I cannot believe that this past week, I past my 6 month mark on my mission....sooooo unreal!!!
Got donuts with the district to celebrate my 6 month mark!
So that was a big celebration this week, not to mention the even bigger celebration we had for Songkhran! It was so incredibly fun getting to play with all of the members last Monday. And yes...those nasty ugly Hawaiian shirts are apparently a must for Songkhran. The members made us get them...yup not my best look, but it was all for the experience. And now I know where Hawaii sends all of their reject shirts...to Thailand!!! haha
Me and Sister Weed trying to look cute in our ugly shirts.
Thank goodness Elder Cooper has a waterproof camera!
Yup...Elder Cooper owned me with a bucket of water!
But outside of celebrating Songkhran, it was a pretty hard week in terms of contacting...EVERYONE was out of town, and because Songkhran is a Buddhist thing...everyone was feeling very Buddhist this week. So we didn't have too much success, but it's ok cuz this week is definitely looking up!
K, spiritual! So this week I have been praying very hard to our Heavenly Father for help; help with forgiving easier, help finding new investigators, help working in unity with my companion, help with my health, help. And immediately after I knelt in prayer, He led me to this scripture, Mosiah 3:19.
It reads, "For the natural man is an enemy to God, and has been from the fall of Adam, and will be, forever and ever, unless he yields to the enticings of the Holy Spirit, and putteth off the natural man and becometh a saint through the atonement of Christ the Lord, and becometh as a child, submissive, meek, humble, patient, full of love, willing to submit to all things which the Lord seeth fit to inflict upon him, even as a child doth submit to his father."
So what stood out to me from this scripture is not only do we need to put off the natural man (aka stop worrying about everything bad that is happening to us) and start submitting to ALL THINGS the Lord sees fit to throw at us. And I feel like that has been something I've continually been learning since being in Thailand. It's time to stop worrying about myself, and just focus on helping others. Once we become submissive to the Lord and work on gaining those other christ-like attributes, those challenges/burdens we all face will be lightened just as it says in Alma 24.
Hope that helps anyone who is reading this and is struggling just as I have been!!! The Lord truly does listen AND answer our sincere prayers!
In other news, this week is transfers!!! ya, can't believe it's gone so fast. And everyone in our branch here in Ubon thinks I'm leaving since I've been here for 4 months already..haha hopefully they're not trying to get rid of me!!! :) But ya, I kinda get the feeling I'll be moving soon, but I guess you will all find out next week!!!
Love and miss you all!!!
Sister Lam
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