Half Way!

I cannot believe that I've been a missionary for already 9 months. The time has seriously just flown by it seems like. This Wednesday I will officially be half-way through with my mission, and it kinda makes me really sad! But the miracles continue!

Me and my cute companions

This week at church, brother Vin got baptized!!! Well he technically got baptized into the Thai branch...there was a lot of drama with that, but it's ok because he will be confirmed a member into the international ward this next Sunday! He's a stud!

Baptisms!

Also, our investigator Ed, came to church!!! He's been struggling a lot lately because he knows that he needs to come to church and be baptized, but he works on Sundays and hasn't been able to get out of his work contract. But this past Saturday he got into an accident, which left him with some torn ligaments in his leg, but it was perfect because he was like, "sisters!!! I hurt my ankle, but I got to go on a medical leave from work so I can come to church!!!" Haha, the Lord truly does work in mysterious ways. But it was amazing just to see the light in him as he got to go to all 3 hours of church! And he's trying really really hard to quit his job...so pray that he does? haha kind of a weird thing to say, but he knows it's right, and so do we! And if he can quit this week, he can be baptized on Sunday! And this is seriously a big deal, because he has been investigating the church for FOREVER!!!! He needs/wants baptize, as we like to say here in Thailand. Yup, ignore the poor grammar and just go with it. :)

Matching..by accident! This is me, Sister Ployfah, and Sister Sararat!

On a different spiritual note, we have a recent convert who has been struggling a lot lately. He's relapsed into some word of wisdom issues, which has now led him to doubt the teachings of Joseph Smith and other prophets. It really has taken a toll on my mind because I really do not know how to help him. But luckily we have President Senior on speed dial, and our recent convert has agreed to meet with us again before he decides to pull the plug on our church, and I know that the spirit will guide us and President Senior as to what we need to say. If he believed the church was true at one point enough to be baptized, we can get him back to that point!

But so thinking about him led me to this awesome quote by President Uchtdorf. He said, "Small errors and minor drifts away form the doctrine of the gospel of Jesus Christ can bring sorrowful consequences into our lives. It is therefore of critical importance that we become self-disciplined enough to make early and decisive corrections to get back on the right track and not wait or hope that errors will somehow correct themselves. The longer we delay corrective action, the larger the needed changes become, and the longer it takes to get back on the correct course--even to the point where a disaster might be looming."

Traditional outside the church photo ;)

So if you have doubts or an issue, figure it out now! The longer you wait, the harder it will be!

Love you all!!

Sister Lam