this scripture, which just really helped lift my spirits during the times where I just feel discouraged that people don't immediately jump for joy at the sound of baptism:

"Whoso believeth in Christ, doubting nothing, whatsoever he shall ask the Father in the name of Christ it shall be granted him; and this promise is unto all, even unto the ends of the earth." (Mormon 9:21)

This is me and Sister Blaay :) She got baptized on Sunday!

Group photo before Blaay enters the waters of baptism!

Again and again I'm realizing, it all just comes back to the faith we have in our Father in Heaven and in His son Jesus Christ. When I get discouraged or feel beaten, I know it's because I let my faith waiver. But I know Heavenly Father wants to use me to bring His children the knowledge of the Gospel. So my message to you, STAY FAITHFUL! and the Lord will truly bless you as you do things in line with His will. AAAHHH I just love this gospel so much guys!!! I want everyone to love it just as much as I do!!!!!!

Me and 3 cute ladies in our ward (the 2 around me are sisters and the one on the end is their mom, and they LOVE the missionaries!)

Well that's all for this week! I miss you guys!! Keep sending me updates!!! I love hearing from all of you, and though you may not believe it, you all really lift up my spirits when I read your emails!

Love,

Sister Lam