This week we had such a miracle!! We have an investigator that we've been teaching at the Sinakharin church building. His name is Emmanuel, and he's from Nigeria. But because he doesn't have very much money, he could not make it on his own to the international ward in Asoke. But he really wanted to go because that is where he wanted to be baptized because he would be surrounded by people that speak English and would just have way more investigators there. So Sunday comes, and he doesn't have the money, and he just shows up to the Sinakharin church as per usual. But the elders there (who are in our district) knew how important it was to get Emmanuel to the International ward. So THEY bring him to us!!!!!! It was such a miracle. And it was especially amazing to see how well Emmanuel fit in in the Asoke ward. So next week he will be baptized in our ward thanks to the sacrifice of the Elders who so selflessly brought him all the way to Asoke! We are now on the hunt for a member who lives close to him who can pick him up every Sunday to bring him to church! Keep him in your prayers!!!
Me and Sister Jennifer :) (she's from BangNa, but goes to school in Asoke, so she helps us teach a lot!)
Hmmm...let's see...what else happened...well Sister Greenwood's health still hasn't improved, which is quite the bummer. So keep her in your prayers as well! But overall this transfer has been amazing with my 2 new companions, and I will surely be sad to leave this area when the time comes.
Me and my cute companions at church.
Oh, so in other news, we have a new investigator named Peter. He's 21 and from England. And he's quite the intellectual if you catch my drift. So teaching him has been quite the challenge as of late, but for some reason he still wants to meet with us every week...no complaints here, but it's just hard to get a read on him because he takes everything in that we teach him...but we don't know how much he really is applying it to himself. So I felt that we really needed to focus on prayer, because I think one of his biggest issues is that he doesn't really know if he is praying to anyone. And it led me to this quote by President Monson:
"All through my life, the counsel to depend on prayer has been prized above almost any other advice I have received. It has become an integral part of me--an anchor, a constant source of strength, and the basis of my knowledge of things divine." (Thomas S. Monson)
It is through real and sincere prayer that we will receive an affirmation of the truth. Peter yet hasn't felt that influence of the Holy Spirit when he prays, but he is feeling something because he is continually drawn back to the church as well as to its members. It'll be interesting to see how he progresses!!
"Our Heavenly Father, who gives us so much to delight in, also knows that we learn and grow and become stronger as we face and survive the trials through which we pass. We know that there are times when we will experience heartbreaking sorrow, when we will grieve, and when we may be tested to our limits. However, such difficulties allow us to change for the better, to rebuild our lives in the way our Heavenly Father teaches us, and to become something different from what we were--better than we were, more understanding than we were, more empathetic than we were, with stronger testimonies than we had before." (Thomas S. Monson)
District photo in Sinakharin
Love you guys! Hope you all are having an awesome week!
-Sister Lam
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